Unit 5Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Unit 5 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Stream of consciousness
1. William Faulkner（1897-1962），was born from an old southern family and grew in Oxford, Mississippi. The novels of William Faulkner rank among the most important books of the 20th century. For them Faulkner was awarded the 1949 Nobel prize in Literature. Faulkner wrote mostly about his hometown of Oxford, in Lafayette County. Miss.. After two apprentice novels, Faulkner wrote six of his best books between 1929 and 1932, among them are The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Sanctuary.
A. What does a lawyer do after his death?
B. He lies still.
1) 2)
Fury n. great anger
Furious adj. very angry
Infuriate v. to anger…
2. Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961)
One of the most famous American novelists, short-story writers and essayists, whose deceptively simple prose style has influenced wide range of writers. Hemingway was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Main works of Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls(1940), The Old Man and the Sea (1952).
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Catherine,
3.The Lost Generation is a term used to describe a group of American writers who were rebelling against what America had
become by the 1900’s. Seeking the bohemian lifestyle and rejecting the values of American materialism, a number of intellectuals, poets, artists and writers fled to France in the post World War I years. Paris was the center of it all. The term stuck and the mystique surrounding these individuals continues to fascinate us. Full of youthful idealism, these individuals sought the meaning of life, drank excessively, had love affairs and created some of the finest American literature to date. The term was coined by Gertrude Stein, a lost generation writer herself, after World War I. It was between the first and second World Wars. Speaking to Ernest Hemingway, she said, "you are all a lost generation."
Beat generation:
Beatnik n. a member of the beat generation, Hippies,
Yuppies, middle-income class, professional,
coin a word,
coinage n. 1) 2)
Seek v. to look for…
Flee v. to escape,
Fly v.
Flight n. 1) 2) 3)
Who are present
New words and Phrases
tightrope n. A tightly stretched rope, usually of wire, on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
绷索：通常用金属丝制成的拉得很紧的绳索，杂技演员高高地离开地面在其上表演tread /walk a tightrope, live on a
tightrope: to indicate that
someone is in a difficult
situation and has to be
very careful about what
they say or do.
a tightrope walker 走钢丝的演员
The audience held its/their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.
杂技演员走钢丝时,观众都屏住了呼吸.
Audio-, listening
Auditorium,
Audit n.
Audible adj.
Audience n. 1. 2)
deprecate v. 1. to express disapproval of; deplore. 反对：表示不赞成；反对
He deprecates changing the party's policy. 他不赞成改变党的方针。

The peace-loving people deprecate war. 爱好和平的人民反对战争。

Such waste of money should be deprecated at a time like this.
在这种时候应大力反对如此浪费金钱。

2. to belittle; depreciate. 轻视；蔑视
The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts.
老师不应该贬低学生的努力。

trivial adj. small, unimportant,
~ matters,
sour adj.
ill-chosen adj.
ill-mannered adj.
ill-willed adj.
ill-treated adj.
10. Ernest Hemingway
11. The Lost Generation
eternity n.
eternally adv.
eternal triangle, n.
tri-, 3
rectangle,
One Million Pound Note Indefinitely adv.
Is a weak word,
pillar-box,
red,
green,
base n.
adj.
revolutionary base,
basis n.
on the basis of….= based on…
bases , base, basis, hypothesis, hypotheses, thesis, theses, parenthesis, () parentheses oasis, oases,
academy, scholar,
school, student,
tragedy, comedy, tragedian, comedian, tragic, comic,
rebel v. to fight against
re-, prefix, back
bell-, war, fighting, rebellion n.
belligerent adj. warlike, antebellum n.
ante-, before,
the Antebellum,
bellman,
embassy,
“Misfortunes never come singly”. Conan
Unfortunate adj.
Fortune-seeker n.
A small fortune:
fortune-teller n.
pillar n.
pillow n.
pillowcase n.
agony /'ægəni/ n. intense feelings of suffering;
acute mental or physical pain。

同义词：torment, torture;a state of
acute pain
同义词：suffering, excruciation极大
的痛苦，苦恼
The wounded man was in agony.
那受伤的人痛苦已极.
She was in an agony of indecision. 她陷於犹豫不决的痛苦之中.
She called out in agony
He suffered agonies of remorse. = He was in an agony of remorse他饱受悔恨的煎熬. 后悔不迭
sweat n.
sweat out:
sweat v. & n.,
perspire v. (literature)
perspiration n.
inspire v.
non-profit organization,
profiteer n.
make profits
miser n.
dedication /dedi'keiʃən/ n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or
emotionally) to a course of action
同义词：commitment, allegiance,
loyalty奉献，献身。

dedicate v. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
奉献：为祭神或宗教目的而奉献；供奉
Dedicate n.
Jewish,
2. To set apart for a special use: 为某一特殊用途而奉献：
dedicated their money to scientific research.
把他们的钱用于科学研究
3. To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action:
致力：承诺一特定的想法或承诺采用一特定的行动：
dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
我们开始经营自己的买卖
4. To address or inscribe (a literary work,
for example) to another as a mark of
respect or affection. 题献：在（例如，
一部文学作品）上题献词表示尊敬或
爱戴
commensurate/kə'menʃərit/ adj.
corresponding in size or degree or
extent 同样大小的，相称的
a salary commensurate with my performance.
薪水与我的工作表现相称Salary, monthly, yearly,
wage, hour, day, week,
pay day,
moonlight income
Nothing he does is commensurate to our desire.
他做的事没一件使我们称心。

He was given a job commensurate with his abilities.
他得到一份与他能力相称的工作。

2. Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
同量的；同标准的：像另一个同样大小、范围或持续时间
acclaim/ə'kleim/ n. enthusiastic approval. 喝彩，欢呼，赞同
acclamation n.
exclaim v.
exclamation n.
exclamation mark !
proclaim
proclamation n.
pinnacle/'pinəkl/ n.(architecture)a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of
tower；the highest level or degree
attainable; the highest stage of
development ；a lofty peak 小尖塔，
尖峰，高峰
tower n.
temple,
pagoda
dagoba n.
anguish/'æŋgwiʃ/ n. extreme mental distress；extreme distress of body or
mind剧痛，痛苦，苦闷
in anguish 极度痛苦
Nothing can take away the anguish of losing a child.
什么都不能解除失去孩子的巨大
悲痛。

Physical disability causes mental anguish.
生理伤残会引起心理苦闷。

travail n. 1. tribulation or agony; anguish. 痛苦：苦难或痛苦；悲痛
Nixon, whatever his travail, would see it through.
尼克松置他的痛苦处境于不顾,坚决要把这件事干到底。

No x in Nixon.
Palindrome,
2. The labor of childbirth. 分娩
Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
母亲们了解分娩时的痛苦。

sustain/səs'tein/ vt. lengthen or extend in duration or space 承受，经受，维持
sust e nance n.
maintain v. 1) 2)
maintenance n.
blow up: explode
1949,。