Unit 6 Nature in words Understanding ideas 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Understanding ideas First Snow （Adaptation from First Snow by John Boynton Priestley) 选择性必修第三册 Read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions. 1 What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime? Priestly joined the army in World War I before going on to study at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter. During WWII, he presented a weekly radio program and became a radio presenter. Activity1 2 What kind of person do you think Priestley was? talented productive observant = being good at observing imaginative quick-minded Introduction 3 Activity2 Describe the first snow : an event, so fantastically carpeted, a magical event, a cold place of dead white and pale blues, faintly flushed, artfully disposed, a cold sparkle of white and blue, falling heavily, in great soft flakes …… blizzard大风雪 　　snowstorm暴风雪 　　blowing snow 飞雪 　　drifting snow 飘雪 　　sleet雨夹雪 　　snow drift雪堆 　　snow shower