新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit4

BeforeReading_radioheadAnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongRadioheadisanEnglishbandmadeupoffiveschoolmatesfromOxford,England.Theyhaveoftenbeenpraisedasamongthemostcreativemusicalgroupsoftheirera,notedfortheirmulti-layeredsongsandoftenradicalevolutionsfromalbumtoalbum.Theirfirstalbum,PabloHoneywasreleasedin1993whichincludedthehitsongCreep.Theirsecondrelease,TheBends,wasanevenbiggersuccess,andtheirthirdrelease,OKComputerwasnominatedforaGrammyin1998asBestAlbumoftheYear.In2001theywereagainnominatedforBestAlbumfortheirrelease,KidA.OptimisticisasongfromKidA.LearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionIfyoutrythebestyoucanIfyoutrythebestyoucanThebestyoucanisgoodenoughIfyoutrythebestyoucanIfyoutrythebestyoucanThebestyoucanisgoodenoughI’dreallyliketohelpyou,manI’dreallyliketohelpyou,manAndnowthismessedupmarionnette(木偶)FloatingaroundonaprisonshipIfyoutrythebestyoucanIfyoutrythebestyoucanThebestyoucanisgoodenoughIfyoutrythebestyoutryIfyoutrythebestyoucanDinosaursrulingtheearthDinosaursrulingtheearthDinosaursrulingtheearthBeforeReading_listentothesong1FliesarebuzzingroundmyheadVultures(秃鹫)circlingthedeadPickingupeverylastcrumb(碎屑)ThebigfisheatthelittleonesThebigfisheatthelittleonesNotmyproblem,givemesomeIfyoutrythebestyoucanIfyoutrythebestyoucanThebestyoucanisgoodenoughIfyoutrythebestyoucanIfyoutrythebestyoucanThebestyoucanisgoodenoughThisone’soptimisticThisonewenttomarketThisonejustcameoutoftheswamp(沼泽)ThisonedroppedapayloadFodder(饲料)fortheanimalsLivingonanimalfarmOptimisticAnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionBeforeReading_questionsaboutthesong1.Howmanyanimalsarementionedinthesong?Whatarethey?Five.Theyareflies,vultures,fish,pigsanddinosaurs.Pigsarenotmentioneddirectly.However,thesongOptimisticdirectlyreferstoabooknamedAnimalFarmaboutpigs.2.Asweknow,dinosaurisanextinctspeciesonearth.Whyisthesongendedwith“Dinosaursrulingtheearth”?Whatdoesitimply?Inveryancienttimes,dinosaursruledanddominatedtheearth.Itimpliesthatallspeciesaredestinedforextinction.We’rethe“dinosaurs”—currentlydominatingtheplanet,butnotforever.AnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionBeforeReading_questionsaboutthesong23.Thesongcanbeinterpretedinmanyways.Canyouinterpretthesongfromtheperspectiveofoptimism?Asissunginthesong,“Youcantrythebestyoucan.Ifyoutrythebest,youcan.Thebestyoucanisgoodenough.”,weshouldtrytobeoptimisticandmakethebestofwhat’sleftevenifwearetrappedbyunpleasantsituations.AnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionBeforeReading_williamarthuawardWilliamArthurWard(1921–1994),authorofFountainsofFaith,isoneofAmerica’smostquotedwritersofinspirationalmaxims.“Theonlythingthatstandsbetweenamanandwhathewantsfromlifeisoftenmerelythewilltotryitandthefaithtobelievethatitispossible.”“Itisimpossibletowintheraceunlessyouventuretorun,impossibletowinthevictoryunlessyoudaretobattle.”—WilliamArthurWardAnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionBeforeReading_learnthepoembyheartThepessimistfindsfault.Theoptimistdiscoversaremedy.Thepessimistseekssympathy.Theoptimistspreadscheer.Thepessimistcriticizescircumstances.Theoptimistchangesconditions.Thepessimistcomplainsabouttheappleseeds.Theoptimistplantsthem.Thepessimistimaginesimpendingperil.Theoptimistseessignsofprosperity.Thepessimistdisparages.Theoptimistencourages.OptimistVs.PessimistWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartThepessimistcreatesloneliness.Theoptimistfindsfriends.Thepessimistnibblesatthenegative.Theoptimistisnourishedbythepositive.Thepessimistbuildsbarriers.Theoptimistremovesroadblocks.Thepessimistinventstrouble.Theoptimistenrichestheenvironment.DiscussionBeforeReading_wordwebDirections:Figureouttheexpressionsrelatedto“optimisticattitude”.optimisticattitudeamplehappinessunlimitedconfidencegreatpersistenceproblem-solvingabilitypositive,constructivethinkingpositiveaffirmationpositiveattitudesufficientjoyAnEnglishSongWilliamArthurWardAnEnglishPoemWordWebRichardDeVosandAmwayCorporationBackgroundInformationRadioheadListentotheSongQuestionsabouttheSongLearntheFollowingPoembyHeartDiscussionBeforeReading_richarddevosandamwahy.1.RichardDeVosRichardDeVos,bornonMarch4,1926inMichiganoftheUnitedStates,isabillionaireco-founderofAmway,restructuredasAlticorin2000.RichDeVosistheownerofbasketball’sOrla