B 6 01 Oprah Winfrey Queen of Talk
B 6 -01 Oprah Winfrey: Queen of Talk Shows 第 1課 歐普拉.溫弗里:脫口秀之后 資料來源:龍騰 6課乙版高職英文(B 601) Reading Selection Edited by Tsai, Peihua Tsai, Pei. Hua 1 2011/10/8
O 1. I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process. O 我不相信失敗,因為如果你在過程中享 受到樂趣,就根本沒有失敗這回事。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 2
O 2. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. O 幸運就是好好準備,而剛巧遇上了機會。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 3
O 3. Turn your wounds into wisdom. O 把你的傷口轉變成智慧。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 4
O 4. You can have it all. Just not all at once. O 你終會得到一切,但是不是一蹴可及。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 5
O 5. The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. O 你最大的冒險就是依你的夢想而活。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 6
O 6. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. O 感恩你所擁有的,你會得到更多。如果 你一直執著於你所缺少的,你永遠不會 滿足。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 7
第 1段課文原文 O One of the most successful African-American women today is Oprah Winfrey. O She hosts a daily talk show that is watched by millions of people around the world. O On her shows, she covers topics that help viewers learn more about themselves. O Issues of child abuse, sexual abuse, homosexuality, and marital problems─Oprah discusses anything and everything with her guests. 2011/10/8 Tsai, Pei. Hua 8
第 1段課文-1 O One of the most successful African- American women today is Oprah Winfrey. O 歐普拉.溫弗里是現今最成功的非裔美 國女士之一。 ØOne of. . . =表其中一個,後面接複數名詞 women,但動詞要用單數is。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 10
第 1段課文-2 O She hosts a daily talk show [that is watched by millions of people around the world]. O 她主持一個每天播出的脫口秀節目,[全 世界數百萬人都看這個節目]。 Ømillions of people=數百萬人 Øaround the world=世界各地 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 11
第 1段課文-3 O On her shows, she covers topics [that help viewers learn more about themselves]. O 節目裡涵蓋讓觀眾更加了解他們自己的 主題。 Øcover vt. 包含;報導 Ø viewer (n. )觀眾 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 12
第 1段課文-4 O Issues of child abuse, sexual abuse, homosexuality, and marital problems ─ Oprah discusses anything and everything with her guests. O 虐童、性虐待、同性戀、婚姻問題等這 些議題,歐普拉和她的來賓們無所不談。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 13
第 2段課文原文 O Oprah herself grew up in a broken home. O She was wild and undisciplined as a teenager and was sent to live with her father. O He set curfews for her and assigned her many book reports, resulting in Oprah’s lifelong love of reading. O Oprah began to settle down and slowly Tsai, Pei. Hua 14 turned her life around. 2011/10/8
第 2段課文-1 O Oprah herself grew up in a broken home. O 歐普拉本身成長於一個破碎的家庭。 Øgrow(成長) – grew – grown Øbroken (adj. )破碎的 broke (adj. )破產 的 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 16
第 2段課文-2 O She was wild and undisciplined as a teenager and was sent to live with her father. O 她是個很任性又不守紀律的青少年, 被送去和她父親住在一起。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 17
第 2段課文-3 O He set curfews for her and assigned her many book reports, resulting in Oprah’s lifelong love of reading. O 他為她訂定宵禁時間,並指派給她寫 很多的讀書報告,這讓歐普拉一生都 熱愛閱讀。 Øassign vt. 分配;指派 Øresulting in=造成…(結果) Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 18
第 2段課文-4 O Oprah began to settle down and slowly turned her life around. O 歐普拉開始安定下來,慢慢地她的人生 有了轉變。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 19
第 3段課文原文 O Oprah worked as a television reporter while attending Tennessee State University. O After graduation, Oprah took a job as a TV news anchor in Baltimore, Maryland. O But she was not a great success as a news reporter because she was too emotional, laughing at funny stories and crying at sad ones. O She was much more successful when the station assigned her to host an early morning talk show. O On the show, she chatted with guests and expressed her opinions. O This led her to eventually 8 hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show, one of the most-watched programs in American television history. Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 20
第 3段課文-1 O Oprah worked as a television reporter while attending Tennessee State University. O 歐普拉還在田納西州立大學就讀時,她擔 任電臺的記者。 Ø本段出現了三個as (work as. . . , took a job as. . . , a great success as. . . ),皆為介系詞 的用法,語意為「以……身分」。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 22
第 3段課文-2 O After graduation, Oprah took a job as a TV news anchor in Baltimore, Maryland. O 畢業後,她在馬里蘭州巴爾的摩當新聞主 播。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 23
第 3段課文-3 O But she was not a great success as a news reporter because she was too emotional, laughing at funny stories and crying at sad ones. O 可是,她並不是位很成功的新聞主播,因為 她太情緒化,會因為有趣的故事大笑,傷心 的故事而哭。 Ø emotional adj. 情感的;情緒化的 Ø laughing 跟crying後面的at有「針對」的意 思,ones則是代替前面提過的複數名詞 stories。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 24
第 3段課文-4 O She was much more successful when the station assigned her to host an early morning talk show. O 當電視臺派她去主持一個晨間脫口秀, 她就成功多了。 O host (v. )主持 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 25
第 3段課文-5 O On the show, she chatted with guests and expressed her opinions. O 她在節目中和來賓們聊天,並表達 她的看法。 Øchat with (人)=和(人)聊天 Øexpress (v. )表達 Øopinion (n. )意見;看法 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 26
第 4段課文原文 O Oprah’s success made her the richest African American of the twentieth century. O She has been called the most influential woman in the world. O The books she recommends on her Oprah Book Club instantly become bestsellers. Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 27
第 4段課文-1 O Oprah’s success made her (be) the richest African American of the twentieth century. O 歐普拉的成就讓她成為二十世紀最富有 的非裔美國人。 Øthe twentieth =20 th Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 29
第 4段課文-2 O She has been called the most influential woman in the world. O 她一直被稱為世上最有影響力的女士。 Øinfluential (adj. )有影響力的 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 30
第 4段課文-3 ØThe books she recommends on her Oprah Book Club instantly become bestsellers. Ø她在她的《歐普拉選書會》推薦的書迅速 地成為暢銷書。 Ørecommend (v. )推薦 Øinstantly (adv. )迅速地 Ø bestseller n. [C] 暢銷書或唱片 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 31
第 5段課文原文 O Oprah strongly believes that people should give back to their communities. O No other American show business figure has donated as much money to charity as Oprah. O Her latest charitable project was investing US$40 million and much of her time to educate young women in South Africa. O In a touching tribute, Nelson Mandela praised Oprah for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a 2011/10/8 Tsai, Pei. Hua 32 benefactor of others.
第 5段課文-1 O Oprah strongly believes that people should give back to their communities. O 歐普拉深信人們應該回饋社區。 Øgive back to=回饋 Øcommunity (n. )社區 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 34
第 5段課文-2 O No other American show business figure has donated as much money to charity as Oprah. O 沒有其他的美國演藝人士曾捐獻和歐普 拉一樣多的錢給慈善機構。 Øfigure n. [C] 人物;數字 Ødonate (v. )捐贈 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 35
第 5段課文-3 O Her latest charitable project was investing US$40 million and much of her time to educate young women in South Africa. O 她最新的慈善計畫是投資四千萬美元和 她的許多時間教育在南非的年輕婦女們。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 36
第 5段課文-4 O In a touching tribute, Nelson Mandela praised Oprah for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a benefactor of others. O 尼爾森.曼德拉在一次動人的頌詞中讚 美歐普拉,說她克服自己貧困的青少年, 並成為他人的恩人。 Øpraise (v. )讚美 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 37
第 6段課文原文 O Oprah Winfrey is now not only a talk show host, but also a worldwide celebrity and humanitarian. O If you tune in to her program, you may find that you are similarly inspired to change your life and reach out to others. Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 38
第 6段課文-1 O Oprah Winfrey is now not only a talk show host, but also a worldwide celebrity and humanitarian. O 歐普拉.溫弗里現在不僅是脫口秀主持 人,也是全球名人和慈善家 Øworldwide (adj. )全球的 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 40
第 6段課文-2 O If you tune in to her program, you may find that you are similarly inspired to change your life and reach out to others. O 如果你收看她的節目,你可能會發現, 自己同樣地受到激勵去改變生活,並且 伸出援手幫助其他人。 Tsai, Pei. Hua 2011/10/8 41
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