4.1 Welcome to the unit - 高一英语同步精品课件（译林版2020必修第二册）

Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.—Stendhal 一部小说犹如一面在大街上行走的镜子。——司汤达 Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. —Ezra Pound 伟大的文学只不过是在最大程度上承载意义的语言。 ——埃兹拉·庞德 Great literature is timeless and timely. Each takes a stand in history in various types or genres. Let’s take a look at some major literature genres. Literature genre: poetry I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud  BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Excerpt I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Literature genre: fable, fairy tale the fable of the tortoise and the hare. A prince turns into a frog in a fairytale. Literature genres: drama Literature genres: fiction Game of the Thrones （权力的游戏） science fiction The Three-Body Problem （三体） Literature genres: non-fiction Biography: Steve Jobs Someone who writes poems is a __________. Someone who writes drama is a __________. Someone who writes biography is a _______________. Someone who writes novels is a __________. various profession playwright poet biographer novelist 1. What is your favourite work of literature? Why? 2. What benefits can we get from reading literature? Discussion My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. ——David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take