Unit2Period1Startingout&Understandingideas課堂學(xué)習(xí)Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1Startingout1Whatislifecomparedtointhisstory?2Whatdorocks,pebbles,sandandtearepresent?3Whatarethe“rocks”inyourlife?Howmuchtimedoyouspendon“rocks”,“pebbles”,“sand”and“tea”?Lifeiscomparedtoajar.1Whatislifecomparedtointhisstory?3Whatarethe“rocks”inyourlife?Howmuchtimedoyouspendon“rocks”,“pebbles”,“sand”and“tea”?2Whatdorocks,pebbles,sandandtearepresent?Rocksrepresentthemostimportantthingsinourlife.Pebblesrepresenttheotherimportantthingsweneedtokeepourlifegoing.Sandrepresentsallthelittlethingsinlife.Tearepresentsthetimewhenwecanhaveacupofteaandatalkwithagoodfriend.Lookatthepicturesandchoosethethingsthatcanbeusedasmetaphorsforlife.Giveyourreasons.2Talkwithyourpartnersaboutwhatelsecanlifebecomparedtoandthedifferentmeaningofourlife.Nowlet’shavealookathowthetwomeninthebookTuesdayswithMorriethinkaboutlife.

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入U(xiǎn)nderstandingideasHaveyoueverreadthefollowingbook?Trytodescribeit.MITCHALBOMisaninternationallyrenownedandbest-sellingauthor,journalist,screenwriter,playwright,radioandtelevisionbroadcasterandmusician.Hisbookshavecollectivelysoldmorethan40millioncopiesworldwide;havebeenpublishedin49territoriesandin47languagesaroundtheworld;andhavebeenmadeintoEmmyAward-winningandcritically-acclaimedtelevisionmovies.Introductionoftheauthor1Readthereviewsonthebackcoverofthebook,TuesdayswithMorrie,andanswerthequestions.1.Whatmetaphorforlifeisusedinthereviews?Lifeiscomparedtoajourneyinthereviews.2.Whenpeoplearedescribedas“watchingyoukindlyfromfurtheralongtheway”,whatdoesthismean?Itmeansthesepeoplearekindandhavemoreexperiences.2Readthepassageanddecidehowmanystarsthefourpeoplewouldgivethebook(fivebeingthehighestrating).Giveyourreasons.TuesdayswithMorrie1Despitebeingasportsjournalistwithasuccessfulcareeraheadofhim,MitchAlbomfeelsthatthereissomethingmissingfromhislife.Thisallchangeswhenheisreunitedwithhisfavouritecollegeprofessor,MorrieSchwartz.OndiscoveringthatMorrieisbeingweakenedbyasevereillness,MitchstartsvisitinghimathishouseonTuesdays.TheweeklyconversationsbetweenMitchandMorrieresultinaseriesoflessonsonthemeaningoflifeandhowbesttoliveit.2ArthurKThisbookisaboutdying,butitisnotpessimistic.Indeed,itwasapleasantsurprisetofindthatthisbookisfilledwithjoyandhope.Morrie’sbraverytowardstheendofhislifeisinspirationalandhasmademevaluemyownlifemore.Infact,farfrombeingabookaboutdeath,it’sabookaboutlife.AsMorriesays,“Onceyoulearnhowtodie,youlearnhowtolive.”AsMorrieanticipateshisowndeath,heobserveseverythingasthoughthroughneweyes-thethingsaroundhimseemmorebeautifulthaneverbeforeandholdnewmeanings.Fromhiswindow,hewatcheseachseasonchange,knowingitcouldbehislast.Thisencouragesustoappreciatewhatwehave,andtomakethemostofeachday.3AmyWangIthinkthisbookshouldbeonallschoolreadinglists.Afterfinishingit,IfeelIhavebeengivenadeeperinsightintotheworldandcanseethingsfromadifferentpointofview.Onthe11thTuesday,Morrieexplainsthat“...thebigthings-howwethink,whatwevalue-thoseyoumustchooseyourself.Youcan’tletanyone-oranysociety-determinethoseforyou”.Whileweareliving,wetendtogetdistractedbyunimportantthings,suchasgatheringmaterialpossessions.Ithinkit’simportantforyoungpeopletoknowthatmakingalotofmoneywon’talwaysmakethemhappy,orthatlookingdifferentdoesn’tmakeapersonabnormal!It’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourownvalues.Morriesaysthatmostpeople"seemhalf-asleep",evenwhenthey'redoingthingstheythinkareimportant.ReadingthisbookmademefeelasifI'dbeenwokenupfromalongsleepandfinallyopenedmyeyestotheworld!4MartyDespiteitswidespreadrecognition,myfirstimpressionwasthatTuesdayswithMorrieisjustmadeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughtsandmessages,manyofwhicharerepeated.Butthinkingback,itdidteachmealessonortwo.ThebookmademestopandthinkabouthowmuchIaminfluencedbypopularcultureandtheimportanceofcreatingmyownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunication.Althoughitisn’tmyfavouritebook.I’dstillrecommendthatpeoplereadit-afterall,itissomethingthat’sabitdifferent!5VivianWarning!Aboxoftissueswillbeneededtogetthroughthisbook!Morrie’sreflectionsonloveandfriendshipmademethinkaboutmylifeandallthegoodfriendsthatI’velosttouchwithalongtheway.ItmademerealisejusthowmuchImissthem.Iguessthat’soneofthelessonsofthebook-alwayskeepintouchwiththegoodpeopleyoumeetasyougothroughlife.LikeMitch,Morriemakesyouawarethatyouwanttodiefeelingthatyouhavelivedlifetothefull,knowingthatyouarelovedandhavelovedothersasmuchasyoucould.AsMorrie’sfavouritepoetAudensaid,“Loveeachotherorperish.”P(pán)ossibleanswers:ArthurK4starsReasons:Para2:Morrie’sbraverytowardstheendofhislifeisinspirationalandhasmademevaluemyownlifemore.AmyWang5starsReasons:Para3:Ithinkthisbookshouldbeonallschoolreadinglists.Afterfinishingit,IfeelIhavebeengivenadeeperinsightintotheworldandcanseethingsfromadifferentpointofview.Marty3starsReasons:Para4:Althoughitisn’tmyfavouritebook,I’dstillrecommendthatpeoplereadit—afterall,itissomethingthat’sabitdifferent!Vivian5starsReasons:Para5:Warning!Aboxoftissueswillbeneededtogetthroughthisbook!Morrie’sreflectionsonloveandfriendshipmademethinkaboutmylifeandallthegoodfriendsthatI’velosttouchwithalongtheway.ItmademerealisejusthowmuchImissthem.Choosethetopicsofthebookmentionedinthepassageandfindtheevidence.

3powerjoyandhopeartfriendshiplovedeathvaluessorrowEvidence:Joy&hope,deathThisbookisaboutdying,butitisnotpessimistic.Indeed,itwasapleasantsurprisetofindthatthisbookisfilledwithjoyandhope.ValuesIt’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourvalues.ThebookmademestopandthinkabouthowmuchIaminfluencedbypopularcultureandtheimportanceofcreatingmyownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunication.friendshipMorrie’sreflectionsonloveandfriendshipmademethinkaboutmylifeandallthegoodfriendsthatI’velosttouchwithalongtheway.ItmademerealizejusthowmuchImissthem.lovePara.1TheintroductiontoTuesdayswithMorrieTuesdayswithMorrieisabouttheweeklyconversationsbetweenMitchandMorrie.Para.2ArthurK’scommentsonthebookArthurKfoundthebookfilledwithjoyandhope.Doyouknowthestructureofthispassage?Para.3Amywang’scommentsonthebookAmywangfeltherselfgivenadeeperinsightintotheworld.Para.4Amywang’scommentsonthebookAmywangfeltherselfgivenadeeperinsightintotheworld.Para.5Vivian’scommentsonthebookMorrie’sreflectionsonloveandfriendshipmadeVivianthinkaboutherlifeandallthegoodfriends.4Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethetable.WhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntItwasapleasantsurprisetofindthat

1____________________________________.Aspeoplelearnhowtodie,2___________________Hewasencouragedto3___________________andmakethemostofeachday.

appreciatewhathehadtheylearnhowtolivethisbookisfilledwithjoyandhopeWhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntPeopleshouldchoose6_____________________________themselves.Shefeltasifshehadbeenwokenupfromalongsleepandfinally7_______________________________________.allschoolreadinglistsadeeperinsightintotheworldhowtheythink,whattheyvalueopenedhereyestotheworldShethinksthebookshouldbeon4_____________________.Andshefeltshewasgiven5__________________________.WhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntHisfirstimpressionwasthatthebookisjust8__________________________________________________________________________________.Nonetheless,hewouldrecommenditbecause9______________________________________________________________________.Thebookmadehimstopandthinkabout10________________________________________andtheimportanceof11____________________________________________________.madeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughtsandmessages,manyofwhicharerepeatedittaughthimalessonortwoandissomethingthat’sabitdifferenthowmuchhewasinfluencedbypopularculturecreatinghisownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunicationWhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntThebookmadehercrybecauseMorrie’sreflectionson12._________________madeherthinkabout13.__________________________________________________________________.Peopleshouldalwayskeepintouch14._______________________________________________.Shewasawarethatpeoplewantto15._____________________________________________________,knowingthat16.________________________________________________________________.loveandfriendshipherlifeandallthegoodfriendsthatshehaslosttouchwithalongthewaywiththegoodpeopletheymeetastheygothroughlifediefeelingthattheyhavelivedlifetothefulltheyarelovedandhavelovedothersasmuchastheycouldNowgoonlinetofindoutwhatothercommentshavebeenmadeonthisbook.Dothesecommentsmakeyouwanttoreadthebook?Whyorwhynot?Ihaven’tseensuchamovingbookforalongtime.There’snodrama,noscheming,noheartache.It’sjustadyingmanwhoistellinghowtoliveasimplebuthappylife.I’meagertoreadthebookafterreadingthecommentsandhopetogetsomethingspecialfromit.CommentsonTuesdayswithMorrie:ThisisthethirdeditionofthebookthatIhaveread.Ihaverecommendedittocountlesspeople,evenifIdonotknowhowmuchIcanbechangedbyhim.

Thisisabookthattakesalifetimetoread.1AccordingtoMorrie,whatare“thebigthings”inlife?AccordingtoMorrie,“thebigthings”inlifearehowwethinkandwhatwevalue.2WhatisyourunderstandingofAuden’swords:“Loveeachotherorperish”?Onepossibleanswer:Loveissupremelyimportant.Ifwedon’thavethesupportandlovefromothersorwearenotlovedandcaredinourlife,actuallywedon’thavemuchatall.Think&Share3Howdoyouusuallylearnlessonsaboutlife?Throughexperienceorlearningfromotherpeople?Giveanexample.Iusuallylearnlessonsaboutlifeboththroughexperienceandfromotherpeople.Forexample,IhavelearnttheimportanceofpersistencethroughmyexperienceoflearningEnglish;Ihavealsolearnttosharejoyandsorrowwithothersfrommybestfriend.4Canyoucriticallyevaluateotherpeople’sopinionsandmakeyourownjudgments?SometimesIthinkIcancriticallyevaluateotherpeople’sopinion.Iwillseethingsinanopen-mindedwayandexamineothers’opinionsfromasmanyanglesaspossible.Besides,Iwillapproachaproblemorsituationrationally,analyzeallknowninformationandmakejudgmentsbasedonfactorevidence.Think&Share1.Despitebeingasportsjournalistwithasuccessfulcareeraheadofhim,MitchAlbomfeelsthatthereissomethingmissingfromwithhislife.米奇?阿爾博姆是一位前途光明的體育新聞?dòng)浾撸伤傆X(jué)得生活里少了些什么。(1)aheadof在……前面e.g.Isawamaninabluejacketthirtyyardsaheadofme.

我看見(jiàn)在我前面30碼處有一個(gè)穿藍(lán)色夾克的男人。(2)Despitebeing...him,現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作讓步狀語(yǔ)；thatthereis...withhislife.賓語(yǔ)從句。Languagepoints2.OndiscoveringthatMorrieisbeingweakenedbyasevereillness,MitchstartsvisitinghimathishouseonTuesdays.(1)weakenv.（使）虛弱，衰弱；減弱；削弱e.g.Theteamhasbeenweakenedbyinjury.

這個(gè)隊(duì)因傷實(shí)力減弱。【詞匯拓展】adj:weak反義詞:strengthen(2)isbeingweakened是現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，表示現(xiàn)階段或目前這段時(shí)間正在進(jìn)行或發(fā)生的被動(dòng)動(dòng)作。3.TheweeklyconversationsbetweenMitchandMorrieresultinaseriesoflessonsonthemeaningoflifeandhowbesttoliveit.米奇和莫里每周的談話最終成為一堂堂課，探討人生意義和如何更好地生活。(1)resultin導(dǎo)致e.g.Damagemayresultinstuntedgrowthandsometimesdeathoftheplant.損害會(huì)導(dǎo)致植物生長(zhǎng)受阻，有時(shí)還會(huì)導(dǎo)致死亡。【詞匯拓展】resultfrom起因于；由……造成(2)on在句中表示“關(guān)于……”。4.Thisbookisaboutdying,butitisnotpessimistic.雖然這本書(shū)談?wù)摰氖撬劳觯⒉槐^。pessimisticadj.悲觀的；悲觀主義的e.g.Ithinkyou’rebeingfartoopessimistic.

我覺(jué)得你過(guò)于悲觀了。【詞匯拓展】apessimisticviewoflife

對(duì)人生悲觀的看法bepessimisticabout對(duì)于……感到悲觀反義詞：optimisticadj.樂(lè)觀的；樂(lè)觀主義的5.Indeed,itwasapleasantsurprisetofindthatthisbookisfilledwithjoyandhope.書(shū)里洋溢著歡樂(lè)和希望，很是讓人驚喜。befilledwith充滿……e.g.Theairisfilledwithbirdsong.處處聞啼鳥(niǎo)。6.Infact,farfrombeingabookaboutdeath,it’sabookaboutlife.Paraphrase：Actually,itisnotabookaboutdeathatall.It’sabookaboutlife.farfromsth的含義及用法（usedtosaythatsomethingverydifferentistrueorhappens，意為“遠(yuǎn)非，完全不……”）。e.g.Farfromhelpingthesituation,you’vejustmadeitworse.

你非但于事無(wú)補(bǔ)，反而把事情弄得更糟了。7.AsMorrieanticipateshisowndeath,heobserveseverythingasthoughthroughneweyes-thethingsaroundhimseemmorebeautifulthaneverbeforeandholdnewmeanings.到了彌留之際，莫里開(kāi)始用新的眼光看待周?chē)囊磺惺挛铩磺卸硷@得更加美好，也有了新的意義。(1)anticipatev.預(yù)料；預(yù)期e.g.Weanticipatethatsaleswillrisenextyear.

我們預(yù)料明年銷(xiāo)售量將會(huì)增加。(2)observesththroughsth通過(guò)……觀察……(3)AsMorrie...death時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句8.Afterfinishingit，IfeelIhavebeengivenadeeperinsightintotheworldandcanseethingsfromadifferentpointofview.insight意為“洞悉；深入了解；深刻見(jiàn)解”。e.g.ThebookgivesusnewinsightsintolifeinMexico.

這本書(shū)使我們對(duì)在墨西哥的生活有了新的深刻了解。9.Whileweareliving,wetendtogetdistractedbyunimportantthings,suchasgatheringmaterialpossessions.在我們活著的時(shí)候，我們往往會(huì)被不重要的事物分散注意力，例如積累物質(zhì)財(cái)富。(1)tendtodosth傾向于做某事(2)getdistractedby被……分心(3)possessionn.財(cái)產(chǎn)；擁有takepossessionof

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Ithinkit’simportantforyoungpeopletoknowthatmakingalotofmoneywon’talwaysmakethemhappy,orthatlookingdifferentdoesn’tmakeapersonabnormal!(1)toknow...abnormal真正賓語(yǔ)；thatmaking...happy,orthat...abnormal賓語(yǔ)從句(2)makesb.+adj使某人怎么樣11.It’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourownvalues.我們應(yīng)該靠自己去弄清楚生命中什么才是最重要的，并樹(shù)立我們自己的價(jià)值觀。It’suptosbtodosth做某事取決于某人12.ReadingthisbookmademefeelasifI’dbeenwokenupfromalongsleepandfinallyopenedmyeyestotheworld!閱讀這本書(shū)仿佛將我從長(zhǎng)覺(jué)中喚醒了，讓我終于開(kāi)始睜眼看世界！(1)wakeup醒來(lái)(2)asif...totheworld賓語(yǔ)從句13.Despiteitswidespreadrecognition,myfirstimpressionwasthatTuesdayswithMorrieisjustmadeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughtsandmessages,manyofwhicharerepeated.盡管《相約星期二》這本書(shū)得到了廣泛的認(rèn)可，但是我的第一印象是，它只是傳達(dá)了過(guò)于感性的思想和信息，其中有很多是重復(fù)的。(1)Despite...recognition介詞短語(yǔ)作讓步狀語(yǔ)；thatTuesdayswithMorrie...messages表語(yǔ)從句；manyofwhicharerepeated定語(yǔ)從句(2)recognitionn.承認(rèn)，認(rèn)可；認(rèn)出，識(shí)別【詞匯拓展】beyond/outofrecognition使人認(rèn)不出來(lái)recognise...as/tobe...承認(rèn)/公認(rèn)……是……It’sgenerallyrecognisedthat...人們公認(rèn)……(3)bemadeupof由……組成14.Butthinkingitback,itdid

teachmealessonortwo.不過(guò)現(xiàn)在回想起來(lái)，這本書(shū)確實(shí)給了我一兩條經(jīng)驗(yàn)。(1)thinkback回想起(2)teachsb.alesson給某人經(jīng)驗(yàn)、教訓(xùn)。(3)did在句中起強(qiáng)調(diào)作用15.ThebookmademestopandthinkabouthowmuchIaminfluencedbypopularcultureandtheimportanceofcreatingmyownvaluesbasedonloveandopen