Unit 3 Back to the past Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册

Back to the past Looking into a mirror, we can see true images of our own; with our knowledge of the past, the present can be better known. —Chen Shou What does the quotation from Chen Shou mean? Since the past is so important, can we humans go back to the past? How? a machine that enables you to travel in time to the past or the future 时间机器（能使人往返于过去或未来） By daydreaming. By watching TV. By reading books. By traveling through the time machine. Watch a video—The Time Machine Read the excerpt (摘录) on P29 about the time machine and finish the following reading card. The name of the book The author The main character The main character’s view The way to support his view The Time Machine H. G. Wells The time traveller There is a fourth dimension——Time. He conducted an experiment with a model of the Time Machine. Length Breadth Thickness If you had a time machine, which dynasty would you go back to? Which historical figure would you like to meet? Why? If you had a time machine, which dynasty would you go back to? Why? If I had a time machine, I would like to go back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when there were many famous historical figures. For example, Confucius. I would like to meet Confucius. I long to talk about teaching methods with him. I wonder why he could influence so many famous students. I’d like to talk with him about his ideas of educate citizens and govern the whole country. I want to ask him “How can you succeed in teaching different students in different ways?” If you had a time machine, which dynasty would you go back to? Which historical figure would you like to meet? Why? What would you like to say to him/her? If I had a time machine, I would like to go back to the Tang Dynasty. I have always been fascinated by Chang’an, so I wish I could travel to the ancient capital and see what life was like back then. I would like to meet