(共27张PPT)
Unit 2 Lessons in life
Understanding ideas
目录页
contents
Pre-reading
I
Language points
Ⅳ
Fast reading
II
Homework
Ⅴ
Intensive reading
III
VI
Post-reading
Ⅰ
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Read the reviews on the back cover of the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and answer the questions.
When you’ve lost your way on the path of life, you might notice someone ready to help, watching you kindly from further along the way. You know them: an older relative, a teacher, a friend, or a neighbour.
Older, more patient, kinder and wiser, now they’ll walk with you, and tell you what to look out for on your journey.
Pre-reading
1. What metaphor for life is used in the reviews
Life is compared to a journey in the reviews.
2. When people are described as “watching you kindly from further along the way”, what does this mean
It means these people are kind and have more experiences.
Read the reviews on the back cover of the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and answer the questions.
Pre-reading
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons.
Possible answers:
Arthur K 4 stars
Reasons: Para 2: Morrie’s bravery towards the end of his life is inspirational and has made me value my own life more.
Pre-reading
Amy Wang 5 stars
Reasons: Para 3: I think this book should be on all school reading lists. After finishing it, I feel I have been given a deeper insight into the world and can see things from a different point of view.
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons.
Pre-reading
Marty 3 stars
Reasons: Para 4: Although it isn’t my favourite book, I’d still recommend that people read it — after all, it is something that’s a bit different!
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons.
Pre-reading
Vivian 5 stars
Reasons: Para 5: Warning! A box of tissues will be needed to get through this book! Morrie’s reflections on love and friendship made me think about my life and all the good friends that I’ve lost touch with along the way. It made me realise just how much I miss them.
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons.
Pre-reading
Tuesdays with Morrie is an autobiographical nonfiction written by the American writer Mitch. It’s the story of the last philosophy lesson the author’s mentor, Professor Morrie Schwatz, taught Mitch every Tuesday for 14 weeks before he died.
自传体的
非小说类纪实作品
Pre-reading
Morrie, a professor of social psychology in his 70s, was dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1994. As one of Morrie’s early students, Mitch visited the professor every Tuesday to listen to the old man’s final instructions and, after his death, Mitch wrote
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Pre-reading
a book called Tuesdays with Morrie. Death, both as the theme of the work and as the clue of the novel, conveys the author’s deeper and more thorough thinking about life, which makes Tuesdays with Morrie itself exude a strong philosophical implication.
流露,显露
Pre-reading
Mitch Albom (1959---) is a well-known American columnist, radio host, television commentator and active philanthropist. He has published nine bestsellers so far, including Tuesdays with Morrie , a nonfiction book that has been on
慈善家
Pre-reading
the bestseller lists for four years and has been translated into thirty-one languages, including Chinese. With more than twenty million copies sold worldwide, it has been a marvel of the book industry in recent years.
Ⅱ
Fast reading
Fast reading
Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
power
joy and hope
art
friendship
love
death
values
sorrow
Fast reading
Para 2: This book is about dying, but it is not pessimistic.
Indeed, it was a pleasant surprise to find that this book
is filled with joy and hope.
Para 3: I think this book should be on all school reading lists. After finishing it, I feel I have been given a deeper insight into the world and can see things from a different point of view.
Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
Fast reading
Para 4: The book made me stop and think about how much I am influenced by popular culture and the importance of creating my own values based on love and open communication.
Para 5: Morrie’s reflections on love and friendship made me think about my life and all the good friends that I’ve lost touch with along the way.
Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
III
Intensive reading
Intensive reading
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
What they liked or disliked about the book What lessons they learnt
It was a pleasant surprise to find that 1.________________________________. As people learn how to die,
2.____________________. He was encouraged to 3. ______________________ and make the most of each day.
this book is filled with joy and hope
they learn how to live
appreciate what he had
Intensive reading
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
What they liked or disliked about the book What lessons they learnt
She thinks the book should be on 4._______________ ___________. And she felt she was given 5. ________ ______________________. People should choose 6. _____________________________ themselves. She felt as if she had been woken up from a long sleep and finally 7._______________
_____________.
all school
reading lists
a deeper insight into the world
how they think, what they
value
opened her eyes to the world
Intensive reading
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
What they liked or
disliked about the book
His first impression was that the book is just 8.________________________________________
___________________________________________________. Nonetheless, he would recommend it because 9._________________________________
_____________________________.
made up of a collection of over-emotional
thoughts and messages, many of which are repeated
it taught him a lesson or two and is something that’s a bit different
Intensive reading
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
What lessons they learnt
The book made him stop and think about
10._________________________________________________ and the importance of 11. ______________
___________________________________________.
creating his own values based on love and open communication
how much he was influenced by popular
culture
Intensive reading
What they liked or
disliked about the book
The book made her cry because Morrie’s
reflections on 12.___________________ made her think about 13. _______________________
_____________________________________________.
love and friendship
her life and all the good friends that she has lost touch with along the way
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
Intensive reading
What lessons they learnt
People should always keep in touch 14.___________
____________________________________________. She was aware that people want to 15. ___________
_____________________________, knowing that 16. __________________________________________________________.
with the good people they meet as they go through life
die feeling that they have lived life to the full
they are loved and have loved others as much as they could
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
Now go online to find out what other comments have been made on this book. Do these comments make you want to read the book Why or why not
Intensive reading
Comments on Tuesdays with Morrie:
This is the third edition of the book that I have read. I have recommended it to countless people, even if I do not know how much I can be changed by him.
This is a book that takes a lifetime to read.
Intensive reading
I haven’t seen such a moving book for a long time. There’s no drama, no scheming, no heartache. It’s just a dying man who is telling how to live a simple but happy life.
I’m eager to read the book after reading the comments and hope to get something special from it.
Now go online to find out what other comments have been made on this book. Do these comments make you want to read the book Why or why not