高一英语精品同步课件：UNIT3教材背景链接（牛津译林版必修2）.ppt

1、Unit 3Amazing people教材背景链接Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life.Thomas Edison有所成就是人生惟一的真正的乐趣。托马斯爱迪生名言佳句You have to believe in yourself.Thats the secret of success.Charles Chaplin人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。查理卓别林The man who has made up his mind to win will never say“impossible”Napoleon凡是决心取得胜利的人从来不

2、说“不可能的。”拿破仑A man，like a watch，is to be valued by his manner of going.William Penn一个人，正如一个时钟，是以他的行动来定其价值的。威廉佩恩类文欣赏Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th,1961.His father，Barack Obama Sr.，was born and raised in a small village in Kenya.Obamas parents met in 1960 in a Russian language class at th

3、e University of Hawaii，where his father was a foreign student on scholarship.The couple married on February 2,1961，and Barack was born later that year.For some reason，his parents separated in 1964.Obamas father eventually returned to Kenya，and Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii，and for some rea

4、son they lived in Indonesia for a few years.Later，he moved to New York，where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School，where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review.He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his

5、 law degree.He worked as a civil rights lawyer in Chicago and taught law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate(参议院)from 1997 to 2004.Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the US.House of Representatives(众议院)in 2000，he ran for

6、the United States Senate in 2004.During the campaign，several events brought him to national attention，such as his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary election for the United States Senator From Illinois as well as his primetime televised address at the Democratic National Convention in July

7、 2004.He won the election to the US.Senate in November 2004.Obama began his run for the presidency in February 2007.After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries(初选)against Hillary Clinton，he won his partys nomination(提名)In the 2008 general election，he defeated Republica

8、n nominee John McCain and on January 20,2009 was elected as the 44th and current President of the United States.He is the first African American to hold the office，as well as the first president born in Hawaii.Obama also won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.Find the words in the passage that fit the following descriptions.1_adv.at the end of a period of time or a series of events.2_n.a group of people who share the same religion,race，job，etc.3_n.a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social，commercial or political aim.Keys：munity3.campaign