(共21张PPT)
Unit 1 Growing up
The Little Prince
What experience made the author write The Little Prince
What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupéry was
Read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and answer the questions.
1. The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935.
2. adventurous, talented/gifted in writing, thoughtful.
Look at the three drawings and predict what the story is about.
Now read the passage and check your prediction.
Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future.
Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.
Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves.
Choose the author’s attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice.
After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.
Language Focus
在那以后,蟒蛇动不了了。消化食物需要六个月,因此蟒蛇就睡了六个月。
1.He paused, waiting for her to __________ the information. (digestion)
2.It was a picture of a boa constrictor _________(digest) an elephant.
3. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 __________ showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all causes.
巩固练习
digest
digesting
that/which
But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained.
但是,既然大人们看不懂,我又画了一幅:我画出了蟒蛇身体的内部,这样大人们就可以看清楚了。所有的事情都非要你跟他们解释清楚他们才能懂。
1.It's twenty years ________I met her.
2.Great changes _____________(take) place since 1979.
3. We thought that, ________ we were in that area, we'd stop by and see them.
4. Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011,the country ____________(grow)more corn than rice.
巩固练习
since
have taken
since
has grown
1.He had his money stolen. (翻译)
2.He had his favourite Alsatian dog _________(poison) and two other dogs in the household _______. (shoot)
他命令把他心爱的阿尔萨斯狼犬毒死,将家中的另两条狗击毙。
3. Our manager won't have us _________(criticise)his work.
巩固练习
他的钱让别人偷了。
poisoned
shot
criticise
The grown-ups’ response this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography,history,arithmetic and grammar.
大人们的回答是建议我把不管是蟒蛇内部还是外部的画放到一边,然后转而专心学习地理、历史、算数和语法。
1.I could only devote two hours ______ the work.
2.They devoted their lives to _________(care) the sick.
3. ________(devote) himself to the study of bacteria, Pasteur has made great discoveries in the field of biology.
4. ________(devote) to the study of bacteria, Pasteur has made great discoveries in the field of biology.
巩固练习
to
caring
Devoting
Devoted
In the course of this life, I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.
在生命历程中,我多次遇到过很多关心大事的人。
1.__________ (consequent), she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using natural sweetners, _______ can reduce oral bacteria.
2.(选词填空:as a consequence; as a consequence of)
_____________________, children become so dependent on their parents that they don't have creative ideas.
_______________________changes of shopping habits, some street stores have announced they will be easing some limitations.
巩固练习
Consequently
which
As a consequence
As a consequence of
正在做...时
深思,沉思,考虑
做某事成功
把……搁置一边
致力于,献身于
一瞥,看一眼
与…… 有关
如此明智的一个人
短语回顾
in the act of doing
ponder over
succeed in doing sth
lay aside
devote oneself to
at a glance
be concerned with
such a sensible man
Read the sentences from the passage and answer the questions.
1. Most of the grown-ups I have met are the same. They focus on practical matters only and seldom pay attention to imagination or creativity. If I pretend to think the way they do, the adults will conclude that I am sensible and mature.
2. Irony(讽刺,反语). This figure of speech enables the author to indicate his low opinion of adults’ behaviour and values by stressing such things.
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