(共20张PPT)
Unit 1 Looking forwards
Period 1 Facing the Future
1. Describe the picture.
Different life's paths
2. Share your choice and the reason.
Learning Aims
1. To understand the main idea and the details of the passage
2. To have a better understanding of two famous writers and learn from them
3.To understand the importance of a positive attitude towards life, and think about how to choose the right life path.
Prediction
Ernest Hemingway
Conan Doyle
Facing the future
A. Different at the jobs people might do in the future.
B. Stories about different people's future.
C. Various possibilities for future development.
D. Fixed future for everyone.
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
Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para4: Para5: Para6:
d
a
f
b
e
c
Para 1:What is possibly the most important concern in life
We find ourselves wondering or even worrying about possibly the most important issue of our lives—the future.
Will we get into the school of our choice
What will we be doing in ten years' time
Can we become the person we really want to be
In the face of such questions, how should we approach the future .........
Can you add the list
Para 2: What is the relationship between one’s plan and the future
Having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.
Two famous authors whose careers unfolded in contrasting ways.
plans
future
Para 3: Profile(简介)of Ernest Hemingway
Date of Birth：_________
Nationality：___________
Ambition :_____________
Experience and achievement:
1. joined a local newspaper as__________
2. became ______________________ for the Toronto Star
3. wrote novels and short stories based on ____________
4. The Old Man and the Sea, about _____________________.
won the Pulitzer Prize.
5. won the Nobel Prize in ____________.
1899
America
writer
a trainee reporter
foreign correspondent
personal experiences
the struggle between an elderly fisherman and the fish
literature
Famous works:
Para 3: What did Hemingway do to achieve his ambition to become a writer
set himself this goal
acculumateexperience stick to this goal/pursue his dream
achieve great success
What can we learn form him
Para 4: Profile(简介)of Arthur Conan Doyle
Date of Birth：_________
Nationality：___________
Original job:_____________
Ambition:______________________________
Best-known work:________________________
Tip:
The series were first published in 1887 and were printed nearly 2 million copies.
1859
Scotland
Doctor
a writer of historical novels
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes
Para 5:Why was Doyle disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories
1. gave up medicine and ____________ ____; longed to become known for his ________________
Doyle's decision
The public's reaction
1.They couldn't ______________Sherlock Holmes.
2.__________the detective to focus on his “serious” writing
2. The fans were so ________.
3. was forced to _____________________________
3. It has been _____________readers.
devoted to writing
historical novels
get enough of
killed off
angry
bring Holmes back from the dead
entertaining
Lu Xun :his initial (原先的）life choice； his final life's path ;why
1
2 His initial life choice
His final life's path
3 Why he changed his decision
Lu Xun
To study Western medicine and become a doctor.
Abandoning his medical studies and taking up writing.
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.
Presentation: Profile of Lu Xun
What is your understanding of Steve Job’s words at the end of the passage
Para 6:What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future
“So, whatever twists and turns you might encounter, take a leaf out of the books of these two authors and be prepared for the unexpected.”
follow one's example
What we went through in the past can be connected with our future.
Please make up a dialogue.
With graduation drawing near,your friend Mike is confused about his future. He is afraid that things couldn't turn out as planned. Please comfort him and give him useful advice.
Practice :help me out
Mike: Hi,Li Hua.I’d like to turn to you for heIp. With graduation drawing near, I worry about________.
and I don’t know____________.
I: You’d better_________.
Mike: But I am afraid ____________.
I : Instead of ________, I suggest that you should______.
In addition, you ______________.
........
Mike: Thank you for your valuable advice.
Practice :help me out
1. You should have a positive attitude towards life and try your best to create a better future.
2.Instead of compaining about your life, you'd better find your strengths and weaknesses.
3. You might as well work out a plan but don't worry if the plan dosen't turn out well, because life is full of twists and turns.
My suggestions
Assignments
Compulsory: write a letter to Mike to comfort him based on what we learned
Optional: search for more information of the writers and prepare a presentation
