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Unit 3 Times change!
Starting Out & Understanding Ideas
A New Chapter
外研社2019版选择性必修二
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Compare and tell the differences between life in the past and at present.
Analyze the phenomenon and the causes behind charts.
Think critically about online bookstore & physical bookstore.
Understand the reasons and details of the changes by reading the article carefully.
Learning objectives
At the end of this lesson, you can:
1. How do you go to school on Sundays?
2. How did your parents go to school when they were students almost 40 years ago?
Lead in
3. Do you know other changes over these years?
Today
40 years ago
VS
letters
cash
mobile payment
sales in market
live-streaming sales
social media apps
clothes
food
education resources
infrastructure 基础建设
entertainment
medical conditions
With the development of the economy, great changes have taken place in people’s life.
What happened in a book store?
Pre-reading
Activity 1: Look at the charts and answer the questions.
1. What information do the charts show?
2. What conclusions can you draw
from these charts?
The charts show the sales made by ___________and__________ in _____ from the year _____ to _____
physical bookstores
online bookstores
China
2011
2023
More and more people are choosing to buy _____________ .
books online
Activity 2: What’s the meaning of this title according to the pictures?
It means a new start/ beginning/ period / appearance of thebookstore.
Why did such a change happen?
The passage is mainly developed in order of _____.
Paragraph Parts Main idea
Paras ( ) Part 1 The _____________ of the old Rainbow Bookstore
Paras ( ) Part 2 The _____________of the new Rainbow Bookstore
1-4
5-8
situation
birth
time
While-reading
Activity 3: Read for the structure.
Activity 4: Read Part1 (para1~4) and fill in the following blanks.
On hearing the closing of the bookstore, the author felt ___________
On seeing the owner sighing deeply the author felt ___________
Reasons for closing
necessary to the community
Sweet memories
heartbroken
sympathetic
Many young people preferred reading e-books on tablets.
More customers were attracted by chain stores and online discounts.
A legendary fixture in the neighborhood.
--drop in and connect through their love of books.
Chat with Casey.
Casey picked up perfect books for us.
Spent hours reading there.
Be encouraged to share ideas and comments on the books.
How do you understand “ both he and his bookstore were already hidden in a thick mist” in para 4?
◆ The outside is cold and dark , maybe there is a real thick mist .
◆ “Hidden in a thick mist ” means that the bookstore will disappear soon.
◆ The atmosphere shows that the author felt
quite depressed and was in a low mood.
Activity 5: Read Part 2 (para5~8) and fill in the following blanks.
On seeing the bookstore still open, the author felt _________
Clearly, the Rainbow Bookstore was ____________________.
feeling
Who:_________________
What:
Jennifer Oakley
She led a campaign to save the Rainbow Bookstore.
surprised
The inside was ______________ (para.5)
A place for _____________________ to get together
Both Old Casey and the author felt __________ .
pleased
The
“creative” s
Who
what
book readings
stationery and gifts
A big screen
sell organic food
more community events
in good, creative hands
a different world
literature-loving members
Choose the ideas conveyed in the passage.
1.Traditional bookstores can’t compete with large bookstore chains.
2. People’s love of reading never changes.
3. Technology has been a key factor in bringing the Rainbow Bookstore back to life.
4. Creativity plays an important role in the new Rainbow Bookstore.
Change
Post-reading
Activity 6: Deep thinking.
Old Bookstore
New Bookstore
sells books
a place to read
a place to gather
an old brick exterior
people’s love of reading/ books
location/name
Has everything changed? Is there anything still in the bookstore?
What kind of person do you think Jennifer Oakley is?
creative
intelligent
brave
responsible
determined
ambitious
Creativity is the soul of a nation's progress and the unceasing power of a country’s prosperity.
创新是一个民族进步的灵魂,是国家兴旺发达的不竭动力。 ——江泽民
Think & Share
The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business, I was heartbroken. The bookstore was a place 1__________ anyone could drop in and connect through their love of books.
I hurried to the store and had a long chat 2__________ Casey, the store’s elderly owner. 3__________ (sigh) deeply, he told me how it was becoming difficult 4__________ (run) an independent bookstore. Most young people preferred 5__________ (read) e-books on tablets. Childhood memories came back to me so clearly, as if the events 6_____________ (happen) only yesterday.
A few months later, I was 7__________ (surprise) to see that the Rainbow Bookstore was still there and open for business. 8__________ (clear), the Rainbow Bookstore was in good, creative hands.
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 9__________ (creative) has brought my humble bookstore into 10__________ 21st century!”
where
with
Sighing
to run
reading
had happened
surprised
Clearly
creativity
the
Summary
Activity 7: Fill in the blanks.
1. Finish the diagram on your books.
2. Preview the next part on pages 38-39.
Homework
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