Unit 6 Nature in Words Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高二下学期英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Nature in words Book 6 Unit 6 Starting out & Understanding ideas Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions 1 What literary forms are mentioned in the video? Poems, letters, travel journals, essays and novels are the literary forms. Reference eclipse [ɪˈklɪps] n. 日蚀 nay [neɪ] =no bobolink n. 刺歌雀 cricket [ˈkrɪkɪt] n. 蟋蟀 impotent [ˈɪmpətənt] adj. 无能的 What is “nature” in Dickinson’s eyes? What message does this poem try to convey? Although what we see and hear in nature appears to be simple, within that simplicity lie great beauty, mystery and magnificence that humans cannot truly appreciate or capture in their art. Listen and read the poem. Answer the questions. What images are used to symbolise nature? 3 Pre-reading Read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions. 1. What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime? He worked as a soldier, a freelance writer and a radio presenter. 2. What kind of person do you think he was? Activity 1 First Snow by John Boynton Priestley Background information for the names in Para.1 Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949) was an Anglo-Irish writer, literary essayist and Irish nationalist. He is best remembered today for the remarkable sequence of essays he wrote over a period of more than thirty years. Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English novelist, best known for her social commentary in novels such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Mr Woodhouse is a central character in Emma, and the father of the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. He is constantly worried about his health and wants a quiet, simple life. Activity 2 Read and choose the author's purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons. By describing the magical scenery of the first snow, the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves. By depicting the beautiful, near-magical scenery of the first snow, the author wants to convey his love for snow. By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow, the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood. ✅ Activity 3 How the author organises the structure of the passage? By the order of time. When I got up this morning… The sun came out… An hour or two later… Now… While-reading The author uses picturesque language to depict the first snow. Complete the diagram with the expressions you find in the passage. Activity 4 picturesque adj.producing strong mental images by using unusual words 生动的；栩栩如生的 While-reading Activity 4 Timeline Scenery When I got up this morning… The sun came out… The world became a 1________________________ ____________. The light coming through the windows seemed quite strange, and it made the familiar business of splashing (泼洒) 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. cold place of dead white and pale blues delicate pinks a lovely Japanese print lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk While-reading Activity 4 Timeline Scenery An hour or two later… Now… 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. thick grey so many black and threatening shapes like a cruel grassland cold sparkle of white and blue went on and on all bending falling heavily in great soft flakes thick Hans Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a Danish author who wrote some of literature’s best-loved fairy tales, including “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling”. 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. While-reading Activity 4 Timeline Scenery An hour or two later… Now… 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. thick grey so many black and threatening shapes like a cruel grassland cold sparkle of white and blue went on and on all bending falling heavily in great soft flakes thick Colors: dead white, pale blues— delicate pinks— thick grey — black —grey loaded Lights: shine bravely — flushing — full sunlight — cold sparkle — glare Changes Activity 5 14 Think and share Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of the passage? Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event. “… last night’s fall of snow here was an event.” An event is something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. Background information Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949) was an Anglo-Irish writer, literary essayist and Irish nationalist. He is best remembered today for the remarkable sequence of essays he wrote over a period of more than thirty years. Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English novelist, best known for her social commentary in novels such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Mr Woodhouse is a central character in Emma, and the father of the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. He is constantly worried about his health and wants a quiet, simple life. Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of the passage? Mr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austen’s characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event. By referencing the characters of Jane Austen, who is known for her witty, perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life, the author is emphasising the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement about the first snow. Think and share P82 Activity 1 在早期，在开始阶段 （战争）突然开始；爆发 逃脱死亡 在很多场合 十分受欢迎 early on break out escape death on a number of occasions immensely popular Early on during the war, many people managed to escape death when the battles broke out on a number of occasions, and the local hero who helped them became immensely popular among the survivors. 翻译：在战争初期，许多人在多次战斗爆发的场合逃脱了死亡，并且那位帮助过他们的当地英雄在幸存者中非常受欢迎。 18 Para. 1 就……谈看法 They are people in ______ lives a slight fall of snow is an event. 冒着……的风险 言辞诙谐的 insist that say of at the risk of witty I must insist that last night’s fall of snow here was an event. 坚持说/认为 + 陈述语气 He insists that she (should) come. 坚决要求、主张 + 虚拟语气 whose 19 Para. 1 I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, _______ I found all ________ (look) through the window at the magic outside and ________ (talk) away as excitedly as if Christmas ______ suddenly _______ (come) round again. whom looking talking had come It is the first fall we __________ (have) here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, __________ (sweat) in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age ______ I saw the ground so fascinating carpeted. have had sweating since 20 Para. 2 Translate: You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up ______ (find) yourself in another quite different and if this is not magic, then where is it ______________ (find)? 入睡时，世界是一个模样，醒来则是完全不同的另一番景象，若非有魔力，如何才能这般？/若这不算魔法，哪里才能找到魔法？ Translate: Then the sun came out, and by the time I _________ (sit) down to breakfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks. 接着太阳出来了，等到我坐下来吃早餐时，太阳的光彩已是绚烂夺目，给雪地添了一抹柔和的粉红色。 to find to be found had sat 21 Para. 3 泼洒；哗啦哗啦地溅 使改变形态成…… Translate: The little plum tree outside, with the ________ (微弱地) flushed snow _________ (line) its branches and artfully _________ (dispose) along its trunk, ________ (stand) in full sunlight. 在阳光普照之下，屋外李子树的树干和枝丫被淡粉的积雪精致巧妙地装点着。 be transformed/turned into faintly lining disposed stood splash v. 22 Para. 4 It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, ______________ (turn) into a cruel grassland. Translate: At any moment, it seemed, ________ (大量的) horsemen might be seen _________ (break) out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant _________ (少量) snow be __________ (red). 仿佛随时可能看见一群骑兵从黑黝黝的树丛中冲出，可能听见兵戎相见的响声，最后好像看见远处的白雪一点点被（鲜血）染红。 had been turned a body of breaking spot of reddened 闪烁（或闪耀）的光 凶神恶煞的，恐吓的 风景；前景 sparkle n. v. to shine brightly threatening adj. prospect 23 Para. 5 一点；少许 没有 Translate: But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, ______ (以至于) you can hardly see across the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock (风信鸡) of the village church, still __________ (see) through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. 大片柔软的雪花铺天盖地地飘落，遮挡了你的视线，让你几乎看不到浅浅的山谷。屋顶上存了厚厚的积雪，树枝被压得弯下腰来，村庄教堂的风信鸡在灰蒙蒙的空气中依稀可见，像是从安徒生童话里走出来的活物。 a touch of… so that to be seen 刺眼的光；怒视 glare n. glare (v.) at ... no touch of… 24 Homework Lavf59.23.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 22 Unit 6-1 FLTRP 英语选择性必修第三册 2020 Other 68596.43 $$