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1、Section A Life in a Violin Case,Contents,Text A,Main Idea & Structure,Words & Expressions,Warming up,Do you like music? What does music mean to you? Listen to “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music”, and discuss with your classmates.,Warming up,Do - a deer a female deer Re - a drop of golden sun Mi - a
2、 name I call myself Fa - a long long way to run So- a needle pulling thread La - a note to follow so Ti - a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do,Reading Through,In order to tell you what I believe, I must briefly bring up something from my personal history. The turning point of my
3、life was my decision to give up a promising career in business to study music. My parents, although sympathetic, disapproved of music as an occupation. This was understandable, I thought, in view of my family background.,Para. 1&2,Chinese,Life in a Violin Case,Text A,I used to get up at dawn to prac
4、tice before I left for “downtown”. Instead of lunching with my coworkers, I would seek out some cheap caf and order a mean meal. I continued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad. At that time, my family no longer needed my help, and so I gave up my position and s
5、ailed for Europe. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before, and enjoyed every minute of it.,Para. 7&8,Chinese,Text A,“Enjoyed” is too mild a word, really; I walked on air. I really lived. I was a free man and I was doing what I loved to do and what I was meant to
6、do. If I had stayed in business, I might be a really wealthy man today. I do not believe, however, I would have made a success of living. I would have given up a happiness that money cant buysomething that is all-too-often done when ones primary goal is making money.,Para. 9&10,Chinese,Text A,When I
7、 broke away from the business world, it was against the advice of practically all of my friends and family. So conditioned are most of us to the idea that success is moneyso much so that the thought of giving up a good salary for happiness seems foolish. If so, all I can say is “Gee, its great to be
8、 foolish!” Money is a wonderful thing, but now I know that it is possible to pay too high a price for it.,Para. 11&12,Chinese,Text A,Meaning: In order to tell you my beliefs, I must first say a few words about what has happened to my family and me.,In order to tell you what I believe, I must briefly
9、 bring up something from my personal history.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: My parents understood my feelings, but they didnt think it was a good choice for me to take up music as a job.,My parents, although sympathetic, disapproved of music as an occupation.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Th
10、ough he was greatly respected by other people in his area, he earned so little that he was almost unable to supply his large family with what they needed for life.,Despite being greatly respected in the community, he earned barely enough to provide for his large family.,Meaning of the Sentences,Mean
11、ing: My father often said that they had just enough money to eat and live only because my grandmother knew how to use money carefully and without waste.,My father often said that it was only because my grandmother was so economical that the wolves were kept at bay.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning:
12、Because my grandfather had set a negative example for the family, if anyone ever talked about taking up music as a career, the others would think immediately that it meant youd have to live without a stable income.,As a consequence of this example in the family, the very mention of music as a career
13、 carried with it the idea of an uncertain existence.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Before I graduated from Columbia University, my family was having difficulty paying all the bills.,Before my graduation from Columbia University, my family ran into some money problems.,Meaning of the Sentences,Me
14、aning: Now, I do not at all want to say that business is something bad; I just want to say that business does not suit me.,Now, I do not for a moment mean to speak poorly of business; my whole point is that it was just not for me.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I would not have lunch with my fell
15、ow workers, but would try to find a cheap caf and order a simple meal.,Instead of lunching with my coworkers, I would seek out some cheap caf and order a mean meal.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I continued to make money and gradually saved enough money to go to a foreign country in the end.,I c
16、ontinued to make money, and finally, little by little, I saved enough to go abroad.,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: When I quit my job and left the business world, almost all of my friends and family advised me not to.,When I broke away from the business world, it was against the advice of practic
17、ally all of my friends and family.,Meaning of the Sentences,This text is about the authors life as a musician and how he enjoys this kind of life. Actually at the very beginning, his parents insisted that he should not go into music as a career because his grandfather, who took music as an occupatio
18、n, earned barely enough to support the family. So he had to go into business to help his family out of their money problems. But later, he was able to go abroad to study music with the money, which became the turning point in his life. He enjoyed his life as a musician because he feels he is really
19、making a success of living.,Main Idea,Main Idea & Structure,Structure,Main idea: The authors life both as an businessman and a musician and his feelings,Main Idea & Structure,New Words,occupation,mention,satisfaction,community,consequence,existence,aim,primary,seek,condition,salary,economical,Expres
20、sions,bring up,in view of,provide for,insist upon/on,run into,not for a moment,occupation n. 【1】 a job; employment 工作;职业 e.g. In the space marked “occupation”, she wrote “police officer”. 她在“职业”一栏里填上了“警官”。 【2】 the act of occupying a place, or the state or period of being occupied 占领;占据;居住 e.g. The r
21、evolutionaries were preparing for the occupation of the city. 革命军正在准备占领那个城市。,New Words,Exercises,Exercises,occupation,2.她5 岁时就离开了家乡,当时那里已被敌人占领了。,When she was only five, she left her hometown, which was under enemy occupation at the time.,1. 有人认为当家庭主妇比不上从事其他任何职业。,Some believe that being a housewife i
22、s inferior to any other occupation.,New Words,Exercises,community n. 社区;社会;团体,e.g. His father joined a community of retired persons. 他父亲参加了一个退休人员社团。,个人利益和集体利益必然有区别。,There must be a difference between the interests of the single person and those of the community.,New Words,Exercises,economical adj. 节
23、俭的;节约的,e.g. This system was extremely economical because it ran on half-price electricity. 这套系统是靠半价的电力运作的,所以非常省钱。,节俭的家庭主妇知道在什么时候怎样花钱。,An economical housewife knows how and when to spend money.,New Words,Exercises,consequence n. 结果;后果,e.g. I will carry out my plan, regardless of the consequences. 我将实
24、行我的计划,不管结果如何。,他把那件事情往后拖延,并未考虑这样会导致什么后果。,He put off the matter without thinking of what consequences it would lead to.,New Words,mention n. (usually singular) a short remark about something or the naming of somebody 提及;说起 e.g. There are a couple of points worthy of mention. 有几点值得说一说。 v. tell about so
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