Unit 2 Starting out & Understanding ideas 语言点课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Guess Who male British scientist physics and cosmology black holes disabled Guess Who male black president Nobel Peace Prize equality South Africa Guess Who artist Chinese the 1st half of the 20th century ink-and-wash painting reformation of Chinese art horses Guess Who author British female a poor single mother wizarding world Harry Potter Activity 1 Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements? 2. What made them successful? Names Achievements What made them successful Stephen Hawking was one of the world's leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. Their personal qualities of perseverance willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government's system of racial separation. In 1993. he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China. What setbacks have you encountered in your life? Activity 2 2. Why do we feel like quitting? 【Which of life's difficulties are mentioned in the poem? 】 Things sometimes go wrong; the road seems all uphill: the funds are low and the debts are high. Activity 2 3. What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”? Within each failure are lessons that must be learnt in order to succeed. On the road to success, you have to experience failure first. In other words “failure is the mother of success.” Activity 2 What is the key message of the poem? The poem is all about perseverance, determination and willpower. Never give up especially when things go wrong. It reminds us that there are elements of success within every failure, so we mustn't quit