Unit 1 Looking forwards Understanding ideas 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT 1　 Looking forwards --- Understanding ideas 1. Students could learn some words and phrases. 2. Students could get the main idea of this passage. 3. Students could write sentences about this topic. Learning Aims: 面对未来 Facing the Future What is your understanding of this title？ Share with others Brainstorming:Before learning this passage, what ideas come to your mind? 1. success 2. failure 3. uncertain... Look at them and answer the questions! 1 What can you see in the picture? 2 What are the differences between the three paths? 3 What do you think life’s path looks like? three paths the first is straight, the second is difficult, and the last one is so long a. What is possibly the most important concern in life? Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. 1 For many of us, it’s something we already have experienced. One moment, we are lying comfortably in bed, about to fall into a deep sleep. The next, our eyes are open and we find ourselves wondering or even worrying about possibly the most important issue of our lives – the future. Will we get into the school of our choice? What will we be doing in ten years’ time? Can we become the person we really want to be? In the face of such questions, how should we approach the future? Can we take action to shape it, or should we just accept whatever comes our way? Take notes quickly！ 重点词汇 One moment 等一下 ; 稍等一下 comfortably 舒服地 ; 舒适地 ; be about to 集中 ; 眼看就要 a deep sleep 深度睡眠 ; 酣睡 worrying 担心，担忧， get into 进入 ; 养成 ; In the face of 面对 ; 在面对 take action 采取行动 ; d What is the relationship between one’s plans and the future? Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. 2 As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. In this respect, some people are more fortunate than others, as can be illustrated by comparing the lives of two famous authors, born 40 years apart. Although they shared the same ambitious and energetic app