牛津译林版（2019）必修 第二册Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件(共38张PPT)

(共38张PPT)
Unit 4 Exploring Literature
Welcome to the unit and Reading
Lead in
What do you think of the saying
Do you agree with it
Give example to support your ideas.
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
—— Ezra Pound
Lead in
Ezra Pound is widely considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century; his contributions to modernist poetry were enormous. He was an early champion of a number of avant-garde and modernist poets; developed important channels of intellectual and aesthetic exchange between the United States and Europe; and contributed to important literary movements such as Imagism and Vorticism.
Lead in
What does literature mean
Writings that are valued as works of art, such as novels, plays, poetry.
Read the excerpts of literature
Classics can stand the test of time.
Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and discuss the following questions.
to continue to be important, respected, etc., for a long period of time.
Read the excerpts of literature
My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.
----David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens,
Parallelism: the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, metre, meaning, etc.
Read the excerpts of literature
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
---- The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
What does the words in red refer to on earth
Read the Excerpts
Which of the excerpts makes you feel like reading on Why
Think about:
The themes, characters and writing techniques of the experts…
Lead in
What is your favorite work of literature Why
Think about: theme, type, plots, characters, authors, etc.
Literature leads us into a new world full of imagination.
The Wonder of Literature
Read the text
Have a discussion
Before you read the article, think about the following questions:
Combining with the saying, what qualities do you think a great work of literature should have
beautiful language with profound meaning
high art value of appreciation
timeless inspiration for life
Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.
—— Ezra Pound
Have a discussion
What are some of the benefits of reading literature
A1
Read the text quickly and complete the chart below.
Topic
Main idea
Details/examples
Understand the text
From each paragraph, sequence/linking words
Using “permanence” to locate them.
Its description of truth and beauty
Its appeal to our feelings and imagination
Universal interest
Personal style
Read the article again carefully and answer the following questions.
Understand the text
A2
Several items, read context carefully
Follow key words
Combine the topic and context
Follow key words, and find examples or lists.
1. What does “them” in line 3 mean
The strange, low and musical sounds. (line 2)
Understand the text
Reference of Pronouns
locate the pronoun
read the lines around it carefully
make judgement based on the meaning of the pronoun (single/plural; person/object)
2. What do we need to do in order to enter and enjoy the new world mentioned in the second paragraph
We need to love literature and make an afford to explain it. (line 10)
Understand the text
3. Why does the author give the examples of a poet
To prove that some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention. (Par 3)
Understand the text
Inferred Information
How to obtain the inferred information
1. Catch the key words in the questions.
2. Locate the paragraph(s) closely related to the question.
3. Understand the content literally and then read between the lines.
4. Respect the text, no subjectivity.
To get the unknown information from the given information in the text.
It often involves:
implicit meaning; the target readers;
Author’s attitude/purpose
source of the article...
Understand the text
Cause-Effect Questions
Catch the signal words that reflect cause-effect relationships.
cause: because, for, in order to, since, as...
effect: as a result, therefore, thus, so that...
4. What is universal about good literature according to the author
Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope. (line 28)
Understand the text
How to obtain the stated information
1. Catch the key words in the questions.
2. Scan the text to locate the paragraph(s) closely related to the question.
3. Catch the key words in the paragraph(s).
In pairs, discuss the following questions.
1. How is the story of the man and the child related to the topic of literature
Have a discussion
Hints:
Characteristics of them (man&child);
What the shell means
A3
Have a discussion
Three qualities:
Its description of truth and beauty
Its appeal to our feelings and imagination
Permanence
In pairs, discuss the following questions.
2. Judge your favourite Chinese work of literature by the three qualities in the article. How does it measure up
A3
Think about examples
Name of literature work
Have a discussion
Requirements:
Please draw a mind map to answer this question.
Provide supporting details to your main idea.
In pairs, discuss the following questions.
2. Judge your favourite Chinese work of literature by the three qualities in the article. How does it measure up
A3
Key Words
seem linking verb. 好像；似乎
seem to/like 似乎，看上去
e.g. These sounds seemed to be from another world.
这些声音似乎来自另一个世界。
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
当时这主意好像不错。
Key Words
appeal: Vt.呼吁 恳请 恳求；v. 上诉; v. 有吸引力
n. 呼吁 恳请 恳求；上诉; 有吸引力 (常用不定式“to”相搭配)
e.g. The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use/for using their vote.
首相呼吁年轻人行使他们的投票权。
We intend to appeal (against) the verdict.
我们打算对裁决提出上诉。
The dress designing appeals to me more.
这件裙子的设计更吸引我。
Explore the sentences
Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature. （page2，lines 7-8）
当我们开始学习文学时，我们可能就会有一些像这样的体验。
句中in store for sb 意为“即将发生在某人身上，等待着某人”。如：
We never know what life holds in store for us.
我们永远不知道等待我们的将是怎样的生活。
Explore the sentences
Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book to the heart, and we discover a new world of dreams and magic. （page2，line 8-9）
让一首小歌愉悦我们的耳朵，让一部巨著触动我们的的心灵，这样我们便会发现一个全新的世界，一个充满梦想和魔力的世界。
句中“or a great book to the heart”为省略句，完整的表述为“or let a great book to the heart”，省略重复成分，避免重复，使语言精练。如：
Some tourists spoke English, others German.
=Some tourists spoke English, and others spoke German.
Explore the sentences
We must know all these, if the book is to speak its whole message.
如果一本书要传递完整的信息，我们就必须理解所有这些内容。
句中“is to speak”为将来时be to do的用法，表示按计划将要发生的事情。如：我们约在学校门口见。
We are to meet at the school gate.
Build your language
The passage below is about a classic work of plete the passage with the correct the works and phrases in the box below.
Classic literature _________ an author’s own experiences and can therefore help us understand the important issues of his or her time. This is one reason why the best works of literature still ___________ readers hundreds of years after they were written. Cao Xueqin’s A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most __________ novels in Chinese literature, is a good example of this. Its storyline follows the fall of a large wealthy family much like the author's own.
reflects
appeal to
significant
v.
v.
adj.
B1
No doubt drawing on his own experiences, Cao Xueqin gives a detailed ___________ of what life was like at that time. The novel ________ a great number of details like what the upper class wore and ate. It also describes ___________ social relations in 18th-century China. As a result, readers _______________ better understanding the gap between rich and poor, men and women, the learned and the uneducated. Cultural and historical ___________ like these make A Dream of Red Mansions a timeless classic.
description
contains
a range of
are capable of
elements
利用 凭借
Build your language
n.
v.
v.
n.
细致描绘
Have a discussion
How does the storyline of A Dream of Red Mansions develop
What has been described in A Dream of Red Mansions
It follows the fall of a large wealthy family.
It describes what the upper class wore and ate and the social relations in 18th-century China.
The article uses several synonyms (words with the same meaning) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings). Find more pairs of synonyms and antonyms in the article and think of more on your own.
e.g:
(line 28-29) Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature——love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope.
What is the function of using antonyms here
B2
Vivid Richer Express feelings better
Building your language
Synonyms
Antonyms
attraction-appeal
enjoy-love
depressed-discouraged
finish-fulfill
tired-exhausted
joy-sadness
universal-personal
love-hate
fear-hope
alive-dead
Tip:
Learning synonyms and antonyms is very useful for your English study. It can help remember the words you are trying to learn. It can also help you express yourself better by making your speech or writing richer and more colourful.
Try to memorise these words by synonym pairs or antonym pairs.
Building your language
The article gives examples to explain ideas more clearly to the reader. Find the examples in the article and give an example to support the idea below.
Expression Skills: an argument + example(s)
Building your language
B3
Try to find out all of them from the acritical and tell us why they are given.
e.g.
Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention.
—— A hundred men may pass a field and see only dead grass; but a poet stops, looks deeper, sees truth and beauty, and writes,“Yesterday's flowers am I.”
idea
examples
Build your language
Why should we add examples
To be more persuasive and understandable
Expression Skills: an argument + example(s)
Building your language
The argument(s) should be clear and precise. It shouldn't be ambiguous or confusing.
The example(s) should be closely related to your argument and be persuasive.
Examples are useful in that they support your argument or help explain an idea that may be difficult for the reader to understand. Try to give proper examples when you expresss an opinion.
Presentation
Judge your favorite book by the three qualities of literature in the article. Try to use synonyms and antonyms to express better and give examples to support your statements.
Homework
Try to give proper examples to support this idea below at least in 50 words.
Some people believe that classics are old and boring and have nothing to do with life today. However, this is not true.
Thank You