人教版高一英语下讲解10

[18:13.38]That's why he is trying to find a new job.
[18:21.64]He often says that he likes his job to be a challenge.
[18:32.08]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[18:37.83]OPRAH WINFREY
[18:40.68]Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US,
[18:47.84]she is also a woman who has inspired millions.
[18:52.51]In her television shows she makes it possible to talk about great moments
[18:58.57]and difficulties in people's lives.
[19:02.70]She has helped thousands of men and women
[19:07.35]come to terms with things that bother them
[19:11.43]and that they could not talk about with others.
[19:15.87]Oprah's programme about literature,in which she reviews books,is very popular.
[19:23.44]When she praises a book,it will become a best-seller.
[19:28.77]Her life and her success are a good example for many women
[19:34.52]Oprah Winfrey is a black woman whose rise to fame is an inspiring story.
[19:41.07]She was born on January 29,1954 in a small village in America.
[19:49.12]Her parents were very poor.
[19:52.78]For her family,life seemed to hold no promise.
[19:58.05]Being black and a woman made life even more difficult in America at that time.
[20:05.32]But there was nothing that could stop Oprah.
[20:09.47]She was an extremely bright girl at school.
[20:13.73]She asked her kindergarten teacher to let her go to school sooner
[20:19.19]and she alsoi skipped the second grade of primary school.
[20:24.23]Her life from the age of six till about fourteen was very hard.
[20:30.79]It was a time in which many sad things happened to her.
[20:36.06]For many women such hardship would be too heavy to bear.
[20:41.63]But not for Oprah.When she was fourteen,Oprah went to live with her father.
[20:48.29]Her father showed her how hard work and discipling could lead to self-improvement.
[20:55.37]Oprah listened to her father,
[20:58.81]and a few years later she won a college scholarship
[21:03.67]that allowed her to go to university.
[21:07.54]In 1971,she began working part-time on a radio programme.
[21:14.07]Two years later,after graduation,she started working for television.
[21:20.52]For more than ten years she worked for different TV stations across the country.
[21:26.90]In 1984,she moved to Chicago,
[21:31.75]where she became the host of a talk show called"AM Chicago".
[21:37.82]When Oprah started,"AM Chicago"had few listeners.
[21:43.27]By September of the next year,
[21:47.11]the show was so successful that it was given a new name:"The Oprah Winfrey Show".
[21:53.88]Oprah's programme has so far been shown on TV for almost 20 years non stop.
[22:01.35]Her show is one of the most popular television programmes in history.
[22:07.41]She has won many prizes for her work in televsion and film.
[22:13.05]Oprah Winfrey's wonderful career inspires many people to believe that success
[22:20.00]and happiness in life are within reach for everyone.
[22:25.04]Her life shows us that hard work and discipline are the road to self-improvement,
[22:31.89]and success lies somewhere along that road.