节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-10
难易度:High
关键字:mainstream, nomination, wholeheartedly, supportive, indie
Well, we're learning that Joseph Gordon-Levitt does have passion.
He loves acting, he loves making movies, and that's why he does it.
So he keeps one foot in the independent realm, and he also has done big
blockbuster movies in Hollywood as well.
He just loves doing what he does.
So he has passion.
So is that why he has success?
Well, we're going to continue learning more about this man - Just a RegularJOE.
(Music).
Just a RegularJOE.
Gordon-Levitt often explains his success this way:
"I'm really lucky. I'm really grateful... And I love it." True as that may be,
can a man with his talents, drive and experience credit his career to luck?
He's thankful for a pioneering grandfather, a supportive family and trusting
directors that have given him chances.
But he also states: "Success is not important to me, nor are power or money."
Maybe it's that very perspective that has given him the "lucky" life he has led.
(Music).
Well, whether or not it's important to him, he has been very successful.
And we see in this section, Gordon-Levitt often explains his success this way:
I'm really lucky.
I'm really lucky.
Well, I guess he uh, just thinks he's a lucky guy, Gabe.
Well, yeah. He says he's lucky.
He says: I'm really grateful... And I love it.
So he thinks that maybe it's just luck that has given him a lot of success.
But he's happy about that.
He's thankful for it.
And of course, he loves it.
He loves doing what he does.
But the lesson continues.
True as that may be, can a man with his talents, drive and experience credit his
career to luck?
I like what our author is saying here.
True as that may be, can Joseph Gordon-Levitt just say this is just luck?
He credits his career to luck.
Let's take a look at that phrase: to credit something to something else.
That means you give the reason to something else.
You say this is the reason why I am, why the way I am.
How can you use that phrase, Carolyn?
Well, he does seem to credit his career to luck.
So his career doesn't really... isn't something that he takes credit for.
He gives the credit to luck.
But I would say that my life, I credit to the way God has been leading me.
I give all the credit to Him.
All right.
You give all the credit to God.
You can credit that to Him.
You also might say that girl was really beautiful.
Well, she credits her good looks to her mother.
Her mother was also a very beautiful person.
So there are different ways you can use that phrase.
But right now it's time for us to look at the phrase "true as that may be."
We're going to be learning a little more about that with Liz in the Grammar Gym.
Welcome to the Grammar Gym, friends.
My name is Liz.
In today's article we read:
True as that may be, can a man with his talents, drive and experience credit his
career to luck?
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
Our focus today is on the phrase at the beginning of the sentence: True as that
may be.
It's another way to say: Although that may be true.
We use this phrase when we want to say even though what was mentioned before is
true, there are other things to think about.
For example:
The traffic jam was really bad; true as that may be, Gary could have come to
work earlier.
Or: The team is running out of time; true as that may be, the team members
should continue to work out a solution.
If you have a copy of this month's magazine with you, be sure to check out
today's Grammar Tip section for more example sentences.
And that's it for today.
This is Liz from the Grammar Gym.
See you next time.
Continuing learning about Joseph Gordon-Levitt, we see he's thankful for a
pioneering grandfather, a supportive family and trusting directors that have
given him chances.
So it doesn't really sound like it's all luck.
He's had a lot of people there to help them, especially a pioneering
grandfather, supportive family and trusting directors.
That's right.
And I think of that word "pioneering." We've talked about this before.
Someone who paves the way for other people.
Maybe they started something big, and so other people followed.
His grandfather certainly did that.
He was a pioneering grandfather.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt also has a supportive family.
Let's take a look at that word "supportive" from our Word Bank.
If someone is supportive of you, that means they support what you do.
They're behind you, they agree with you.
They are supportive.
How can you use that word, Carolyn?
Is there anyone who is supportive of what you do?
Well, there are a lot of people.
Actually, I also have a very supportive family.
They're very happy with what I am doing here in Taipei.
And they support me in my work here.
All right.
Well, it's good to have family members who are supportive, who can support you.
I would think that I have made some decisions that my family didn't always
support.
But they want to support what my desire is, what my interests are.
They try to be supportive.
If I'm interested in something, they want to be supportive.
But Joseph Gordon-Levitt continues, he also states:
Success is not important to me, nor are power or money.
Interesting.
Success isn't important to him.
Well, it sounds like it's not what he focuses on.
He just loves what he does.
As we've been learning about the past few days, he really, really enjoys what he
does in his acting career, and he's very passionate about it.
So he's not concerned about the success or power or money.
Well, it seems like most of the world is concerned about success, power and
money.
It's what drives a lot of people.
And our author continues:
Maybe it's that very perspective that has given him the "lucky" life he has led.
So maybe it's this idea that success, power and money and fame and celebrity
aren't as important as many people say that those things are,
maybe this perspective has made Joseph Gordon-Levitt very lucky.
It's possible that this is what has made him so lucky.
But there have been so many good things that seem to have really happened in his
life that have allowed him to have such a successful career.
Well, I think this is definitely our author's opinion.
It's important to have a good attitude.
No matter what you are doing in life, you want to do it wholeheartedly.
And maybe it's good to stay humble and not to focus too much on things that
aren't important.
Well, it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the Language Lab.
(Chinese).
And let's head back to our teachers.
The past three days we have been learning all about Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his
career as a very successful actor.
But today we learned that he does not focus on the success, and that's not
what's really important to him.
It's a very unique perspective that he has toward his career.
And I kind of wonder what kind of attitude do you think can help you succeed.
What is the best way to lead to success?
Gabe, what kind of attitude should you have?
Well, one word that comes to my mind, Carolyn, is resilience.
We talked about that in this lesson already, resilience.
That means if you fail or mess up, it's tempting to just sit there and... and
think it's too difficult to try again.
But if you have resilience, it doesn't matter.
You know you're not perfect.
You know you will make mistakes.
You can keep getting up and trying even harder and doing even better.
I think that's the kind of attitude that makes some people very, very
successful.
That is a great attitude to have, a very positive attitude that you can continue
even when you fail once or twice or even 100 times, you can still succeed.
Well, we hope that you've enjoyed this article with us.
And we'll see you again next time here on Studio Classroom.
Goodbye.