Unit 2 Lessons in life Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件 2022-2023学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit 2 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas 课 堂 学 习 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 Starting out 1 What is life compared to in this story? 2 What do rocks, pebbles, sand and tea represent? 3 What are the “rocks” in your life? How much time do you spend on “rocks”, “pebbles”, “sand” and “tea”? Life is compared to a jar. 1 What is life compared to in this story? 3 What are the “rocks” in your life? How much time do you spend on “rocks”, “pebbles”, “sand” and “tea”? 2 What do rocks, pebbles, sand and tea represent? Rocks represent the most important things in our life. Pebbles represent the other important things we need to keep our life going. Sand represents all the little things in life. Tea represents the time when we can have a cup of tea and a talk with a good friend. Look at the pictures and choose the things that can be used as metaphors for life. Give your reasons. 2 Talk with your partners about what else can life be compared to and the different meaning of our life. Now let’s have a look at how the two men in the book Tuesdays with Morrie think about life. 课 前 导 入 Understanding ideas Have you ever read the following book? Try to describe it. MITCH ALBOM is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have collectively sold more than 40 million copies worldwide; have been published in 49 territories and in 47 languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies. Introduction of the author 1 Read the reviews on the back cover of the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and answer the questions. 1. What metaphor for life is used in the reviews? Life is compared to a journey in the reviews. 2. When people are described as “watching you kindly from further along the way”, what does this mean? It means these people are kind and have more experiences. 2 Read the passage and decide how ma