Unit2 Extended reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第一册

After class, you will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea of the text; 2. understand some basic elements of a story; 3. develop the abilities of listening, speaking, reading and cooperation. Learning aims Ⅰ Pre-reading Look at the picture and the title, and try to predict what the short story is about. What can you see from the picture and what are they doing? I can see a family sitting around a table. There are some coins on the table. Maybe they are talking about how to use their money. Pre-reading Ⅱ Fast reading Read with the record and complete the table below(P26) Setting Characters Plot Theme One night after dinner, all the family members were around the table as usual. All the family members. They discussed how to solve the problem of money for Nels’ going on to high school. Mama felt it is not good for little children to feel afraid and insecure. Ⅲ Intensive reading Read and answer questions. ◆ What was Little Bank used for? ◆ Did they get out of trouble at last? How? ◆ What happened to Mama’s Bank Account last year? ◆ Why did her mother tell such a white lie? ◆ What problem made the whole family fall in financial trouble twenty years ago? ◆ What was Little Bank used for? ◆ What problem made the whole family fall in financial trouble twenty years ago? It was used for sudden emergencies. Nels wanted to go on to high school, but the family had no enough money. Read and answer questions. ◆ Did they get out of trouble at last? How? ◆ What happened to Mama’s Bank Account last year? Yes. The whole family worked together. Mama told that Mama’s bank account did not exist in this world. Read and answer questions. Why did Mama tell a lie about her Bank Account twenty years ago? A. Because there was not enough money left. B. Because she wanted to put extra coins aside. C. Because there was enough money in her Bank Account. D. Because she wanted to free them of worries about money. Discussion ◆ What characters does Mama present? optimistic