Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Developing ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit2 Developing ideas How would you feel, if you were stricken blind and deaf one day? frightened terrified sorrowful panicky depressed upset Think and speak Lead-in Activity 1 Do you know Helen Keller and her story? Speak and share Pre-reading Activity 2 Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer, best known for her resilience, perseverance, and incredible achievements despite being blind and deaf from early childhood. Born in 1880 in Alabama, USA, Helen Keller lived a life that was initially filled with challenges and difficulties. However, through her determination and the help of her teachers, she was able to overcome these obstacles and become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide.Her major works: "Three Days to see," "My Life", "my teacher" and so on. Read the excerpts from “ Three Days to See” by Helen Keller and find out what Helen would do if she could see. Read and find While reading Activity 3 On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that “window of the soul”, the eye. I can only “see” through my fingertips the outline of a face.I should like to see the books which have been read to me, and which have revealed to me the deepest channels of human life and the human spirit. In the afternoon I should take a long walk in the woods and intoxicate my eyes on the beauties of the world of nature. That night, I should not be able to sleep on the first day to see the people... to see the books... in the afternoon walk in the woods intoxicate... that night to sleep ① On my second day, I should like to see the pageant of man's progress, and I should go to the museums. I should try to probe into the soul of man through his art. The things I knew through touch I should now see. The evening of my second day I should spend at a theater or at the movies. on the second day to see the pageant of man's progress go to the museums probe into the soul of man through his art in the evening spend at a theater or at the movies ② The following morning, I should again greet the dawn, anxious to discover new delights, new revelations of beauty. Today I shall spend in the workaday world, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life. At midnight permanent night would close in on me again. Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had to left unseen. ③ the third morning at midnight greet the dawn discover new delights, new revelations of beauty in the daytime spend in the workaday world, amid the haunts of men ... permanent night would close in on me again realize how much I had to left unseen I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful. According to the passage,what are the main wishes of Helen? Read and think Activity 4 Do you know any stories about people with disabilities? Share one with us? Share and speak Post-reading Activity 5 What qualities do you think the author wants to convey by writing the passage? Maybe she wants to convey that we should cherish and be grateful to what we have / possess . Discussion Activity 6 Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Read the following sentences from the text and answer questions. What sentence structure is used repeatedly? What figure of speech is it? Parallelism Read and answer Activity 7 Learning to learn Parallelism as a literary device is the use of expressions, clauses or sentences that are similar in their structure. It can make the content more rhythmic, engaging and easier to remember. It is commonly used in literary works and speeches. 排比 Could you find any other parallism used in the passage? I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship ... I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend ...I should like to see the books... Could you make a sentence, parallism used in it? 1. Read the book “ Three Days to See” and share with your best friend. 2. Make at least five sentences, parallism used in them. Read and share Assignment Activity 9 Thanks! $$