Unit4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Welcome to the unit Unit 4 Exploring literature Yali Yanghu Middle School 1 Do you like reading? What kind of reading do you like? poems Reading novels plays Literature 伟大的文字只不过是在最大程度上承载意义的语言。 ——庞德 Ezra Pound（埃兹拉·庞德）, American poet and literuatue critic. Literature genre: poetry   Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. --Rabindranath Tagore Literature genres: drama/ play Romoe and Juliet  BY William Shakesspeare “Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake— its everything except what it is!” (Act 1, Scene 1) Literature genres: novel Game of the Thrones 《权力的游戏》 Harry Potter 《哈利波特》 A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Literature genres: biography I want to tightly grip the throat of destiny. It must not let you give in. Life is so beautiful, live it all my life! Can these books still be seen in the bookstrore? They have a lasting influence on us! Classics can stand the test of time. Pre-reading: Welcome to the unit (P43) Classics can stand the test of time. Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and discuss the following questions. Cultural Background 《大卫·科波菲尔》（David Copperfield）是 19 世纪英国现实主义文学代表作家查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens, 1812–1870）创作的长篇小说。作品以第一人称视角， 通过主人公大卫·科波菲尔从童年屡遭不幸到自学成才，直至成为著名作家的经历， 描绘了 19 世纪维多利亚时代英国社会的广阔图景，展示了当时各个阶层的人物形象，反映了作者的生活哲学和道德理想。 Welcome 1....whatever I have devoted myself to，I have devoted myself to completely...……凡是我要投入做的事，我都全身心投入了…… 1 devote 献身、致力于------devotion n. 奉献 1) devote oneself to... 献身于；致力于；专心于 2) devote/contribute...to (doing)... 把……用在/献给(做)某事上 be devoted/ contributed to 致力于，献身于；忠诚于 单句填空 ①Society even praises “burning the candle at both ends” as a sign of our　　　　　(devote) to our work and family.  ②You can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy 　　something much larger than yourself.  ③The young lady devotes herself to 　　　　　(teach) the deaf children,so she has little time to care for her own daughter.  ④To be honest,Li Lei is my 　　　　　(devote) friend.  devotion　 to　 teaching　 devoted　 Welcome to the unit My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. ——David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens What message is conveyed in it？ 全身心地投入… 认真地 我的意思是，无论我在生活中想做什么，我都全心全意地努力做好;无论我致力于什么，我都全身心投入;无论大小目标，我总是彻底地认真。 Welcome to the unit My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. ——David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens What message is conveyed in it？ It shows the main character’s passion for whatever he is doing. Pre-reading: Welcome to the unit (P43) My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. — David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens ◆ What is the main idea of this excerpt? The main idea is that I have tried my best to do whatever I have chosen in my life. ◆ What writing style does this excerpt use? Parallel structures. Cultural Background 《芒果街上的小屋》（The House on Mango Street）是墨西哥裔美国作家桑德拉·希斯内罗丝（Sandra Cisneros，1954–）的成名作。 小说通过一个小女孩童真的眼光观察周遭的世界，用 44 个相对独立的小故事描述了芒果街上的生活。 Welcome to the unit You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. ——The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros What message is conveyed in it？ 你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下睡去，醒来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候，天空会给你安慰。可是这里忧伤太多，天空不够，蝴蝶也不够，花儿也不够。大多数美的东西都不够。于是，我们取我们所能取，好好地享用。 ——桑德拉·希斯内罗丝《芒果街上的小屋》 n.蝴蝶 Welcome to the unit You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. ——The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros What message is conveyed in it？ It introduces the concept of making full use of what we have now. Pre-reading: Welcome to the unit (P43) You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. — The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros ◆ What does the author need most? Sky. ◆ In your view, what does sky stand for here? A home / Private space / A place where she can have freedom and make her own choices. Welcome to the unit Do these two excerpts show anything in common? both express a positive outlook in the face of adversity Discussion 1、Who’s your most beloved author? 2、What’s your favourite work of literature? Introduce your favourite book briefly! What qualities should a great work of literature have? Pre-reading qualities meaningful：about the theme that most people can understand and enjoy interesting to people from different countries and cultures creative enough to stir readers’ imagination timeless but timely … Reading (P44-45) Adapted from William J. Long’s English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World $$