Unit1 Developing ideas Reading 课件 2022-2023学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第二册

Unit 1　 Growing up --- Developing ideas 1. Students could learn some words and phrases. 2. Students could undestand the main idea of this passage. 3. Students could write some a passage of this topic. Learning Aims: What is your understanding of this title？ Share you ideas with others 小王子 The Little Prince What do you see? Before reading, please try to make a prediction of this passage. Brainstorming:When reading this passage, what come to your mind? 1.prince 2.princess Try to write your opinions in your notebook! A hat An elephant Read the introduction to the author. Antoine de Saint_x0002_Exupéry (1900–1944) was a French writer and pilot. As a young boy, he was obsessed with aeroplanes, riding in one for the first time at the age of 12. He spent much of his life flying and writing about his adventures. Saint-Exupéry’s most successful work, The Little Prince, is one of the best_x0002_selling books ever published. The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935. Saint_x0002_Exupéry nearly died, and wandered around for four days before being rescued. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry left on a wartime mission over occupied France, from which he never returned. Although the remains of his plane were discovered in 2000, Saint_x0002_Exupéry’s body has never been found, and the cause of his death remains unknown. What experience made the author write The Little Prince? The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935. Take notes quickly！ 重点词汇 aeroplanes 飞机 ; in one 集为一体 for the first time 第一次 at the age of 在…岁时 one of …之一 plane crash 坠毁 ; 飞机失事 ; 空难 ; wandered 漫游 ; 游荡 ; What is the meaning of the underlined word？ 1 Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. 2 In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without