Unit 2 Starting out & Understanding ideas 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 Understanding ideas 新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第一册 Activity 1 Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements? What made them successful? Activity 1 Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements? Stephen Hawking, Nelson Mandela and Xu Beihong. Their achievements: • 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. • 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. Activity 1 2. What made them successful? Their personal qualities of perseverance, willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them success. Activity 2 What is the key message of the poem? Which of life's difficulties are mentioned in the poem? What is your understanding of the line “Sucess is failure turned inside out”? Do you like the poem? Give your reasons. 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 whatever difficulties we may encounter in life. Activity 2 2. Which of life's difficulties are mentioned in the poem? What is your understanding of the line “Sucess is failure turned inside out”? Things sometimes go wrong; the road seems all uphill; the funds are low and the debts are high. 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 1