内容正文:
Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
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文 脉 梳 理
Three Days to See
的语篇类型为散文 ,
节选自
Helen Keller
的 《假如给我三天光
明》。 介绍了失明的
Helen Keller
希望自己
能拥有三天的光明, 她想用这三天的时间去
观察世界, 去看她想看的人和物。
根据课文回答以下问题:
1. Why did the author often think it would be
a blessing if each human being were
stricken blind and deaf for a few days?
2. What would the author do on the first day if
she could see?
3. What would the author do on her second
day if she could see?
4. What would the author do on the third day
if she could see?
5. What hints did the author give to those who
can see?
重 点 知 识
1. appreciative adj.
意为 “感激的, 感谢的;
欣赏的, 赏识的”。
be appreciative of
, 表示 “感激……, 感
谢……”。
He was enthusiastic about my business and
I was appreciative of it.
他对我的生意非常
热心, 我对此非常感激。
拓展:
appreciate v.
欣赏; 理解; 鉴赏; 感
激; 意识到
appreciate
(
sb./sb.蒺s
)
doing sth.
感激 (某人)
做某事
would appreciate it if...
要是……将不胜感激
appreciation n.
感激, 感谢; 欣赏, 赏识
in appreciation of
作为对……的感谢
誅
牛刀小试
①
如果您能考虑我的申请
,
我将不胜感激。
take my application into
consideration.
②
许多来自其他国家的友人感谢中国人给他
们提供自行车。
③He was sincerely appreciative their
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
学习目标
1.
理解课文内容, 并清晰叙述
Helen Keller
三天的愿望, 理解并运用虚拟语气、 倒装及排
比等修辞手法。
2.
感悟文章主题, 形成面对困难不妥协、 面对失败不放弃的积极人生态度。
必备
知识
单词
blessing appreciative worthy mere gentleness outline permanent literary
短语
worthy of the pageant of strains of
关键能力 读
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support.
④ I appreciate your
(
make
)
the
effort to come.
⑤The award is given in
(
apprecia鄄
tive
)
of her huge contribution to the movie
business.
2. mere adj.
意为 “仅仅, 只不过”。
There is more to good health than the mere
absence of disease.
健康不仅仅指不生病,
还包括更多。
拓展:
merely adv.
意为 “仅仅, 只不过”。
I蒺m merely stating what everybody knows
anyway.
我说的不过是些常识。
誅
牛刀小试
(
1
) 用
mere
的适当形式填空。
①I wasn蒺t complaining; I said that I
was tired.
②The economy has been growing here at
about 5% and unemployment is a
2.5%.
(
2
)
He said nothing , merely smiled and
watched her.
(
3
) 社交机器人将会更像是人类的伙伴, 而
不仅仅是工具。
3. worthy adj.
意为 “值得尊敬的, 值得赞
赏的”。
The money we raise will be going to a very
worthy cause.
我们筹集的钱款将用于非常
崇高的事业。
短语
be worthy of
表示 “值得……的”。
A number of the report蒺s findings are
worthy of note.
这份报告里有些调查结果
值得注意。
The boy was considered not to be worthy of
being educated/to be educated.
人们认为这
个男孩不值得教育。
拓展: “值得花时间 (或花钱、 努力等),
值得……”。 最常见的表达有:
It蒺s worthwhile to do/doing sth.
be worthy of being done
be worthy to be done
be worth doing
誅
牛刀小试
(
1
) 他的建议值得考虑。
①
②
③
(
2
) 好的意见值得坚持, 因为它们对我们所
有人都有好处。
Good opinions are worth
because they can benefit us all.
(
3
)
It didn蒺t seem worthwhile writing it all
out again.
文 化 趣 谈
海伦·凯勒 (
Helen Keller, 1880
—
1968
),
美国女作家、 教育家、 慈善家、 社会活动
家。 在一岁半左右, 突如其来的一场疾病夺
走了她的视觉和听觉, 她成了一个幽闭于聋
哑盲世界的三重残疾人。 后来海伦遇到了莎
莉文老师。 在老师的帮助下, 她学会了说
话, 并掌握了五国语言。
1899
年
6
月海伦考
入哈佛大学。 海伦一生先后完成了
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作, 代表作有 《假如给我三天光明》 《石墙
故事》 等。 她致力于为残疾人造福, 建立了
许多的慈善机构,
1964
年荣获 “总统自由
勋章”, 次年入选美国 《时代周刊》 评选的
“二十世纪美国十大偶像” 之一。
参 考 译 文
假如给我三天光明
我常常想, 如果每个人在青年时期都有
一段时间失明和失聪, 那会是一件幸事, 因
为黑暗会使人更加珍惜视力, 静默能教会人
享受声音的美妙。
我时常测试我那些看得见的朋友, 想了
解他们看到了什么。 最近, 我问一个在林子
里散步了许久的朋友看到了什么, 她答道:
“没什么特别的。”
我自问, 在林子里散步一小时之久却没
有看到任何值得注意的东西吗? 我一个看不
见的人, 仅仅通过触觉, 就能发现许许多多
令我感兴趣的东西。 如果说仅凭触觉就能得
到这么多的快乐, 那么视觉能展现多少美好
的东西啊。 我想象过, 如果我能被恩赐恢复
视觉, 哪怕只有三天, 我最希望看到什么。
第一天, 我想见见身边的人, 他们用善
良、 温柔和陪伴使我的生命变得有价值。 我
无法理解通过 “心灵的窗户” ——眼睛, 看
透一个朋友的内心是怎样的感觉。 因为我只
能通过我的指尖 “看” 到一张面孔的轮廓。
我还要看书, 那些别人读给我的书, 那些为
我揭示了人生和人类精神的深刻奥秘的书。
到了下午, 我要在树林中散步, 让我的眼睛
陶醉在大自然世界的美景中。 这个夜晚, 我
将无法入睡。
第二天, 我要了解人类发展的缤纷场
景, 我要去博物馆。 我要通过艺术探究人类
的灵魂。 那些之前通过触觉了解过的事物,
我现在要亲眼看一看。 而这一天的傍晚, 我
要在剧院或电影院度过。
第三天清晨, 我将再次迎接黎明, 热切
地去探索更多愉悦, 发现更多美好。 这天我
将过平凡的生活, 在那些为生活忙碌的人常
去的地方。
到了午夜, 永夜将再次把我笼罩。 只有
当黑暗再次降临时, 我才意识到, 我还有那
么多没有看到。
我, 一个盲人, 可以给那些看得见的人
一个忠告: 要像明天即将失明一样去使用你
的眼睛。 而这种方法也可以用在其他感官
上: 要像明天即将失聪一样, 去仔细聆听音
乐的旋律、 鸟儿的歌唱、 交响乐的震撼音
符; 要像明天即将失去触觉一样, 去触摸你
想感受的每一件物品; 要像明天即将失去嗅
觉和味觉一样, 去细嗅花香, 细品美食。 但
是, 我敢肯定, 在所有的感官中, 视觉的享
受一定是最令人愉悦的。
(节选自海伦·凯勒的 《假如给我三天
光明》)
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例 文 鉴 赏
完成
Activity 6
, 学习范文, 掌握描写
经历的相关表达。 仿照
Activity 7
, 写一下
这篇文章的结构框架。
参 考 范 文
对照
Activity 7
, 进一步学习范文, 发
挥你的想象, 模仿着写一篇小短文, 描述一
次类似的特殊的经历。
Today in class, we played a game called
“
the blind traveler
”
, in which one has to walk
through some barriers with their eyes blind鄄
folded. It is through this experience that I
started to realise how inconvenient life could
be for a blind person.
Not being able to see where I was going,
I kept going off the path and turning in the
wrong direction. What蒺s more, without the
ability to accurately locate the position of the
barriers, I often fell over them, even though I
was moving at an extremely slow speed. And
a loss of balance increased the difficulty of
this short journey. After falling over more than
ten times, I finally reached my destination on
hands and knees.
Without sight, I couldn蒺t even complete
this short journey of no more than 15 metres
smoothly, let alone overcome all the other
various difficulties in daily life. I do realise
that life must be much more challenging for
the blind people.
Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
学习目标
1.
通过学习范文, 理解并体会残障人士遇到的挫折与磨难。 学会描述经历。
2.
综合运用本单元所学知识, 深入理解坚韧不拔的毅力对成功的重要性, 学会辩证地看待
问题, 思考解决问题的办法。
必备
知识
单词
embarrassed
短语
be aware of
关键能力 写
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参 考 答 案
ance 17. dreamt of seeing their words in print 18. As
the then Poet Laureate 19. under male names 20. are
regarded as classics of world literature 21. I honour en鄄
durance, perseverance, industry, talent 22. the means by
which men achieve great ends 23. guarantee success 24.
a touch of luck 25. perseverance is the key 26. We are
delighted to inform you
重点知识
1. ①I guarantee that he will appear in court. ②Ca鄄
reer success is no guarantee of happiness.
2. keeping us informed of the latest news around the
world every day
Section Ⅲ Using language
重点语法
① receiving ② to print ③writing/to write ④ to
give ⑤sweeping/to be swept ⑥to eat; trying
话题词块
Positive: an eager beaver, cool as a cucumber, turn
over a new leaf, like a duck to water
Negative: not lift a finger, drag one蒺s feet, a wet blan鄄
ket, a fish out of water
重点知识
1. ①enthusiastic about sports ②two young computer
enthusiasts ③showed little enthusiasm for ④enthusiasm
⑤about ⑥enthusiast
2. ①
打乱
②
使心烦意乱
③
碰倒
精听练习
1. history project 2. lifted a finger 3. motivated
4. deadline 5. such a wet blanket 6. an eager beaver
7. drags his feet 8. gets into trouble 9. turn over a new
leaf 10. as cool as a cucumber 11. tough 12. noisy
13. down 14. in last place 15. get into the competition
16. be proud of yourself 17. national 18. the school
competition 19. fair and square 20. the national compe鄄
tition 21. would have won 22. lost 23. cheer up
24. fantastic people 25. country 26. the spirit 27. cheered
me up
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
文脉梳理
1. Darkness would make him more appreciative of
sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
2. She wanted to see the people around her, to see the
books and to take a walk in the woods.
3. She wanted to visit the museums, a theatre or the
movies.
4. She wanted to greet the dawn and experience the
busy life of common people.
5. She wanted to ask all who can see to fully use their
senses
(
sight, listening, touch, smell and taste
)
to experi鄄
ence life so that they can best treasure life and be appre鄄
ciative of life.
重点知识
1. ① I would appreciate it if you could ②Many
friends from other countries appreciate Chinese offering
bikes to them. ③of ④making ⑤appreciation
2.
(
1
)
①merely ②mere
(
2
) 他什么都没说, 只是微笑地看着她。
(
3
)
Social robots will be much more like human com鄄
panions than mere tools.
3.
(
1
)
①His suggestion is worth considering/consid鄄
eration. ②His suggestion is worthy of consideration/being
considered/to be considered. ③ It is worthwhile consider鄄
ing/to consider his suggestion.
(
2
)
sticking to
(
3
) 把它都再写出来似乎没有必要。
Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
例文鉴赏
Para. 1: I had an experience as...
Para. 2: The most difficult thing was...and that蒺s be鄄
cause...
Para. 3: I overcame the difficulty by...
Para. 4: I have learnt that...
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