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Unit 5 Reading for Writing (1)
高中英语
Learning objectives
• In this class, you will
• 1. read a speech about how music affects Sarah’s life;
• 2. identify language features of the speech.
高中英语
Think about the following questions:
Do you like listening to music?
What kind of music do you like?
In what ways do you experience music, and how
can music affect you?
Ways people
experience music How music can help people
singing (in a choir) give encouragement
provide joy
express emotions
listening to a piece of music or a song share similar feelings
bring about happiness
make listeners strong in mind
playing the piano/ guitar/ violin … express feelings from heart
imagine a dream world
have fun
高中英语
In what ways do you experience music, and how can music affect you?
Listen to a speech and think about the following questions.
1. What was Sarah's problem?
2. How did music help her during her difficult time?
3. What is her advice to others?
高中英语
高中英语
Read the speech on P. 56 and answer the questions.
1. What was Sarah's problem?
Sarah had a serious disease which was difficult to cure.
(second paragraph, fourth line.)
2. How did music help her during her difficult time?
It made her feel much better because it is the “ medicine of the mind” .
(second paragraph, last three lines.)
3. What is her advice to others?
Her advice to others is to use music to help when you have problems.
(fourth paragraph, last two lines.)
高中英语
Rhetorical devices(修辞手法)
Do you know any rhetorical devices in Chinese?
What are they?
1. 明喻
2. 隐喻/暗喻
3. 拟人
……
高中英语
Rhetorical devices(修辞手法)
1. It made my spirits fly like a kite in the wind.
1. 明喻 Simile
2. It was the rock I leant on to become strong and to get through
those hard times.
2. 隐喻 Metaphor
3. It became my best friend.
3. 拟人 Personification
高中英语
Rhetorical devices(修辞手法)
4. John A. Logan said, “ Music is the medicine of the mind.”
4. 引用 Quote
5. Music gave me..., Music gave me...
5. 重复 Repetition
6. Have you ever faced a time when things looked