一、文本
As a refugee growing up in Tel Aviv, Haim Saban remembers not having enough money to eat. As an adult, he hustled his way into the entertainment business, writing theme songs for classic cartoons like Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff. Yet it is producing the mega-hit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that put him on track to becoming a billionaire media titan.
译文:
哈伊姆·萨班小时候是难民,在特拉维夫长大,他现在还记得当时没有足够的钱来买吃的。成年后,他通过个人努力闯入了娱乐圈,为像《神探加杰特》和《希斯与利夫》这样的经典卡通片写主题曲。但真正让他成为媒体大亨和亿万富翁的是他制作了非常受人喜欢的《恐龙战队》。
二、段落解读
这是美国公共广播(NPR)播客节目 How I Built This 介绍犹太裔美国娱乐大亨哈伊姆·萨班的访谈时写的一段话。这段一共有 3 句话,目的是通过他的一些个人经历和亮点,让读者对他产生兴趣。
当我们想介绍一个人的时候,就可以临摹这段。第 1 句写了哈伊姆·萨班小时候的经历;第 2 句写他成年后的经历;第 3 句写他的成名作和成名作对他成为亿万富翁的推动力。临摹时只要替换句子里面的人名、地名、行业名、作品名和具体经历即可。
三、句子学习
我们主要通过“临摹”和“背诵”的方式精学一段话。
临摹:提炼句型+造句
临摹句子1:As a refugee growing up in Tel Aviv, Haim Saban remembers not having enough money to eat.
提炼出句型:As a X growing up in Y, Z remember W.
仿写:
As a poor girl growing up in a small village, Emma remembers not havingenough books to read before further study in Peking Univetsity.
造句示范:
a) As a poor girl growing up in rural Shanxi, my mother remembers not having enough to eat throughout the 1960s.
b) As a disobedient boy growing up in Shanxi, I remember not following the rules at school and causing trouble every now and then.
c) As a curious child growing up in Hangzhou, Jack Ma remembers always asking questions that embarrassed his teachers.
临摹句子2:As an adult, he hustled his way into the entertainment business, writing theme songs for classic cartoons like Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff.
提炼出句型:As an adult, X hustled/worked his way into Y, doing Z.
仿写:
As an adult , she worked her way into entertainment business,singing songs.
造句示范:
a) As an adult, Barack Obama hustled/worked his way into politics, working as a community organizer before being elected as a senator of Illinois.
b) As a young man, Bill Gates worked his way into the technology business, founding Microsoft that has become one of the most successful technology companies in the world.
c) As an adult, Li Ka-shing hustled his way into the plastic business, setting up his first company in Hong Kong at age 22.(场景:李嘉诚开始创业的经历。)
临摹句子3:Yet it is producing the mega-hit Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that put him on track to becoming a billionaire media titan.
提炼出句型:Yet it is doing X that put him on track to becoming a Y.
仿写:
Yet it is learning English at least 10 hours a day thay put hom on track to becoming a guru.
造句示范:
a) Yet it is writing the Harry Potter fantasy series that put her (J. K. Rowling) on track to becoming the first billionaire author in the world.
b) Yet it is entering real estate that put him (Li Ka-shing) on track to becoming a billionaire property mogul/magnate/tycoon.
四、段落仿写
As a girl growing up in a small town in
England, J. K. Rowling remembers writing fantasy stories and reading them to her sister. As an adult, she worked different jobs at Amnesty International and the Chamber of Commerce. Yet it is writing the Harry Potter fantasy series that put her on track to becoming the first billionaire author in the world.
仿写:
As a poor girl growing up in a small village, Emma remembers not having enough books to read before further study
in Peking Univetsity.
As an adult , she worked her way into entertainment business, singing songs.
Yet it is learning English at least 10 hours a day that put hom on track to becoming a
guru.
As a poor girl growing up in a family in poverty, Emma remember not having enough money to take music lessons. As an adult, she worked her way into waitressing. Yet it is singing at the Talent Show that put her to becoming really well-known.