Unit 3 Times change! Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 3 Times change! Understanding ideas The bookstore, which was a legendary fixture in the neighborhood, was a place where anyone could drop in and connect through their love of books. What kind of place is the old Rainbow Bookstore? Read and Answer legendary adj legend (n 传说) + -ary (形容词后缀) 非常著名的,享有盛名的;传奇的,传说的 词块:drop in 顺便走访 Para. 1 When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into boxes. I had a long chat with Casey, the store’s elderly owner. Sighing deeply, he told me how it was becoming difficult to run an independent bookstore. Most young people preferred reading e-books on tablets. More and more customers were being attracted by chain stores and online discounts. I tried to think of some words of sympathy, but I had to admit that the Rainbow Bookstore couldn’t stay in business much longer. What caused the Rainbow Bookstore to be closing ? Read and Answer Para. 2 独立词条:chain store n [C] 连锁店 sympathy n [C] & [U] sym- (with, together 共同) + pathy (feeling 感情) 与他人共有的感情 同情(心) Para. 3 Childhood memories came back to me so clearly, as if the events had happened only yesterday. A bunch of us kids would frequently drop by the store after school. We’d look at the new books, or just chat with Old Casey. He knew every book in the store and would always pick the perfect one for us from a dusty shelf. We spent hours reading, seated on the store’s old but comfortable furniture. Casey encouraged us to share our ideas and comments on the books, by writing them on a large board in one corner of the store. 1. What does Paragraph 3 mainly about? Read and Answer It mainly about what the bookstore was like in the author’s childhood. a bunch of 一群;一束;一扎 comment on 对……评价 2. Do the author’s childhood memories make the passage more appealing? Why or why not? Yes, because the memories describe how the author and other kids benefit from the bookstore, illustrating how and why it is so important to the community. Para. 4 It made me realize that the bookstore and all that Old Casey had given to the community could soon disappear for good. Read and Answer When I left the bookstore, it was becoming _ outside. I turned to _ to Casey… … but both he and his bookstore were already hidden in _. cold and dark wave goodbye a thick mist Para. 5 A few months later, I was back in the neighborhood during my spring break and was surprised to see that the Rainbow Bookstore was still there and open for business. Its old brick exterior hadn’t changed, but inside it was like a different world. In one area, a book reading was being delivered. Nearby, customers were poring over shelves selling stationery, posters and other best-seller-themed gifts. The large board in the corner had been replaced by a big screen, where customers’ comments on the month’s best-seller were being displayed. Clearly, the Rainbow Bookstore was in good, creative hands. What has changed about the Rainbow bookstore? Read and Answer exterior adj & n exter (向外的) + -ior (较……的); 反义词:interior 外部(的);外面(的) 独立词条:best-seller n 畅销品 the best seller list 畅销榜 词块:in good / safe hands 受到很好的照料 Para. 6-7 I was told that the community had decided to work together on a campaign to save the Rainbow Bookstore. The campaign had been led by Jennifer Oakley, a saleswoman who had grown up in the neighborhood and who had now taken over the bookstore from Casey. Under Jennifer’s leadership, the bookstore was being turned into a place for literature-loving members of the community to get together. It had a caf selling organic food, and there were now more community events such as book readings, poetry recitals and even jazz concerts and movie nights, where people could gather to share an experience that couldn’t be downloaded. 1. How the old bookstore was changed into a new one? 2. What kind of person is Jennifer? Read and Answer a creative woman with organizational skills Para. 8 I joined Casey, who was looking up at the screen on which readers’ comments kept popping up. “Well, as you can see, corporate knowledge combined with creativity has brought my humble bookstore into the 21st century! I’m so pleased to see that everything I wanted it to offer to the community is still here.” How was the bookstore brought back to life? And how did Casey feel about that? Read and Answer pop up 突然出现,冒出来 offer sb sth / offer sth to sb 为某人主动提供某物 A. Traditional bookstore can’t compete with large bookstore chains. B. People’s love of reading never changes. C. Technology has been a key factor in bring the Rainbow Bookstore back to life. D. Creativity plays an important role in the new Rainbow Bookstore. Choose the ideas conveyed in the passage and find evidence to support your choices . From Para. 1,3,5,7 Corporate knowledge combined with creativity has brought my humble bookstore into the 21st century! From Para. 8 Important phases 1 draw conclusions from 2 drop in 3 a bunch of 4 comment on 5 for good 6 take over 7 turn in 8 play an important role 9 pop up 10 look up at 11 bring … back to life 从……得出结论 顺便走访 接管 永远 一群 / 一束 / 一扎 对……评价 变成 起重要作用 使……复活 突然出现;冒出来 仰望;向上看 1. Make a survey on the current bookstores in China. 2. Write a short passage about how to change the bookstores. Thanks $$