Unit 4 What is life Extended reading 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版(2020)选修第三册

高中英语译林版(2020)选修第三册课件 Unit 4 What is life? Extended reading Page 53-54 Three Days to See 制作者：桂东一中　李宇平 ◆ 内容分析 【What】本板块的语篇节选并改编自美国现代作家、教育家海伦 • 凯勒的名作《假如给我三天光明》。作者首先概述了自己对于人生态度的理解，并强调了感官对于一个人的重要性，以及普通人没能充分利用感官的事实；接着描述了自己对美丽的大自然的想象，并说明如果自己能够拥有三天的时间看到世界，将会去做哪些事情；最后鼓励人们珍惜并充分利用自然赋予的感官，善待生活。 【Why】本板块通过文学名著语篇的学习，旨在了解海伦 • 凯勒如何不屈服于命运，坚持在黑暗中寻找光明，在不幸中播种希望的故事，以此激励我们树立正确的人生观，珍惜当下、感恩生活。 【How】本文的语篇类型为议论文，语篇结构清晰，观点鲜明，情真意切，引人入胜。作者采用第一人称，首先运用虚拟语气和对比修辞介绍了自己和普通人相比在人生态度上的不同，并使用过渡句引出了感官对人的生活起到的巨大作用；然后通过对比、排比、反问、暗喻等多种修辞手法展开叙述，以友人为例说明了一个身体健全之人未能充分利用感官去感受世界的事实；最后以拥有三天视力为线索，展开丰富的想象，进行细腻的描写，抒发饱满的情感。文中大量虚拟语气的使用帮助读者身临其境，激起共鸣，引导读者学习海伦 • 凯勒乐观向上的精神，珍惜光明带来的幸福。 ◆ 教学目标 By the end of this section, we will be able to: 1. write a summary of the adapted excerpt; 2. grasp the writing techniques of the adapted excerpt; 3. appreciate the good qualities of Helen Keller; 4. understand the importance of senses . Three Days to See (Excerpt) 假如给我三天光明 Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. 有时我曾想，如果把每一天都当作第二天就要离世一样度过，这会是一种极好的生存方式。这样的态度会鲜明地强调生命的价值。 rule  /ruːl/ 建议,应做之事;习惯,常规,惯常的做法 live享受充实而令人兴奋的生活 sharp·ly鲜明地,明显地;急剧地,突然大幅度地; We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches out before us in an endless vista. 我们应该温和地、充满活力地、热情地欣赏着度过每一天，而当我们面对无限延伸的时间长河时，这些品质往往就被冲淡了。 gentleness/ˈdʒent(ə)lnəs/温顺；亲切；高贵；彬彬有礼 end·less /ˈendləs/ 无止境的,无垠的,无穷无尽的,不计其数的;永久的,不断的,无休止的 vista /ˈvɪstə/(未来可能发生的)一系列情景,一连串事情;景色,景观 The listlessness, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Those who have never suffered the loss of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of these faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. 无精打采恐怕是我们运用所有能力和感官时的特点。那些从未丧失过视力或听力的人很少能充分利用这些能力。他们的眼睛和耳朵模糊地接受着所有的景象和声音，并不专注，也几乎不去欣赏。 char·ac·ter·ize /ˈkærəktəraɪz/ 是…的特征,以…为典型;使…具有特点(或最引人注目的特征);描述,刻画,表现(…的特征、特点) I have often thought it would be a good thing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. 我常想，如果每个人在成年早期的某个时候都有几天突然失明和失聪，那将是一件好事。黑暗会使他更加珍惜光明，寂静将教会他声音的乐趣。 stricken (with/by sth)/ˈstrɪkən/ 受煎熬的,患病的,遭受挫折的 ap·pre·cia·tive (of sth) /əˈpriːʃətɪv/ 感激的,感谢的;欣赏的,赏识的 Recently I was visited by a good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. 最近，我的一位挚友来看我，她刚从林中散步良久归来，我便问她观察到了什么。“没什么特别的，”她回答。我心想，在林中漫步了一个小时，却没发现任何值得注意的东西，这怎么可能呢？我这样一个看不见的人，仅仅通过触摸，就能找到几百样让我感兴趣的东西。 in particular特殊的,专门的,具体的;尤其,特别,格外 I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf and I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter’s sleep. Something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me and the changing seasons are a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my fingertips.我感觉得到一片叶子精巧的对称，我满怀希望地触摸树枝以寻找一株嫩芽，那是大自然冬眠后苏醒的第一个迹象。自然的某种奇迹展现在我面前，季节的更迭亦是一场动人心弦、永不落幕的戏剧，它的表演在我的指尖流淌。 bud  /bʌd/ 芽；苞；花蕾 awaken·ing  adj.觉醒中的,正在产生的 n.醒悟；觉醒 un·end·ing  /ʌnˈendɪŋ/ 无尽的；源源不断的；不竭的 whose action At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight? Perhaps I can best illustrate by imagining what I should most like to see if I had three days of sight. What would I most want to let my gaze rest upon? 有时我的心因渴望看到这一切而哭泣。如果我仅凭触摸便能获得如此多的快乐，那么凭借视觉又将有多少美好得以展现啊？为了最好地阐明这一点，或许我可以想象一下，如果我有三天的光明，最想看到的是什么。我最想凝视的是什么呢？ rest on/upon sb/sth凝视,凝望;依靠,依赖;以…为基础 On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness, gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher, who opened the outer world to me and accomplished the difficult task of my education with sympathetic tenderness and patience.第一天，我想看看一些人，他们的善良、温柔和陪伴使我的生活值得一过。首先，我想长久地凝视我亲爱的老师的面庞，她为我打开了外面的世界，并怀着同情的温柔和耐心完成了教育我的艰巨任务。 sym·pa·thet·ic /ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ 同情的,有同情心的,表示同情的;让人喜欢的,招人喜爱的;赞同的,支持的 I should look long into the faces of all my dear friends, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidence of the beauty that is within them. I should take a long walk in the woods and rest my eyes on the beauties of Nature. When darkness had fallen, I should experience the double delight of being able to see by artificial light, which man has created to extend the power of his sight.我要长久地注视我所有亲爱的朋友们的脸庞，将他们内在美的外部迹象铭记于心。我要在树林里远足，让我的眼睛陶醉在大自然的美景中。当夜幕降临，我将体验到通过人造光看到事物的双重喜悦，这光是人类为了扩大视野而创造出来的。 I should devote the second day to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and present, and probe into the soul of man through his art. My first destination would be the American Museum of Natural History, where the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants is displayed. 我要用第二天的时间匆匆一瞥世界的过去和现在，并通过艺术探索人类的灵魂。我的第一个目的地将是美国自然历史博物馆，那里展示着地球及其居民的简史。 probe (into sth)  /prəʊb/ 盘问,追问,探究,=investigate My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the spirit of Egypt, Greece and Rome, as expressed in their art, is unfolded before me. I should spend the evening at a theatre or at the movies. How I should like to see with my own eyes the fascinating figure of Hamlet, or the hearty Falstaff! 我的下一站将是大都会艺术博物馆，在那里，埃及、希腊和罗马的精神在它们各自的艺术中表现出来，展现在我面前。我要在剧院或电影院中度过这个夜晚。我多么想亲眼看看哈姆雷特的迷人风采，或是精力充沛的福斯塔夫！ met·ro·pol·itan /ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən/ 大城市的,大都会的 Hamlet /ˈhæmlət/哈姆雷特(莎士比亚的悲剧《哈姆雷特》中的人物) Falstaff /ˈfɔːlstɑːf/福斯塔夫(莎士比亚的历史剧《亨利四世》中的人物) The third and last day would be spent in the workday world of the present, so New York City, with so many activities and conditions of men, becomes my destination. I start from my home in a quiet little suburb, and drive across the East River. I look ahead, and before me rise the fantastic towers of New York. I hurry to the top of the Empire State Building, anxious to see with my own eyes the city below me. 第三天，也是最后一天，我将在当下的工作世界中度过，因此，有着如此多人类活动和状况的纽约成为我的目的地。我的家位于一片小而宁静的郊区，我将从家中出发，驱车穿过伊斯特河。我向前眺望，耸立在我眼前的是纽约那些不可思议的高楼大厦。我匆匆赶到帝国大厦顶端，急切地想亲眼看看我脚下的这座城市。 Then I make a tour of the city. Always my eyes are wide open to all the sights of both happiness and suffering so that I may probe deep and add to my understanding of how people work and live. In the evening I should run away to the theatre, to a genuinely funny play, so that I might appreciate the overtones of comedy in the human spirit. 然后我会周游整座城市。我总是睁大眼睛看清所有幸福和痛苦的景象，这样我就可以深入探索，加深对人们如何工作和生活的理解。晚上，我会跑去剧院，看一场真正有趣的戏，如此我便能品鉴人类精神中的喜剧意味。 sight看见（或看得见）的事物；景象；情景 add to sth.使(数量)增加；使(规模)扩大 With this short outline of how I should spend three days of sight, I can give one hint to those who see: use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to other senses. Make the most of every sense; glory in all the pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact provided by Nature. 通过这篇关于我会如何度过拥有光明的三天的简述，我能够给那些看得见的人们一个提醒：像明天你会突然失明那样去使用你的眼睛。同样的方法也适用于其他感官。充分利用每一种感官。世界通过大自然赋予你的种种接触方式给你带来了一切的乐与美，你要为之欣喜。 glory in sth因某事而喜悦；为某事而欣喜 A.Write a summary of the adapted excerpt. Use the following questions to help you. • How do people use their senses? • What would Helen Keller most want to see if she had three days of sight? • What advice does Helen Keller give to people with good senses? Helen Keller believes that we must live each day as if we should die tomorrow. She feels people do not make full use of their eyes and ears to appreciate what they see or hear. Keller imagines what she would like to see if she had three days of sight. On her first day, she wants to see the people who have been kind and gentle to her and who have given her company. She also wants to see the beauties of nature, and the artificial light invented to light up the darkness. company陪伴；做伴 She would spend her second day visiting museums and also spend the evening at a theatre or at the movies. On the third day, Keller wants to make a tour of New York City, starting from her own home, and ending her day with a funny play at the theatre. Keller advises people to use their eyes as if tomorrow they would become blind.She also states that people must use their other senses in the same way and appreciate the pleasure and beauty which the world offers. B.Helen Keller thinks that darkness would make us more appreciative of sight and that silence would teach us the joys of sound. How do you understand this? Helen Keller hopes people can use their senses to feel and appreciate the beauty in the world. As humans with good sight and hearing, we may often neglect these abilities, or take them for granted. Keller believes that if our sight and hearing were taken away from us for some time, we would appreciate the ability to see and hear much more. Keller’s words are to encourage the reader to make the most of their senses that allow them to see and hear the beauty of the world. C.If you had your sight for only three days, what would you most want to see? On the first day, I would like to see my family and friends and spend time with them doing some fun activities. I want to remember their happy smiling faces and keep the memory of the wonderful time we spend together forever in my mind.I would spend the second day around my home, looking at every part of it, and maybe help my parents with some household chores. I would then tour my city to know about the place I am living in. On the third day, I should like to relax in a lovely and peaceful nature park with animals and birds, reading a book, or looking at the blue sky and enjoying the beauty of nature around me. tour在…旅游；在…巡回演出（或做宣传广告等） B.Reading and writing Page 75 B1.There are many happy moments in one’s life. Read the article below about a student’s expectations of future happiness and complete it with the correct sentences in the box. There are two sentences you do NOT need to use. Write the letters in the blanks. a. I might be able to ride a flying bike to quickly meet up with my friends. b. I will become more knowledgeable about the world and myself. 博学的；有见识的；知识渊博的 c. When I think about the future, I realize my happiest days are still ahead of me. d. For these reasons, I look forward to the future as the happiest moment in my life. e. With less work-related stress, I will also have more time and energy to do volunteer projects. f. The working day will be only four hours long thanks to robots. g. Technological advances will guarantee that I will be in good health and find true happiness. My future happiness When I imagine my future, I see myself as an adult who is confident in my abilities,doing a job I love and living my life responsibly. When I grow up, I will be enjoying more convenience brought by the advances in technology, with more time to pursue hobbies and enjoy the company of family and friends. (1)_______________________________ _________________________________________________ I will feel the happiest in the future because I will learn more about life and develop into the best person I can be. d. For these reasons, I look forward to the future as the happiest moment in my life. (2) _______________________________________________ __________ I will also handle more responsibilities and solve problems in a more thoughtful and level-headed manner. Thanks to new technology, my future life is sure to improve in various ways. Homes will become smarter to the extent that they might be programmed to learn about our needs and monitor our health and activity. thoughtful 缜密思考过的；深思熟虑的 level-headed冷静明智的,头脑清醒的,(在困境中)能作出正确决策的 programme训练；培养;预调；预设 b. I will become more knowledgeable about the world and myself. I can imagine hearing an AI voice remind me to buy groceries or do more exercise! There will also be enormous advancements in transport options. I will be riding in a self-driving car, and other new means of transport may be developed in the future. (3) __________________________ _______________________________________ These advances in technology are certain to make my future life more comfortable and convenient. ad·vance·ment /ədˈvɑːnsmənt/ 促进,推动,发展,前进;(工作、社会等级等的)提升,晋升; a. I might be able to ride a flying bike to quickly meet up with my friends. My development into a mature adult and access to advanced technology will provide me with more free-time opportunities. (4) ___________________________________ _____________________ Working less time means I can do what I most enjoy, such as spending time with family and friends,engaging in fun activities and learning new skills. (5) ______________________________________________ ___________________________ Thinking this way gives me the motivation to work hard now so that I can have a successful, fulfilling and enjoyable future life. f. The working day will be only four hours long thanks to robots. c. When I think about the future, I realize my happiest days are still ahead of me. B2.Write an article about the happiest moment in your life. It can be a phase of your life, such as childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age, or a specific event in your life. The happiest moment in my life that comes to mind is the day when I was awarded the first prize in a teenage kite-flying competition. I was thirteen years old then and had been flying kites with my grandfather since I was five. I had a lot of wonderful memories of learning how to fly a kite with him on sunny windy days in the park. I still clearly remember that kite-flying competition. It was extra special because I could show my grandfather that I had learnt his lessons well. I was very nervous because there were many competitors, and I was the youngest contestant. Most kites looked beautiful,with some shaped like animals. The most eye-catching one was a long-tailed red dragon.My kite was a simple colourful diamond-shaped one, but it was special because I had made it myself under the guidance of my grandfather, who was an expert at making champion kites. As the competition went on, competitors slowly dropped out, until it was just my diamond-shaped kite and the red dragon. There was a time when I almost lost my kite in a tree, but luckily it had a narrow escape. After a battle of wits, the red dragon finally died and fell to the ground. I had won! I could not believe it, but my grandfather did—he knew he had taught me well. Winning the kite-flying competition is the happiest moment in my life. It always reminds me how hard work and dedication can lead to success. $