Text B——Bruce Lee Remembered for More than His Movies
（李小龙：值得铭记的不仅是电影）
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Exercises for Text B
A. Complete the following sentences according to the text.
1. Why is Bruce Lee remembered till this day?
He is remembered not only for the movies and TV shows in which he starred but also for breaking racial barriers, helping change stereotypes, and his contributions to martial arts .
2. When did Lee begin his career in martial arts?
He began his career when he went back to the United States at the age of 18 to claim his US citizenship and receive his higher education .
3. How did his films influence the world?
His films brought the traditional Hong Kong martial arts films to world attention and roused interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world as well .
4. Why is Lee’s influence greater than his movies?
Because he smashed the Western stereotype of the Chinese, and provided reasons for a whole generation of young Asians to be proud of their heritage .
5. What is Jeet Kune Do according to Lee?
He himself referred to it as “ the art of expressing the human body ” in his writings and in interviews.
B. Read the sentences below and decide if they are true or false according to the text.
Write T for true or F for false.
1. Madame Tussaud’s wax museum made a figure of Bruce Lee immediately after he died.
2. Lee came from a Chinese immigrant family in the US.
3. Lee grew up in Hong Kong and received higher education there.
4. Lee’s films were made both in Hong Kong and in Hollywood.
5. There is nothing special about Jeet Kune Do except for its simplicity and directness.
Key: 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. T
Comprehensive Exercises
A. Choose the best answer.
1. I don’t know the restaurant, but it’s ________ to be quite a good one.
A. said B. told C. spoken D. talked
2. It’s nearly seven o’clock. Jack ______ be here at any moment.
A. must B. need C. should D. can
3. I don’t like ______ you speak to her.
A. the way B. the way in that
C. the way of which D. the way which
4. I have never heard of anything more ______ than this.
A. exciting B. excited C. excitedly D. to be excited
5. We’d better complete the job with ______ money and ______ people.
A. few; little B. less; fewer C. fewer; less D. more; much
6. It is dangerous for people ______ the streets if they don’t ______ the traffic
rules.
A. to cross; observe B. across; follow
C. crossing; carry out D. cross; remember
7. Would you mind ______ me here at nine o’clock?
A. meet B. to meet C. meeting D. met
8. I was so sleepy that I could hardly keep my eyes ______ yesterday evening.
A. opening B. open C. to be opened D. to open
C. Translate the following sentences into English, using the given words or phrases.
1. 米老鼠是我最喜欢的动画人物。(favorite)
Mickey Mouse is my favorite cartoon character.
2. 现在中国电影在欧美国家很受欢迎。(popular)
Chinese movies are quite popular in American and European countries now.
3. 动画片给人们带来娱乐。(amusement)
Animated films bring people amusement.
4. 六岁时她开始出演电影。(at the age of; star)
She began to star in films at the age of six.
5. 李小龙的电影打破了西方对中国人的刻板印象。(smash; stereotype)
Bruce Lee’s films smashed the Western stereotypes of the Chinese.
D. Translate the following passage from Text A into Chinese.
One night he heard some mice in the wastebasket. He caught them and kept them in small cages on his desk. One of these little mice became his particular friend and gave him the idea for the famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse, a clean mouse in a clean world. In 1928 Mickey Mouse first appeared in a cartoon film.
一天晚上他听到废纸篓里有老鼠的声音。他把老鼠抓来关在小笼子里，摆在了桌上。其中一只小老鼠成了他特殊的朋友，给他带来了创作著名卡通形象米老鼠——一只生活在纯洁世界里的纯洁的小老鼠——的灵感。1928年，米老鼠首次在卡通电影中亮相。
