Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件 2023-2024学年高一英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 4 Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading(I) 新 课 导 入 Welcome to the unit Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. — Ezra Pound 伟大的文学只不过是在最大程度上 承载意义的语言。 —— 埃兹拉 • 庞德 新 课 导 入 Welcome to the unit Classics can stand the test of time. Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and translate them together. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. — David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. —The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros 我的意思是，无论我在生活中想做什么，我都全心全意地努力做好;无论我致力于什么，我都全身心投入;无论大小目标，我总是彻底地认真。 你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下入睡，在天空下醉醒，在你忧伤的时候，天空可以给你安全感。这里悲伤太多，天空不够。蝴蝶也很少，花也很少，大多数美丽的东西也很少。尽管如此，我们还是会运用我们所能得到的，并充分利用它。 新 课 导 入 Welcome to the unit Now discuss the following questions in pairs. 1 Which of the excerpts makes you feel like reading the whole book? Why? 2 What is your favourite work of literature? Why? 课 堂 学 习 Literature leads us into a new world full of imagination. The article below describes the wonder of literature. Before you read the article, think about the following questions: Pre­reading ★ What qualities do you think a great work of literature should have? ★ What are some of the benefits of reading literature? ★ What qualities do you think a great work of literature should have? qualities about the theme that most people can understand and enjoy interesting to people from different