Unit 2 Onwards and upwards Starting out 课件-2025-2026学年外研版高中英语选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Onwards and upwards Onward means moving forward or continuing a journey. Upward means pointing towards or facing a higher place. 1 Activity 1 Who are they? Their achievements? What made them successful? Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government’s system of racial separation. In 1993, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Who are they? Their achievements? What made them successful? Nelson Mandela Stephen Hawking Xu Beihong He was one of the world’s leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. He was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China. what made them successful? ambition, perseverance, diligence, willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent, kindness, hard work. Listen and read the poem, and answer … 1. What is the key message of the poem? 2. What life’s difficulties are mentioned? 3. What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”? ———————— First, let’s translate … When things go wrong as they sometimes will, 当事情如命中注定般变坏时， When road you're trudging seems all uphill, 当前路峻峭难以前行时， When the funds are low and the debts are high, 当你一粟的存款却面对沧海之债时， And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, 你本想苦笑，却也只得长叹， When care is pressing you down a bit, 当愁思使你窒息时， Rest is you must, but don't you quit. 请在必要时稍作停顿，但别轻易放弃。 Life is queer with its twists and turns, 生活是一条奇怪的，不停起伏着的折线， As every one of us sometimes learns, 当我们之中的某人在某事寻得顿悟， And many a failure turns about, 便是许多失败被推翻之时， When he might have won had he stuk it out; 如果他已然坚持下来了，那么他将有触及胜利的可能性； Don't give up though the pace seem slow- 尽管步履似乎沉重缓慢，但也不要轻易放弃— You may succeed with another blow. 你或能在另一场风暴中飞升成功之列。 Success is failure turned inside out- 成功是失败的另一面—— The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, 成功是撕裂层层疑云的那一线银光， And you never can tell just how close you are, 你永远不可言说失之交臂的苦痛， It may be near when it seems so far; 当它看起来处于最遥远的无法企及的距离时，便可能是它唾手可得之时； So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit- 所以你越是伤痕累累时，越是要去坚定搏斗—— It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. 这便是当事情似乎已然是最糟糕时，你绝不能放弃的缘由。 Poem appreciation Q1:What similarities can you find among these words? Rhyming words Q2:What figures of speech (rhetorical devices) are used to emphasise life’s difficulties? a. Parallelism Activity 2 to make the lines easier to memorise, more powerful, and more pleasant to hear. to emphasise similarities to make the lines more powerful to read to enhance the emotion 8 Poem appreciation Activity 2 b. Image 意象 意象（Image） 指的是通过具体的事物、场景或画面，来寄托作者的情感、思想或抽象含义的艺术形象。 ---它的核心特点是： - 以“具象”承载“抽象” 比如用“落叶”象征离别或时光流逝， 用“明月”寄托思念。 让抽象的情感（如孤独、喜悦）通过可感的画面变得具体可触。 简单来说，意象就像“情感的载体”，通过具体的事物让读者感受到背后隐藏的深层含义。 Let’s continue to answer the 3 questions: 1. What is the key message of the poem? 2. What life’s difficulties are mentioned? 3. What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”? ———————— Don’t quit whatever difficulties you may encounter in life. 2. Which life’s difficulties are mentioned? Things sometimes go wrong. The road seems all uphill. The funds are low. The debts are high. Care presses you down. Life is full of twists and turns. Failure turns about. The pace seems slow. Another blow is on the road. 3.What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”? Within each failure are lessons that must be learnt in order to succeed. On the road to success, you have to experience failure first. In other words, “failure is the mother of success”. Poem appreciation Activity 2 13 Conclusion How can we appreciate poems well? We appreciate poems through analysing ___________. Figure of speech (expressing more vividly) Image (expressing deep meanings) Theme (pointing out the topic) Rhyme (making the lines more powerful) Appreciation of Poems Lavf56.40.101 Tencent APD MTS Lavf58.20.100 $