Unit1 Growing Up Developing ideas 课件-2025-2026学年高二英语外研版选择性必修第二册

Lead-in Which novel is this video about? Have you ever read the novel The Little Prince? What do you know about it? Few stories are as widely read by children and adults as The Little Prince. It is the second best selling book in the world (ranked behind Bible). It has been published for 100 million copies in 190 languages. Lead in A hat? What do you see? Look at the picture and guess what it is. A hill? Leading in Leading in Can they be connected? What do you think the story is about? Activity 2 Enjoy a video to check your prediction. A boa constrictor is an animal. A is digesting an The of the boa constrictor boa constrictor elephant swallowing inside Check your prediction 🎯 Learning Objectives 在本节课结束时，你将能够： ✅ 了解作者Antoine de Saint-Exupéry的生平 ✅ 运用预测、略读、寻读等阅读策略 ✅ 理解“帽子”与“蛇吞象”的象征意义 ✅ 分析作者对成年人的态度 ✅ 表达自己的想象与观点 About the author Name Nationality Identity Interest Masterpiece What experience made him write The Little Prince? What kind of person do you think he was? a writer and pilot flying and writing France The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery Read the introduction to the author and fill in the chart. Probably his plane crash in the desert in 1935. adventurous brave talented in writing 1.be obsessed with = love/be crazy about 2.wander around =walk 3.leave on a wartime mission 去执行战时任务 imaginative Read the passage and divide it into several parts. Part1 Part2 Part3 Activity 3 While-reading Part4 How the author got along with the grown­ups. The author chose another profession — a pilot. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 How the grown-ups responded to the author’s two drawings. Para. 5 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8 Para. 9 Para. 10 Para. 11 Para. 12 Part 4 What a picture is about. Match the main idea of each part. Activity 3 Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing. Task1: Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram. Para. 1 A picture of a boa constrictor in the act of ___________________. swallowing an animal The first picture But they answered: “Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?” My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Task1: Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram. Para. 5 & 6 author: a picture of __________________________________. grown-ups: ___________. a boa constrictor digesting an elephant My first drawing a hat But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this: The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Task1: Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram. Para. 6 & 7 author: the inside of _________________. grown-ups: lay aside _________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________. my drawings of boa My second drawing the boa constrictor constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside Task1. Read the passage(Para7) quickly and find out the information and fill in the diagram. Q2: How did the adults respond after seeing the writer’s two paintings? A. Admire his gift for good painting. B. Feel frightened by his paintings. C. Consider his paintings valuable. D. Advise him to give up paintings. (　　)2.What does the writer think of the grown-ups at first? A.They can’t understand children at all. B.They are often fed up with（对 .....感到厌烦） children. C.They are more knowledgeable than children. D.They have more imagination than children. √ 15 Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.(Para. 7) Read to answer the question: I learned to pilot airplanes and found geography useful to me. Para. 8 So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable. 1. What kind of profession did the author choose? 17 Read to answer the question: I tried the experiment of showing the drawing to find out, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a hat.” Para. 10 & 11 Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a hat.” 2. Why did the author try showing other people his drawing again? What were the results? 18 Read to answer the question: The grown-ups would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. Para. 12 Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. 3. Why did the author choose to talk about other topics with the grown-ups? 19 (　　)3.What does the writer think the adults show interest in? A.His paintings. B.The leisure[ˈleʒə(r)]休闲的 activities and casual[ˈkæʒuəl]休闲的 topics. C.The ancient forests. D.His knowledge of stars. √ (　　)4.What does the writer think a child’s most valuable trait[treɪt] 特征 is? A.Imagination. B.Honesty. C.Generosity. D.Knowledge. √ Task 3: Choose the author’s attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice. 1. Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future. 2. Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence. 3. Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves. The clues of the story I saw a ___________ picture in a book. I made My _______ Number One. But grown-ups mistook it as a ____. So, I made My Drawing Number ___. But grown-ups advise me to_________ my drawings to _________ other subjects. The drawing experience made me choose another __________and learned ____________. But in the course of this life, I still show ____________________________to people I met. If the answer is “That is a ____”. I would ______ myself ______to his level. Para.1-2 Para.3-5 Para.6-7 Para.8 Para.9-10 Para.11-12 magnificent hat Two lay aside pilot airplanes profession My Drawing Number One down bring hat Drawing devote to When I was six years old, after having read the book 1.________ (call) True Stories from Nature and pondered 2.________ (deep), I 3.________ (success) in making my first drawing, which was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But to my 4._____________ (disappoint), when 5._______(show) to the grown­-ups, the drawing was misunderstood. They all thought it was a picture of a hat. In order to help them see it clearly, I drew the inside of the boa constrictor. But they advised me 6._______ (lay) aside my drawings of boa constrictors and devote 7.______ (me) instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Fill in the blanks and retell the passage. called deeply succeeded disappointment showed to lay myself I had to give 8.________ my early dream and learned to pilot airplanes. In the course of my life, I have had many 9.____________ (encounter) with people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. The result was 10.________ no one was a person of true understanding. Then I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. Fill in the blanks and retell the passage. up encounters that Language points V 27 Boa constrictors _________ their prey whole, _______________ it. After that they are not able to move, and they _____________ the six months that they need for _____________. swallow, chew 及 digestion 均与饮食有关，分别意为“吞咽”“咀嚼”与“消化”。 sleep through 意为 to sleep for a long time without waking up。 Important sentences (P10) swallow without chewing sleep through digestion Paraphrase: Boa constrictors let the entire animal they have hunted go down their throats without biting it into smaller pieces. Afterwards, they can’t move because their stomachs are filled up, and they have to sleep for six months to change the food into substances their bodies can use. The baby slept peacefully through the night. 整个晚上宝宝都睡得很安稳。 28 2. The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to _________ my drawings of boa constrictors, ___________________________________, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. lay aside 意为“把……搁置一边”。 Important sentences (P11) Paraphrase: This time, the adults advised me to stop my strange thoughts and paintings. In their opinion, I should pay more attention to useful subjects such as geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Jane had laid aside her book to watch what was happening. Jane 把书放在一边，去看发生了什么事情。 lay aside whether from the inside or the outside whether from the inside or the outside 为插入语，对上文进行补充说明与解释，不影响整个句子的结构。常见的插入语有形容词（短语）、副词（短语）、介词短语、非谓语动词（短语）、分句等。 Yes, indeed, I intend to go. 是的，我真的想去。 29 3. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and ________ _____________________________________________________________. it’s tiresome for sb to do sth 意为“某人厌烦去做某事”，句中 it 是形式主语，to do 结构为真正的主语。 Important sentences (P11) Paraphrase: Adults can’t always understand the world of children, so children feel tired and bored when they have to explain their thoughts to adults again and again. it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them It is important for you to get there on time. 对你来说，准时到达很重要。. 30 4. In the course of this life, I have had ____________ encounters with ______________ people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them. Important sentences (P12) Paraphrase: In my life, I have met a lot of adults. Adults focus on things that they think very important, but which aren’t really. I have spent a lot of time living with adults and know them very well. My experience of living with adults has given me a low opinion of them. a great many a great many 31 4. In the course of this life, I have had ____________ encounters with ______________ people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them. Important sentences (P12) a great many a great many a great many = a large number of / many / lots of ，意为“很多”。需要注意的是，a great many 后接可数名词的复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。 A great many experts have come there. 很多专家都去那儿了。 文章中两次使用 a great many,是为了强调作者对成年人的看法是有依据的，也为后文的观点埋下了伏笔。 32 5. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. Important sentences (P12) 此处用了反讽的修辞手法。作者表示愿意迎合成年人，讲他们感兴趣的东西，实则是想表达成年人根本不懂儿童的世界，他们只是故作聪明罢了。 I would lower myself to the same level as the adult and talk to them about the things they are interested in. Then they would be satisfied and pleased to meet such a smart person as me. Paraphrase It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in one’s pocket. 发现自己身处异国却身无分文，一定很高兴吧。 33 Understanding Application Innovation 1. magnificent 2. premival 3. boa constrictor 4. swallow 5. drawing 6. prey 7. chew 8. digestion 9. ponder 10. over the adventures of the jungle 11. succeed in doing sth. 12.coloured 13. masterpiece 14. frighten 15. grown-ups 16. explain 17. response 18. to lay aside 19. devote myself to 20. arithmetic 21. disheartened 22. tiresome 1.出色的、令人印象深刻的 2.原始的 3.蟒蛇 4.吞下、咽下 5.绘画、图画 6.猎物；捕食 7.咀嚼、嚼碎；口香糖 8.消化；消化能力 9.仔细考虑、琢磨 10.丛林的冒险 11.成功做某事 12.彩色的 13. 杰作 14.使惊吓、使惊恐 15.大人 16.解释 17. 反应、答复 18.搁在一边 19. 致力于、献身于 20.算数，计算 21.使灰心、使沮丧 22.令人厌烦的 Understanding Application Innovation 21. profession 22. pilot airplanes 23. at a glance 24. distinguish A from B 25. in the course of 26. encounter 27. be concerned with 28. consequence 29. intimately 30. close at hand 31. clear-sighted 32. bridge 33. politics 34. neckties 35. sensible 21.职业 22.开飞机 23.一瞥、一眼 24. 区分A和B 25.在这个过程中 26. 偶遇、邂逅 27. 关注某事、担忧某事 28. 结果、后果 29. 熟悉地、亲切地 30.就在眼前、在附近 31.聪明的 32.桥牌、桥梁 33.政治 34.领带 35.理智的、合理的 Useful expressions (P10-12) 着迷于 ponder deeply lay aside 致力于 be disheartened by 看/瞥一眼 区分A和B 在……过程中 matters of consequence clear-sighted a sensible man be obsessed with 深思 搁置一边=set/put aside devote/dedicate/commit myself to… be devoted/dedicated/committed to be discouraged by at a glance distinguish A from B in the course of 重要的问题 目光锐利的；头脑清楚的 一个理智的人 36 Lavf58.30.100 $