Unit 2 Lessons in life Listening & speaking 课件（共14张，内嵌音频）2024-2025学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修4

(共14张PPT)
Using language
Unit 2 Lessons in life
1. Learn English proverbs in context and correctly understand their meanings and usages；
2. Understand the meaning of lifelong learning and develop an optimistic outlook on life and values.
Learning objectives
Vocabulary & listening
Proverbs about life
Activity 5
Listen and complete the conversations.
Listen and complete the conversations.
Better late than never.
No pain, no gain.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Activity 5
All’s well that ends well.
Two heads are better than one.
Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.
Activity 5
Listen and complete the conversations.
Match the proverbs in Activity 5 to their meaning.
1 you must face challenges in order to be successful
2 it is easier to achieve something if you cooperate with someone else
3 doing something late is better than not doing it at all
4 you should start things earlier rather than later
5 do not put all your efforts or resources into doing one thing
6 problems don’t matter if the final result is good
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.（今日事，今日毕。）
Two heads are better than one. （人多智广。）
Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. （别在一棵树上吊死。）
Better late than never. （亡羊补牢，未为晚也。）
No pain, no gain.（一分耕耘，一分收获。）
All’s well that ends well. （结局好，样样好。）
Activity 6
Do you know the English version of the following proverbs
有志者，事竟成。
成由勤俭败由奢。
先苦后甜。
能言是银，沉默是金。
吃一堑，长一智。
学习不厌老，改过不嫌迟。
Where there is a ________, there is a ________.
From ________ comes ________.
No ________ without ________.
________ is silver; ________ is gold.
A fall into the ________, a gain in your ________.
Never too old to ________; never too late to ________.
will
way
saving
having
sweet
sweat
Speech
silence
pit
wit
learn
turn
Read the paragraph. Choose the proverb that can describe the situation.
Never too old to a learn; never too late to turn.
Activity 7
Listen to the plete the notes and choose the best headline.
Activity 8 & 9
1 University Fees Are No Barrier to Grandma!
2 Dream Comes True for Graduating Grandma
3 Janet Says “Family First! That’s what matters!”
4 How the Students Experience Has Changed with the Centuries
Listen to the interview and choose the best headline.
Activity 8
Interview with Janet Rose
Age: 1 _____.
First attended university in: 2 ______
Reason for leaving university:
3 _______________________.
Reason for going back to university:
4 _________________________________________________.
Initial feelings on returning to university:
5 _____________________________________
University major: 6 ________________
Feelings on graduation: 7 ___________
Advice to others: 8 _______________________
Future plans: 9 _____________________________
81
1955
To take care of her ill mother.
Her daughter suggested she go back to school five years ago and she jumped at the chance.
She felt a bit nervous at first and she felt so old.
American literature.
She feels great.
Starting a master’s degree in the fall.
You’re never too old to learn.
Listen to the interview and complete the notes.
Activity 9
Complete the boxes with the expressions from the interview.
I started … back in…
After that I …
But then five years ago, …
I felt … at first.
I suggest that …
Remember …
Talking about experiences
Giving advice
I started… back in…
After that I…
But then five years ago…
I felt… at first.
I suggest that…
Remember, …
Activity 10
Work in pairs. Tell each other a story about yourself that can be summarised by a proverb in this situation.
Now talk about how effective you and your partner used your own experiences to illustrate your understanding of the proverbs.
Activity 11