外研選擇性必修第四冊Unit2Period1Startingout&Understandingideas(I)教學目

Lead-inLookatthepicturesandchoosethethingsthatcanbeusedasmetaphorsforlife.Giveyourreasons?Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1Whatislifecomparedtointhisstory?2Whatdorocks,pebbles,sandandtearepresent?3Whatarethe“rocks”inyourlife?Howmuchtimedoyouspendon“rocks”,“pebbles”,“sand”and“tea”?Lifeiscomparedtoajourneyinthereviews.Itmeansthesepeoplearekindandhavemoreexperiences.12Tounderstandthemainideaofthebook“TuesdayswithMorrie”,analysethestructureandlanguage,learnhowtowriteabookreviewTousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassage目標一:Tounderstandthemainideaofthebook“TuesdayswithMorrie”,analysethestructureandlanguage,learnhowtowriteabookreviewActivity1:Readthereviewsonthebackcoverofthebook,TuesdayswithMorrie,andanswerthequestions.1.Whatmetaphorforlifeisusedinthereviews?2.Whenpeoplearedescribedas“watchingyoukindlyfromfurtheralongtheway”,whatdoesthismean?Lifeiscomparedtoajourneyinthereviews.Itmeansthesepeoplearekindandhavemoreexperiences.Activity2:Readthepassageanddecidehowmanystarsthefourpeoplewouldgivetothebook(fivebeingthehighestrating).Giveyourreasons.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.Activity3:Choosethetopicsofthebookmentionedinthepassageandfindtheevidence.

powerjoyandhopeartfriendshiplovedeathvaluessorrow√√√√√Para2:Thisbookisaboutdying,butitisnotpessimistic.Indeed,itwasapleasantsurprisetofindthatthisbookisfilledwithjoyandhope.ReasonsPara3:It’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourvalues.Para4:ThebookmademestopandthinkabouthowmuchIaminfluencedbypopularcultureandtheimportanceofcreatingmyownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunication.Para5:Morrie’sreflectionsonloveandfriendshipmademethinkaboutmylifeandallthegoodfriendsthatI’velosttouchwithalongtheway.Activity4:Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethetable.

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1_____________________________________________.Aspeoplelearnhowtodie,2________________Hewasencouragedto3.___________________andmakethemostofeachday.thisbookisfilledwithjoyandhopetheylearnhowtoliveappreciatewhathehadWhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntShethinksthebookshouldbeon4._________________________.Andshefeltshewasgiven5.___________________________.Peopleshouldchoose6._____________________________themselves.Shefeltasifshehadbeenwokenupfromalongsleepandfinally7._______________________________________.allschoolreadinglistsadeeperinsightintotheworldhowtheythink,whattheyvalueopenedhereyestotheworldWhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntHisfirstimpressionwasthatthebookisjust8.__________________________________________________________________________________.Nonetheless,hewouldrecommenditbecause9.______________________________________________________________________.Thebookmadehimstopandthinkabout10__________________________________andtheimportanceof11.______________________________________________.madeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughtsandmessages,manyofwhicharerepeatedittaughthimalessonortwoandissomethingthat’sabitdifferenthowmuchhewasinfluencedbypopularculturecreatinghisownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunicationWhattheylikedordislikedaboutthebookWhatlessonstheylearntThebookmadehercrybecauseMorrie’sreflectionson12._________________madeherthinkabout13.__________________________________________________________________.Peopleshouldalwayskeepintouch14.__________________________________________.Shewasawarethatpeoplewantto15._______________________________________________,knowingthat16.________________________________________________________________.loveandfriendshipherlifeandallthegoodfriendsthatshehaslosttouchwithalongthewaywiththegoodpeopletheymeetastheygothroughlifediefeelingthattheyhavelivedlifetothefulltheyarelovedandhavelovedothersasmuchastheycouldActivity5:Nowgoonlinetofindoutwhatothercommentshavebeenmadeonthisbook.Dothesecommentsmakeyouwanttoreadthebook?Whyorwhynot?Ihaven’tseensuchamovingbookforalongtime.There’snodrama,noscheming,noheartache.It’sjustadyingmanwhoistellinghowtoliveasimplebuthappylife.I’meagertoreadthebookafterreadingthecommentsandhopetogetsomethingspecialfromit.Activity5:Think&Share1.AccordingtoMorrie,whatare“thebigthings”inlife?AccordingtoMorrie,“thebigthings”inlifearehowwethinkandwhatwevalue.2.WhatisyourunderstandingofAuden’swords:“Loveeachotherorperish”?Onepossibleanswer:Loveissupremelyimportant.Ifwedon’thavethesupportandlovefromothersorwearenotlovedandcaredinourlife,actuallywedon’thavemuchatall.3.Howdoyouusuallylearnlessonsaboutlife?Throughexperienceorlearningfromotherpeople?Giveanexample.Iusuallylearnlessonsaboutlifeboththroughexperienceandfromotherpeople.Forexample,IhavelearnttheimportanceofpersistencethroughmyexperienceoflearningEnglish;Ihavealsolearnttosharejoyandsorrowwithothersfrommybestfriend.4.Canyoucriticallyevaluateotherpeople’sopinionsandmakeyourownjudgments?SometimesIthinkIcancriticallyevaluateotherpeople’sopinion.Iwillseethingsinanopen-mindedwayandexamineothers’opinionsfromasmanyanglesaspossible.Besides,Iwillapproachaproblemorsituationrationally,analyzeallknowninformationandmakejudgmentsbasedonfactorevidence.目標二:TousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassageActivity1:Findtheimportantwords,phrases,andlanguagepointsyouwanttosharewithyourpartner.Thendiscussingroupsandsharetheirusagewiththeclass.1aheadof在……前面【教材原文】Despitebeingasportsjournalistwithasuccessfulcareeraheadofhim,MitchAlbomfeelsthatthereisTuesdayssomethingmissingfromwithhislife.米奇?阿爾博姆是一位前途光明的體育新聞記者，可他總覺得生活里少了些什么?！揪湫头治觥緿espitebeing...him,現在分詞短語作讓步狀語；thatthereis...withhislife.賓語從句。2resultin導致【教材原文】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。【詞義解釋】on在句中表示“關于……”。3befilledwith充滿……【教材原文】Indeed,itwasapleasantsurprisetofindthatthisbookisfilledwithjoyandhope.書里洋溢著歡樂和希望，很是讓人驚喜。4Infact,farfrombeingabookaboutdeath,it’sabookaboutlife.Paraphrase：Actually,itisnotabookaboutdeathatall.It’sabookaboutlife.farfromsth的含義及用法（usedtosaythatsomethingverydifferentistrueorhappens，意為“遠非，完全不……”）。例如：Farfromhelpingthesituation,you’vejustmadeitworse.Conditionsarestillfarfromideal.5observesththroughsth通過……觀察……【教材原文】AsMorrieanticipateshisowndeath,heobserveseverythingasthoughthroughneweyes-thethingsaroundhimseemmorebeautifulthaneverbeforeandholdnewmeanings.到了彌留之際，莫里開始用新的眼光看待周圍的一切事物——一切都顯得更加美好，也有了新的意義?！揪湫头治觥緼sMorrie...death時間狀語從句6Afterfinishingit，IfeelIhavebeengivenadeeperinsightintotheworldandcanseethingsfromadifferentpointofview.本句中，insight意為“洞悉；深入了解；深刻見解”。例如：ThebookgivesusnewinsightsintolifeinMexico.7tendtodosth傾向于做某事getdistractedby被……分心【教材原文】Whileweareliving,wetendto

getdistractedbyunimportantthings,suchasgatheringmaterialpossessions.在我們活著的時候，我們往往會被不重要的事物分散注意力，例如積累物質財富。8makesb.+adj使某人怎么樣【教材原文】Ithinkit’simportantforyoungpeopletoknowthatmakingalotofmoneywon’talwaysmakethemhappy,orthatlookingdifferentdoesn’tmakeapersonabnormal!【句型分析】toknow...abnormal真正賓語；thatmaking...happy,orthat...abnormal賓語從句9It’suptosbtodosth做某事取決于某人【教材原文】It’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourownvalues.我們應該靠自己去弄清楚生命中什么才是最重要的，并樹立我們自己的價值觀。10Morriesaysthatmostpeople“seemhalf-asleep”,evenwhenthey’redoingthingstheythinkareimportant.莫里說即使大多數人在做自認為重要的事情，他們也是“看上去半睡半醒”的?！揪湫头治觥縨ostpeople“seemhalf-asleep”賓語從句；theythinkareimportant定語從句11wakeup醒來【教材原文】ReadingthisbookmademefeelasifI'dbeenwokenupfromalongsleepandfinallyopenedmyeyestotheworld!閱讀這本書仿佛將我從長覺中喚醒了，讓我終于開始睜眼看世界！【句型分析】asif...totheworld賓語從句12bemadeupof由……組成【教材原文】Despiteitswidespreadrecognition,myfirstimpressionwasthatTuesdayswithMorrieisjustmadeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughtsandmessages,manyofwhicharerepeated.盡管《相約星期二》這本書得到了廣泛的認可，但是我的第一印象是，它只是傳達了過于感性的思想和信息，其中有很多是重復的。【句型分析】Despite...recognition介詞短語作讓步狀語；thatTuesdayswithMorrie...messages表語從句；manyofwhicharerepeated定語從句13thinkback回想起【教材原文】Butthinkingitback,itdidteachmealessonortwo.不過現在回想起來，這本書確實給了我一兩條經驗。teachsb.alesson給某人經驗、教訓。did在句中起強調作用14thinkabout考慮beinfluencedby被……影響baseon基于……【教材原文】ThebookmademestopandthinkabouthowmuchIaminfluencedbypopularcultureandtheimportanceofcreatingmyownvaluesbasedonloveandopencommunication.它能讓我停下來思考流行文化對我的影響，以及在愛與開放式溝通的基礎上樹立自己的價值觀有多么重要。15recommendsthtosb向某人推薦某物afterall畢竟【教材原文】Althoughitisn’tmyfavouritebook,I’dstillrecommendthatpeoplereadit-afterall,itissomethingthat’sabitdifferent!

【句型分析】thatpeoplereadit

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