Unit1 Looking forwards Understanding Ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第四册

Unit 1　Looking forwards Understanding ideas —Reading comprehension By the end of this period, you will be able to: understand the main idea and the details of the passage; have a better understanding of two famous writers and learn from them; understand the importance of a positive attitude towards life, and think about how to prepare for the future. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV Pre-reading 1. What is your future plan? I plan to become a doctor, because as a doctor, I can try my best to save people’s lives. I plan to become an astronaut, because I want to explore space beyond the earth. I plan to ... Complete the questionnaire and share your answers with the class. SENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRE Now you’ve been at senior high for over a year, I’d like to know your progress and plans for the future. Thank you! Your Form Teacher ➊ How do you feel about your performance over the previous terms? satisfied so-so not satisfied Why? ➋ What goals have you achieved? ➌ What goals have you yet to achieve? ➍ What will you do about the goals you want to achieve？ ➎ How do you plan to achieve these goals? Make Predictions Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. Different jobs people might do in the future. Stories about different people’s future. Various possibilities for future development. Fixed future for everyone. Now read the passage and check your prediction. While-reading Activity 1　Fast-­reading for basic information Ⅰ. What’s the passage mainly about? A．Different jobs people might do in the future. B．Stories about different people’s future. C．Various possibilities for future development. D．Fixed future for everyone. √ Ⅱ. Skim the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 A．Everyone has their way to success. Para.2 B．Doyle was disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories. Para.3 C．Doyle’s main writing ambition. Para.4 D．Hemingway achieved his ambition to become a writer. Para.5 E．Having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. Para.6 F．What we are most concerned about in life. Activity 2　Careful-­reading for details Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercise. For many of us, it’s something we already have experienced. One moment, we are lying comfortably in bed, about to fall into a deep sleep. The next, our eyes are open and we find ourselves wondering or even worrying about possibly the most important issue of our lives – the future. Will we get into the school of our choice? What will we be doing in ten years’ time? Can we become the person we really want to be? In the face of such questions, how should we approach the future? Can we take action to shape it, or should we just accept whatever comes our way? 1.What does it in the first sentence refer to? Find the sentences in para.1. 2.What does the word “it” mean in the sentence “Can we take action to shape it”? A．Approaching the future. B．Taking action. C．The school we choose. D．The future. √ 3. Why does the author ask any questions in the first paragraph? A．To introduce the topic. B．To seek a certain answer. C．To turn to readers for help. D．To entertain readers. √ 1．What can we learn from the second paragraph? A．As long as we have plans, we must have a great future. B．Even if we have plans, there’s no guarantee of our future. C．Our future is determined by luck. D．All successful writers have the same ambition. 2. What is the relationship between one’s plans and the future? 3. What does the author want to show by citing the example of two famous writers? Ⅱ.Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises. As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. In this respect, some people are more fortunate than others, as can be illustrated by comparing the lives of two famous authors, born 40 years apart. Although they shared the same ambitious and energetic approach to life, their careers unfolded in contrasting ways. √ plans future Let’s read the following paragraphs to learn about their stories. Ⅲ. Read Para. 3 carefully and do the following exercises. 1. Fill in the blanks and retell the profile(简介) of Ernest Hemingway. Date of Birth：(1)_________ Nationality：(2)___________ Ambition :(3)_____________ Experiences and achievements: joined a local newspaper as(4)_________________ became (5)__________________ for the Toronto Star wrote novels and short stories based on (6)_____________________ The Old Man and the Sea, about (7) ___________________________ ___________________won the Pulitzer Prize. won the Nobel Prize in (8) __________. 1899 America writer a trainee reporter foreign correspondent his personal experiences the struggle between an elderly Literature fisherman and the fish 实习记者 驻外记者 2. Decide whether the following statements about Hemingway are T(True) or F(False)． (1)On leaving high school，Hemingway became foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star. (　 　) (2)His novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Nobel Prize in Literature. (　 　) (3)He is 40 years junior to Doyle. (　 　) (4)He was interested in writing from childhood. (　 　) (5)He was once a fisherman and caught a big fish. (　 　) F F T T F 1. Fill in the blanks about the profile(简介) of Arthur Conan Doyle. He was born in Scotland in 1859. His first work as _______, but ____________________ _____________________________________. He created ___________________ Sherlock Holmes. He had wanted to be remembered for ____________ ________________________________, but _________ _________________________________. couldn’t get enough of Sherlock Holmes a doctor Doyle’s main ambition was to become a writer of historical novels the fictional detective his historical novels amongst other academic works the public Ⅳ. Read Paras.4 and 5 carefully and do the following exercises. Background information Sherlock Holmes The fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in the story, A Study in Scarlet, which was published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. So popular was Holmes with readers that after the character’s death in The Final Problem, his creator Conan Doyle was forced to bring him back to life in The Adventure of the Empty House. 2．Which of the following is TRUE about Arthur Conan Doyle? A．He was best known for his historical novels. B．He was born in Scotland in 1895. C．He began to write his detective novels when he worked as a doctor. D．He had an ambition to become a writer of detective novels. √ 3．Why did Doyle kill off his famous detective in his novel? A．To bring in a new character. B．To satisfy the readers. C．To focus on his historical novels. D．To make more money. 4．What can we learn from the story of Doyle? A．Practice makes perfect. B．Rome was not built in a day. C．Where there is a will, there is a way. D．The future may not turn out exactly as we planned. √ √ So, whatever difficulty you might meet with, follow the examples of these two authors and make preparations for the unexpected. So, whatever twists and turns you might encounter, take a leaf out of the books of these two authors and be prepared for the unexpected. 2.What rhetorical device(修辞手法) does the author use in this sentence? A．Personification(拟人)． B．Metaphor(隐喻)． C．Hyperbole(夸张)． D．Parallelism(排比)． follow the example of √ 1. Paraphrase: Try to explain the sentence in your own words. Ⅴ.Read Para.6 carefully and do the following exercises. 你无法预见性地将生命中的点滴串联起来，只有在回头看时，你才会发现这些点滴之间的联系。所以你要坚信，你现在所经历的，将在你未来的生命中串联起来。 You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 3. Translate Steve Jobs’ words into Chinese. 4．What’s your understanding of his words? What we went through in the past can be connected with our future. Similarities They both _______________________. They shared __________________________________________. were ultimately successful the same ambitious and energetic approach to life 1．Please summarize the similarities between Hemingway and Doyle. Ⅵ.Read the whole passage again and do the following exercises. 2. What’s the structure of the passage? =para 2 4 1 5 2 4 3 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 3 4 5 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 A. B. C. D. √ Introduction Main body Conclusion Two examples The Author’s opinion 3．What type of text is this passage? A．Narration. B．Exposition. C．Argumentation. D．A news report. 4．What’s the purpose of the passage? A．To prove that future doesn’t necessarily turn out as planned. B．To call on readers to read their books. C．To compare the differences between the two authors. D．To tell readers to prepare for future whatever happens. √ √ Post-reading Activity 1　Discussion 1.What can you learn about facing the future from the two authors? (Critical thinking) On the way to success, we should get prepared for the unexpected and something may not turn out as planned. 2．What will you do to prepare yourself for the future? (Creative thinking) I will keep up a good state of mind and get prepared for the unexpected because I know everything can’t turn out as expected. Empower ourselves and embrace a fruitful future! Handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear. Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Make your future bright! Dream it possible! Reflection Activity 2　Summary As is known to all, what we have planned does not necessarily agree with 1.____ we will become.Let’s take two famous authors Ernest Hemingway and Arthur Conan Doyle for example.Although they shared 2.___ same ambitious and energetic approach to life, their careers unfolded in contrasting 3.____(way)． Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway had the ambition 4.________(write) from early boyhood.On leaving high school, he first worked as a trainee reporter in a local newspaper, and then became a foreign correspondent.He wrote many novels and short stories 5._____(base) on his personal experiences, among 6._____ The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953. what the ways to write based which Born in Scotland in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle had 7.__________(original) worked as a doctor.But his main ambition was to become a writer of 8.__________(history) novels.Although some of his historical novels were published, their success was nothing compared to the stories of his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, which he is still 9.____ (well) known for to this day. Both of them were ultimately successful, but their paths to 10._______(succeed) were very different, their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned. originally historical best success Sentences analysis 1．As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. [句式分析]　此句是____句。句中as引导____从句, 修饰整个主句；having plans in place for the future是动名词短语作____；that引导______从句, 对名词guarantee的内容进行解释说明。 [自主翻译]　 复合 定语 主语 同位语 正如我们许多人都知道的那样, 对未来有计划并不能保证它们都会成为现实。 2．Although some of his historical novels were published, their success was nothing compared to the stories of his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, which he is still best known for to this day. [句式分析]　此句是____句。句中Although引导________从句；compared to the stories of his fictional detective是过去分词短语作____；Sherlock Holmes作______________________的同位语；which引导非限制性定语从句, 修饰先行词the stories of his...Sherlock Holmes。 [自主翻译]　 复合 让步状语 状语 his fictional detective 虽然他出版过一些历史小说, 但与他虚构出来的侦探 夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事相比, 所取得的成功不可同日而语。直到现在, 道尔最广为人知的作品仍是夏洛克·福尔摩斯的故事。 3．Though both of these men were ultimately successful, their paths to success were very different, their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned. [句式分析]　此句是____句。句子主句为:______。句中Though引导________从句；their futures not necessarily turning out exactly as they planned是________结构, 其中as引导________从句。 [自主翻译]　 复合 让步状语 独立主格 方式状语 虽然这两位作家最终都获得了成功, 但他们的成功之路却截然不同, 他们的未来也不一定完全如他们当初所计划的那样。 Homework Review what we have learnt and preview language points. Dream It Possible Delacey Dream It Possible, track 1, disc 0 Blues 204080.67 $$