Unit 2 Lessons in Life Starting out & Understanding ideas课件 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

外研选择性必修 第四册 Unit 2 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas (I) 教学目 Lead-in Look at the pictures and choose the things that can be used as metaphors for life. Give your reasons? Watch the video and answer the questions. 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 journey in the reviews. It means these people are kind and have more experiences. 1 2 To understand the main idea of the book “Tuesdays with Morrie”, analyse the structure and language, learn how to write a book review To use the key language points from the passage 学习目标 目标一: To understand the main idea of the book “Tuesdays with Morrie”, analyse the structure and language, learn how to write a book review Activity 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? 2. When people are described as “watching you kindly from further along the way”, what does this mean? Life is compared to a journey in the reviews. It means these people are kind and have more experiences. Activity 2: Read the passage and decide how many stars the four people would give to the book (five being the highest rating). Give your reasons. Arthur K 4 stars Reasons: Para 2: Morrie’s bravery towards the end of his life is inspirational and has made me value my own life more. Amy Wang 5 stars Reasons: Para 3: I think this book should be on all school reading lists. After finishing it, I feel I have been given a deeper insight into the world and can see things from a different point of view. Marty 3 stars Reasons: Para 4: Although it isn’t my favourite book, I’d still recommend that people read it — after all, it is something that’s a bit different! Vivian 5 stars Reasons: Para 5: Warning! A box of tissues will be needed to get through this book! Morrie’s reflections