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外研选择性必修
第三册
Unit 5
Period 5
Writing & Presenting ideas
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To understand the main idea of the passage, analyse its writing skills and write your own story
To make a speech on the topic “Nature is our best teacher”
学习目标
目标一: To understand the main idea of the passage, analyse its writing skills and write your own story
Activity 1: Read the title and look at the picture, predict what the passage is about.
The Meaning of Struggle
Activity 2: Read the story and answer the questions.
One day, a man found the pupa of a butterfly. Seeing an opening in the pupa, he realised that the butterfly was ready to emerge. So he sat down and watched as the butterfly struggled to force its body through the little hole. However, minutes passed and the butterfly still couldn’t get out. The struggle was too hard for its weak body. The man then kindly enlarged the hole in the pupa so that the butterfly could finally break free. But instead of flying away, it just dragged itself around weakly, then died. The struggle to break out of the pupa was necessary for the butterfly's survival because it enabled its wings and body to grow strong. Without the struggle, it was too weak to live.
In the same way, we need struggle to grow strong and survive. We must go through some difficult things if we really wish to spread our wings and fly.
1 What does a butterfly do to get out of its pupa?
The butterfly struggles to force its body through the little hole.
2 Why did the man think he needed to help the butterfly?
Because the butterfly couldn’t get out. The struggle seemed too hard for its weak body.
3 What happened to the butterfly after the man enlarged the hole in the pupa?
The butterfly dragged itself around weakly, and then died.
4 What is the lesson behind this story? What else can you learn from it?
We need struggle to grow strong and survive.
Activity 3: Read the story carefully. Describe the extended metaphor in the story.
Learning to learn
An extended metaphor refers to a comparison