Unit 2 A life’s work Listening and Speaking课件 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 2 Period 3 Listening and Speaking 新 课 导 入 What traditional crafts that are dying out do you know? 课 堂 学 习 1 Listen to the radio programme and choose its purpose. 1 To introduce famous traditional crafts to the audience. 2 To raise the audience's awareness of preserving traditional crafts. 3 To replace traditional crafts with modern technology. 4 To tell the stories of some famous craftworkers. 2 Listen again and complete the table. Traditional crafts Clog making 1_ Reasons for their dying out 2_ has fallen. Substitutes are 3_ _ and much cheaper, while the cost of 4_ _ for craftworkers is high. The younger generation is 5_ _, which can take years to master. Basket making with oak The demand for these crafts mass-produced with modern technology the materials involved not interested in learning traditional skills Now work in pairs. Talk about how to keep traditional crafts from dying out. 3 Complete the boxes with the expressions from the radio programme. • What do you know about… • Did you know that… • One reason is simply that… • Another factor is that… Giving reasons Checking knowledge • What do you know about…? • Did you know that…? • One reason is simply that… • Another factor is that… 4 Read the passage and answer the questions. 1 What is currently happening to traditional crafts? 2 Why are people starting to engage more with traditional crafts? Traditional crafts have long been disappearing from countries across the world. With many crafts having been, or about to be, lost forever, people have realised the importance of preserving those that remain. In fact, after a long period of decline, traditional crafts have recently undergone a renaissance. There is greater public interest in old stories and traditions, as well as a desire for high-quality products. Such objects are produced through a combination of skill, respect for materials, devotion to tradition, and focus on the task. Craftsmanship speaks to the human need for skilled and socially useful work;