Unit 2 Onwards and upwards Starting out & Understanding ideas 学案-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To learn some great people’s achievements and their qualities, voice your own opinion on the poem 2 To get the main idea and the structure of the passage, learn the perseverance of the three writers 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To learn some great people’s achievements and their qualities, voice your own opinion on the poem Activity 1: Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements? 2 What made them successful? Answers: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ If you are faced with difficulties, failures, disabilities,..., what would you do? Activity 2: Listen and read the poem. Answer the questions. Don’t quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow— You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out— The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell just how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit— It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit. (Excerpts from “Don’t quit” by Edgar Albert Guest) 1. What is the key message of the poem? 2. Which of life’s difficulties are mentioned in the poem? What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”? 3. Do you like the poem? Give your reasons. Answers: _____________________________________________________________________ ____