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Lesson37-38 Harvard University

 

编写教师:杨珊珊

 

Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in l986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Founded l6 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth(普利茅斯), the University has grown from 9 students with a single master to an enrollment(登记;入伍) of more than l8,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates, and students in 10 graduate and professional schools. An additional l3,000 students are enrolled in one or more courses at the Harvard Extension School. Over l4,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculty There are more than 7,000 faculty appointments in a affiliated (附属的)teaching hospitals.

Six presidents of the United States-John Adams, John Quincy Adams,Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy-were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty have produced 34 NobeI Laureates(桂冠诗人;得奖者).
  Harvard College was established in l636 by vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard of Charlestown, a young minister who upon his death in 1638, left his library and half his estate to the new institution.
  During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English University model but consistent with the prevailing Puritan(清教徒;清教徒的) philosophy of the first colonists. Although many of its early graduates became ministers in Puritan congregations(集会;圣会) throughout New England, the college never formally affiliated with a specific religious denomination.
  Under president Pusey(1953-71),Harvard undertook what was then the largest fundraising campaign in the history of American higher education, the $82.5 million Program for Harvard College. The Program strengthened faculty salaries, broadened student aid, created new professorships, and expanded Harvard’s physical facilities. A similar but greatly expanded fundraising effort, the Harvard Campaign (1979- 84), was conducted under the leadership of Derek Bok (1971- 1) and raised $356 million by the end of l984.
  NeiI L. Rudenstine took office as Harvard’s 26th president in 1991. As part of an overall effort to achieve greater coordination(协调;合作) among the University’s schools and faculties. Rudenstine set in motion an intensive process of University. wide academic planning, intended to identify some of Harvard’s main intellectual and programmatic priorities.
  Those have become an integral(完整的;必须的) part of the current five-year capital campaign. In addition,Rudenstine has stressed the University’s commitment to excellence in undergraduate education, the importance of keeping Harvard’s doors open to students from across the economic spectrum, the task of adapting the research university to an era of both rapid information growth and serious financial constraints and the challenge of living together in a diverse community committed to freedom of expression.

Words and expressions(词和短语)

1. institution  n.. 学术机构;学院;研究所   2. pilgrims  n. 朝圣者;(美)最初的移民

3. faculty  n. 科,系;能力;全体教员              4. benefactor n. 恩人;捐助者;施主

5. be consistent with vt. 符合;与…一致          6. prevailing  adj. 流行的;最普通的;占优势的;盛行很广的

7. colonist  n . 殖民者;殖民地居民;移民    8. denomination  n.名称;教派 

9. fundraising adj. n. 募款的                                          10. expand  v. 扩张;使膨胀;详述

11. priority n. 优先;优先权;[数] 优先次序     12. commitment n. 承诺,承担义务;献身 13. spectrum n. 光谱;频谱;范围                 14. financial constraint 财政约束

 

Task

1 Background information(背景知识)

Do you know when Harvard University founded?

Can you list some of its motto?

2 Fast reading(快速阅读)

Read the passage quickly and answer(快速阅读并回答下列问题):

1) how many US presidents and Nobel laureates were produced in Harvard University  ?

2) Why was the university named after “Harvard” ?

3Careful reading(细读)

1. What was theUniversity’s commitment NeiI L.Rudenstine stressed ?

2. Translate the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.

1) Founded l6 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth(普利茅斯), the University has grown from 9 students with a single master to an enrollment(登记;入伍) of more than l8,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates, and students in 10 graduate and professional schools.

2) During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English University model but consistent with the prevailing Puritan(清教徒;清教徒的) philosophy of the first colonists.

3) Under president Pusey(1953-71),Harvard undertook what was then the largest fundraising campaign in the history of American higher education, the $82.5 million Program for Harvard College.

4) Those have become an integral(完整的;必须的) part of the current five-year capital campaign.

5) Rudenstine has stressed the University’s commitment to excellence in undergraduate education, the importance of keeping Harvard’s doors open to students from across the economic spectrum,…

4 Key patterns(主要句型)

Analyze the sentence below:

Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in l986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States

Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.

5 Homework(作业)

Rewrite the passage. (With about 100 words.)

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson39-40 Oxford University

编写教师:杨珊珊

 

   Oxford University is the oldest university in Britain and one of the world’s most famous institutions of higher learning. Oxford University was established during the 1100’s. It is located in Oxford, England, about 80 kilometers northwest of London.

  The university has over 16,300 students (1999-2000), almost a quarter of these students are from overseas and more than 130 nationalities are represented. It consists of 35 colleges, plus five private halls established by various religious groups. Three of the five private halls are for men only. Of the colleges, St. Hilda’s and Somerville are for women, and the rest are for men and women.

  At Oxford, each college is a corporate body distinct from the university and is governed by its own head and fellows. Most fellows are college instructors called tutors, and the rest are university professors and lecturers. Each college manages its own buildings and property, elects its own fellows, and selects and admits its own undergraduate students. The university provides some libraries, laboratories, and other facilities, but the colleges take primary responsibility for the teaching and well-being of their students.

  Each student at Oxford is assigned to a tutor, who supervises the student’s program of study, primarily through tutorials. Tutorials are weekly meetings of one or two students with their tutor. Students may see other tutors for specialized instruction. They may also attend lectures given by university teachers. Students choose which lectures to attend on the basis of their own special interests and on the advice of their tutors.

  The university, not the individual colleges, grants degrees. The first degree in the arts or sciences is the Bachelor of Arts with honors. Oxford also grants higher degrees, diplomas, and certificates in a wide variety of subjects.

  The Rhodes scholarship program enables students from the United States, Canada, and many other nations to study at Oxford for a minimum of two years. The British government grants Marshall scholarships to citizens of the United States for study at Oxford and other universities that are located in Britain.

  The competition for scholarships and grants is, however, extremely strong and there are usually strict requirements. Students should check carefully that they are eligible to apply for a particular scholarship before making an application as most of the schemes are restricted to certain nationalities and/or programs.

  The students and staff at Oxford are actively involved in over 55 initiatives (2001), including visits to more than 3,700 schools and colleges, to encourage the brightest and best students to apply to Oxford, whatever their background.

  The university has been named the UK’s most innovative university in the Launchit2001 competition, which aimed to discover which British university has demonstrated the greatest achievements in innovation and enterprise across the broadest range of activity. In the national Teaching Quality Assessment exercises for 2000, Oxford was awarded top marks in six out of ten subjects assessed.

  Oxford, Stanford and Yale Universities have recently become partners in a joint ’distance learning’ venture, the Alliance for Lifelong Learning, which will provide online courses in the arts and sciences.

  The mission of Oxford is to aim at achieving and maintaining excellence in every area of its teaching and research, maintaining and developing its historical position as a world-class university, and enriching the international, national, and regional communities through the fruits of its research and the skills of its graduates.

  In support of this aim the university will provide the facilities and support for its staff to pursue innovative research by responding to developments in the intellectual environment and society at large; and promote challenging and rigorous teaching which benefits from a fruitful interaction with the research environment, facilitating the exchange of ideas through tutorials and small-group learning and exploiting the University’s resources in its libraries, museums, and scientific collections, to equip its graduates to play their part at a national and international level.

 

 

 

Words and expressions(词和短语)

1. represent  vt. 代表;表现;描绘          2. religious  adj.宗教的;虔诚的

3. well-being n. 幸福;康乐                            4. assign  v . 分配;指派

5. supervise  vt. 监督,管理;指导          6. tutorial  adj. 家庭教师的,个别指导的

7. individual  adj. 个人的;个别的           8. grant  v. 授予;允许;承认 

9. eligible  adj. 合格的,合适的              10. scheme  n. 计划;组合

11.initiative n. 主动权;首创精神       12. innovative adj. 革新的,创新的

13.demonstrate vt. 证明;展示;论证    14. rigorous adj. 严格的,严厉的;严密的;严酷的

15. facilitate vt. 促进;帮助;使容易    16. exploit  vt. 开发,开拓;剥削;开采

Task

1 Background information(背景知识)

Do you know where Oxford University located is?

How many countries do the overseas students come from?

2 Fast reading(快速阅读)

Read the passage quickly and answer(快速阅读并回答下列问题):

1) How long is the history of Oxford University?

2) Why should the students check carefully before making an application ?

3Careful reading(细读)

1. Why did Oxford University cooperate with two other universities?

2. Translate the following sentences .

1) It consists of 35 colleges, plus five private halls established by various religious groups.

2) At Oxford, each college is a corporate body distinct from the university and is governed by its own head and fellows.

3) Students should check carefully that they are eligible to apply for a particular scholarship before making an application as most of the schemes are restricted to certain nationalities and/or programs.

4) In the national Teaching Quality Assessment exercises for 2000, Oxford was awarded top marks in six out of ten subjects assessed.

5) Oxford, Stanford and Yale Universities have recently become partners in a joint ’distance learning’ venture, the Alliance for Lifelong Learning, which will provide online courses in the arts and sciences.

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4 Key patterns(主要句型)

Analyze the sentence below:

Most fellows are college instructors called tutors, and the rest are university professors and lecturers.

Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.

5 Homework(作业)

Rewrite the passage. (With about 100 words.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson41-42 Walter Elias Disney

 

编写教师:杨珊珊

 

Synopsis

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. Disney was an innovative animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won 22 Academy Awards during his lifetime, and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

Early Life

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney’s father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri. In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for trains. Later, Disney would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspapers to travelers.
  Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the Chicago Art Institute. When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance.

Early Cartoons

When Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist. His brother Roy got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met cartoonist Ubbe Iwerks. From there, Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation. Around this time, Disney began experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. From the ad company, he recruited Fred Harman as his first employee.
  Walt and Harman made a deal with a local Kansas City theater to screen their cartoons, which they called Laugh-O-Grams. The cartoons were hugely popular, and Disney was able to acquire his own studio, upon which he bestowed the same name. By 1923, however, the studio had become burdened with debt, and Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy.
  Disney and his brother, Roy, soon pooled their money and moved to Hollywood. Iwerks also relocated to California, and there the three began the Disney Brothers’ Studio. They also invented a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and contracted the shorts at $1,500 each.

In 1925, Disney hired an ink-and-paint artist named Lillian Bound. After a brief courtship, the couple married.
  A few years later, Disney discovered that Winkler and her husband, Charles Mintz, had stolen the rights to Oswald, along with all of Disney’s animators, except for Iwerks. Right away the Disney brothers, their wives and Iwerks produced three cartoons featuring a new character Walt had been developing called Mickey Mouse. When sound made its way into film, Disney created a third, sound-and-music-equipped short called Steamboat Willie. With Walt as the voice of Mickey, the cartoon was an instant sensation.

Commercial Success

In 1929, Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey’s newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. One of the most popular cartoons, Flowers and Trees, was the first to be produced in color and to win an Oscar. In 1933, The Three Little Pigs and its title song "Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" became a theme for the country in the midst of the Great Depression.
  On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, premiered in Los Angeles. It won a total of eight Oscars. During the next five years,

In December 1939, a new campus for Walt Disney Studios was opened in Burbank. During the mid-40s, Disney created "packaged features," groups of shorts strung together to run at feature length, but by 1950, he was once again focusing on animated features. Cinderella was released in 1950, followed by Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), a live-action film called Treasure Island (1950), Lady in the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and 101 Dalmatians (1961). In all, more than 100 features were produced by his studio.
  Disney was also among the first to use television as an entertainment medium. The Zorro and Davy Crockett series were extremely popular with children. Disney’s last major success that he produced himself was the motion picture Mary Poppins, which mixed live action and animation.

Disneyland

Disney’s $17 million Disneyland theme park opened in 1955. It was a place where children and their families could explore, take rides and meet the Disney characters. In a very short time, the park had increased its investment tenfold, and was entertaining tourists from around the world.

Death

Within a few years of the opening, Disney began plans for a new theme park and Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Florida. It was still under construction when, in 1966, Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on December 15, 1966, at the age of 65.

After his brother’s death, Roy carried on the plans to finish the Florida theme park, which opened in 1971 under the name Walt Disney World.

 

Words and expressions(词和短语)

1. animator n..鼓舞者;卡通片绘制者              2. ambulance  n. 救护车;战时流动医院

3. pursue vt. 继续;从事;追赶                 4. bestow  v .使用;授予;放置;留宿

5. bankruptcy. n. 破产                    6. contract  n. 合同;婚约

7. courtship  n. 求爱;求婚             8. sensation n. 感觉;轰动 

9. symphony  n. 交响乐;谐声             10. the Great Depression 经济大萧条

11. full-length  adj. 全身的;全长的     12. string  vi. 连成一串;排成一列   

13 tenfold. n. 十倍                     14. diagnose. vi. 诊断;断定

Task

1 Background information(背景知识)

Do you know when and where Disney was born ?

How manyAcademy Awards did Disney win during his lifetime?

2 Fast reading(快速阅读)

Read the passage quickly and answer(快速阅读并回答下列问题):

1) what is the name of his first studio?

2) Can you list some famous cartoon films produced in the 1950s?

3Careful reading(细读)

1. Why did Disney use the new character called Mickey Mouse to produce three cartoons?

2. Translate the following sentences .

1) Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper.

2) From there, Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation.

3) The cartoons were hugely popular, and Disney was able to acquire his own studio, upon which he bestowed the same name.

4) Disney’s last major success that he produced himself was the motion picture Mary Poppins, which mixed live action and animation.

5) It was still under construction when, in 1966, Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer.

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4 Key patterns(主要句型)

Analyze the sentence below:

Disney would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspapers to travelers.

Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.

5 Homework(作业)

Rewrite the passage. (With about 100 words.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson43-44 the Oscars

编写教师:杨珊珊

                         

  The history of the Oscars, officially known as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, begins on May 16, 1929. The award ceremony was originally an attempt to help Hollywood improve its tawdry image, but has grown to become the highest critical honor for cinematic professionals-in addition to one of the biggest public events on the Hollywood calendar.

The First Oscar Ceremony
The first Oscar award ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929. The first Academy president was famed actor Douglas Fairbanks, who found himself very busy over the course of the ceremony, as he was handing out the statuettes by himself.

In contrast to the secrecy surrounding contemporary Oscar ceremonies, the first ceremony held no suspense, as the winners had been announced three months earlier. The statuettes were handed out quickly because most of the nominees and winners didn’t bother to show up for the event.

The first of the 15 total statuettes handed out was received by German actor Emil Jennings. He had plans to leave the country before the ceremony, and so received his award early. This makes Jennings the first person to ever receive an Oscar.

Evolution of the Oscars
The first Oscar award ceremony was the only one not to be broadcast publically. By the second year, the ceremony was being broadcast on radio. In 1953, the ceremony was broadcast on TV for the first time; the broadcast went worldwide in 1969.

From 1929 to 1940, newspapers received the list of Oscar winners before the ceremony. This arrangement was done so the papers could publish the list in the evening edition, right after the award ceremony finished. The arrangement work well enough until 1940, when the Los Angeles Times published the winners early-before the actual ceremony. The Academy implemented a sealed-envelope method the following year, an approach that has worked so well that has been used ever since.

Evolution of the Oscar Statuette
The term "Oscar," used to refer to the little statuettes received by winners, came about by accident. It is believed that academy librarian Margaret Herrick made an innocent comment that the little statue, actually named the Academy Award of Merit, looked remarkably like her uncle Oscar. The nickname stuck and is now the general term most people use to refer to both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Awards and the actual awards ceremony. 

The actual Oscar award is 13 1/2 inches tall. The very first Oscars were created from solid bronze. During World War II, Oscars were made of plaster to help conserve resources. These days, the statuette is gold plated and heavy, weighing in at about eight pounds.

The Oscar Academy
The people who decide on the nominations and winners of the Oscars are known as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The original academy had only 36 members. Currently, the academy boasts around 6,000 members. Membership to the academy is by invitation only.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is now comprised of 15 branches. These 15 branches are Academy actors, art directors, cinematographers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, musicians, producers, public relations, short films and feature animation, sound, visual effects and writers. 

Appendix: the Best Picture of Academy Award(附录:历届奥斯卡最佳影片奖名单)

第01届1929《翼》Wings
第02届1930《百老汇的旋律》The Broadway Melody
第03届1931《西线无战事》All Quiet on the Western Front
第04届1932《壮志千秋》Cimarron
第05届1933《大饭店》Grand Hotel
第06届1934《乱世春秋》Cavalcade
第07届1935《一夜风流》It Happened One Night
第08届1936《叛舰喋血记》Mutiny on the Bounty
第09届1937《歌舞大王齐格菲》The Great Ziegfeld
第10届1938《左拉传》The Life of Emile Zola
第11届1939《浮生如梦》You Can’t Take It with You
第12届1940《乱世佳人》又名《飘》Gone With the Wind
第13届1941《蝴蝶梦》Rebecca
第14届1942《青山翠谷》How Green Was My Valley
第15届1943《米尼弗夫人》又名《忠勇之家》Mrs. Miniver
第16届1944《卡萨布兰卡》又名《北非谍影》Casablanca
第17届1945《与我同行》Going My Way
第18届1946《失去的周末》The Lost Weekend
第19届1947《黄金时代》The Best Years of Our Lives
第20届1948《君子协定》Gentleman’s Agreement
第21届1949《哈姆雷特》Hamlet
第22届1950《当代奸雄》All the King’s Men
第23届1951《彗星美人》All About Eve
第24届1952《一个美国人在巴黎》An American In Paris
第25届1953《戏中之王》The Greatest Show on Earth
第26届1954《永垂不朽》From Here to Eternity
第27届1955《在江边》On the Waterfront
第28届1956《马蒂》又名《君子好逑》Marty
第29届1957《环球旅行八十天》Around the World in 80 Days
第30届1958《桂河大桥》the Bridge on the River Kwai
第31届1959《琪琪》Gigi
第32届1960《宾虚》Ben-Hur
第33届1961《公寓》The Apartment
第34届1962 《西区故事》West Side Story
第35届1963《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》Lawrence of Arabia
第36届1964《汤姆.琼斯》Tom Jones
第37届1965《窈窕淑女》My Fair Lady
第38届1966《音乐之声》The Sound of Music
第39届1967《永远走红的人》A Man for All Seasons
第40届1968《炎热的夜晚》In the Heat of the Night
第41届1969《奥利弗!》Oliver
第42届1970《午夜牛郎》Midnight Cowboy
第43届1971《巴顿将军》Patton
第44届1972《法国贩毒网》The French Connection
第45届1973《教父》The Godfather
第46届1974《骗》The Sting
第47届1975《教父II》The Godfather, Part II
第48届1976《飞越疯人院》One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
第49届1977《洛奇》Rocky
第50届1978《安妮.霍尔》Annie Hall
第51届1979《猎鹿人》The Deer Hunter
第52届1980《克莱默夫妇》Kramer vs. Kramer
第53届1981《普通人》Ordinary People
第54届1982《火的战车》Chariots of Fire
第55届1983《甘地》Gandhi
第56届1984《母女情深》Terms of Endearment
第57届1985《莫扎特》Amadeus
第58届1986《走出非洲》Out of Africa
第59届1987《野战排》Platoon
第60届1988《末代皇帝》The Last Emperor
第61届1989《雨人》Rain Man
第62届1990《为戴茜小姐开车》Driving Miss Daisy
第63届1991《与狼共舞》DanceswiththeWolves
第64届1992《沉默的羔羊》The Silence of The Lambs
第65届1993《杀无赦》Unforgiven
第66届1994《辛德勒的名单》Schindler’s List
第67届1995《阿甘正传》又名《福雷斯特.冈普》Forrest Gump
第68届1996《勇敢的心》又名《惊世未了缘》Braveheart
第69届1997《英国病人》又名《英伦情人》The English Patient
第70届1998《泰坦尼克号》又名《铁达尼号》Titanic
第71届1999《沙翁情史》Shakespeare in love
第72届2000《美国美人》American beauty
第73届2001《角斗士》Gladiator
第74届2002《美丽心灵》A beautiful mind
第75届2003《芝加哥》Chicago
第76届2004《指环王3:王者回归》The Return of the King
第77届2005《百万美元宝贝》Million Dollar Baby
第78届2006《撞车》Crash
第79届2007《无间道风云》The Departed
第80届2008《老无所依》No Country for Old Men
第81届2009《贫民窟的百万富翁》Slumdog Millionaire
第82届2010《拆弹部队》The Hurt Locker

第83届2011《国王的演讲》The King’s Speech

第84届2012《艺术家》The Artist

第85届2013《逃离德黑兰》Argo

第86届2014《为奴十二载》12 Years a Slave

 

Words and expressions(词和短语)

1. motion  n.. 动作;移动;手势                2. tawdry  adj. 非常华丽的;廉价而俗丽的

3. calendar  n. 日历;日程表                       4. statuette  n. 小雕像

5. in contrast to与……形成对照             6. contemporary  adj. 当代的;同时代的     

7. suspense  n.  悬念;悬疑                 8. nominee  n. 被任命者;被提名的人

9. implement  vt. 实施,执行;实现,            10. merit  n. 优点,价值;功绩

11. plaster  n. 石膏;灰泥;膏药           12. plated  adj.镀金的;电镀的  

13 comprise vt. 包含;由…组成

Task

1 Background information(背景知识)

How long is the history of the Oscars?

Why was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards called the Oscars

2 Fast reading(快速阅读)

Read the passage quickly and answer(快速阅读并回答下列问题):

1) Why did the first ceremony hold no suspense?

2) How many branches are there in the Oscars? What are they?

3Careful reading(细读)

1. When was the ceremony broadcast on TV for the first time;? And when did the broadcast go worldwide?

Translate the following sentences .

1) The award ceremony was originally an attempt to help Hollywood improve its tawdry image, but has grown to become the highest critical honor for cinematic professionals-in addition to one of the biggest public events on the Hollywood calendar.

2) The statuettes were handed out quickly because most of the nominees and winners didn’t bother to show up for the event.

3) It is believed that academy librarian Margaret Herrick made an innocent comment that the little statue, actually named the Academy Award of Merit, looked remarkably like her uncle Oscar.

4) These days, the statuette is gold plated and heavy, weighing in at about eight pounds.

5) Membership to the academy is by invitation only.

4 Key patterns(主要句型)

Analyze the sentence below:

This makes Jennings the first person to ever receive an Oscar.

Make a sentence, using “It makes+宾补+to do sth.”

5 Homework(作业)

Rewrite the passage. (With about 100 words.)

 

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