Celebrity 名人 Unit 6

E xercises

Ⅰ. Post-reading Activities

Text Comprehension

1. If Obama didn‘t do well in the speaking, people will be disappointed. But the people were not disappointed by him. When Obama showed his attractive smile, talking about his ideas, the crowd shouted their support to him. 2. Because in his opinion, it would be naive to think that we can deal with these crazy terrorists simply through diplomacy. 3. Plenty of observers believed that these two facts will doom Obama‘s candidacy. However, others thought that the supposed hurdles may prove to be advantages. 4. Although he is a black, he grew up in a white family and received educations in famous universities, which was greatly different from the experiences of average black people. 5. The blacks on the one hand, wanted to support Obama to become the 1st African- American president; on the other hand, they doubted Obama, who was raised by white grandparents, whose black heritage has nothing to do with slavery, and whose education is Ivy elite, would really relate to their problems. 6. Obama can‘t afford this kind of credibility gap, so he has tried to reassure Americans that he‘d be aggressive in the country‘s defense. In an August speech, he went so far as to say he would consider attacking Al-Qaeda sanctuaries inside Pakistan. 7. Obama‘s inexperience can be helpful in Presidential politics, where a long legislative record is like deadweight dragging you down. Besides, his views are still evolving. People come to him for what they hope he could be. 8. Darling says :―he‘s been in the Senate long enough to become a media sensation, but not so long that he‘s become a target, like the old bulls ‖. This implies that many things have been ready for Obama to come out on top. It is not sure whether he could win the White House at last; however it is his time to try.

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Text Analysis

Main idea Stance on issues Terrorism: deploy military power

Obama is always hopeful that Iraq: change the course militarily while Trademark the U.S. will have a better aggressively rump up diplomatic efforts Health care: introduce a universal health optimism future. His optimism and attractive smile become his bill within the first 100 days trademark. Energy: raise fuel-efficiency standards, ratchet down greenhouse gas emissions and explore alternative fuels Not black Obama‘s race, like a two-side enough sword, has great influence on His race: excite and inspire fellow blacks his prospects. while not allow race to define his candidacy Many things have fallen into Foreign policy: use the example and Time to try place for Obama to come out on top. Maybe the time is not influence of America to win allies and ripe for him to be the president thwart enemies of U.S.; it is the time for him Finance: double foreign aid budget… to have a try. Points for Discussion

(Open)

Ⅱ. Language Focus

Vocabulary

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Part A 1. spectrum 2. reverted 3. spun 4. hinged 5. proliferation

6. hurdles 7. percolate 8. asset 9. garner 10. deploy

Part B

1. A 2. C

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. A

7. D

8. C

9. B

10. A

Cloze

(1) executive (2) acclaimed (3) campaigning (4) run (5) candidate (6) comparison (7) presidency

(8) decorated

(9) terms (10) nomination

Translation

Part A When describing Obama‘s charisma, Democrats often invoke John F. Kennedy. But Republicans say that with his paucity of experience, Obama reminds them less of Kennedy and more of Jimmy Carter. This is not intended as a compliment. The most striking aspect of Barack Obama‘s presidential candidacy, however, is that he is unique in the American experience. It starts, of course, with his race. Obama is the product of the union of a white woman from Kansas who wandered the world and a Kenyan man who came to the United States as an exchange student. His parents were truly African and American. Then there is Barack Obama, an African-American. As a kid growing up in Hawaii, he went by Barry Obama, but even before going into politics, he reverted to his given name, Barack, and he never hid his middle name, Hussein, which was his father‘s. However, Obama will never let his race limit his campaign.

Part B 2007年，在波士顿的一个社交场合与奥巴马见过一面后，我打电话给一位住在 加利福尼亚州、已经处于半退休状态的知名政治题材作家，问他是否曾经见过有如 131

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此魅力的候选人。这位与我同姓的政治题材作家是一位深受好评的作家，他被认为 是研究罗纳德?里根的最杰出的专家。他停顿了一下说：“是的， 我见过。 约翰 F? 肯尼迪就是这样。”又过了一会儿，他说道：“早期的里根也是这样。”他以一种 奇特的魔力融合了作为竞选者肯尼迪般的自律、比尔?克林顿聊天的天赋、罗纳德? 里根的乐观，以及声誉完美的品质。换句话说， 奥巴马在竞选之路上甚少出错，就 算他出了错，那些错误也不算什么。奥巴马还是个十足顾家的男人—在克林顿之后 选民们仍然想看到这样的—而且奥巴马还拥有我们从未在其他总统的履历上见过的 不平凡的家庭背景。最后，其双重种族的候选人身份不仅仅吸引了非洲裔美国人， 更吸引了千千万万的在社会地位上无偏见的白人、拉丁美洲人、移民，以及年轻 人。奥巴马英俊可爱，还是个天生的演说家。他组建了一个极好的竞选团体，而且 他从未失去自信。

Ⅲ. Oral Practice

PRESENTATION Task

(Open)

Ⅳ. Writing Project

Writing Task

(Open)

F urther Reading Reading Comprehension

1. She hoped to become a pediatrician, because she likes kids, and she thought being a

doctor was a noble profession.

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Unit 6 2. Marian wasn‘t bowled over immediately by her daughter‘s suitor, because he didn‘t