Unit6 First snow Understanding ideas课件 2022-2023学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第三册

First Snow Understanding ideas 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. 2 What kind of person do you think Priestley was? Do more research if necessary. With his childlike simplicity, and kindly hospitality(friendly and generous), Mr Woodhouse has been seen as a charming figure by generations of readers – as one of the most enchanting of chumps. Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters:“They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.” another Mr. Woodhouse? Robert Wilson Lynd (20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. Jane Austen Robert Wilson Lynd For Jane Austen’s characters, even something as small as a slight fall of snow is significant and exciting. Even though this fair and witty reviewer might think of me as another Mr. Woodhouse, I have to say that last night’s fall of snow here was significant and exciting. Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of the passage? By referencing the characters of Jane Austen, who is known for her witty, perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life, the author is emphasising the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement about the first snow. 《Pride and Prejudice》 《Sense and Sensibility》 《Emma》 What’s the author’s feeling towards the snow? I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this wint