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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Directions: Watch the video and fill in the blanks.

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home We used to go out walking hand in _____ hand You told me all the big things you had planned It wasn’t long ____ till all your dreams came true _______ Success put me in second place with you You have no time to love me anymore Since _____ and fortune fame knocked up on our door And I spend all alone my evenings all _____

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Success has made a failure of our home _____ If we could share ____ an evening now and then I’m sure we’d find true happiness again _________ You never hold me like you used to do Oh, it’s funny what success has done to you ____ You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked up on our door _______ And I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home Success has made a failure of our home

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

1. Who is the most successful person in the world in your opinion? Could you tell us something about him or her? 2. What qualities do you think successful people possess? 3. What do you think fame can bring to people?

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home

Directions: The following are the synonyms related to Fame and Success. Match the word in Column A with its definition in Column B. Column A Column B

Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

a. the condition of being well-known to 1. achievement ( 4 ) many people, esp. for a particular 2. celebrity reason ( 6 ) b. fame, esp. for being better than most 3. pass others at a particular thing 4. fame ( 5 ) c. success in life or business 5. prosperity ( 1 ) d. the successful finishing or gaining sth ( 7 ) e. satisfaction after successful effort 6. distinction ( 3 ) f. a success in a examination 7. fulfillment ( 2 ) g. the state of being famous

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words or expressions. Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of _____________ self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. This is one secret that _________ each one of us wants to and needs to know. Success has different val

ue ____________ to each one of us. A child finds success in acquiring ________ the toys of his choice, a student succeeds if he gets promoted passes an exam, an employee if he ____________ and a mother if she finds her child happy. People are happy once they taste success. Positive attitude and happiness go _____ ___________ hand in hand . People are famous among friends and family if ______ they have the right attitude and happiness. Hence success ___________ and fame comes from knowing the true priorities in life and __________ striving hard for it with a positive attitude. __________

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Ludwig Van Beethoven: one of the best known and most admired German composers. He continued writing music after he lost the ability to hear at the age of 30. His famous works include The Fifth Symphony (《第五交响乐》) and The Emperor 第五交响乐》 Concerto (《皇帝协奏曲》). 皇帝协奏曲》

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Ludwig Van BeethovenAn English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

A. Biographical Background 1. Born in 1770 2. His earliest music teacher was his father, a singer in the chapel at Bonn. 3. His father wanted to turn Ludwig into another Mozart. 4. When he was seventeen he played for Mozart, who prophesied a great future for him. 5. He studied with Haydn from 1792 to 1794 and briefly with other composers and teachers. 6. He began to lose his hearing around 1796, and by 1820 could hardly hear at all. 7. Died in 1827. B. Output 1. Orchestral music 2. Chamber music 3. Piano music 4. Vocal music

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison: (1847–1931):an American inventor. He profoundly influenced modern life through his inventions such as the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. During his lifetime, he acquired 1,093 patents, and marketed many of his inventions to the public.

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An English Song — Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home Warm-up Questions Word Detect Dictation Background Information Ludwig Van Beethoven Thomas Edison

Directions: Watch the video and take notes, then retell the story with the words you’ve written.

inventor, industrial leader, 1,100 patents, phonograph, motion picture camera, projector, first research laboratory, thousands of inventions

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PartsPart Division of the Text Further Understanding Questions and Answers True or False Blank Filling

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Main Ideas Fame enslaves the person who pursues it because when he/she becomes famous, he/she will not only attract the public’s attention, but also has to work and live in line with the public’s expectations. He/she then becomes the slave of his/her own succ

ess. For those who look for fame, failure is not necessarily a bad thing, especially for those who fail to perform well enough, because people tend to be more tolerant towards and sympathetic with them. Though fame brings disadvantages to those who achieve it, people still seek fame for various reasons. It is better to take a critical attitude towards fame.

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1. What ironic phenomenon does the author point out in Paragraph 1?Part Division of the Text Further Understanding Questions and Answers True or False Blank Filling

It is ironic that fame and the publicity that goes with it will put an end to the talent that gave rise to the fame in the first place. 2. Which do you think is more important for an artist, to perform in the same style year after year to meet public demand, or to create a new artistic style? I think it is a difficult choice for the artist to make. On the one hand, if the artist performs the same thing year after year in order to meet public demand, he or she will gradually lose artistic creativity. On the other hand, if the artist changes artistic style, he or she will risk losing popularity. Personally, I think being creative should be the primary concern for an artist to further develop his or her performing career.

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Part Division of the Text Further Understanding Questions and Answers True or False Blank Filling

1. It is easy for a performer to believe that they are as perfect as what the media describe. ( T ) 2. People usually have lower expectations of performers. ( F ) 3. When people fail, they can always find excuses and explanations for their inability to succeed. ( F ) 4. Thomas Wolfe was an American novelist, whose first novel was rejected 39 times. ( T ) 5. It is quite common that people who failed many times may find ways to be successful and famous. ( T )

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1. When you are famous, it is very obvious that you are the target of everyone __________________ . turns all the lights on out of you 2. Fame _________________ and it takes the you _________ . You can’t be _________________. what you want to be 3. The reasons of wanting fame are: 1) to ___________ excellence in some fields; demonstrate gain 2) to ____ the admiration and love of many others; be 3) to ___ the one everyone talks about; show 4) to _____ family and friends you are more than they thought you were.

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We may all desire to be famous and yearn for the publicity, wealth and power that accompany fame. Few of us, however, realize that fame also has its negative side and, sometimes, it may even destroy one’s life. Read the following text and you will get to know more about the adverse impact fame can have on one’s life.

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Fame Melvin HowardsDetailed Reading

Fame is very much like an animal chasing its own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. Fame and the

publicity that accompanies it, force the famous person to participate in his or her own destruction. Ironic, isn’t it? Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of possessing a single talent or skill: singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. The successful performer develops a style that gains some popularity, and it is this popularity that usually convinces the performer to continue performing in the same style, since that is what the public seems to want and to enjoy.

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But in time, the performer becomes bored singing the same songs in the same way year after year, or the painter becomes bored painting similar scenes or portraits, or the actor is tired of playing the same character repeatedly. The artist becomes the slave of his or her own success because of the public demands. If the artist attempts to change his or her style of writing or dancing or singing, etc., the audience may turn away and look to give the momentary fame to another and then, in time, to another, and so on and so on. Fame brings celebrity and high regard from loyal fans in each field. A performer can easily come to believe that he or she is as good as his or her press. But most people, most artists do not gain fame and fortune. What about those performers who fail, or anyone who fails?

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Curiously enough, failure often serves as its own reward for many people. It brings sympathy from others who are delighted not to be you, and it allows family and friends to lower their expectations of you so that you need not compete with those who have more talent and who succeed. And they find excuses and explanations for your inability to succeed and become famous: you are too sensitive, you are not interested in money, you are not interested in the power that fame brings and you are not interested in the loss of privacy it demands, etc. — all excuses, but comforting to those who fail and those who pretend not to notice the failure.

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History has sufficiently proven that some failure for some people at certain times in their lives does indeed motivate them to strive even harder to succeed and to continue believing in themselves. Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published and launched his career and created his fame. Beethoven overcame his cruel and harsh father and grudging acceptance as a musician to become the greatest, most famous musician in the world, and Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in fourth grade, at about age 10, because he seemed to the teacher to be quite dull and illbehaved. Many other cases may be found of people who failed and used the failure to motivate them to achieve, tosucceed, and to become famous. But, unfortunately, for most people failure is the end of their struggle, not the There are few, if any, famous failures. beginning.

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Well then, why does anyone want fame? Do you? Do you

want to be known to many people and admired by them? Do you want the money that usually comes with fame? Do you want the media to notice everything you do or say both in public and in private? In some areas it is very obvious that to be famous is to be the target of everyone who disagrees with you as well as of the media. Fame turns all the lights on and while it gives power and reputation, it takes the you out of you: you must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be.

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But why does anyone want fame? Several reasons come to mind: to demonstrate excellence in some field; to gain the admiration and love of many others; to be the one everyone talks about; to show family and friends you are more than they thought you were. Probably you can list some other reasons, but I think these are reasonably common. I say to those who desperately seek fame and fortune, celebrity: good luck. But what will you do when you have caught your tail, your success, your fame? Keep chasing it? If you do catch it, hang on for dear life. See you soon famous and almost famous!