2024届高考英语:奥巴马开学演讲课件(共14张PPT)

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名称 2024届高考英语:奥巴马开学演讲课件(共14张PPT)
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(共14张PPT)
Remark by Obama to Schoolchildren
What do you think Mr. Obama would say to school children at the beginning of the school term
Match the words or phrases with their Chinese meanings.
buster dedicated teachers fulfill your responsibility vaccine innovator architect determine destiny circumstances extracurricular activities 疫苗
建筑师
决定
处境,状况
小鬼,非凡的人或物
专注认真的老师
命运
课外活动
履行你的职责
改革者,创新者
buster dedicated teachers fulfill your responsibility vaccine innovator architect determine destiny circumstances extracurricular activities 小鬼,非凡的人或物
专注认真的老师
履行你的职责
疫苗
改革者,创新者
建筑师
决定
命运
处境,状况
课外活动
Check some words and phrases in bold in the dictionary and write down their English definitions.
adjust to:
guarantee:
poverty:
discrimination:
neglect:
endure:
gradually get used to a new situation by making small changes to the ways you do things
promise that sth. will happen or be done
the situation or experience of being poor
the practice of treating a person or a group differently from another in an unfair way
not to pay enough attention to something or somebody
to suffer pain or deal with a bad situation for a long time especially with strength and patience
foster home:
boost:
resolve:
commit to:
click with:
relevant:
a person or a family’s home where a child is raised
to increase or improve something or make it more successful, especially because it is not as good or successful as it should be
to make a definite decision to do something
to say that you will definitely do something or you must do something
like or understand somebody
directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered
Comprehension exercises:
1. Whose responsibility is the most important according to Mr. Obama
A. Parents’. B. Students’. C. Governments’. D. Teachers’
2. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 3
A. Obama’s mother doesn’t like to have a picnic either.
B. President Obama was a buster when he was young.
C. Obama’s mother doesn’t want to get up early either.
D. To teach Obama getting up so early wasn’t easy for his mother.
B
D
3. By giving examples of Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell, Mr Obama wants to tell the schoolchildren that _______.
A. their destiny is determined by themselves
B. there are excuses for not working hard
C. how terrible their circumstances are
D. how important school education is
A
4. J.K. Rowling and Michael Jordan are mentioned to prove that _______.
A. success is the mother of failure
B. some people are luckier than others
C. writers and basketball players are popular
D. never giving up and working hard help one succeed
5. Which of the following is true according to the speech
A. The government hasn’t done enough for good education.
B. We’d better try to avoid failures rather than learn from them.
C. The future of America depends on children’s education today.
D. Students who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook are the greatest.
D
C
Underline the most impressive or inspiring sentence(s) to you and share it with your classmates.
Some language points to focus on
1. And for those of you in kindergarten, or ________(start) middle or high school, so it's your first day in your new school, so it's _________________(understand) that you are a little nervous.
2. And no matter what grade you are in, some of you are probably wishing it _______(be) summer and you ___________________(stay) in bed just a little bit longer this morning.
3. But whenever I'd complain, my mother ________ just give me one of those looks and she'd say, "This is no picnic for me, either, buster."
4. But at the end of the day we can have the most dedicated teachers and the most ____________(support) parents, the best schools in the world…
starting
understandable
were
could have stayed
would
supportive
5. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover _______it is.
6. You are going to need a good ___________(educate) for every single one of those careers.
7. You cannot drop out of school and just drop ______ a good job.
8. There were times _______ I missed ________(have) a father in my life.
9. Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who _________________ (tease) or bullied because of who they are or how they look.
10. The truth is, _______(be) successful is hard.
11. Not every homework assignment will seem __________ (necessary) relevant to your life right at this minute.
12. Some of the most successful people are the ones who’ve had the most ___________(fail).
13. No one’s born _________(be) good at all things. You become good at things through hard work.
what
education
into
when
having
are being teased
being
necessarily
failures
being
1. And we've got students tuning in from all across America from kindergarten through 12th grade.
2. Give yourselves a big round of applause.
3. So she decided to teach me extra lessons, Monday through Friday.
4. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country.
5. If you quit on school, you are not just quitting on yourself, you are quitting on your country.
6. So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I am not proud of.
7. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school.
8. Where you are now doesn’t have to determine where you will end up.
9. No one’s written your destiny for you because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
10. And Jazmin, Andoni, and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you.
11. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.
12. But whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it.
13. You won’t click with every teacher you have.
14. Those people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures define you, you have to let your failures teach you, you have to let them show you what to do differently the next time.
15. The story of America is not about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
16. So don’t let us down. Don’t let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don’t let yourself down. Make us all proud.