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Unit 2
Developing Ideas
How do we experience the daily life?
Pre-reading
_____ Senses
Five
hearing
smell
taste
sight
(vision)
tactile
sense
The chief links with the outer world
Helen Keller
Helen Keller lived a full and complete life.
The first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree
The first woman to receive an honorary degree from Harvard University in June 1955.
An influential writer
She composed roughly 500 essays and speeches during her life.
An educator
Writings
☆The Story of My Life《我生活的故事》
☆Out of the Dark《走出黑暗》
☆The Practice of Optimism《练习乐观》
☆The Song of the Stone Wall《石墙之歌》
☆The Open Door《打开的门》
☆Three Days to See《假如给我三天光明》
How does the writer develop this passage?
While-reading
Why to write
What to see
How to do
Why did Helen write
“Three Days to see”?
Her seeing friend did not see anything in particular.
What did Helen think of his friends’ answer?
She thinks her seeing friend take everything they see for granted.
Why to write
Rhetorical Question (反问)
Key effects:
Engages the audience: invites readers or listeners to think and participate.
Emphasizes a point: highlights an assumption or consequence without stating it directly.
Creates emphasis or persuasion: moves the audience to draw a conclusion themselves.
What did she want for each day?
What emotion of hers did it imply?
Time Activity Emotion
the first day see kind and gentle people,
see the books read to her,
take a walk in the woods love for her friends & families,her hobbies & nature
the second day visit the natural history museum and art museum
see a play or a movie concern for human history and art
the third day greet the dawn
see the busy life of ordinary people care for lives of the world
What to see
self
nature
society
live life to the fullest
How should we do according to Helen?
orchestra/ˈɔːrkɪstrə/ :a large group of people who play various musical instruments
tactile/ˈtæktl/ /ˈtæktaɪl/:the sense of touch
relish /ˈrelɪʃ/:great enjoyment
morsel /ˈmɔːsl/:a very small piece of food
Use all senses to feel the world
Appreciation
What sentence pattern is repeatedly used ?
parallelism
/ˈpærəlelɪzəm/
What is the function of ?
To make it more powerful, rhythmic, engaging and maintain a consistency
Why to write
What to see
How to do
Use all senses to feel the world
His seeing friend not seeing anything in particular
three days to see
people, books, nature
live life to the fullest
Para.1-3
Para.4-7
Para.8
take everything for granted
Summary
use your eyes…
hear the music…
touch each object…
smell the perfume…
taste with relish…
museums, theatre(movies)
new day, business life
Why to write
What to see
How to do
Use all senses to feel the world
His seeing friend not seeing anything in particular
three days to see
people, books, nature
live life to the fullest
Para.1-3
Para.4-7
Para.8
take everything for granted
What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
use your eyes…
hear the music…
touch each object…
smell the perfume…
taste with relish…
?
museums, theatre(movies)
new day, business life
Why to write
What to see
How to do
Use all senses to feel the world
His seeing friend not seeing anything in particular
three days to see
people, books, nature
live life to the fullest
Para.1-3
Para.3-6
Para.7
take everything for granted
What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
use your eyes…
hear the music…
touch each object…
smell the perfume…
taste with relish…
appreciate
cherish
museums, theatre(movies)
new day, business life
Sayings
☆Keep your face to the sun, so you won't see the shadow. 把脸一直向着阳光,这样就不会看到阴影。
☆To live every day as the last day of life.
把活着的每一天看作生命的最后一天。
☆The greatest tragedy in life is not in the past, but in the future. 人生最大的灾难,不在于过去的创伤,而在于把未来放弃。
“darkness”
Post-reading – Share your story of fighting against the darkness.
You can refer to:
* Once I encountered …, I …
* When I met with …, I did …
How did you deal with your “darkness”?
Smart expressions
突然失明失聪
对……欣赏、感激
时常
特别地;尤其
值得关注
譬如
值得过
调查;探究
着手做
be stricken blind and deaf
be appreciative of
now and then
in particular
be worthy of note
say for … (相当于for example)
be worth living
probe into
go about
business
1)[用于名词前]
a worthy cause
a worthy man
2)[用作表语] 值得的
be worthy of sth. / being done
be worthy to be done
worthy adj
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1)[用于名词前] 值得敬重的,有价值的
a worthy cause 崇高的事业
a worthy man 高尚的人
2)[用作表语] 值得的
be worthy of sth. / being done
be worthy to be done
worthy adj
The city is so beautiful that it is worthy of a second visit.
= The city is so beautiful that it is worthy of being visited a second time.
The work is worthy to be mentioned.
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Today I shall spend in the workaday world, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life.
He would always be haunted by that scene in the movie.
That decision came back to haunt him.
This is a haunted house.
The pub is a favourite haunt of artists.
萦绕心头
长期不断纠缠
闹鬼的;鬼出没的
常去的地方
10. close in on ______________________
11. descend on / upon ______________________
12. greet the dawn ______________________
13. apply to ______________________
14. give one hint to ______________________
迎接黎明
适用于
给……一点提示
逼近;围住
降临;突然到达
Smart expressions
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Sentence structures
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.
And I have imagined what I should most like to see if I were given the use of my eyes, say for just three days.
If 从句的谓语形式 主句的谓语形式
与现在事实
相反 did / were should / would /
could / might + do
与过去事实
相反 had + done should / would /
could / might + have done
与将来事实
可能相反 did / were
should + do
were to + do should / would /
could / might + do
虚拟语气在 if 条件句中的用法
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1) 如果我是你,我就抓住这次期末考试的机会。
2) 如果我得到消息,就会告诉你的。
If I were you, I would seize the chance of this final exam.
If I got the information, I would tell you.
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3) 如果你早一点起床,就会赶上火车的。
4) 如果今天晚上下雪的话,我就不出去了。
If you had got up earlier, you could have caught the train.
If it were to snow this evening, I would not go out.
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