Unit 1 Looking Forwards Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit 1 Understanding ideas 教学目 Lead-in SENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRE Now you’ve been at senior high for over a year, I’d like to know your progress and plans for the future. Thank you! Your Form Teacher How do you feel about your performance over the previous terms? Why? satisfied so-so not satisfied What goals have you achieved? What goals have you yet to achieve? What will you do about the goals you want to achieve? How do you plan to achieve these goals? 3 2 1 5 4 Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. Facing the Future ( ) Different jobs people might do in the future. ( ) Stories about different people’s future. ( ) Various possibilities for future development. ( ) Fixed future for everyone. Now read the passage and check your prediction. Match the questions to the paragraphs. ( ) a What is possibly the most important concern in life? ( ) b What was Doyle’s main writing ambition? ( ) c What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future? ( ) d What is the relationship between one’s plan and the future? ( ) e Why was Doyle disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories? ( ) f What did Hemingway do to achieve his ambition to become a writer? 1 4 6 2 5 3 Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers. 1. According to the text, how do many of us feel about our future? A. Worried. B. Ambitious. C. Interested. D. Dull. 2. What can we lean from the second paragraph? A. As long as we have problem, we must have a great future. B. Even if you have a plan, there is no gurantee of your future. C. Our future is determined by luck. D. All successful writers have the same ambition. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers. 3. Which is the right order of Hemingway’s events? a. He joined a local newspaper. b.