(共39张PPT)
Unit 1
Growing up
The structure Paragraphs Main idea
Part 1 Paras. 1-3
Paras. 4-5
Part 2 Paras. 6-7
Paras. 8
Part 3 Paras. 9-12
The Little Prince
I was deep into a drawing from a book.
The grown-ups’ response to my first drawing.
The grown-ups’ response to my second drawing.
The drawing experience made me choose a new profession.
Later in my life, I held an attitude towards grown-ups.
Post-reading
If you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.
假如你驯养了我,我们就彼此需要了。对我而言,你就是举世无双的; 对你而言,我也是独一无二的 ……
Post-reading
If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers ...
如果你爱上了一朵生长在一颗星星上的花,那么夜间你看着天空就感到甜蜜愉快。所有的星星上都好像开着花。
Language points
Ⅴ
Language points: Important lexical chunks
1. swallow one’s prey whole
2. lay aside
3. devote oneself to doing
4. at a glance
5. distinguish A from B
囫囵吞下猎物
把……搁置一边
致力于,献身于
一瞥,看一眼
区分A和B
Language points: Important lexical chunks
6. in the course of ...
7. be concerned with...
8. close at hand
9. a great many
10. ponder over / about / on ...
关注……
就在眼前;在附近
许多,很多
在……期间
仔细考虑
Language points: Important sentences
1. Boa constrictors _________ their prey whole, _____ ________________ it. After that they are not able to move, and they _____________ the six months that they need for _____________. (Line 1, Para 2)
swallow
without chewing
sleep through
digestion
Language points: Important sentences
sleep through 意为 to sleep for a long time without waking up。
e.g. The baby slept peacefully through the night.
swallow, chew 及 digestion 均与饮食有关,分别意为“吞咽”“咀嚼”与“消化”。
eg He had the stove lighted.
eg He had his bag stolen in the market.
have + sth. + 过去分词:自己主动完成某事。
have + sth. + 过去分词:意外或不幸遭遇了某事。
Language points: Important sentences
2. The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors,
_________________________________, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. (Line 1, Para 7)
whether from the inside or the outside
lay aside 意为“把……搁置一边”。
e.g. Jane had laid aside her book to watch what was happening.
it’s tiresome for sb to do sth 意为“某人厌烦去做某事”,句中it是形式主语,to do结构为真正的主语。
e.g. It is important for you to get there on time.
Language points: Important sentences
4. In the course of this life, I have had ____________ encounters with people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
a great many
a great many
Language points: Important sentences
a great many = a large number of / many / lots of / plenty of, 意为“很多”。需要注意的是,a great many 后接可数名词的复数形式,谓语动词也用复数形式。
e.g. He’s been to a great many places.
文章中两次使用 a great many, 是为了强调作者对成年人的看法是有依据的,也为后文的观点埋下了伏笔。
Language points: Important sentences
5. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. (Line 3, Para 12)
Language points: Important sentences
此处用了反讽的修辞手法。作者表示愿意迎合成年人,讲他们感兴趣的东西,实则是想表达成年人根本不懂儿童的世界,他们只是故作聪明罢了。
e.g. It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign
country without a penny in one’s pocket.
(发现自己身处异国却身无分文,一定很高兴吧。)
8. I have seen them intimately, close at hand.
我曾近距离地密切观察过他们。
close at hand: nearby; physically within one’s reach
在眼前,在附近
eg Your mother will need you close at hand to help as she makes the big dinner.
I always keep a glass of water close at hand when I sleep, because I hate waking up thirsty.
补充:
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.
—The Little Prince