内容正文:
B6U3 Integrated skills
Brainstorming
What are history books?
“History books are books that describe historical events.”
“Historical books are books that are old/antique/historical.”
“Historical books are books written by historians.”
“History books include any books that lay out the known facts about a particular, time, culture, or event in history. ”
Name any history book that you know.
Alan is introducing his favourite popular history book.
Listening strategy | P36-A
Recognize paraphrasing of Q3.
Listening | P36-A
achieve factual accuracy
Listening | P36-B
history into a story
gives a vivid description
easy to understand
check the facts
Different views
Similar events
do more research
read up on history
Alan has found an article about popular history books.
Reading | P37-B
Read the article and use keywords to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
Phenomenon:
the rise of B
The superiority of B over A
Unique features of B
academic history books: A
popular history books: B
Advantages of A
Type of history books Targeted readers Ways of presenting information Aim
academic history books
popular history books
general readers
/ ordinary readers
scholarly readers
a more analytical and serious approach
a way that is easily understood
to inform and educate a wider audience about the basics of history
to lead readers to learn history in-depth
1. According to the historian, why can popular history books attract a wider audience?
Popular history books use
a natural and chatty style of writing
with vivid descriptions and fun facts,
making the subject of history easy to understand and more interesting.
2.What is the historian’s attitude towards popular history books? Use details in the article to support your opinion?
The historian has a positive attitude towards
popular history books.
Examples: 1). “Luckily, popular history books have made that a thing of the past”.
2). “a natural, chatty style of writing that opens up the subject matter to the or