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The Little Prince
Book5 Unit1
Developing Ideas
It tells a story about a pilot who has crashed in the desert. While he is repairing his plane, a little prince comes to him. Visiting from another planet, the little prince tells his adventures to the pilot, and they become friends.
About the book and the author
It is the second best selling book in the world (ranked behind Bible).
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was a French writer and pilot. As a young boy, he was obsessed with aeroplanes, riding in one for the first time at the age of 12. He spent much of his life flying and writing about his adventures. Saint-Exupéry’s most successful work, The Little Prince, is one of the best-selling books ever published.
About the book and the author
be obsessed with对···痴迷
What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupéry was
Try to use some adjectives.
Adventurous
innovative
brave
successful
The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935. Saint-Exupéry nearly died, and wandered around for four days before being rescued. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry left on a wartime mission over occupied France, from which he never returned. Although the remains of his plane were discovered in 2000, his body has never been found, and the cause of his death remains unknown.
About the book and the author
飞机坠毁
v.营救,解救
v.占领,占据
飞机残骸
仍然未知
Watch an relevant video.
A boa constrictor is swallowing an animal.
A boa constrictor is digesting an elephant.
The inside of the boa constrictor
Look at the three drawings and predict what the story is about.
Read the passage to get the main idea and divide the passage into several parts.
Read the passage to get the main idea and divide the passage into several parts.
Structure Paragraph Main idea
Part 1 Para. 1-3
Part 2 Para. 4-7
Part 3 Para. 8-12
I was attracted by a picture in a book and made a drawing.
The grown-ups’ response to my drawings.
The drawing experience made me choose a new profession and my attitudes towards life.
While-reading
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a
book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.
adj.壮丽的,宏伟的
同义词:splendid adj.壮丽的,雄伟的
adj.原始的,远古的
蟒蛇
in the act of doing sth.
正在做某事
= in the process of doing sth.
在做某事过程中
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.”
v.吞下,咽下
swallow up 吞并,吞没
n.猎物
v.咀嚼
chew over 仔细考虑,深思熟虑
定语从句
n.消化
digest v. 消化
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked like this:
v.仔细考虑,深思
ponder over/about 仔细考虑
n.丛林,密林
succeed in doing sth.
成功做某事
I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.
But they answered: “Frighten Why should anyone be frightened by a hat ”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly.
n.杰作
n.成年人
宾语从句
v.使惊恐,使惊吓
被吓到
since引导状从,意为“由于,因为”
为了
The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.
n.反应,响应
把...搁置一边
devote oneself to 致力于,献身于
宾语从句
因...气馁/灰心
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
adj.烦人的,令人厌烦的
v. 驾驶;n.飞行员
fly-flew-flown
一瞥,看一眼
distinguish...from... 将...和...区分开
迷路
adj.很有用的,宝贵的
valueless/worthless
adj.毫无价值的
In the course of this life, I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
n.相遇,邂逅;v.遇到,遭遇
定语从句
与...有关,涉及到...,关心
n.结果,后果
很多,大量
adv.亲密地,密切地
在手边,在附近
⒑ Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:
⒒ “That is a hat.”
adj.明白的,头脑清楚的
定语从句
12.Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
n.政治
be pleased to do sth. 高兴做某事
adj.明智的
Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future.
Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.
Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves.
Choose the author’s attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice.
《The Little Prince》