1、,Natalie Portman,Started from a degree,Structure: Main idea: Natalie Portman is a brainy and intellectual actress. Supporting ideas: 1 performing experience 2 educational background a. took a break from acting to study at university b. skipped the premiere to study c. two research papers were publis

2、hed Conclusion: educations influence Reading tips: 1 find out the main idea first 2 find out the two aspects of the content which mentioned 3understand the attitudes of the writer :in favor of (education is important in her acting career and is a valuable experience.),Lon,Vocabulary: Gorgeous The pl

3、anning and the decoration of the palace amazed the visitors with its architectural forms and gorgeous furniture. 宅邸的設計和裝飾讓來訪者大吃一驚，驚嘆于其建筑形式和炫麗的家具。 Of the rest, only about 10 percent are circumstantial : big income or small, married or single, gorgeous or plain. 其余的，只有百分之十是來自周圍環(huán)境，比如收入的多少，已婚或單身，華麗或淳樸等等

4、。,Link： Decoration裝飾 Circumstantial環(huán)境的 Plain普通的，淳樸的,Stunning: Adj. 驚艷的，震耳欲聾的，令人震驚的 1 the sound of the cannon stunned the new solider. 大炮的聲音嚇壞了新來的士兵。 2 it was green as an emerald, and the reverberation was stunning. 它像翡翠一樣綠，回聲震耳欲聾。,Break n.機遇，休息，突破 v.波壞，破裂，打破 1theirgoodcheerbrokeafterrepeatedsetbacks

5、. 他們的熱誠在接二連三的挫折后消失殆盡2whenshewenttobreakthenewstoHarriet,however,Emmafoundherquiteunperturbedbyit.可是，當艾瑪委婉的把這個消息透漏給哈里特時，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他并沒有因此感到不安。 3One hates to break with an old friend. 人都不喜歡和老朋友絕交。,Brainy: Adj.聰明的，有頭腦的 1 Rania is glamorous, brainy and not afraid of a little controversy. Rania 富有魅力，有頭腦，并且不畏懼別人的

6、爭論。 Stereotypical： Adj. 慣有的，模式化的，老一套的，刻板的 1 Persons should be typical and believable, but not stereotypical . 人物角色應該是典型的和可信賴的，但不是一成不變的。,PURSUE:追逐，追趕，追捕，追殺； 從事，忙于 Destruction pursues the great. 木秀于林，風必摧之。 He decided to pursue a career in television. 他決定在電視臺干一番事業(yè)。 There is an intensification of police

7、 activity in pursuing criminals. 全國加強了追捕罪犯時的警察活動。,NAME: V.提名，取名，說出; n. 名稱，名聲，名人 I greet you in the name of the president. 我代表總統(tǒng)來迎接您。 He has lent his name to the lofty cause. 他以自己的名義支持這一崇高的事業(yè)。 That brought discredit on his name. 那件事讓他的名譽受損。 JB is a big name in the music business. JB在音樂界是個名人。 You can

8、name your pet dog. 你可以為你的寵物狗命名。,Promote: v. 提升，促進，發(fā)起，宣傳 1 He was promoted to manager. 他被提升為經(jīng)理。 2 To promote a concert is not easy. 辦一場音樂會并不容易。 3 The show will help promote it. 這次展銷會有利于促銷它。 4 Exchange promotes development. 交流促進發(fā)展,Premiere: n.首映禮，總理 Premiere Zhou is a distinguished politician.周總理是一位卓越

9、的政治家。 A galaxy of film stars attended the premiere.一群影星參加了首次公演。,Beautiful sentences : 1 whats more important is that Eg. 更重要的是，我們要學會自力更生。 Whats more important is that we have to learn to make a living by ourselves. 2 school may have always been more important than acting to Portman. Eg. Dear， I have

10、 always been with you. 親愛的我一直和你在一起。,Sentences: 1 To promote the film, the production company MS worked with the 32-year old actress to start a program called The Ultimate. to promote the film 不定式表目的放句首 the production company MS worked with the 32-year old actress 句子主干 to start a program called The U

11、ltimate 不定式表示承接的動作或結果 2 The program aims at connecting girls age 14 and older with the most successful women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics so they can meet, work with and learn from them. The program aims at connecting girls with the most successful women句子主干 age 14 and older修飾