高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：人物话题

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：学号：姓名：外刊精选I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 arc 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 commercial

3、 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 platfonn to promote his

4、book even when he is out of office.Bui 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 financial b

5、enefits.Another possibility is (hat 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。I .memoir memwa： r

6、 n.2.sell IselJ vi.publisher pA bli f o n.4,rilual ri tf uol n.await a wei t vt.capturc kaeptf a vt.nsight I nsai t n.8.pit (pi t v.n.9.fraught fro ： t adj.10.stand v.defeat (sb.) di fi: t vt.megaphone megafou n n.conservative kon S3 ： votl v adj.perilous persbs adj.pcril / pcral/ n.polarizcdpou bra

7、i zd adj.boycott bo I ko(1 n.self-publish v.bypass bai pa： s vt.given prep.【词块学习】请从文章中找到卜.面中文相对应的文词块。.卸任.不管，无论.与某人在某事上有分歧/不合.商业利益.地理断层带；(本文指)裂痕.这一次.支配，统治.媒体渠道，媒体机构.卸任，离职1。.诽谤诉讼1 LA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 into Mexico. He was born in Tij

8、uana 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 paperhack copy of The Godfat

9、her and told him it would change his life. I dont think he was trying to make a case fbr us being criminals,M 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 in the US.In his new novel The H

10、ouse 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 knows hes dying, and hes gathered

11、 his extended family around him fbr 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 American junk food 一 they didnt want

12、 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 had changed their lives.Urreas

13、 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 him to aim bigger. When he found hi

14、mself 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 get that very oflcn.The House of Br

15、oken Angels is a celebration of the Mexican-American family, but it also includes moments of frustration with this country,s 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. Yeah, the employees all got the mess

16、age,“ 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. UI had to bite down on the bitterness of my rage （愤怒），man!” Urrea says. I was having some pretty serious response t

17、o Donald Trumps confiising 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 isn,t a surprise.”“I really wanted to write a tribute to my brother, to my family a

18、nd to us, but its also a love song to the country,5, 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 fbr this country, whatever the country1 represents. People want to be here and work.

19、And with persistence, they become the boss.Why did Urreas father give him the book The GodfatherA.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.Hc hoped Urrea would feel connected to Mexico.Urrea though

20、t of Truman Capote because.A.Capote was good al writing tiny booksB.Capotcs books arc about ChristinasC.he intended to write a memoirD.he liked reading Capotes books7.In the sentence “A kid from Tijuana doesnt get that very oftcn. A kid refers to.A.Jim HarrisonB.Luis Alberto UrreaC.Truman C叩oleD.Big

21、 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】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。.memoir memwa： r n.回忆录.sell scl vi.有

22、销路,卖得不错.publishcr pA bli f a n.出版商.ritual ri tf gl n.仪式；惯例.await o wei tl vt.等待.capture kseptf a vt.捕获，捕捉.insight I nsai t n.深刻的见解，洞见8.pit Lpi tj v.使对立n.大坑9.fraught fro : t adj.令人担忧的lO.stand v.主语处于某种状态或者水平.defeat (sb.) di fi： t vt.击败，战胜.megaphone megafou n n.影响力;喇叭筒，扩音器.conservative kan S3 ： vail vj adj.保守的.perilous peral as J adj.非常危险的.peril / peral/ n.巨大的危险.polarized pou hrai zd adj.两极分化的.boycott bo I kD t n.抵抗.self-publish v.自行出版.bypass bai pa: s vt.绕过，迂回.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