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Unit 2
Lessons in life
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1 Life in the story is compared to _______. 2 Rocks
Pebbles
Sand
Tea
3 What are the “rocks” in your life a jar
the most important things in our life
the time we can have a cup of tea and a talk with a good friend
all the little things in life
the other important things we need to keep our life going
Starting out
Look at the pictures and choose the things that can be used as metaphors for life. Give your reasons.
things in the picture metaphors for life(possible answers)
a roller coaster
ups and downs of busy life
a tree
living and growing independently in life
a rainbow
a symbol of good fortune
a river
going on and finding a way out along the road ahead
an unfolded book
studying hard and enrich your spiritual life
a dish of chocolate
sweet and happy things and emotions
Understanding ideas
What metaphor for life is used in the
recommendations
2 When people are described as “watching you kindly from further along the way”, what does this mean
Read the recommendations on the back cover of the book, Tuesday with Morrie, and answer the questions.
1 Life is compared to a journey in the reviews.
2 It means these people are older than you and have more life experiences.
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons.
Mitch Albom
Morrie Schwartz
Different readers , different comments on the book
He thinks highly of it, thinking it is inspirational and has made him value his own life more. Besides, it encourages us to appreciate what we have and to make the most of each day.
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
——Morrie
“…the big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone—or any society—determine those for you”.
——Morrie
She feels she has been a deeper insight into the words and can see things from a different points of view. It helps her establish her values.
He doesn’t think highly of it but feels it did teach him a lesson or two and it made him stop to think.
She was moved by the book, which made her think about her own life and the friends she had lost touch with.
Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage. Find evidence to support your choice.
joy and hope
art
friendship
love
death
values
power
sorrow
joy and hope; friendship; love; death; values
Organise information from the passage and complete the table.
It was a pleasant surprise to find that ____________________________.
What they liked or disliked about the book
What lessons they learnt
As people learn how to die, ___________________. He was encouraged to ____________________ and make the most of each day.
this book is filled with joy and hope
they learn how to live
appreciate what he had
Arthur K
She thinks the book should be on ___________________. And she felt she was given _________________________.
People should choose __________________________ themselves. She felt as if she had been woken up from a long sleep and finally ________________________.
all school reading lists
a deeper insight into the world
how they think, what they value
opened her eyes to the world
Amy Wang
His first impression was that the book is just _________________________________________________________________________________. Nonetheless, he would recommend it because _______________________________________________________.
The book made him stop and think about ________________________________________ and the importance ________________________________________________________.
Marty
made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages, many of which are repeated
it taught him a lesson or two and it is something that’s a bit different
how much he was influenced by popular culture
creating his own values based on love and open communication
The book made her cry because Morrie’s reflections on ________________ made her think about ________________________ _______________________________________________.
People should always keep in touch _________________________________________________. She was aware that people want to _________________________________________, knowing that ___________________________________________________________.
Vivian
love and friendship
her life and all the good friends that she has lost touch with along the way
with the good people they meet as they go through life
die feeling that they have lived life
to the full
they are loved and have loved others as much as they could
1 According to Morrie, what are “the big things” in life
2 What is your understanding of Auden’s words: “Love each
other or perish”
We should love who we love and who loves us, otherwise the life is meaningless.
The big things in life are how we think, what we value.
Think & Share
How do you usually learn lessons about life Through experience or learning from other people Give an example.
Can you critically evaluate other people’s opinions and make your own judgements
Both. I learn from one friend who earned lots of money at the cost of his own health that we should value our own life and those who love us.
Yes. I think that knowing necessary information can effectively, critically acquire, evaluate information and creatively use information based on facts.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1997 non-fiction novel written 1______American writer Mitch Albom. The story was 2______(late) adapted by Thomas Rickman into a TV movie of the same name directed by Mick Jackson, 3_____ aired on 5 December 1999 and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2000.
by
later
which
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This novel tells the true story of a 4_______(retire) professor Morrie Schwartz and his relationship with his students. On his 5___________ (graduate), Mitch Albom, the narrator, tells his favourite professor, Morrie Schwartz that he will keep in touch. However, Mitch hears nothing of his old professor until one night on TV when he sees Morrie 6_________________(interview). It turns out that Morrie has developed ALS, a terminal disease, and is in a wheelchair. Mitch begins to visit his professor and soon realises that, though he has grown 7____________(remarkable), he still has a lot to learn from Morrie. Both the film and the book chronicle(记录) 8____lessons about life that Mitch learns from his professor.
retired
graduation
being interviewed
remarkably
the
After five years in hardcover, Tuesdays with Morrie 9____________(release) as a trade paperback in October 2002. It was re-released as a mass-market paperback by Anchor Books in January 2006. According to this edition,11 million 10______ (copy) of Tuesdays with Morrie are in print worldwide.
was released
copies
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