1. Hollywood: An area of Los Angeles which is known as the center of the American film industry. In terms of geography, Holly wood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is generally thought that everyone living in Hollywood is extremely rich, famous, and concerned with appearances but in fact many parts of Hollywood today are poor, dirty and badly cared for 2. Mack Sennett(1880-1960): U.S. film producer, born in Richmond, Quebec. He worked in the theatre as a comic in burlesque companies, and from 1908 in silent films. He later formed his own company and hundreds of shorts, establishing a whole generation of players and a trad ition of knockabout slapstick under the name of Keystone Komics(1912), and later the Sennett Bathing Beauties(1920). He received a special academy Award in 1937 Global Reading Main Idea: The text is about Charlie Chaplins life which is full of contrasts. He came into the world miserable but brought the world endless joy. His Tramp on the screen crude or coarse in the eyes of the English, gave him permanent fame in movie history. His nonsense screen language with no known nationality brought about his huge success. The contrast between his desire to be loved and his fear of being betrayed led to his painful marriages but brought him the luck to walk into the sunset with Oona. And even after his death, the theft of his body served as a fitting memorial to his life as a great comic Structure: The passage is made up of four parts-a general introduction of Charlie Chaplin, his professional success, his emotional life and the end of his story-with each of them developed through the device of contrast. By using contrast, the author skillfully weaves different aspects of his life around his life as a great comic, thus making the article an irresistible appeal to the reader. Part I(Paras. 1-2): A general introduction He came into the world poor but made the world rich with joy. Besides, if there is a balance between his miserable childhood and his character of the Tramp, there must be a contrast between his Tramp and his permanent name in comedy history Part 2(Paras. 3-6 )His professional success His Tramp gave him permanent fame though many people thought it crude; his screen language, making no sense and sound ing like no known national ity, brought about hi huge success; and his first sight of the Tramp on the screen shocked him but, more importantly, drove him to extend his talent Part 3(Paras. 7-8)His emotional life The contrast between his desire to be loved and his worry about being betrayed found its way into his comedy of Monsieur Verdoux but meanwhile brought him the luck to walk into the sunset with Oona in reality Part 4(Paras. 9The end of his life story The theft of his dead body, though a sad incident, was widely regarded as a fitting memorial-his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so Detailed Reading (anguage study patterns) Typical patterns for emphasis -1)Sb. else might do/have done sth. But only sb. can do/could have done sth. else (L4)别人或许会做某事,但只有某人才会做别的事。1. Hollywood: An area of Los Angeles which is known as the center of the American film industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is generally thought that everyone living in Hollywood is extremely rich, famous, and concerned with appearances but in fact many parts of Hollywood today are poor, dirty and badly cared for. 2. Mack Sennett (1880—1960): U.S. film producer, born in Richmond, Quebec. He worked in the theatre as a comic in burlesque companies, and from 1908 in silent films. He later formed his own company and hundreds of shorts, establishing a whole generation of players and a tradition of knockabout slapstick under the name of Keystone Komics (1912), and later the Sennett Bathing Beauties (1920). He received a Special Academy Award in 1937. Global Reading Main Idea: The text is about Charlie Chaplin’s life which is full of contrasts. He came into the world miserable but brought the world endless joy. His Tramp on the screen, crude or coarse in the eyes of the English, gave him permanent fame in movie history. His nonsense screen language with no known nationality brought about his huge success. The contrast between his desire to be loved and his fear of being betrayed led to his painful marriages but brought him the luck to walk into the sunset with Oona. And even after his death, the theft of his body served as a fitting memorial to his life as a great comic. Structure: The passage is made up of four parts—a general introduction of Charlie Chaplin, his professional success, his emotional life and the end of his story—with each of them developed through the device of contrast. By using contrast, the author skillfully weaves different aspects of his life around his life as a great comic, thus making the article an irresistible appeal to the reader. Part 1 (Paras. 1-2 ): A general introduction: He came into the world poor but made the world rich with joy. Besides, if there is a balance between his miserable childhood and his character of the Tramp, there must be a contrast between his Tramp and his permanent name in comedy history. Part 2 (Paras. 3-6) His professional success: His Tramp gave him permanent fame though many people thought it crude; his screen language, making no sense and sounding like no known nationality, brought about his huge success; and his first sight of the Tramp on the screen shocked him but, more importantly, drove him to extend his talent. Part 3 (Paras. 7-8)His emotional life: The contrast between his desire to be loved and his worry about being betrayed found its way into his comedy of Monsieur Verdoux but meanwhile brought him the luck to walk into the sunset with Oona in reality. Part 4 (Paras. 9)The end of his life story: The theft of his dead body, though a sad incident, was widely regarded as a fitting memorial—his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so many. Detailed Reading (language study & patterns) 1. Typical patterns for emphasis: (I-1) Sb. else might do/have done sth. But only sb. can do/could have done sth. else. (L.4) 别人或许会做某事，但只有某人才会做别的事