课件23张PPT。Unit 15 LearningLesson 4By Guangdong Bowen International School
Xiang Ya-liUnit 15Lesson 4
Understanding. One of the most important things in learning is understanding. In learning, we should understand something, then accept it and then learn it by heart. Different people have different ways to help them understand things. Maybe philosophy will be helpful to you in finding better ways of understanding.Work in groups. Talk about the following strategies which help you to understand things.Being relaxed and happy
Having time to think about what you are learning
Being interested in the topic
Discussing topics with friends
Memorizing things
Having a clear visual explanation
Your own wayTake notes while discussing by filling the information card.Questions to be discussed:
1. Is there usually something you should understand
in learning?
2. How do you usually understand things?
3. What is most difficult problem with
with understanding?
4. In which subject do you have more problems
in understanding?
5. How do others help you?Philosophy is helpful in understanding. Read the extracts from a philosopher, first to see how he makes people understand something.Read the first part and find answer for the questions:
1. What did Sophie receive?
2. What was it about?Go on reading, and make sure the following:What is philosophy?Give an example.A magic trick.A magician and a white rabbit.Continue your work.The magic game is only a trick.People live in it.FalseTrueThe rabbit doesn't’t realize it is in the trick.They are aware of being part of something mysterious.How does he do it?How does it work?Further discussion of the white rabbitWhat metaphor does the magician
use for the following ?Microscopic insects existing in the rabbit’s hairSomeone who tries to climb up the hair to look into the magician’s eyesThe universeWhat does another letter talk about which Sophie received few days later? Compare young people with older people about attitudes to the world.Deeply in the hairAt the top of the hairAsk questions, find answersSee more mysterious things, have more questionsFeel comfortable. Have less questionsAccept things without asking questionsStudy how things workDo things regularlyAnswer the questions according to your understanding to the letters.Does Sophie enjoy reading the letters?
How do you know about it.
2. What image does the philosopher use to explain the mystery of the universe?
3. What was Sophie’s reaction to what she had read?
What did she do when her mother got home?
How did her mother react?Does Sophie enjoy reading the letters? How do you know about it. Yes, she enjoys reading the letters. There are some hints in the exacts: “Sophie had hoped to find another letter from the unknown sender.” “ (After reading it) Sophie thought hard about this all afternoon.”2. What image does the philosopher use to explainHe uses a magic trick to explain the mystery of the universe, in which the magician tricks the audience by pulling a white rabbit out of an empty hat.3. What was Sophie’s reaction to what she had read?She began thinking hard about the the white rabbit and the magic trick.4. What did she do when her mother got home?When her mother got home at five o’clock, Sophie started to ask her questions.5. How did her mother react? Why did she get
Such a reaction?She got so surprised that she didn't’t answer at first.Because Sophie was usually doing her homework when she got home.Read Sophie’s questions to see how Sophie understands the problem that the philosopher tries to explain. Adults accept everything without asking questions, because they think it is natural, and do things regularly without asking questions.What have you learned about the problem of understanding? Ask yourself questions.Why do young people have more questions than older people?
What is philosophy? How do you understand it?
Think about the strategies in Exercise 1. What strategy did the philosopher use to make Sophie understand what philosophy is? How can you understand more easily?Test your memory
Complete the following from your memory.Ps. It might be better to _______ the white rabbit with the whole ________. We who live here are microscopic _______ existing in the ________ fur. But ____________ are always trying to _____ up the fine hairs of the fur in order to look into the __________ eyes.compareuniverseinsectsrabbit’sphilosophersclimbmagician’sLearn by readingFind the following words in the text and guess their meaning according to the context.What do the vitalized words refer to? Find answers in the text.Read and learn
Find the following adverbs in the text to see what they are used for, then arrange them according to the things they described.AssignmentPrepare an example to explain something, using the strategy that you think is effective in making you understand things. Exchange your work in your group next period.