外研版（2019）选择性必修 第三册Unit6 Nature in words Understanding ideas 课件(共38张PPT)
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(共38张PPT)
Understanding ideas
—Reading comprehension
First Snow
Unit 6 Nature in words
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1.read for the main idea of the passage;
2. read for details and learn about the author’s writing style and methods;
3. work out the structure of the text and the author’s writing clue and purpose;
4. understand the description of first snow and feelings of the author;
5. appreciate and experience the author’s picturesque language as well as love for snow.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
Pre-reading
Enjoy snow in the following pictures.
Talking of snow, what words and sentences will come into your mind
Smooth, clean, beautiful, pure, white snow, snowflake, snowman, snowball…
A heavy snow promises a good harvest.
Before reading, let’s read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions.
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was born in the English county of Yorkshire, and knew early on that he wanted to become a writer. When World War I broke out, Priestley joined the army, and escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war, he gained a degree from Cambridge University, and then moved to London, where he worked as a freelance writer. During World War II, he presented a weekly radio programme, which became immensely popular. Priestley wrote many successful articles, essays, novels and plays, but is best remembered for his play An Inspector Calls. Priestley loved snow and expressed a desire to live in a country where it often snowed.
2. What kind of person do you think Priestley was
Talented, productive, observant/being good at observing, imaginative and quick-minded.
1. What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime
Priestley joined the army in World War Ⅰ before going on to study at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter.
Let’s enjoy the passage!
1. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. The description of Christmas.
B. Jane Austen showed her love for snow.
C. Mr Robert Lynd’s comment about Jane Austen’s characters.
D. John Boynton Priestley’s description and love of the first snow.
While-reading
Activity 1: Fast-reading for main ideas
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2. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A．It snows heavily.
Para. 2 B．The snow was fascinating.
Para. 3 C．The first snow is a magical event.
Para. 4 D．The snow made the world dead white and pale blues.
Para. 5 E．The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blue.
Try to describe snow in your own words.
heavy snow 大雪
snowfall 降雪
snowflake 雪花
snow-covered
冰雪覆盖的feathery snowflakes
鹅毛大雪
blizzard 暴风雪
snowstorm 暴风雪
drifting snow 飘雪
sleet 雨夹雪
snow drift 雪堆
snow shower 阵雪
light snow 小雪
flurry 阵雪/小雪
…
3.Read the passage and underline the expressions the author uses to describe the first snow.
The expressions used by the author to describe the first snow:
an event(Para.1)
so fantastically carpeted(Para.1)
a magical event(Para.2)
a cold place of dead white and pale blues(Para.3)
faintly flushed(Para.3)
artfully disposed(Para.3)
a cold sparkle of white and blue(Para.4)
falling heavily(Para.5)
in great soft flakes(Para.5)...
1.Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of this passage
By mentioning the characters of Jane Austen, who is known for her witty, perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life, the author is emphasising or _________(强调) the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement(陈述) about _____________.
stressing
the first snow
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.”
quote
Activity 2: Careful-reading for details
Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What does “they” refer to
Jane Austen’s characters.
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.”
For Jane Austen’s characters, even something as small as a slight fall of snow is significant and exciting.
3. Why did the children looked through the window excitedly
A. Because the Christmas had come around again.
B. Because it was the first snow in the winter.
C. Because it was out of the country.
D. Because the author was sweating in a hot climate during the snowy season.
I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
come round: to happen, often referring to a regular event 如期而至
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4. Why did the author get excited at the fall of snow
A. Because Mr Robert Lynd said a fall of snow was an event.
B. Because Christmas had suddenly come round again.
C. Because he didn’t see a fall of snow for a long time.
D. Because he never saw so heavy a fall of snow before.
......so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted.
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1. Why does the author think that the first fall of snow is a magical event
The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not magic, then where is it to be found The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical.
2.What does “this, it” refer to in this paragraph Find them in this paragraph.
Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises.
Because you go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different world.
When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of ___________ and __________.
dead white
pale blues
dedicate pinks
The little plum tree outside, with the _____________ snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
faintly flushed
Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with _____________.
delicate pinks
苍白
淡青色
淡粉色
1.What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow
Read Para.3 carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What made the familiar business in the bathroom so strange
A. The cold world.
B. The Japanese print.
C. The light coming through the window.
D. The little plum tree outside.
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3. Find the sentences using personification(拟人).
Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.
The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
4.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in this sentence
A．Metaphor(暗喻).
B．Personification(拟人)．
C．Hyperbole(夸张)．
D．Antithesis(对比)．
√
The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print.
日本版画（Japanese Prints）
2.Which word can’t be used to describe the scenery of this paragraph
A. Disturbing(令人不安的)． B. Threatening(阴沉沉的；危险的)．
C. Cruel(残酷的)． D. Fascinating(迷人的)．
An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. The world had completely changed again. The little Japanese prints had all disappeared. I looked out of my study window, over the garden, the field, to the low hills beyond, and the ground went on and on, the sky was thick grey, and all the trees so many black and threatening shapes. There was indeed something curiously disturbing about the whole prospect. It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland. At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened. It was that kind of landscape.
1.What does this paragraph mainly talk about
As time went by, the world had completely changed, and the whole prospect was disturbed.
√
Read Para. 4 carefully and do the following exercises.
2.Read this paragraph carefully and find the sentence using simile(明喻)．
It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland.
3.Read this paragraph carefully and find the sentence using synaesthesia and imagination(通感和想象)．
At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened.
Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow:
Snow, snow faster:
White alabaster!
Killing geese in, Scotland,
Sending feathers here!
1. How does the author describe the snow in this paragraph
Read Para. 5 carefully and do the following exercises.
描写雪的形态
雪之大
雪后场景
借代风信鸡的美与奇
2. What scene makes the author recall a rhyme(儿歌)
The children _________________ their noses against the window reminds the author of a rhyme.
flattening/pressing
3.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in this sentence
A．Metonymy(借代)． B．Personification(拟人)．
C．Hyperbole(夸张)． D．Antithesis(对比)．
…the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen.
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用Hans Andersen笔下的生物借代描写教堂的风信鸡的美与奇，描绘出一个雪后的童话世界。
Hans Christian Andersen(1805-1875) was a Danish author who wrote some of literature’s best-loved fairy tales, including The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. His fairy tales are among the most frequently translated works in all of literary history, and the themes of his stories appeal to adults and children alike.
Background knowledge
Part 1(Paras._______) Introduction
Part 2(Paras._______) Description of the _______ of the snow
1－2
3－5
scenery
First Snow
1. What’s the structure of the passage
Read the whole passage carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What’s the author’s feeling towards the first snow
A．Surprised. B．Hopeful.
C．Delighted. D．Regretful.
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3. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. By describing the magical scenery of the first snow, the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves.
B. By depicting the beautiful, near-magical scenery of the first snow, the author wants to convey his love for snow.
C. By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow, the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood.
D. The author recalls his happy childhood with the help of the first snow.
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4．What type of text is this passage
A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentation(议论文)．
C．Exposition(说明文)． D．Essay(散文)．
5．How does the passage mainly develop
A．By listing numbers. B．By following the order of time.
C．By making a comparison. D．By giving examples.
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cold place of dead white and pale blues
delicate pinks
a lovely Japanese print
lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk
a cold sparkle of white and blue
went on and on
thick grey
so many black and threatening shapes
like a cruel grassland
falling heavily, in great soft flakes
thick
all bending
Timeline
6. Complete the diagram with the expressions you have underlined in the passage.
Post-reading
1. Discuss the in-depth meaning of this passage.(Critical thinking)
The author uses picturesque languages to give a vivid description of an after-snow world full of sounds, colors and great fun. It shows that the author desires to escape from noisy and busy life and live a quiet and peaceful countryside life.
Activity 1: Discussion
2. Can you think of something about snow Share it with your class.(Creative thinking)
Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around,
Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground.
Snowflakes, snowflakes in the air,
Snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere.
What fascinates us is not snow itself or the fantastically carpeted world. It is the first fall of snow, as well as the sudden, secret, silent and quiet changes.令人销魂的倒不是雪，也不是如同铺满绒毯的世界，而是第一次降雪，和那突然而又悄然无声的变化。
It is the first time that I 1. __________(see) snow this winter. It is not only 2.____ event but a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up 3._______(find) yourself in another completely different. The secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical.
When I 4._____(get) up this morning, I found the world dead white and pale blues. The light coming through the windows was very strange，5.________ made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing strange too. When the sun came out, the snow became pink. The little plum tree stood in full sunlight.
An hour 6.____ two later，everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue.The little Japanese prints had disappeared. The ground went on and on，the sky was thick grey，and all the trees were in black and 7.____________(threaten) shapes.
Now the snow is falling 8.________(heavy) in great soft flakes so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley.The 9._____(roof) are thick and the trees are all bent.I can see the children 10.__________(flatten) their noses against the window to watch the falling snow.
have seen
Activity 2: Summary
an
to find
got
which
or
threatening
heavily
roofs
flattening
Sentences Analysis
1. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
[句式分析] 此句是_______句。whom引导______________从句，修饰the children，looking through the window at the magic outside和talking away as excitedly为现在分词短语作_____________；as if意为“_______”，引导_________从句。
[自主翻译]
复合
非限制性定语
好像
对于这场雪，我今早近乎像孩子们那样兴奋。孩子们
宾语补足语
方式状语
透过窗子看着外面奇妙的世界，兴奋地说个不停，就像圣诞节突然又要来了一般。
2.The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them.
[句式分析] 此句为________句。句子主干为_______结构，that引导的为_______从句，as引导__________从句。
[自主翻译]
复合
表语
事实上，这场雪于我而言，也是同样的奇异，同样的迷人。
主系表
比较状语
3. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season,
so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。we have had here...为省略______的_______从句。在第二个分句中，sweating in...为现在分词短语作_________；so that引导__________从句；since引导_________从句。
[自主翻译]
并列
that
结果状语
这是今年冬天我们在这里的第一场雪，而在去年的雪季，
定语
伴随状语
时间状语
我身在异国，在酷热的天气里汗流不止，所以离我上次欣赏到这银装素裹的世界，着实过了些时日了。
4. The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。主干为_________结构：_______________________为主语，________是谓语动词，in full sunlight是介词短语作______；with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk 是with的复合结构作______。
[自主翻译]
The little plum tree outside
stood
状语
在阳光的普照之下，屋外的李子树的树干和枝丫被淡粉
状语
简单
主谓状
的积雪精致巧妙地装点着。
5. It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。as if相当于_________，引导的是_______从句，从句中使用了__________；close to the very heart of England为形容词短语作___________， very此处是形容词，起强调作用，意为“______________”。
[自主翻译]
复合
表语
虚拟语气
就好像我们这个靠近英格兰中心位置的亲切小乡村
as though
后置定语
正是，恰是
变成了暴躁的草原。
6. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow:
[句式分析] 此句是and连接的______句。在第一个分句中，which引导________________从句，修饰my study，主句中flattening their noses against the window是现在分词短语作________；在第二个分句中，running through my head 是现在分词短语作______；there be句型中的主语为_______，I used to repeat为省略______的______从句，修饰a rhyme；后面是when引导的__________从句。
[自主翻译]
并列
非限制性定语
状语
我的书房是和房子独立开来的，书房在房子的对面。
宾补
a rhyme
that 定语
时间状语
从书房看去，可以看到孩子们把鼻子抵在窗户上看雪的样子，我的脑海里出现了一首儿歌，那是我小时候将鼻子抵在冰凉的窗户上看雪时会一直重复哼着的歌:
Homework
Review what we have learnt and preview language points.
Understanding ideas
—Reading comprehension
First Snow
Unit 6 Nature in words
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1.read for the main idea of the passage;
2. read for details and learn about the author’s writing style and methods;
3. work out the structure of the text and the author’s writing clue and purpose;
4. understand the description of first snow and feelings of the author;
5. appreciate and experience the author’s picturesque language as well as love for snow.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
Pre-reading
Enjoy snow in the following pictures.
Talking of snow, what words and sentences will come into your mind
Smooth, clean, beautiful, pure, white snow, snowflake, snowman, snowball…
A heavy snow promises a good harvest.
Before reading, let’s read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions.
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was born in the English county of Yorkshire, and knew early on that he wanted to become a writer. When World War I broke out, Priestley joined the army, and escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war, he gained a degree from Cambridge University, and then moved to London, where he worked as a freelance writer. During World War II, he presented a weekly radio programme, which became immensely popular. Priestley wrote many successful articles, essays, novels and plays, but is best remembered for his play An Inspector Calls. Priestley loved snow and expressed a desire to live in a country where it often snowed.
2. What kind of person do you think Priestley was
Talented, productive, observant/being good at observing, imaginative and quick-minded.
1. What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime
Priestley joined the army in World War Ⅰ before going on to study at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter.
Let’s enjoy the passage!
1. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. The description of Christmas.
B. Jane Austen showed her love for snow.
C. Mr Robert Lynd’s comment about Jane Austen’s characters.
D. John Boynton Priestley’s description and love of the first snow.
While-reading
Activity 1: Fast-reading for main ideas
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2. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A．It snows heavily.
Para. 2 B．The snow was fascinating.
Para. 3 C．The first snow is a magical event.
Para. 4 D．The snow made the world dead white and pale blues.
Para. 5 E．The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blue.
Try to describe snow in your own words.
heavy snow 大雪
snowfall 降雪
snowflake 雪花
snow-covered
冰雪覆盖的feathery snowflakes
鹅毛大雪
blizzard 暴风雪
snowstorm 暴风雪
drifting snow 飘雪
sleet 雨夹雪
snow drift 雪堆
snow shower 阵雪
light snow 小雪
flurry 阵雪/小雪
…
3.Read the passage and underline the expressions the author uses to describe the first snow.
The expressions used by the author to describe the first snow:
an event(Para.1)
so fantastically carpeted(Para.1)
a magical event(Para.2)
a cold place of dead white and pale blues(Para.3)
faintly flushed(Para.3)
artfully disposed(Para.3)
a cold sparkle of white and blue(Para.4)
falling heavily(Para.5)
in great soft flakes(Para.5)...
1.Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of this passage
By mentioning the characters of Jane Austen, who is known for her witty, perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life, the author is emphasising or _________(强调) the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement(陈述) about _____________.
stressing
the first snow
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.”
quote
Activity 2: Careful-reading for details
Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What does “they” refer to
Jane Austen’s characters.
Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.”
For Jane Austen’s characters, even something as small as a slight fall of snow is significant and exciting.
3. Why did the children looked through the window excitedly
A. Because the Christmas had come around again.
B. Because it was the first snow in the winter.
C. Because it was out of the country.
D. Because the author was sweating in a hot climate during the snowy season.
I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
come round: to happen, often referring to a regular event 如期而至
√
4. Why did the author get excited at the fall of snow
A. Because Mr Robert Lynd said a fall of snow was an event.
B. Because Christmas had suddenly come round again.
C. Because he didn’t see a fall of snow for a long time.
D. Because he never saw so heavy a fall of snow before.
......so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted.
√
1. Why does the author think that the first fall of snow is a magical event
The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not magic, then where is it to be found The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical.
2.What does “this, it” refer to in this paragraph Find them in this paragraph.
Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises.
Because you go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different world.
When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of ___________ and __________.
dead white
pale blues
dedicate pinks
The little plum tree outside, with the _____________ snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
faintly flushed
Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with _____________.
delicate pinks
苍白
淡青色
淡粉色
1.What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow
Read Para.3 carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What made the familiar business in the bathroom so strange
A. The cold world.
B. The Japanese print.
C. The light coming through the window.
D. The little plum tree outside.
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3. Find the sentences using personification(拟人).
Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks.
The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
4.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in this sentence
A．Metaphor(暗喻).
B．Personification(拟人)．
C．Hyperbole(夸张)．
D．Antithesis(对比)．
√
The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print.
日本版画（Japanese Prints）
2.Which word can’t be used to describe the scenery of this paragraph
A. Disturbing(令人不安的)． B. Threatening(阴沉沉的；危险的)．
C. Cruel(残酷的)． D. Fascinating(迷人的)．
An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. The world had completely changed again. The little Japanese prints had all disappeared. I looked out of my study window, over the garden, the field, to the low hills beyond, and the ground went on and on, the sky was thick grey, and all the trees so many black and threatening shapes. There was indeed something curiously disturbing about the whole prospect. It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland. At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened. It was that kind of landscape.
1.What does this paragraph mainly talk about
As time went by, the world had completely changed, and the whole prospect was disturbed.
√
Read Para. 4 carefully and do the following exercises.
2.Read this paragraph carefully and find the sentence using simile(明喻)．
It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland.
3.Read this paragraph carefully and find the sentence using synaesthesia and imagination(通感和想象)．
At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened.
Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow:
Snow, snow faster:
White alabaster!
Killing geese in, Scotland,
Sending feathers here!
1. How does the author describe the snow in this paragraph
Read Para. 5 carefully and do the following exercises.
描写雪的形态
雪之大
雪后场景
借代风信鸡的美与奇
2. What scene makes the author recall a rhyme(儿歌)
The children _________________ their noses against the window reminds the author of a rhyme.
flattening/pressing
3.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in this sentence
A．Metonymy(借代)． B．Personification(拟人)．
C．Hyperbole(夸张)． D．Antithesis(对比)．
…the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen.
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用Hans Andersen笔下的生物借代描写教堂的风信鸡的美与奇，描绘出一个雪后的童话世界。
Hans Christian Andersen(1805-1875) was a Danish author who wrote some of literature’s best-loved fairy tales, including The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. His fairy tales are among the most frequently translated works in all of literary history, and the themes of his stories appeal to adults and children alike.
Background knowledge
Part 1(Paras._______) Introduction
Part 2(Paras._______) Description of the _______ of the snow
1－2
3－5
scenery
First Snow
1. What’s the structure of the passage
Read the whole passage carefully and do the following exercises.
2. What’s the author’s feeling towards the first snow
A．Surprised. B．Hopeful.
C．Delighted. D．Regretful.
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3. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. By describing the magical scenery of the first snow, the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves.
B. By depicting the beautiful, near-magical scenery of the first snow, the author wants to convey his love for snow.
C. By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow, the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood.
D. The author recalls his happy childhood with the help of the first snow.
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4．What type of text is this passage
A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentation(议论文)．
C．Exposition(说明文)． D．Essay(散文)．
5．How does the passage mainly develop
A．By listing numbers. B．By following the order of time.
C．By making a comparison. D．By giving examples.
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cold place of dead white and pale blues
delicate pinks
a lovely Japanese print
lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk
a cold sparkle of white and blue
went on and on
thick grey
so many black and threatening shapes
like a cruel grassland
falling heavily, in great soft flakes
thick
all bending
Timeline
6. Complete the diagram with the expressions you have underlined in the passage.
Post-reading
1. Discuss the in-depth meaning of this passage.(Critical thinking)
The author uses picturesque languages to give a vivid description of an after-snow world full of sounds, colors and great fun. It shows that the author desires to escape from noisy and busy life and live a quiet and peaceful countryside life.
Activity 1: Discussion
2. Can you think of something about snow Share it with your class.(Creative thinking)
Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around,
Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground.
Snowflakes, snowflakes in the air,
Snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere.
What fascinates us is not snow itself or the fantastically carpeted world. It is the first fall of snow, as well as the sudden, secret, silent and quiet changes.令人销魂的倒不是雪，也不是如同铺满绒毯的世界，而是第一次降雪，和那突然而又悄然无声的变化。
It is the first time that I 1. __________(see) snow this winter. It is not only 2.____ event but a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up 3._______(find) yourself in another completely different. The secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical.
When I 4._____(get) up this morning, I found the world dead white and pale blues. The light coming through the windows was very strange，5.________ made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing strange too. When the sun came out, the snow became pink. The little plum tree stood in full sunlight.
An hour 6.____ two later，everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue.The little Japanese prints had disappeared. The ground went on and on，the sky was thick grey，and all the trees were in black and 7.____________(threaten) shapes.
Now the snow is falling 8.________(heavy) in great soft flakes so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley.The 9._____(roof) are thick and the trees are all bent.I can see the children 10.__________(flatten) their noses against the window to watch the falling snow.
have seen
Activity 2: Summary
an
to find
got
which
or
threatening
heavily
roofs
flattening
Sentences Analysis
1. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
[句式分析] 此句是_______句。whom引导______________从句，修饰the children，looking through the window at the magic outside和talking away as excitedly为现在分词短语作_____________；as if意为“_______”，引导_________从句。
[自主翻译]
复合
非限制性定语
好像
对于这场雪，我今早近乎像孩子们那样兴奋。孩子们
宾语补足语
方式状语
透过窗子看着外面奇妙的世界，兴奋地说个不停，就像圣诞节突然又要来了一般。
2.The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them.
[句式分析] 此句为________句。句子主干为_______结构，that引导的为_______从句，as引导__________从句。
[自主翻译]
复合
表语
事实上，这场雪于我而言，也是同样的奇异，同样的迷人。
主系表
比较状语
3. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season,
so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。we have had here...为省略______的_______从句。在第二个分句中，sweating in...为现在分词短语作_________；so that引导__________从句；since引导_________从句。
[自主翻译]
并列
that
结果状语
这是今年冬天我们在这里的第一场雪，而在去年的雪季，
定语
伴随状语
时间状语
我身在异国，在酷热的天气里汗流不止，所以离我上次欣赏到这银装素裹的世界，着实过了些时日了。
4. The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。主干为_________结构：_______________________为主语，________是谓语动词，in full sunlight是介词短语作______；with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk 是with的复合结构作______。
[自主翻译]
The little plum tree outside
stood
状语
在阳光的普照之下，屋外的李子树的树干和枝丫被淡粉
状语
简单
主谓状
的积雪精致巧妙地装点着。
5. It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland.
[句式分析] 此句是______句。as if相当于_________，引导的是_______从句，从句中使用了__________；close to the very heart of England为形容词短语作___________， very此处是形容词，起强调作用，意为“______________”。
[自主翻译]
复合
表语
虚拟语气
就好像我们这个靠近英格兰中心位置的亲切小乡村
as though
后置定语
正是，恰是
变成了暴躁的草原。
6. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow:
[句式分析] 此句是and连接的______句。在第一个分句中，which引导________________从句，修饰my study，主句中flattening their noses against the window是现在分词短语作________；在第二个分句中，running through my head 是现在分词短语作______；there be句型中的主语为_______，I used to repeat为省略______的______从句，修饰a rhyme；后面是when引导的__________从句。
[自主翻译]
并列
非限制性定语
状语
我的书房是和房子独立开来的，书房在房子的对面。
宾补
a rhyme
that 定语
时间状语
从书房看去，可以看到孩子们把鼻子抵在窗户上看雪的样子，我的脑海里出现了一首儿歌，那是我小时候将鼻子抵在冰凉的窗户上看雪时会一直重复哼着的歌:
Homework
Review what we have learnt and preview language points.