(共20张PPT)
B3U1
Developing ideas
After an English test…
Read for main idea
Scan through the article. (2min)
What is the definition of white lies
Para. 2: … most of the lies we tell are “white lies”:
little lies that we tell to protect others from the truth.
Activity 1
Read for structure
How does the author organise the text
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
P1-4
P5-7
P8
What question does the writer want to answer
To what extent can we justify telling white lies
to show or prove sth. is right, reasonable or necessary
Read for details
How does the author organise the text
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
Reason 1
To make others __________.
Examples
Someone’s cooking _______________________
_______________________________________.
Someone’s haircut _______________________.
Analysis
Perhaps we lie to protect ourselves ____________
_________________________________________.
Activity 3
feel better
a meal that we don’t like,
but we say it’s delicious.
is awful, but we say it’s great.
from the
disappointment and anger of others
Read for details
How does the author organise the text
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
Reason 2
______________________.
Examples
_________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Analysis
Perhaps your friend wants _________________
_______________________________________.
Perhaps they need to know ________________
_______________________________________.
Activity 3
To give encouragement
You say your friend’s singing is wonderful, despite
thinking your cat can sing better
they should look
some frank comments
from you so that they can improve
for a different hobby
Read for details
How does the author organise the text
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
Reason 3
_____________________________.
Examples
_________________________________________
_________________________________________.
Analysis
Perhaps your parents _______________________
_________________________________________.
Activity 3
To protect others from bad news
You’ve had a bad day, but you hide your tears and
lie to your parents that your day was “fine”
would want to listen to
you and understand your feelings
Read for details
How does the author organise the text
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
Even white lies may have results we cannot predict. So _________________________________________
___________________________________________.
Activity 3
we should not tell lies even if they are white lies.
Honesty is an important value and lying is wrong
Telling white lies is not right.
Read for details
Read the last paragraph aloud.
Why is Para. 8 a better wrap-up than a simple statement
Conclusion
Telling white lies is not right.
Paragraph 8
Read for details
Para. 1
Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive!
Para. 8
Going back to Walter Scott’s lines, we may find...
echo
It represents a complicated situation, in which once we tell a lie, we have to continue to tell more other lies in order to cover the previous ones.
What’s your understanding of the lines
Read for language
Why does the writer repeat the questions
Would your friend trust you… if he found…
How would you expect… if you only…
How would you feel if you…
To empathise &
To make it easier for readers to consider/accept his opinion.
Post-reading: Make a mini speech
Is honesty always the best policy
Introduction
Main Body
(analysis of examples)
Conclusion
State your opinion.
Support your opinion with examples.
End with your conclusion.
P8
__________ (write) more than two hundred years ago, these lines by…
编织错综复杂的人际关系网
weave a tangled web
撒谎
tell a lie
Written
weave-wove-woven
tangle
v. to twist sth. into an untidy mass
使纠缠;纠结;乱作一团
tangle (sth.) up
n. 混乱;争执;缠结的一团
tangled adj.
说出真相
tell the truth
P8
用……安慰自己
comfort oneself with…
保护……不受……
protect… from sth.
We’ve all surely had the experience of someone ____________ (cook) a meal for us that we don’t like.
大多数
the majority of
Or if a friend asks us _______ we think of their new haircut, we say “It’s great!”
绝大多数
major
minor
minority
(极)少数
adj. 主要的
adj. 次要的
n. 少数;少数民族
the vast/great/overwhelming majority of
a (small/tiny) minority of
cooking
what
P9
But ______ what extent can we justify telling white lies
to… extent
To a certain extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation.
He had changed to such an extent that I no longer recognised him.
To some extent what she argues is true.
The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
The book discusses the extent to which family life has changed over the past 50 years.
to
在多大程度上?
在一定程度上
= so much
在某种程度上
其次
= how much
P9
Say for example that your friend asks…
to suggest or give sth. as an example or a possibility
比方说;假设
You could learn the basics in, let’s say, three months.
比方说,三个月你就可以掌握基本知识。
Let’s take any writer, say (= for example) Dickens…
我们随便举一个作家为例,比如说狄更斯……
Say you lose your job: what would you do then
假设你把工作丢了,那你怎么办呢?
P9
You of course say that it’s wonderful, despite secretly _________ (think) that your cat can sing better.
后者
the latter
提前
in advance
此外,而且
moreover
前者
the former
thinking
besides,
furthermore,
what’s more,
in addition,/additionally,
on top of that,
P11
dilemma /di’lem / n.
a situation which makes problems, often one in which you have to make a difficult choice between things of equal importance
(进退两难的)窘境,困境
聚集在一起
gather together
保暖
to keep warm
理想距离
ideal distance
成功不互相伤害
manage not to hurt each other
面临左右为难的困境
to face a dilemma
处于进退两难的困境
to be in a dilemma
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