内容正文:
Period 4 : Extended Reading
译林版2020选择性必修第四册
Unit 1 : Honesty and responsibility
Contents
Lead-in
1
Pre-reading
2
While-reading
3
Post-reading
4
Language points
5
Lead-in
Can you think of the speech made by the principal when entering senior high?
* On which occasion?
* What was the theme?
At the school opening ceremony.
To realize your potential.
Lead-in
Senior 3 is coming. The principal will give a speech again on the coming-of-age ceremony (成人礼).
A coming-of-age ceremony is an _______ that marks the time when a young person moves from _____________ to ______________.
event
childhood
adulthood
① In ancient China
A traditional “capping ceremony” was held when a
man turned _____.
For a young woman, a “hair-pinning ceremony” was
held around her _____ birthday.
20
15
Lead-in
② On the South Pacific
island of Pentecost
Only boys as young as
____ or ____ take part in
the ceremony of land
diving.
③ In modern America
A celebration with a party at
the age of ____ is typically
the biggest and most
memorable of a girl’s or a
boy’s teenage years.
9
10
16
Pre-reading
Read the transcript of a speech given at the students’ coming-of-age ceremony by their principal.
Pre-reading
What do you think of the words of the speech?
powerful persuasive energetic enthusiastic beautiful vivid expressive impressive …
Pre-reading
What rhetorical devices does the principal employ?
Analogy 类比
Parallelism 排比,平行
Quotation 引用
Read the brief version and understand the structure:
Honoured guests, teachers and students, it is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you here today and present my thoughts on this special occasion.
You must be both excited and anxious about the new experiences that are in store for you. Don’t worry, for you are all responsible young people, well prepared and well equipped to successfully manage the challenges of the years ahead.
At school