2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：人物话题.docx

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选特朗普要出回忆录，会有人愿意出版吗？特朗普总统即将卸任，自带热搜体质的他，如果和历任总统一样出回忆录，一定会大卖特卖。但是，会有出版商愿意替他出版吗？A Trump Memoir Would Sell. Will Publishers Buy It?By Elizabeth A. Harris, Alexandra AlterWhen American presidents leave office, regardless of their parties or approval ratings, a common ritual awaits

2、: They write books, capturing the moment for history and sharing insight into one of the worlds most unusual jobs. But publishers are at odds over such a project with President Trump, even though his presidential memoir would likely sell millions of copies. It is a debate that pits powerful commerci

3、al interests against fraught political and cultural fault lines. Sales and profits this time around stand to be huge. Mr. Trump was defeated in the 2020 election but still has a megaphone on social media and holds sway with many conservative media outlets, which will give him a platform to promote h

4、is book even when he is out of office. But the risks this time are different, too. Several top executives said that publishing Mr. Trump could be perilous in a polarized media environment and that the possibilities of boycotts, libel lawsuits and social media campaigns outweighed the obvious financi

5、al benefits. Another possibility is that Mr. Trump could self-publish a book and bypass the houses entirely. Given the number of books Mr. Trump is likely to sell, retaining complete control of a books content and message is likely to be an appealing proposition. 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.memoir mem

6、wr n. _2.sell sel vi. _3.publisher pbl n. _4.ritual rtul n._5.await wet vt. _6.capture kpt vt. _7.insight nsat n. _8.pit pt v. _ n. _9.fraught frt adj. _10.stand v. _11.defeat (sb.) dfit vt. _12.megaphone mefn n_13.conservative knsvtv adj._14.perilous perls adj._15.peril /perl/ n. _16.polarized plra

7、zd adj. _17.boycott bkt n. _18.self-publish v._19.bypass baps vt. _20.given prep. _【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.卸任_2.不管，无论_3.与某人在某事上有分歧/不合_4.商业利益_5.【地理】断层带；（本文指）裂痕_6.这一次_7.支配，统治_8.媒体渠道，媒体机构_9.卸任，离职_10.诽谤诉讼_11.A比B更重要，更有价值_拓展练习阅读理解When the novelist Luis Alberto Urrea was 14 or 15, he took a trip deep in

8、to Mexico. He was born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and a white American mother before moving just across the border and eventually into the San Diego suburbs. But his father thought he was becoming “too American”, and took him on a 27-hour journey to Mazatlan. Along the way, his father gave him a

9、 paperback copy of The Godfather and told him it would change his life. “I dont think he was trying to make a case for us being criminals,” Urrea says. “But he really felt this incredible connection to the family and the traditions and the honor for the old country, as people were making their way i

10、n the US.”In his new novel The House of Broken Angels, Urrea has written his own take on the Godfather story with a Mexican-American Don Corleone figure at its center. The story takes place over two days, as Big Angel de la Cruz buries his mother and celebrates his final birthday party on earth; he

11、knows hes dying, and hes gathered his extended family around him for a noisy and lively goodbye.The idea was inspired by the final birthday party of Urreas elder brother three years ago. Everybody was jammed in his backyard, and there was a DJ and people dancing and consuming a serious amount of Ame

12、rican junk food they didnt want Mexican food, they wanted KFC and pizza. I thought, where are the tacos, dude? And my brother sat in his little chair in the middle of it. People were coming to him and kneeling, and they would thank him and kiss his hand or touch his head and tell him all the ways he

13、 had changed their lives.Urreas brother died of cancer within two weeks at 74, and the heartbreaking event haunted the author. He considered writing a memoir (回忆录) about it “I was thinking about Truman Capote, when he did those tiny books about Christmas and Thanksgiving.” But his wife encouraged hi

14、m to aim bigger. When he found himself seated next to the writer Jim Harrison at a dinner event, he shared the story, and Harrison said, “Sometimes God hands you a novel. You have to write it.”Urrea thought to himself, “Marching orders from Jim Harrison this is good stuff. A kid from Tijuana doesnt

15、get that very often.The House of Broken Angels is a celebration of the Mexican-American family, but it also includes moments of frustration with this countrys treatment of the immigrant group.Before he got too sick to work, Big Angel worked in an office and drank coffee from a cup that read BOSS. “Y

16、eah, the employees all got the message,” Urrea writes. “The Mexican-American was calling himself their boss.” In a grocery store, a woman screams at two of his family members that theyll be kicked out of the country soon. “I had to bite down on the bitterness of my rage (愤怒), man!” Urrea says. “I wa

17、s having some pretty serious response to Donald Trumps confusing and empty talk. But you know, it may have shocked a lot of the United States to hear this kind of empty talk and this bald-faced racialism of politics all of a sudden, but to us, this stuff isnt a surprise.”“I really wanted to write a

18、tribute to my brother, to my family and to us, but its also a love song to the country,” Urrea says. “I think people have this weird, horrible view that immigrants are evil snakes. People dont understand that immigration is truly a statement of love for this country, whatever the country represents.

19、 People want to be here and work.” And with persistence, they become the boss.5.Why did Urreas father give him the book The Godfather?A.He wanted Urrea to enjoy the 27-hour journey.B.He thought the book had changed his own life.C.He tried to show Urrea a real case of criminals.D.He hoped Urrea would

20、 feel connected to Mexico.6.Urrea thought of Truman Capote because _.A.Capote was good at writing tiny booksB.Capotes books are about ChristmasC.he intended to write a memoirD.he liked reading Capotes books7.In the sentence “A kid from Tijuana doesnt get that very often.” “A kid” refers to _.A.Jim H

21、arrisonB.Luis Alberto UrreaC.Truman CapoteD.Big Angel de la Cruz8.The House of Broken Angels mainly focuses on the novelists_.A.love for the Mexican-American familyB.life in the Mexican-American peopleC.mixed feelings towards American peopleD.mature reflection on Mexican traditions外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文

22、单词在文章中的中文意思。1.memoir memwr n. 回忆录2.sell sel vi. 有销路，卖得不错3.publisher pbl n. 出版商4.ritual rtul n. 仪式；惯例5.await wet vt. 等待6.capture kpt vt. 捕获，捕捉7.insight nsat n. 深刻的见解，洞见8.pit pt v. 使对立 n. 大坑9.fraught frt adj. 令人担忧的10.stand v. 主语处于某种状态或者水平11.defeat (sb.) dfit vt. 击败，战胜12.megaphone mefn n. 影响力；喇叭筒，扩音器13

23、.conservative knsvtv adj. 保守的14.perilous perls adj. 非常危险的15.peril /perl/ n. 巨大的危险16.polarized plrazd adj. 两极分化的17.boycott bkt n. 抵制18.self-publish v. 自行出版19.bypass baps vt. 绕过，迂回20.given prep. 考虑到【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.leave office卸任2.regardless of不管，无论3.be at odds over sth. with sb.与某人在某事上有分歧/不

24、合mercial interests商业利益5.fault line【地理】断层带；（本文指）裂痕6.this time around这一次7.hold sway支配，统治8.media outlets媒体渠道，媒体机构9.out of office卸任，离职10.libel lawsuits诽谤诉讼11.A outweighs B A比B更重要，更有价值【全文翻译】特朗普出回忆录一定大卖，但有人愿意出版吗？美国总统卸任时有一个惯例，不管他们的政治党派是哪方，也不管他们的支持率如何，他们都会写书，回顾重大的历史时刻，同时也分享自己对这份世界上最非比寻常的工作之一的洞见。虽然特朗普的回忆录可能会

25、热卖数百万份，但是出版商与特朗普在他出回忆录这个事上持不同态度。在这场争论中，巨大的商业利益和令人担忧的政治、文化裂痕截然对立。此时出版总统回忆录肯定会大卖，赚得盆满钵满。虽然特朗普在2020年选举中败选了，但是他在社交媒体上仍具有强大的号召力，在很多保守派媒体中也占据主导地位，保守派媒体能为他提供平台，让他即便下台了也还能宣传自己的书。但这次的风险也是大不相同。一些业界高层人士说，在一个两极分化严重的媒体环境中，出版特朗普的书风险很大。他的书可能会引发反对者的抵制购买活动、诽谤诉讼和社交媒体运动，影响远远大于显而易见的金钱利益。另一个可能是，特朗普也许会自己出书，完全绕过出版商。考虑到特朗普回忆录可能卖出的数量，保住对该书内容和信息的全部控制权或许是个很有吸引力的想法。拓展练习阅读理解参考答案5.D 6.C 7.B 8.A