Unit 3
My Stroke of LuckKirk Douglas
Idioms & Proverbs related to “Luck” try one’s luck play big luck Be in luck / out of luck Be down on your luck repeated strokes of luck regard the calamity as good luck in disguise He has had the luck to succeed. Luck goes against him. The luck has turned in our favor. As luck would have it, a doctor happened to be there when she fainted.
Diligence is the mother of good luck. Lucky in cards, unlucky in love. Misfortune seldom comes alone./bad luck comes in threes.
Pre-reading
About the author
Kirk Douglas & Anne DouglasShe keeps saving my life. Better still, she keeps giving me reasons to live.
Kirk Douglas: young & old
Kirk Douglas‘s Profile: P47
Pre-reading Questions: Do you believe in luck? Please explain with your personal experience. Think of persons you know who suffer misfortunes but still persevere in their pursuits. Describe him / her to your classmates.
Title Analysis
My stroke of Luck
strike, stroke, struck1. The cat likes being stroked. 猫喜欢让人抚摸。 2. The character ―曦‖ has too many strokes and kids find it very difficult to write.
stroke3. A sudden illness in the part of the brain ---The stroke left him partly paralyzed.
4. An unexpected piece (of luck) a stroke of luck / fortune一桩意外的幸事/运气
a stroke of misfortune a stroke of lightening 闪击 a stroke of genius / inspiration聪明之举/绝妙的主意
--- It was a stroke of luck that I found you here.
An unexpected piece of luck意外好运
My stroke of Luck我“中”的好运
A sudden illness in the part of the brain…after my stroke in 1995, (para.3) 我的中风
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Pun: My stroke of Lucka figure of speech; a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Fitzgerald R. Ford 杰拉尔德· R· 福特 (born in 1913) the 38th American President” ―I am a Ford, not a Lincoln‖. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln s. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity(简洁) and his plain speaking.
Can you figure it out?1. He is not a grave man until he is a grave man. 2. A bicycle can‘t stand on its own because it is two-tyred. 3. We must all hang together or we shall all hang separately.
TALK ABOUT IT1. What happens to us in life often makes us think ourselves lucky or unlucky. 2. Do you believe in luck? Please explain with your personal experience.
Memorable Quotes
I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity. Oprah Winfrey [the most successful female talk show host in American TV history. ]
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson[the third president of the United States and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence. ]