大学综合英语知识unit9 How I found My Voice.ppt

Unit 10 How I Found My Voice;Content;Pre-reading questions;Background information;;;; Structural analysis This autobiographical narration comprises three parts. Part One (Paragraphs 1-2): The writer presents a striking contrast between his successful career as an actor and television announcer and his severe stutter in his early childhood. ;Part Two (Paragraphs 3-22): This part mainly describes the author’s stuttering problem when he was a child and the process of how Prof. Crouch helped the boy tackle the problem by way of forced public speaking. ;Part Three (Paragraphs 23-29): The concluding part shows various honors and successes the writer has obtained, which further emphasizes the great effect the teacher has brought about on the writer’s career as well as his whole life. ;Part One (Paragraphs 1-2):;Key points: the voice-over announcer: an announcer who makes a commentary or gives an explanation which is heard as part of a film or television program, but he himself is not actually seen. the New Testament: the second part of the Bible, concerned with the teachings of Christ and his earliest followers the Old Testament: the first part of the Bible, telling the history of the Jews and their beliefs;Part Two (Paragraphs 3-22):;I always sat down, my face burning with shame. I always sat down, and blushed as fire was burning my face because I felt ashamed. More examples: Absolute Construction A number of officials followed the emperor, some to hold his robe, others to adjust his girdle, and so on. (infinitive clause) His voice drowned by the noise, the speaker stopped in the middle of his lecture.(-ed participle clause) He went off, gun in hand. (prepositional phrase) The floor wet and slippery, we stayed outside. (adjective phrase);It was traumatic moving from the warm, easy ways of catfish country to the harsh climate of the north, where people seemed so different. We moved from the familiar and pleasant country to the north where I felt cold bo