(共32张PPT)
Looking forwards
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Unit 1
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1.Who is mentioned
2.What is his initial life choice
3. What is his final life’s path
4. Why did he change his decision?
【参考答案】
1. Lu Xun.
2. To study Western medicine and become a doctor.
3. Abandoning his medical studies and taking up writing.
4. Because he realized that the people in China were more in need of treatment for their minds than their bodies. The more important thing was to change people’s spirit, and the best way to achieve this was through literature.
Say something about Lu Xun.
He was a student of Western medicine in his early life. But he abandoned medical studies and took up writing.
He thought people from a weak and backward country would suffer or witness suffering. He dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring young people to strive for a better future for China. He was one of the most recognisable writers of the 20th century.
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. What can you see in the picture
We can see three different paths in the picture. One man is standing in front of the three paths. He may be thinking about which one he should follow.
The path on the left is very straight and smooth.
The path in the middle is straight, but there are many rocks on it.
The path on the right has many twists and turns. The two straights
paths reach a mountain, while the winding one reaches a forest.
2.What are differences between the paths
3.How will you face your future life’s path
Whatever unexpected things may waiting for me, I should have a positive attitude towards life and try my best to create a better future.
Facing the Future
The text is mainly about stories about different people’s future.
Ernest Hemingway
Conan Doyle
Understanding ideas
Sum up the structure of the text.
Para 1-2:
Different people may approach their future in contrasting ways.
Para 3:
Hemingway was single-minded in his ambition to write and achieved great success in his careers.
Facing the future
Para 4-5:
Conan Doyle changed his original life’s choice and abandoned medicine for literature and achieved great success.
Para 6:
Facing the future, people should be prepared for the unexpected in life.
Facing the future
Match the questions to the paragraphs.
a What is possibly the most important concern in life
b What was Doyle’s main writing ambition
c What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future
d What is the relationship between one’s plan and the future
e Why was Doyle disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories
f What did Hemingway do to achieve his ambition to become a writer
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Organize the information from the text and complete the chart.
Ernest Hemingway
He was born in the US in 1899
He ________________________________________ since boyhood.
He wrote ____________________.
He won __________________________________________________.
had been single-minded in his ambition to write
novels and short stories
the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature
Arthur Conan Doyle
He was born in Scotland in 1859.
He first worked as __________, but ___________________________________________________.
He created ___________________, Sherlock Holmes
He had wanted to be remembered for __________________,
but __________________________________________.
a doctor
his main ambition was to become a writer of historical novels
his fictional detective
his historical novels
the public couldn’t get enough of Sherlock Holmes
Similarities
They both ________________________.
They shared _________________________________________.
were ultimately successful
the same ambitious and energetic approach to life
Read the sentence from the text and answer the questions.
So, whatever twists and turns you might encounter, takes a leaf out of the books of these two authors and be prepared for the unexpected.
1. What do you know about “figures of speech”
Common figures of speech include “simile, metaphor, irony(反语), personification(拟人), pun(双关) etc.”
2.What figure of speech is used in the expression “take a leaf of the book”
Metaphor and pun are used in the expression above.
3. What effect is the author aiming to achieve by using it
The author aims to maintain the readers’ interest by using this figure of speech, and perhaps to end up a lighter note by using a pun.
What is your understanding of Steve Job’s words at the end of the passage
2. What can you learn about facing the future from the two author
3. What will you do to prepare yourself for the future
What we went through in the past can be connected with our future.
On the way to success, we should get prepared for the unexpected and something may not turn out as planned.
Think and share
I will keep up a good state mind and get prepared for the unexpected because I know everything can’t turn out as expected.
根据语境及汉语提示写出正确的单词或短语
(1)__________ (采取行动) to shape it
(2)from early__________ (少年时代)
(3)single-minded in his _______ (追求) to write
(4)join a local Kansas newspaper as a ______ (实习生) reporter
(5)go on to become foreign ____________ (记者) for the Toronto Star
(6)his personal experiences of __________ (斗牛) and deep-sea fishing
take action
boyhood
ambition
trainee
bullfighting
correspondent
语言核心知识
(7)a writer of___________(历史的) novels
(8)the stories of his fictional ____________(私家侦探),Sherlock Holmes
(9) be ________(最终) successful
(10)connect the______ (点) looking _________ (往回)
historical
detective
ultimately
dots
backwards
重点词语
1.take action 采取措施
Can we take action to shape it,or should we just accept whatever comes our way
我们能采取行动来影响未来的发展吗,还是应该接受自己所遇到的一切?
take measures to do sth.
同义词组有哪些?
英汉互译
But at what point do we decide to take action
但是我们应该什么时候决定采取行动呢?
我们必须采取行动保护环境。
We must take action to protect our environment.
2. issue n. 问题,论点;担忧;发行;发行物;期号 v. 发行;公布;配给
写出下列句中划线词的词性及汉语含义
①They issued rifles to the soldier.
②This is a big issue;we need more time to think about it.
③The article appeared in issue 25.
④They issued a joint statement denying the charges.
⑤They issued a special set of stamps to mark the occasion.
v.公布
v.配给
n.问题
n.期号
v.发行
3.ultimately adv.最后,最终;最基本地,根本上
写出下列句中划线词的汉语含义
①Ultimately,you’ll have to make the decision yourself.
②All life depends ultimately on oxygen.
最后
归根到底
4. guarantee v. 保证;担保;保修 n. 保证;保证书
As many of us already know,having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.
正如我们许多人已经知道的那样,为未来制订好计划并不能保证它们会成为现实。
A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a guarantee of quality.
公司悠久的品牌并不能确保商品的质量。
[知识拓展]
(1)guarantee sb. sth.(=ensure sb. sth.) 向某人保证得到某物
guarantee to do sth. 保证做某事
guarantee that... 确保……
(2)give sb. a guarantee that... 向某人保证……
under guarantee 在保修期内
He gave me a guarantee that it would never happen again.
他向我保证这种事情绝不会再发生。
My car is still under guarantee.
我的车仍然在保修期内.
句式分析:as引导非限制性定语从句;主句中,动名词短语having plans in place for the future充当主语,名词guarantee后接that引导的同位语从句,解释说明其具体内容。
重点句型
1. As many of us already know,having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.
正如我们许多人已经知道的那样,为未来制订好计划并不能保证它们会成为现实。
2. I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about.
我决定把我知道的每一件事都写成一篇故事。
句式分析:
句中含有两个that从句,第一个是 _______ 从句;第二个是 _____ 从句,修饰先行词 。
宾语
定语
each thing
句式分析:
having set himself this goal为现在分词的完成式,在句子中作状语,表示动作set发生在谓语动作write之前;而过去分词短语based on...充当其前面名词的后置定语,相当于定语从句 that/which were based on...
3. Having set himself this goal, he wrote novels and short stories based on his personal experiences of the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, bullfighting and deep-sea fishing, amongst others.
为自己设定了这个目标后,他根据自己在第一次世界大战、西班牙内战、斗牛和深海捕鱼等方面的个人经历写了许多小说和短篇故事。
4.In desperation,Doyle killed off the famous detective in a novel published in 1893 so that he could focus on his “serious” writing.
在绝望中,多伊尔在1893年出版的一本小说中杀死了这位著名的侦探,这样他就可以专注于他的“严肃”写作。
句式分析:句中so that引导 _________ 从句,过去分词短语published in 1893在句中作 __________ 修饰a novel。
目的状语
后置定语
句式分析:though引导让步状语从句,their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned为名词+现在分词短语(turning out)构成独立主格结构,其中as they planned是as引导的方式状语从句。
5.Though both of the these men were ultimately successful, their paths to success were very different, their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned.
虽然这两个人最终都取得了成功,但他们通往成功的道路却截然不同,他们的未来并不一定如他们所计划的那样。
Homework
Review what we have learnt and repeat the text with your own words.
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