(共25张PPT)
Using language
Unit 2 Lessons in life
目录
contents
Grammar
Proverbs about life
Homework
Listening & speaking
I
II
III
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Proverbs about life
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Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
1
A: Professor Brown, here’s my term paper. Sorry for the delay.
B: That’s OK.1__________________, right
Better late than never
Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
2
A: Maths is really killing me! I’m thinking of giving it up.
B: 2_______________ You’ll never get your dream job as a market analyst if you don’t stick to it.
No pain, no gain.
Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
3
A: If you want to lose weight, you need to stop eating junk food, and you need to start exercising.
B: OK. I’ll start tomorrow ... maybe.
A: Today. Not tomorrow. 3____________________
_______________________________
Never put off until
tomorrow what you can do today.
Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
4
A: I’m glad you finally got here.
B: My car had a flat tyre on the way. Anyway, 3_____________________.
all’s well that ends well
Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
5
A: With my brother’s help, I finally completed my biology project!
B: Congratulations! 5 _________________________
Two heads are better than one.
Proverbs about life
Listen and complete the conversation.
6
A: I heard that Mary is going to invest all her money in this programme.
B: That’s not wise. As people usually say, “6 ________
_________________________”. I’ll talk to her as soon as possible.
Don’t put
all of your eggs in one basket
Proverbs about life
Match the proverbs in Activity 5 to their meanings.
1_______________: you must face challenges in order to be successful.
2 _________________________: it is easier to achieve something if you cooperate with someone else
3___________________: doing something late is better than not doing it at all
No pain, no gain.
Two heads are better than one.
Better late than never
Proverbs about life
Match the proverbs in Activity 5 to their meanings.
4 ____________________________________________: you should start things earlier rather than later
5__________________________________: do not put all your efforts or resources into doing one thing
6______________________: problems don’t matter if the final result is good
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket
All’s well that ends well
Proverbs about life
Now work in groups and think of other proverbs about life. Can you find Chinese proverbs with similar meanings
Rome was not built in a day.
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
Practice makes perfect.
Proverbs about life
Now work in groups and think of other proverbs about life. Can you find Chinese proverbs with similar meanings
罗马并非一日建成。
笨鸟先飞
患难见真情。
闻其歌知其鸟, 听其言知其人。
熟能生巧。
Listening & speaking
III
Listening & speaking
Did you know
In most countries, the average age for starting university is 18 years old, but actually there is no upper age limit for starting a university degree. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of mature students going to university, after working for a few or many years.
Listening & speaking
Did you know
The oldest person to get a Cambridge MA received his law degree at the age of 102. In China, a man from Jiangsu Province graduated from university at the age of 88, making him the oldest university graduate in the country.
Listening & speaking
Listen to the interview and choose the best headline.
1 University Fees Are No Barrier to Grandma!
2 Dream Comes True for Graduating Grandma
3 Janet Says: “Family first! That’s what matters!”
4 How the Student Experience Has Changed with the Centuries
Listening & speaking
Listen again and complete the notes.
Interview with Janet Rose
Age: 1_____________
First attended university in: 2______________
Reason for leaving university: 3__________________
Reason for going back to university: 4__________________
Initial feelings on returning to university 5_________________
University major: 6_____________
Feelings on graduation: 7_________________
Advice to others: 8_________________
Future plans: 9.____________________
Listening & speaking
Listen again and complete the notes.
Interview with Janet Rose
Age: 1__________
First attended university in: 2______________
Reason for leaving university:
3_____________________________________________
Reason for going back to university: 4_______________
_____________________________________________________________________
81
1955
She took care of her ill mother and helped her father.
Her daughter suggested she go back to school five years ago and she jumped at the chance.
Listening & speaking
Listen again and complete the notes.
Interview with Janet Rose
Initial feelings on returning to university:
5________________________________________
University major: 6_________________
Feelings on graduation: 7______________
Advice to others: 8________________________
Future plans: 9______________________________
She felt a bit nervous at first and she felt so old.
American literature.
She feels great.
You’re never too old to learn.
Starting a master’s degree in the fall.
Listening & speaking
I started ... back in ...
After that I ...
But then five years ago ...
I felt ... at first.
I suggest that ...
Remember, ...
Complete the boxes with the expressions from the interview.
Listening & speaking
Talking about experiences
I started ... back in ...
After that I ...
But then five years ago ...
I felt ... at first.
Giving advice
I suggest that ...
Remember, ...
Complete the boxes with the expressions from the interview.
Listening & speaking
Work in pairs. Tell each other a story about yourself that can be summarized by a proverb in this section. Now talk about how effectively you and your partner used your own experiences to illustrate your understanding of the proverbs.
Homework
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Homework
1. Summarize the usage of passive voice and do the relevant exercises.
2. Write a passage using your own experience to illustrate your understanding of the proverbs you’ve learnt today.