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,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,LOGO,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,Chapter IV,Reading and Speech Delivery,Unit 2,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,欣赏和模仿的典型举例,FOCUS,The practice of Passages,段落的练习,The practice of Poems,诗歌的练习,The practice of Movies,电影对白练习,Chapter IV Reading and Speech,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,Consider You,Consider.YOU.In all time before now and in all time to come,there has never been and will never be anyone just like you.You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe.Wow!Stop and think about that.Youre better than one in a million,or a billion,You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!,Youre amazing!Youre awesome!And by the way,TAG,youre it.As amazing and awesome as you already are,you can be even more so.Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature,but beautiful old people are true works of art.But you dont become“beautiful”just by virtue of the aging process.Real beauty comes from learning,growing,and loving in the ways of life.That is the Art of Life.You can learn slowly,and sometimes painfully,by just waiting for life to happen to you.Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers.You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.,Paint a Masterpiece.God gives every bird its food,but he doesnt throw it into its nest.Wherever you want to go,whatever you want to do,its truly up to you.,Section One Passages,短篇,Piece 1,Models for Appreciation and Im,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,生命掌握在你的手里,试想一下,你!一个空前绝后的你,不论是以往还是将来都不会有一个跟你一模一样的人。你在历史上和宇宙中都是独一无二的。哇!停下来想想吧,你是万里挑一、亿里挑一的。,在无穷无尽的宇宙中,你是举世无双的!,你是了不起的!你是卓越的!没错,就是你。你已经是了不起的,是卓越的,你还可以更卓越更了不起。美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想,而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。但你不会因为年龄的渐长就自然而然地变得“美丽”。真正的美丽源于生命里的学习、成长和热爱。这就是生命的艺术。你可以只听天由命,慢慢地学,有时候或许会很痛苦。又或许你可以选择加速自己的成长,故意地挥霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描绘自己未来的艺术家。,画出一幅杰作吧!上帝给了鸟儿食物,但他没有将食物扔到它们的巢里。不管你想要去哪里,不管你想要做什么,真正做决定的还是你自己。,Section One Passages,短篇,第一篇,Models for Appreciation and Im,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,Paradox of Our Times,We have bigger houses and smaller families;more conveniences,but less time;we have more degrees,but less common sense;more knowledge,but less judgment;more experts,but more problems;more medicine,but less wellness.,We spend too recklessly,laugh too little,drive too fast,get to angry too quickly,stay up too late,get up too tired,read too little,watch TV too often,and pray too seldom.,We have multiplied our possessions,but reduced our values.We talk too much,love too little and lie too often.Weve learned how to make a living,but not a life;weve added years to life,not life to years.,We have taller buildings,but shorter tempers;wider freeways,but narrower viewpoints.We spend more,but have less;we buy more,but enjoy it less.,Weve been all the way to the moon and back,but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.Weve conquered outer space,but not inner space.Weve split the atom,but not our prejudice;we write more,but learn less;plan more,but accomplish less.,Weve learned to rush,but not to wait;we have higher incomes,but lower morals.We build more computers to hold more information,to produce more copies,but have less communication.We are long on quantity,but short on quality.,These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;tall men and short character;steep profits and shallow relationships.More leisure and less fun;more kinds of food,but less nutrition;two incomes,but more divorce;fancier houses,but broken homes.,Section One Passages,短篇,Piece 2,Models for Appreciation and Im,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,时代的悖论,我们居住的房屋越来越宽敞,家庭却越来越小型化;可以享受的生活便利日益增多,属于自己的时间却日趋减少;我们获得更多的学位证书,常识却在减少;我们掌握了更多的知识,却愈加缺乏公正判断;专家越来越多,问题却也日渐增加;药物越吃越多,健康却每况愈下。,我们花钱太疯,笑容太少,开车太快,发怒太急,熬夜太晚,起床就太累,文章读得太少,电视看得太勤,祷告做得太少。,我们不断聚敛物质财富,却逐渐丢失了自我价值。我们的话语太多,真爱太少,谎言泛滥。我们掌握了谋生手段,却不懂得生活真谛;我们让年华付诸流水,却不曾将生命倾注其中。,我们的住房越来越好,脾气却越来越糟;我们行驶的道路越来越宽阔,眼光却越来越狭隘。我们付出很多,可获得的很少;我们购买了很多,可从中得到的乐趣却很少。,我们能够往返于地球与月球之间,却不乐于穿过马路向新邻居问好。我们可以征服外部空间,却慑于走进内心世界。我们可以击碎原子,却不能突破思想偏见;我们写得很多,可学到的很少;计划很多,可完成的很少。,我们学会了追赶时间,却没学会耐心等待;我们拥有的财富越来越多,道德品质却日益沦丧。我们生产更多的电脑用于存储更多的信息和制造更多的拷贝,而相互间的交流与沟通却越来越少。我们拥有的是数量,缺乏的是质量。,这是一个快餐食品和消化迟缓相伴的时代;一个体格高大和性格病态并存的时代;一个追名逐利和人情冷漠相生的时代。我们的休闲多了,乐趣却少了;食品种类多了,营养却少了;双薪家庭增加了,离婚率也激升了;居室的装修华丽了,家庭却残缺破碎了。,Section One Passages,短篇,第二篇,Models for Appreciation and Im,Models for Appreciation and Imitation,When Im Getting Old,The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health,have patience and try to understand me.,If I get dirty when eating,if I cannot dress,have patience.Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.,If,when I speak to you,I repeat the same things thousand and one times,do not interrupt me,listen to me.When you were small,I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep.,When I do not want to have a shower,neither shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented,in order that you wanted to bath.,When you see my ignorance on new te
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