高级英语Three-Cups-of-Tea课件

ThreeCupsofTea——GregMortensonandDavidO.RelinBooks•co-authorofThreeCupsofTea:OneMan’sMissiontoPromotePeace…OneSchoolataTime•authorofStonesintoSchools:PromotingPeacewithBooks,NotBombs,inAfghanistanandPakistan.•Morethantenyears,Mortensonhasfacedoneandanotherimpossibilities,andthenmakethempossible.GregMortensonwithchildrenBackgroundoftheBooks◆ThetitleofmybookThreeCupsofTeacomesfromaPakistaniproverbthatsayswhenyousharethefirstcupofteayou’reastranger,withthesecondcupyouareafriend,andwiththethirdcupyoubecomefamily.IpickedthetitleinhonorofHajiAli,thePakistanivillagechiefwhotoldmewewouldneedthreecupsofteaifwewantedtoaccomplishthingstogether.◆In1993,afterafailedattempttoclimbK2,Ibecameseparatedfromthegroupaswedescended.Afterwalking58miles,IwanderedintoalittlevillagecalledKorphe.ThereImeetHajiAli,astout,elderlymanwithasilverbeard.Ihadn’ttakenabathin84days,andmypantswereripped.Hesaid,“Welcometoourvillage,butyoudoneedtowashupalittle,son,beforeyoucometomyhousefortea.”◆IstayedwithHajiAlithatnightandreturnedlatertospendmoretimeinKorphe.OnedayHajiAlitookmebehindthevillage,where82childrenweresittinginthedirt–4girls,78boys–andmostofthekidswerewritingwithsticksinthedirt.Thiswastheirschool.Ayounggirlcameuptomeandsaid,“Wouldyouhelpusbuildaschool?”Isaid,“IpromiseI’llbuildaschoolforyou.”LittledidIknowthatpromisewouldchangemylifeforever.PrefaceofChapter12◆Itmayseemabsurdtobelievethata“primitive”cultureinHimalayashasanythingtoteachourindustrializedsociety.◆Butoursearchforafuturethatworkskeepsspiralingbacktoanancientconnectionbetweenourselvesandtheearth,aninterconnectednessthatancientcultureshaveneverabandoned.◆--HelenaNorberg-Hodge(Note.3)Helenaisananalystoftheimpactoftheglobaleconomyonculturesandagricultureworldwide,apioneerofthelocalizationmovement.SheisthefounderanddirectoroftheInternationalSocietyforEcologyandCulture(ISEC)whosemissionistoexaminetherootcausesofoursocialandenvironmentalcrisis,whilepromotingmoresustainableandequitablepatternsofliving.Theprefacemeans:Humans’ultimategoalinseekingexpansionanddevelopmentisprobablypeaceofmind,joyandpaceofease,allofwhichcanbefoundinaprimitiveculture.Peopleinmoderntimeshaverelentlesslyendeavoredtobringabouttechnicaladvancesinhopeofachievingthesevaluesthathavealreadybeenpersonifiedandinternalizedbythepeoplewholiveinsucha“primitiveculture”sincetheancienttimes.BriefIntroductiontotheAuthorsGregMortenson&DavidO.RelinGregMortensonDavidO.RelinGregMortensonisanAmericanhumanitarian,writer,andformermountaineer.HewasborninMinnesota(明尼苏达州)in1957andgrewupontheslopesofMt.Kilimanjaro（乞力马扎罗山）,Tanzania(1958to1973)withhisparentswhoassistedEastAfrica.DavidOliverRelinisaglobe-trottingjournalistwhohaswonmorethanfortynationalawardsforhiswritingandediting.Aformerteaching-trainingfellowattheIowaWriter’sWorkshop,heisafrequentcontributortoParadeandSkiingMagazine.HelivesinPortland,Oregon(俄勒冈州，波特兰）.TohonorhissisterChrista,in1993,whosufferedmeningitisinchildhoodanddiedfromamassiveseizureonher23rdbirthday.MortensonintendedtoplacehernecklaceonthesummitofK2.However,whenhewasafewhundredmetersawayfromthetop,mistscoveredupK2,andMortensonlosthiswayandcontactwiththerestoftheteam.Failedtoconqueritbutfindhislife’swork.PersonalReasonforClimbingPakistan’sK2Hededicatedhislifetopromotecommunity-basededucationandliteracyprograms,especiallyforgirls,inremotemountainregionsofPakistanandAfghanistan,Changingthefutureof24000impoverishedchildrenandtheirfamiliesintheprocess.HeandDr.JeanHoernico-foundedthenon-profitCentralAsiaInstitute（CAI中亚学院）whichheistheexecutivedirectornow.HealsofoundedtheeducationalcharityPenniesforPeace.Mortenson’scontributionDr.JeanHoerniASwissphysicist;ASiliconValleymicrochipindustrypioneer;HewastheonlyonetorespondtoMortenson’s580letterstoraiseabudgetof$12000tobuildaschoolinKorphe.Mortenson’smajorworksThreeCup’sofTea:OneMan’sMissiontoPromotePeaceStonesintoSchools:PromotingPeacewithBooks,NotBombs,inAfghanistanandPakistan.(AsequeltoThreeCupsofTea)BasedonMortenson’sexperiences,heandDavidOliverRelinco-wroteandpublishedthebookThreeCupsofTeain2006.ItwastheNo.1ofTheNewYorkTimesbestsellerforalongtimeandMortensonwontheKiriyamaBookPrizeforNonfictionin2007.Thesequel,StonesintoSchoolswasreleasedin2009.Inthesameyear,MortensonreceivedPakistan’shighestcivilaward,Sitara-e-Pakistan(“StarofPakistan”),andwasnominatedfortheNobelPeacePrize.AchievementsThesummaryofthetext：Thethemeofthetextisaboutamanwhocherishestheambitiontochangetheworldandrescuethosewhohebelievestobeunderprivilegedeventuallyfindshimselfchangedandredeemed.Astheprotagonistofthenarrative.Mortensonlivesandworksamidthevillagersduringtheconstructionofavillageschool.Atfirst,hefeelsdisappointedatseeingthelittleprogressintheschoolconstructionbecauseachangeinhislifemakeshimanxioustogettheconstructionaccomplished.ThentheinvolvementintheconstructionenablesMortensontohaveabetterunderstandingofthelocalcultureandtheirspirituallife.Athestartoftheschoolconstruction,HajiAlidetectsMortenson’simpatienceandgiveshimalessononthethreecupsofteaforthepurposeofeasinghisrelationshipw