(共25张PPT)
Unit 2 Lessons in life
Understanding ideas
1. To get the main idea of the text and basically understand the theme of the book Tuesdays With Morrie.
2.To perceive the textual structure and linguistic features of the text, and then use the relevant language to express yourselves.
3.To understand the key words and expressions in the passage and learn to use them in proper situations.
Learning objectives
Lessons in life
Tuesdays with Morrie
Unit 2
be reunited with
weaken
pessimistic
anticipate
possession
abnormal
widespread
recognition
(使)重聚
v. (使)虚弱
adj. 悲观的,悲观主义的
v. 预期,预料
n. 财产,财物
adj. 不正常的,反常的
adj. 广泛流传的
n. 承认,认可
Have you ever read Tuesdays with Morrie
Look at the pictures and watch a video clip Guess what the book is about.
The book has also been adapted for a film. Watch a short clip.
Look at the layout (布局) of the passage and answer the questions.
1. What is the passage about How many parts are there
2. Where might have the passage be taken from
A book review website.
summary
reviews
Fast-reading
Read the book summary and find out what the book is about.
Despite being a sports journalist with a successful career ahead of him, Mitch Albom feels that there is something missing from his life. This all changes when he is reunited with his favorite college professor, Morrie Schwartz. On discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness, Mitch starts visiting him at his house on Tuesdays. The weekly conversations between Mitch and Morrie result in a series of lessons on the meaning of life and how best to live it.
Tuesdays with Morrie is an autobiographical nonfiction written by Mitch Albom.
Professor Morrie Schwatz taught Mitch every Tuesday for 14 weeks before he died.
The book has been on the bestseller lists for four years and has been translated into thirty-one languages, including Chinese.
More facts about the book
Nonfiction is writing that gives information or describes real events, rather than telling a story. 非小说类纪实作品
Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give the book ( five being the highest rating).
Underline the evidence.
Careful reading
Task
1
Decide how many stars each person would give the book.
Decide how many stars each person would give the book.
Decide how many stars each person would give the book.
Decide how many stars each person would give the book.
It’s so touching!
Read the text and find the lessons that each person learnt from the book.
they learn how to live
appreciate what he had
how they think, what they value
opened her eyes to the world
Task
2
how much he was influenced by popular culture
creating his own values based on love and open communication
with the good people they meet as they go through life
die feeling that they have lived life to the full
they are loved and have loved others as much as they could
Read the text and find the lessons that each person learnt from the book.
Task
2
joy and hope
art
friendship
love
death
values
power
sorrow
...this book is filled with joy and hope. (--Arthur K)
Morrie's reflections on love and friendship made me think about my life...(--Vivian)
This book is about dying...
In fact, far from being a book about death, it's a book about life. (-- Arthur K)
...the big things-how we think, what we value...(-- Amy)
The book made ...think about..the importance of creating my own values. (--Marty)
Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.
Task
3
Think & sharing
The quote means to enjoy what time you have by cherishing those whom you love. Morrie is using this line to teach Mitch to value his loved ones and pour energy into these relationships. The support the loved ones provide will become important in times of need. Without their support, a person would need to experience the hardship alone. This hardship may be too much for them, thus they may perish.
(formal or literary) to die, esp. in a sudden violent way
What life lessons can you learn from the book based on the four people’s comments
value what we have--family, friends &health
be on a journey and appreciate it
live life to the full
never be distracted by unimportant things in life
appreciating our life (what we have)
establishing our own values (how we think & what we value)
loving and being loved (who we are with)
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
1.迷路
2.愿意帮忙,准备好去帮忙
3.留心;注意;留意
4.(使)重聚
5.充分利用每一天
6.被……分散注意力
7. 树立自己的价值观
8. 回忆;回想
9. 与某人失去联系
get distracted by…
lose one’s way
look out for
be reunited with
make the most of each day
be ready to help
establish one’s own values
think back
lose touch with sb.
Review
直击高考
Read the text carefully and fill in the following blanks.
In the book Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom visits his favourite college professor, Morrie Schwartz every week and their conversations result 1. a series of lessons on the meaning of life and how best to live it.
in
Arthur K thinks this book is about life. He considers it 2.______ pleasant surprise to find this book 3. (fill) with joy and hope, which encourages everyone to appreciate what they have and to make the 4. (much) of each day.
Amy Wang thinks this book should be on all school reading lists, because it seems 5. (give) her a deeper insight into the world and helped her see things from a different point of view.She thinks 6. is up to people to find out what is important in their lives and establish their own 7._________(value).
a
most
to have given
filled
it
values
直击高考
What impressed Marty first was that this book is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages, even though it has gained widespread 8. ______________ (recognize). But thinking back, Marty did realise the importance of 9. ___________(create) his own values based on love and open communication.
Vivian thinks highly of Morrie's reflections on love and friendship, 10.________ made her realize how much she misses her good friends.
recognition
creating
which
直击高考
Go online to find out what other comments have been made on this book. Do these comments make you want to read the book Why or why not
Homework