Unit 5 Learning from Nature Starting out & Understanding ideas课件 -2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 5 Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas 1 Activity 1: Read the quotes and answer the questions. The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration. Claude Monet A painter should regard nature as their teacher, and never stick with just one style of painting. Zhang Daqian Let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson Starting out 2 1 What is the common message conveyed in these quotes? The common message conveyed in these quotes is that they have a close relation with nature and they respect nature and get inspirations from nature. 2 Have you ever learnt anything from nature? Give examples. Yes. I have learned that we need to try hard if we want to be successful from Armeniaca mume Sieb (梅花). 3 Activity 2: Watch the video and answer the questions. 4 1 What lessons from nature are mentioned in the video? Trees give us lessons about strength in the face of hard times. Succulents in deserts give us lessons about learning to adapt to the environment. From birds, we learn to spread our wings and fly to reach our full potential. From salmon, we learn the importance of perseverance in order to achieve our goals. Ants teach us to embrace responsibility and always do our best. 2 Which one inspires you most? The last one: ants teach us to embrace responsibility and always do our best. 5 Activity 1:Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Understanding ideas 1 What is shown in the pictures? How much do you know about them? 2 How could you associate them with architecture? A lotus flower, a termite mound and algae are shown in the pictures. 6 Activity 2:Look at the title and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. Nature in Architecture It is about nature inspires us in the field of architecture. 7 Activity 3: Read the passage quickly, and finish the two tasks. Task 1: Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each pa