Unit 1 Looking Forwards Starting out 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Unit 1 Looking forwards Starting out P1 新外研选择性必修Book 4 In this lesson, students will: acquire, sort and generalize the key information of the video about Lu Xun’s decision. analyze why Lu Xun changed his original decision. compare Lun Xun’s choice with your choice made in your life path. shape a positive life attitude and cultivate indepth thinking about the theme. Learning objectives Pre-viewing 1. A famous Chinese writer of the 20th century. 2. His masterpieces-- Wandering, Call to Arms, The True Story of AH Q Who is mentioned in the video? What decisions did he make? Why did he change his decision? While-viewing 此处已嵌入课本视频: Unit 1 Starting Out Lu Xun’s Decision. 1.What decisions did he make? When Lu Xun was 15, traditional Chinese medicine failed to cure his father’s illness, so he made a decision to study Western medicine and became a doctor. But later, he made a decision to abandon his medical studies and take up writing. 2.Why did he change his decision? Because he realized that people in China were more in need of treatment for their minds than their bodies. The most important thing, in his mind, was to change people’s spirit, and the best way to achieve this was through literature. He abandoned his medical studies and took up ________. He thought that though they were _______, people from a weak and backward country would suffer or witness suffering. He dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring yong people to strive for ________________ for China. Compete the description of Lu Xun according to the information in the video. He is perhaps the most recognisable figure among Chinese writers of the _____ century. He was a student of __________________ in his early life. 20th Western medicine writing healthy a better future 1 Do you agree with Lu Xun’s decision? Why? 2 Have you made any important decisions or choices in your life? What did you do? Post-viewing What can you see in the picture? What are the differences between the three paths? What do you think life’s path look like? Path 1 Path 2 Path 3 straight, but with many rocks many twists and turns straight and smooth mountain forest The path on the left side of the picture is very straight and smooth. The path in the middle is straight, but there are many rocks on it. The path on the right has many twists and turns. The two straight paths reach a mountain, while the winding one reaches a forest. What would it be like on the “road” to the uncertain future or world? Every path you take is a _________. Every path is the_________ path. Everything could have been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning. choice right/ meaningful Lavf52.84.0 $$