北师大高中英语选修六Unit16教材背景链接

And at age 19，she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway.That led to a very important role in the movie Pleasantville.But her big break came with LegallyBlonde. She decided，“If you can’t sing and you aren’t glamorous， play to your strengths.(1)If you want to make it in this business，better focus on what you’re good at.Celebrate yourself.”And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots—playing the wife of tormented3 country star Johnny Cash，a singing role. All of a sudden the old fears were back.(2)She was very nervous on the set，and she admitted she would shake after finishing a singing scene and going backstage.But she didn’t give up on the movie or herseling
Unit 16 Stories 教材背景链接
名言佳句
Imagination is more important than knowledge. —Albert Einstein
想像力比知识更为重要。——艾伯特·爱因斯坦 The greatest success is successful self-acceptance.
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失意时不要用借口来敷衍自己，与其自暴自弃，不如从别 人的经历中寻找失败的教训和成功的经验，给自己树立一 个学习的“奋斗榜样”。你知道瑞茜·威瑟斯彭的经历吗？ 你拥有自己的梦想吗？如果是，那就像她那样始终坚持， 决不放弃，终有一天梦想会实现。
Never Give Up Your Dream The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York.It’s a beautiful day.But the girl doesn’t feel that.She’s not the glamorous1 Hollywood type.In fact，she describes herself as dorky2. Since she was six years old，Reese Witherspoon has hoped to be a country singer.Despite three years of lessons，at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about singing.They suggest she think about another career. But back at home in Nashville，her father，a physician， encouraged her to achieve in school.So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University.
—[Britain]Henry Sweet
最大的成功是正确的自我肯定。 ——[英国]亨利·斯维特 Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.
—[America]Thomas Edison 有所成就是人生惟一的真正乐趣。
——[美国]托马斯·爱迪生
She spent 6 months taking singing lessons again.She learned to play the autoharp4.And the hard work built up her confidence. In March,2006，Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage，the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood，and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking，heart-warming singing role as June Carter Cash in WalktheLine.
(2)_________________________________ Keys：(1)如果你想在这一行发展，最好在自己 擅长的方面下功夫。为自己喝彩。 (2)她在台上非常紧张，并且她承认自己 会在唱完一幕回到后台之后发抖。
Notes： 1.glamorous adj.富有魅力的，迷人的 2.dorky adj.傻的，愚蠢的3.tormented adj.饱受折磨的 4.autoharp n．自动竖琴 Task：
Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.
(1)_________________________________