外研版（2019）必修第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate！ Understanding ideas课件(共35张PPT)

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Unit 2
Unit 2
Let's celebrate!
To know some famous novelists.
To learn something about British great author J.R.R. Tolkien.
To read for the main idea of the passage.
To read carefully for some detailed information.
To learn some key words and expressions.
Do you know the man
Liu Cixin
He is one of the most famous science-fiction novelists all over the world. His Three Body Problem has become such an international cultural phenomenon (现象) that business and government leaders have read the books and drawn lessons from it.
Three Body Problem won the Hugo Award, the first for an Asian author
Barack Obama: “wildly imaginative, really interesting”.
Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, said the book gave him ideas about marketing competition.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, recommends it.
These are two most recently films based on his novels. After viewing, can you use several words to describe the movies
What do you know about this English novelist
What about his works
Read the introduction to Tolkien and answer the questions.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English writer, poet and university professor, best known as the author of some of the world’s most popular high-fantasy novels. With his limitless imagination, he created new worlds for his readers to explore. His novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have made into films.
adj. 无限制的，无止境的
n. 幻想，想象
1. Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books or seen any of the films based on them What do you think of them
The Hobbit
A Hobbit’s name is Bilbo Baggins. One morning, a mysterious visitor, Gandalf who is a wizard (巫师) met him. He let Bilbo join in the dwarf (矮人) and take a risk. The thirteen dwarves also met Bilbo. Then they start the journey. Their purpose is simple. They want to recover their occupied hometown—the lonely mountain. Along the way, they walk on the side to avoid the attack of the orcas(兽人). Finally, with the help of human and elves (精灵) they recover the hometown.
The Lord of the Rings
An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf
discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest (史诗任务) to destroy it! However, he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas, the elf, Gimli, the
Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!
2. What else do you know about Tolkien Find out more about him and share your research with the class.
The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers & The Return of the King)
The History of Middle-earth
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
Read the passage and find out what Letters from Father Christmas is about and why Tolkien wrote these letters.
Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkien’s letters to his four children at Christmas. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North pole. Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his children.
Background
Letters from Father Christmas
It is a collection of letters written and illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien. After the birth of his firstborn son, Tolkien began to write his children letters from Father Christmas. Edited by Baillie Tolkien, the second wife of his youngest son, the letters were released on 2 Sept. 1976, the third anniversary of Tolkien’s death. The
book was warmly received by critics.
The stories are about the adventures
and misadventures of Father
Christmas and his helpers, including
the North Polar Bear and his two cubs.
语篇类型属于书评book review，是对一本书的评价，作者就某本书给出自己的评价，并简单介绍书中内容。
作者可以在书评中给出所评价的书的基本要素，如：该书的作者，主要著作，获奖情况，写作风格等。
书评需对作品有简单介绍，注意介绍清楚主要人物、情节和思想。
可能整部作品太大，所以挑出主要人物与情节介绍即可。可以在书评中加入自己的看法，给出对作品主题的意见。
书评的主要目的是对作品做出评价，所以要注意介绍作品和评价作品二者兼顾。
A book
Review consists
author’s
information
summary
comments
background related to the content of the book
author’s life
Summary should be self-contained, clear, easy to understand, and objective.
writer’s own views
merits (优点) and demerits
discuss its relevance to the present time
Match the main ideas of each paragraph.
Parents try to keep Father Christmas alive for their children.
Tolkien did keep the magic for his children.
Tolkien’s children could got a handwritten letter with a North Pole stamp each Christmas.
The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life, but changed as his children got older.
Tolkien may be the real Father Christmas.
P1 The beginning
P2 author’s
information
P3-4 summary
of the book with main characters
P5 comments
The author tells us parents try to keep the image of Father Christmas for their children.
What’s the main idea
What did Tolkien do to keep the magic
He wrote letters to his children.
Why could Letters from Father Christmas be the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a special time of year
Because he succeeded in keeping Father Christmas alive for his four children over a period of more than twenty years.
Why did Tolkien use envelopes with North Pole stamps
Because he wanted to make his children believe the letters are from Father Christmas.
Can you imagine what the letter looked like Try to make a similar one with your partners.
Step 1: prepare an envelope
Step 2: draw a North Pole stamp
Step 3:
write down someone’s address
Step 4:
write a letter (pretend that you are Father Christmas)
What do you think of the stories Exchange your idea with your partners.
These words may help you: naughty, vivid, naive, childlike, interesting, imaginative, reflective…
What did Tolkien want to make his children know as they got older
Sometimes, you can’t get all you want.
Remember there are some poor and starving people.
What can we learn from Letters from Father Christmas
The true spirit of giving.
Why is Tolkien the real Father Christmas
Because he has expressed his love for his children in such a special way.
1. Tolkien wrote letters to his children for more than twenty years.
2. The children were very excited when they opened the letters.
3. The handwritten letters were from Father Christmas at the North Pole.
4. Children were warned that they might not receive their presents if they behaved badly.
5. We can't learn about the life of Polar Bear from Letters from Father Christmas.
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Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage.
1 The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
2 Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
3 Tolkien’s love and care for his children made him very like Father Christmas.
Complete the notes with expressions from the passage.
Title of the book: _________________________
Author:________________
Background information:
Every Christmas, Tolkien’s children would get an envelope with _________________. Inside it, they would find ____________________________
_________. Of course, the letters were written by Tolkien.
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father
Christmas
climbed the North Pole
Contents of the letters:
They tell wonderful stories about ___________
________________________________________
_____. In one letter, Polar Bear ____________
__________ and ___________________ of Father Christmas’s house. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about _______________
______________________________ with the toys.
Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could
not stop his helpers playing games
1 Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas Give your reasons.
2 What is the most special gift you have received from your family Why is it special to you
Make the summary complete.
Letters from Father Christmas has been popular for a long time. Its 1. _________ J.R.R. Tolkien also wrote The Lord of the Rings. Every Christmas Tolkien's children received a(n) 2. __________ letter from Father Christmas, which told stories about Father Christmas's life and 3. _________ at the North Pole. People can share the true spirit of 4. _________ by reading the book, so Tolkien may have been the 5. ________ Father Christmas.
handwritten, real, adventures, author, giving
author
handwritten
adventures
giving
real
Letters from Father Christmas
Who wrote the letters
Why were the letters written
What makes the letters special
How do the letters affect us
Not Father Christmas but J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.
To keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Handwritten; Beautifully illustrated; Wonderful stories; Not usual warnings to children; The letters changed as the children got older.
We can learn to share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
Let’s know more about J.R.R. Tolkien.
“He who breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“Little by little, one travels far.”
Write a short passage in 70 words based on the following questions:
What is the most special gift you have received from your family
Why is it special to you