Unit 2 Lessons in life Developing ideas Writing 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Lessons in life Writing Writing a summary Part1:reading Activity 1　细节把握 Read the summary of The Blue Bird and answer the questions. 1.Which paragraph introduces the main characters，setting and start of the play? Answer:　The first paragraph. 2.What is the climax of the play? Answer: The climax of the play happens when Tyltyl discovers the Blue Bird has been there in his home all the time. 3.What is the theme of the play? Answer:　The theme of the play is that happiness is to be found not in luxuries，but in simple things，such as family life，acts of friendship and kindness. Part2： Outline .According to the summary on P23，we can learn when we write a summary of a passage we can use the following outline. 要点1：　　.(原文要点一的同义句转换)衔接词＋要点2：　　　 　　. (原文要点二的同义句转换)衔接词＋要点3：　　　　　　　.(原文要点三的同义句转换)衔接词＋要点4：　　　　　　.(原文要点四的同义句转换) Part3:　Advanced sentences 1.Please find out the sentence introducing the title and author. _______________________________________________________ 2.Please find out the sentence introducing the play as a whole. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Blue Bird is a six-act fairy play written by Maurice Maeterlinck. It’s a story about Tyltyl and Mytyl’s adventures as they search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. 3.Please find out the sentence stating the central idea of the play. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The central idea of the play is that happiness is to be found not in luxuries such as wealth，but in simple things that are found in family life，and in acts of friendship and kindness. A synopsis is a concise version containing the main information about a text. Its purpose is to provide the reader with a short and clear report on the general idea of the text. At present, summary writing in the gaokao requires candidates to write a summary of about 60 w