Unit 6 Nature in Words 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 6 Nature in words 外研版选择性必修三 First Snow 2 Read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions. John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in the English county of Yorkshire, and knew early on that he wanted to become a writer. When World War I broke out, Priestley joined the army, and escaped death on a number of occasions. After the war, he gained a degree from Cambridge University, and then moved to London, where he worked as a freelance writer. During World War II, he presented a weekly radio programme, which became immensely popular. Priestley wrote many successful articles, essays, novels and plays, but is best remembered for his play An Inspector Calls. Priestley loved snow and expressed a desire to live in a country where it often snowed. 3 What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime? What kind of person do you think Priestley was? Do more research if necessary. Priestley joined the army in World War I before going on to study at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter. He is a British novelist, playwright, and essayist, noted for his varied output and his ability for shrewd characterization. Describe snow in your own words. heavy snow 大雪 snowfall 降雪 snowflake 雪花 snow-covered 白雪皑皑 blizzard 大风雪 snowstorm 暴风雪 blowing snow 飞雪 drifting snow 飘雪 sleet 雨夹雪 snow drift 雪堆 snow shower 阵雪 light snow 小雪 flurry 阵雪/小雪 feathery snowflakes 鹅毛大雪 … Read the passage and underline the expressions the author uses to describe the first snow. an event, (para. 1) so fantastically carpeted, (para. 1) a magical event, (para. 2) a cold place of dead white and pale blues, (para. 3) faintly flushed, (para. 3) artfully disposed, (para. 3) a cold sparkle of white and blue, (para. 4) falling heavily, (para. 5) in great soft flakes (para. 5) ... Read for main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 A It snowed heavily. Para.2 B The snow was fascinating. Para.3 C The first snow is a magical event. Para.4 D The snow made the world dead white and pale blues. Para.5 E The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blue. 8 Read for structure. First Snow Para. 1-2 Para. 3-5 magic event description of the scenery of the snow Time order When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… fascinating Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons. 1 By describing the magical scenery of the first snow, the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves. 2 By depicting the beautiful, near-magical scenery of the first snow, the author wants to convey his love for snow. 3 By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow, the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood. Read for details. Timeline When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… The world became a 1____________________________________. The light coming through the windows seemed quite strange, and it made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing very strange too. Scenery cold place of dead white and pale blues The snow became 2______________. My dining-room window changed into 3______________________. The little plum tree outside, with snow 4________________________________________________, stood in full sunlight. Scenery delicate pinks a lovely Japanese print lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk Read for details. Timeline When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… Everything was a 5___________________________. The ground 6_______________, the sky was 7_____________, and all the trees 8_____________________________________. The entire scene looked 9_______________________. Scenery cold sparkle of white and blue went on and on thick grey so many black and threatening shapes like a cruel grassland Read for details. Timeline When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… Scenery The snow is 10___________________________________. The roofs are 11_________. The trees are 12______________. I can see the children flattening their noses against the window. falling heavily in great soft flakes thick all bending Read for details. Timeline When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… Find out the writing methods that the author uses to describe the snow and the changes of landscape. The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print. The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight. metaphor 比喻 personification 拟人 It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England,had been turned into a cruel grassland. At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened. But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. Imagination 想象 metaphor 比喻 Find out the writing methods that the author uses to describe the snow and the changes of landscape. Think & Share Why does the author mention John Austen at the beginning of the passage? By referencing the characters of Jane Austen, who is known for her witty, perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life, the author is emphasising the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement about the first snow. Think & Share What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow? Images used by the author to enhance the description of snow: a cold place of dead white and pale blues, flushing the snow with delicate pinks, a cold sparkle of white and blue, falling heavily, in great soft flakes... Have you encountered any difficulties in understanding this passage? Can you use visualisation to better understand the passage ? NOTES TO THE TEXT 1 “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.”Even at the risk of appearing to this fair and witty reviewer as another Mr Woodhouse, I must insist that last night's fall of snow here was an event. Paraphrase: For Jane Austen's characters, even something as small as a slight fall of snow is significant and exciting. Even though this fair and witty reviewer might think of me as another Mr Woodhouse, I have to say that last night's fall of snow here was significant and exciting. event意为“(重要、有意思或不寻常的)事件”。 This election is the main event of this year. ( 这次选举是今年的主要事件。) insist意为“坚决认为”, 后接that从句, 从句常用陈述语气。 She insisted that she was right.(她坚决认为自己是正确的。) insist还可以表示“坚持主张, 坚决要求”,后接that从句, 从句常用should型的虚拟语气。 Jane insisted that he should be present.(Jane 坚持要他出席。) NOTES TO THE TEXT 2 You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not magic, then where is it to be found? Paraphrase: You go to bed and the world changes while you are sleeping, and when you wake up it is quite different. If you don't consider this magic, then where else could you find it? 本句的前半句省略了world。this指代本句前半句的内容； it指代 magic。 NOTES TO THE TEXT 3 Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks. Paraphrase: Then the sun appeared, and by the time I had sat down to eat breakfast it was shining brightly and causing the snow to appear delicate shades of pink. bravely是副词, 修饰shining; flush 是动词, 意为“(使) 发红”, 与shine 并列，一起描述阳光洒下的情形，这两个词生动地描写了阳光的状态，将阳光拟人化, 体现了它的明媚、耀眼; delicate 是形容词, 意为“柔和的, 淡雅的”, 修饰pinks, delicate pinks 表示“淡粉红色”。 NOTES TO THE TEXT 4 It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland. Paraphrase: It was as if our gentle countryside, which was close to the central area of England, had been turned into a harsh, vast landscape. 本句中 close to the very heart of England 是插入语, 修饰 countryside, 指出它的具体方位，即“靠近英格兰的中心”。这样的描写加强了气氛的渲染，使读者更加清楚地感受到countryside原本的样子。 as if在本句中引导表语从句，从句内容不是真实的情况，故用虚拟语气。 NOTES TO THE TEXT 5 But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. Paraphrase: Because the snow is falling heavily, in big soft flakes, you cannot see clearly across the shallow valley. The roofs are covered with snow and the trees are all bending under its weight. The rooster-shaped weathervane of the village church, which can still be seen through the dense, grey air, looks like a creature straight out of a Hans Andersen story. 在本句中, 作者使用了许多形容词和副词描写雪景。作者用falling heavily, in great soft flakes 描写雪的形态; 用the roofs are thick, the trees all bending描写雪后的场景; 用hardly see across the shallow valley, the grey loaded air描写这是一场大雪; 用 Hans Andersen笔下的生物借代描写教堂上风信鸡的美与奇，描绘出一个雪后的童话世界。 Thanks！ 25 $$