1. Unit 1 Lesson 2
Walt Disney
BY LCGZ
ZHANGXIANGHONG

4. True or False ×
1）Walt Disney’s greatest wish was to become a famous film-maker．
2）Once he took along some of his pictures to a studio in the hope of getting a job there．
3）The people in the office were not interested in Disney’s pictures because the pictures were not well-drawn．
4）Disney used to practise his drawing in the family garage because he knew he might see Mickey Mouse there．
5）As soon as he moved to the west coast of the USA，he was very successful as an artist．
6）He had practised drawing many different pictures of the mouse before finally he was pleased with one of them which he called Mickey Mouse． × × × × √

5. Fast-Reading
How did Disney get the idea for his first cartoon character?
He got the idea for his first cartoon character from a mouse that used to come to his father’s garage.

6. Note Making Born: In Chicago, in 1901 Died: Wish: In 1966 Work:
Cartoon characters:
Became well-known:
Successes:
In Chicago, in 1901
In 1966
To be a famous artist
Artist, cartoon-maker, film-maker
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, etc.
During the 1920s
To make famous cartoon characters, cartoon films and start studios

7. Practice
Talk about the following pictures:

8. Language Points
1. He took along some of his pictures in the hope of getting a job there.
(1) take along
= take with, bring … along with 带着，带在身边
take along sth. with sb. / take sb. along with sb.
某人随身带着某人或某物
eg: Why not take your son along (with you) to the concert this evening?
I took along some English books (with me), but I found no time to read them.

9. Language Points (2) in the hope of / that = in hopes of / that
希望做某事，怀着……的期望
eg: He went there in the hope that he could meet some of his old friends.
2. have no luck
运气不好
try one’s luck
碰运气
be in / out of luck
运气好 / 运气不好
3. be well-known as
= be famous as
作为……而闻名
eg: Dr. Baker is well-known as an expert on ENT.

10. Language Points 4. lose heart 反：take heart
灰心丧气；失去勇气
反：take heart
鼓起勇气；振作起来
eg: Don’t lose heart. You’ll be successful sooner or later.
5. in this way
= by this means, with this
method
以这种方式，用这种办法
all the way 始终，一直
by the way 顺便提到
give way to 让步
in no way 决不
get in / out of the way
挡道 / 不挡道
in a / one way
在某种程度上，稍微

11. Language Points make one’s way 排除困难前进 on one’s way to … 在去……的路上
6. be pleased with …
对……感到满意
be satisfied with 对……感到满意
be angry with 对……生气
be disappointed with 对……失望
be delighted with 对……高兴
be friendly with 对……友好
be patient with 对……耐心
be careful with 对……细心

12. Consolidation
Divide the passage into parts and tell the main idea of each part.
Part 1
(Para. 1)
Disney failed to be an artist when he was young.
Part 2
(Para. 2～4)
Disney didn’t lose heart and kept on trying to be an artist.
Part 3
(Para. 5)
Disney’s success as a cartoon-maker.

13. 用下列词语的适当形式填空。
tell, go, find, join, take, get, excuse, near, sign, go through
1. _______ me. Could you tell me the way to the station?
2. When I _______ to the station, the train had gone.
3. Just ___________ this street round to the right of the bank, and
you will see the bookstore in front of you.
4. Who can _________ what will happen tomorrow?
5. ________ down this street till you get to the post office.
6. Excuse me, please. Where’s the __________ rest room?
7. ________ the gate, turn to the right, and then you will find a little
park.
8. Tom kept looking out of the window, but there was still no
______ of his father.
9. It is good manners to _______ the line in Britain when buying
tickets.
10. When he woke up, he ________ himself lying in the hospital.