Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-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 新 课 导 入 视频：Success in the Face of Hardship Starting out Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 They are 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. 1. Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements? 2. What made them successful? Their personal qualities of perseverance, willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful. 课 堂 学 习 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