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Developing Ideas of Unit1 Book2
Unit 1 Growing up
词汇
Developing ideas包含两部分:第一部分是节选自法国作家安东尼·德·圣-埃克苏佩里(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)的《小王子》。《小王子》是一部充满诗意而又温馨的童话,被翻译成100多种语言,畅销世界。故事从儿童的视角出发,通过“蛇吞象”的两幅绘画作品,表明儿童对世界的理解与成年人对世界的理解有很大的差异,将儿童的本真与成年人的功利心进行了对比。作者通过小王子的游历事识了成人世界的荒唐和虚伪,情节别致而折,行文富于诗情和哲理,字里行间蕴含着作者对于爱生等重大命题的深刻体会与感悟,让人读后回味无穷。
第二部分 Writing a book review是一篇关于《小王子》的书评。首先破题,引起读者兴趣;然后引题,写出书的核心内容,把书的主要内容概括出来;最后是亮点解读,按照主线介绍每一个部分的特点、亮点。
Activity 1
Read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and answer the questions.
1.What experience made the author write The Little Prince?
2.What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupéry was?
1. The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935.
Activity 3: Fast reading.
(1)Ask students to read the passage and check their prediction.
(2)Match the paragraphs with the main ideas.
Paras.1~3:
Paras.4~7:
Para. 8:
Paras.9~12:
A. He again showed people his picture and had to switch other popular topics.
B. The little prince told something about his picture.
C. The grown-ups' response to his pictures.
D. He learnt to be a pilot.
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.A
Activity 4: Careful reading: Answer the question
1.What inspired the little prince to draw the pictures
A. His personal experience in forest.
B. A book he read at his early age.
C. The stories told by a passer-by.
D. The magnificent imagination of him
2 What did people think of his pictures?
A. Wonderful.
B. Frightening.
C.Ugly.
D. Common.
1.B
2.D
3.Why didn't the little prince choose to be a painter?
A. Because his pictures couldn't be understood by others.
B. Because he thought geography was useful.
C. Because he wanted to know more people by his career.
D. Because he was good at flying.
4.What did the little prince do at last?
A.He continued to explain his pictures to others. B. He only explained his pictures to the people with clear-sighted.
C. He gave up talking about his pictures to other
topics.
D. He developed his interest in other popular topics.
3. A
4.C
Activity 5: Language points :Master the words and phrases:
1.digest 2.tiresome 3. consequence 4. intimately
5.evidence 6.memorable 7.conclusion 8.lay aside
9. devote oneself to 10.at a glance
11. be obsessed with 12.succeed in doing sth
13.be frightened by 14.whether...or
15.give up 16.distinguish from....
17.get lost in 18. have an encounter with
19.close at hand 20. care about
21.fall in love with 22.be touched by
23. take responsibility for
Think about it:at what age you are allowed to do the following things in China?
Get a credit card.
Get a driver's licence.
Get a full-time job.
Get the right to vote.
Get a bank loan.
Get an apartment.
coming-of-age ceremony
Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
1 What is a coming-of-age ceremony? How do people celebrate in the video?
2 Which celebration makes the greatest impression on you? Why?
What is a coming-of-age ceremony?
How do people celebrate in the video?
A coming-of-age ceremony is an ________ that marks the time when a young person moves from __________ to ___________.
成人礼
event
childhood
adulthood
What is a coming-of-age ceremony?
How do people celebrate in the video?
On the South Pacific island of Pentecost, a ceremony of land diving takes place only for boys.
In the US, a particularly modern celebration takes place for a girl or a boy at the age of 16.
land-diving ceremony
a 16 party
South Pacific
i
America
02
Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and finish the exercise
1.What is genre (体裁)of this passage?
A.column B.novel C.diary
In most countries, turning 18 marks the start of adulthood. But what does reaching this milestone, the age of majorily, really mean?Will you be completely in charge of your own life and able to express yourself in new and exciting ways? What new responsibilities will this freedom bring? Here, three young people tell us what turning 18 means, or meant, to them.
2.What's Bethany’s mother's attitude towards her driving?
A. happy
B.worried
C.approval
3.How does Lin Ning feel when he turns 18 really?
A.Instantly different.
B.Almost as usual.
C.Free and excited.
I expected to feel instantly different, as if I had closed the door on my childhood and stepped into a whole new adult world. But it wasn't like that. When I woke up the next day, there were still rules to obey and lessons to attend. In fact, the change has been more subrle and gradual than I imagined.
My librarian's salary means that I'll be living at home with my parents for a while longer. Because I contribute to the household bills and my commute to work is quite expensive, I find it hard to save any money.
4.Why does Morgan want to live with his parents?
A. Because his income is too small.
B. Because his parents need looking after.
C. Because he wants to get a new job.
03
Intensive reading
Read the passage carefully and finish Step3 on your learning paper.
1.Choose another suitable title for the passage .
A.Eighteen – the Age of Indecision
B.Teenagers’ Hopes for the Future
C.The Right to Vote – Your Views
D.Turning Eighteen – What Does It Mean?
Learning to learn
Possible functions of a title:
predicting the main idea,
showing key information,
reflecting the author’s attitude,
catching readers’ interest.
How to choose a title : a good title should be concise while summarising the main idea, determine the target readers of an article and attract their attention and interest.
2.Complete the table on Page5
I think it's strange that I can now take1.______________________,yet I still can't vote -I don't think that's fair, given that I‘m old enough to 2.________________ and3.__________
I should have a say on how the government 4._______________I'm mature enough to understand that driving a car also means5._________________________my life and the lives of other people.
driving lessons
earn a wage
pay taxes
spends taxes
taking responsibility for
At 18, I can do things like getting a credit card.More importantly, I can act on my desire to help others, for example by6.______________ ___________________agreement.But although a lot of doors have opened for me, there are still7._______________ and lessons to attend.
signing an
organ donation
rules to obey
I thought that once I was 18 and in a full-time job I'd be able to move into a 8.____
______________but my salary is not high enough. I also find it hard to save money because of9.______________________and high commuting costs.
apartment
rented
the household bills
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