大学英语资料—unit 1PPT课件.ppt

Unit One
Growing up
Writing for myself
Warm up questions
Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?
I guess the texts are going to tell us some stories about growing up
What do you think of growing up?
Growing up is by no means an easy thing. It is a long panied by difficulties. We have to be patient. In addition, we should have courage to e these difficulties.
Life is full of adventure. We never get to know what will happen on us. We should be prepared well to face up to any problems.
What qualities do you value most when you grow up?
Background Knowledge
Russell Baker
Russell Baker was the noted journalist, humorist, essayist, and biographer. Baker received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography, Growing Up (1983). With a moving mix of humor and sadness, Baker insightfully recounts the struggles he and his mother endured in depression-era Virginia, New Jersey, and Baltimore after his father passed away. The book's greatest achievement is Baker's portrayal of his mother, a driven woman haunted by poverty and dreams of her son's ess. "I would make something of myself," he wrote, "and if I lacked the grit to do it, well then she would make me make something of myself."