Unit 6 Nature in words Starting out&Understanding ideas课件-2024-2025学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 6 Nature in words Starting out P81 新外研选择性必修Book 3 Learning objectives watch a video and understand different literature forms related to nature; get the main idea and some specific information of the passsage In this class, you will be able to Activity 1 Look at the pictures and enjoy the beauty of nature. Activity 2 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What literary forms are mentioned in the video? 2. What is new of literary works about nature now? What literary forms are mentioned in the video? Poems, letters, travel journals, essays, novels. 2. What is new of literary works about nature now? Writers now attach more importance to the vulnerability of nature, and call for the protection of nature. 6 Read the poem by Emily Dickinson (P61) 艾米莉·狄金森是美国传奇诗人。狄金森的诗主要写生活、自然、生命、信仰、友谊、爱情。诗风凝练婉约、意向清新，描绘真切、精微，思想深沉、凝聚力强，极富独创性。她被视为二十世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一。 7 “Nature” Is What We See by Emily Dickinson “Nature” is what we see — The Hill — the Afternoon — Squirrel — Eclipse — the Bumble bee — Nay — Nature is Heaven — Nature is what we hear — The Bobolink — the Sea — Thunder — the Cricket — Nay — Nature is Harmony — Nature is what we know — Yet have no art to say — So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity. 日食；月食 Bumble bee: 大黄蜂 cricket: 蟋蟀 bobolink: 食米鸟 【古】不,不然,不如此 无能为力的；不起作用的 squirrel:松鼠 8 Nature is also symbolised by snow. Now try to describe snow in your own words. Useful expressions: snowy-white; snowfall; snowflake; snow-covered; big snowflakes; heavy snow; light snow; freezing cold The passage is about snow written by John Boynton Priestley and find out how the author describes the first snow. (P82-84) Before reading, let’s read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions. 1. What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime? 2. What do you know about Priestley’s desire? P82 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. escape death 死里逃生 freelance writer自由撰稿人 present 主持（节目）【熟词生义】 early on 在早期 《罪恶之家》英国悬疑电影 1. What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime? 2. What do you know about Priestley’s desire? Before going on to study at Cambridge University, _____________ _________________________________________ After graduation, ______________________________________________ Priestley expressed a desire to____________________________________________________ Priestley joined the army in World War I . he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter. live in a country where it often snowed because he loved snow. Let’s enjoy the passage ! Fast reading Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Read for the main idea of each paragraph. b. The author’s feeling about the last night’s fall of snow. c. The first snow is a magical event. d. The scenery of the snow at the time when the author got up. a. The prospect one hour or two later. e. The changes happened now. Para. 2 Underline the expressions the author used to describe the first snow. …, I must insist that last night’s fall of snow here was an event. …, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted. The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues. …, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight. An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, … Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 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. Choose the author’s propose in writing the passage and give your reasons. ✔ Careful reading Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “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. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted. Read and Answer Para. 1 Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “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. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted. Read and Answer Para. 1 a slight fall of snow 一场小雪 Mr. Woodhouse is a central character in Emma (《艾玛》), and the father of the protagonist (主人公), Emma Woodhouse. Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “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. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted. Read and Answer Para. 1 What was the author’s feeling about the last night’s fall of snow? come round: to happen, often referring to a regular event 如期而至 talk away: to continue to talk for a long time不断地交谈 Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “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. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted. Read and Answer Para. 1 名词动化：sweat，carpet sweat ：汗水(n.) v.“流汗”，句中分词形式作状语； carpet ：地毯(n.) v.“把……厚厚地覆盖”，句中分词形式作补语。 The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. 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? The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical. Read and Answer Para. 2 Why does the author say the first snow is a magical event? When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of ___________ and __________. dead white pale blues dedicate pinks The little plum tree outside, with the _____________ snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight. faintly flushed 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 苍白 淡青色 淡粉色 What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow? Para. 3 微微泛红 When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues. The light that came through the windows was very strange, and it made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing very strange too. 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. 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. Read and Answer Para. 3 日本版画（Japanese Prints），彩绘版画是德川幕府统治时期（1603-1868年）的一种流行的艺术形式，繁荣于中下阶层，被称作浮世绘的版画派别是顺应日本经济文化的发展而产生的，用现实主义的手法反映出普通人及其日常生活。 business： a matter, an event or a situation 事情；事件；状况 【熟词生义】 dispose：dis (分开，散开) + pose (放置)→分开放置→排列 plum tree：李子树 branch trunk plum 26 Para. 4 An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. The world had completely changed again. The little Japanese prints had all disappeared. I looked out of my study window, over the garden, the field, to the low hills beyond, and the ground went on and on, the sky was thick grey, and all the trees so many black and threatening shapes. There was indeed something curiously disturbing about the whole prospect. 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. It was that kind of landscape. Read and Answer 本句中的 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。 redden：red (adj 红色) + en (使，做) →（使）变红 break out from：从……冲出 Para. 5 Read and Answer Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. 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. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow: Snow, snow faster: White alabaster! Killing geese in, Scotland, Sending feathers here! How does the author describe the snow in this paragraph? 描写雪的形态 雪之大 雪后场景 Para. 5 Read and Answer Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. 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. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow: Snow, snow faster: White alabaster! Killing geese in, Scotland, Sending feathers here! 风信鸡：圣经中有这样一个故事，当年，圣彼得三次不敢承认耶稣基督,而在一旁的鸡却叫个不停，后来人们为了纪念这只鸡，将风标做成“公鸡”的形状。鸡形风标于公元九世纪首次出现在教堂屋顶上。现在，在欧洲，处处都可以看到鸡形风标，但原来的宗教意义早已经被大部分人遗忘了。 no touch of：丝毫没有 Para. 5 Read and Answer Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. 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. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow: Snow, snow faster: White alabaster! Killing geese in, Scotland, Sending feathers here! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish author His fairy tales are among the most frequently translated works in all of literary history, and the themes of his stories appeal to adults and children alike. The author uses picturesque language to depict the first snow. Complete the diagram with the expressions from the passage. (P64) 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. The snow became 2____________. My dining-room window changed into 3____________________. The little plum tree outside, with snow 4________________________________, ______________ stood in full sunlight. When I got up this morning… cold place of dead white and pale blues The sun came out… delicate pink a lovely Japanese print lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk Timeline Scenery Everything was a 5 __________________________. The ground 6 ______________, the sky was 7 __________, and all the trees 8 _________________________________. The entire scene looked 9 __________________. The snow is 10______________________________. The roofs are 11_____. The trees are 12____________. I can see the children flattening their noses against the window. An hour or two later… Now… cold sparkle of white and blue went on and on thick gray so many black and threatening shapes like a cruel grassland falling heavily, in great soft flakes thick all bending Timeline Scenery $$