英语选择性必修 第四册Unit 1 Looking forwards优秀课件ppt

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Pre-reading
Language pints
Fast reading
Intensive reading
Pst-reading
Shw the class yur answers!
Cmplete the questinnaire and share yur answers with the class.
Fast reading
Lk at the title and predict what the passage is abut.
Nw read the passage and check yur predictin.
Fast reading
Ernest Hemingway was an American nvelist and shrt-stry writer whcame t literary prminence fllwing the First Wrld War, as a member f the s-called “Lst Generatin” in the 1920s. He wn the Nbel Prize in Literature in 1954.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
He had an understated prse style and a restrained methd f expsitin, which he termed the “iceberg thery” (because he believed that a great deal culd be understd in a narratin even if it was deliberately unmentined). His mst famus nvels include The Sun Als Rises, A Farewell t Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.
Arthur Cnan Dyle was a Scttish authr, best knwn fr his Sherlck Hlmes stries. Dyle trained as a dctr initially, thugh several effrts t establish himself in the practice f medicine all ended in failure. By cntrast, after a rugh start, his innvative crime fictin featuring Sherlck Hlmes became a
Arthur Cnan Dyle (1859-1930)
great success. Althugh the public adred Sherlck Hlmes, Dyle himself felt that the character was a distractin frm his ther literary ambitins, which included histrical nvels, plays, pems, and academic papers.
Nne f Dyle’s ther writing ever achieved clse t the success f the Hlmes material, hwever. Hlmes and his assistant, Dr Watsn, remain ppular characters acrss the wrld tday.
Match the questins t the paragraphs and find ut the answers.
a. What is pssibly the mst imprtant cncern in life?b. What was Dyle’s main writing ambitin?c. What can yu d when faced with uncertainty abut the future?d. What is the relatinship between ne’s plans and the
future?e. Why was Dyle disappinted with the success f his Hlmes stries?f. What did Hemingway d t achieve his ambitin t becme a writer?
Answer the questins.
1. What is pssibly the mst imprtant cncern in life?
The mst imprtant cncern in life is pssibly the future.
2. What is the relatinship between ne’s plans and the future?
Smetimes ne’s plans may have a great influence n the future, but having plans in place fr the future is n guarantee that they will becme reality.
3. What did Hemingway d t achieve his ambitin t becme a writer?
On leaving high schl, Ernest Hemingway jined a lcal Kansas newspaper as a trainee reprter. He went n t becme freign crrespndent fr the Trnt Star and used his extrardinary experiences in Eurpe and later Cuba t infrm his writing.
4. What was Dyle’s main writing ambitin?
Dyle’s main ambitin was t becme a writer f histrical nvels.
5. Why was Dyle disappinted with the success f his Hlmes stries?
He was disappinted because he still lnged t becme knwn fr his histrical nvels amngst ther academic wrks but the readers lved his Hlmes stries better.
6. What can yu d when faced with uncertainty abut the future?
Be prepared fr the unexpected and trust that what yu are ding nw will smehw cnnect in yur future.
Organise infrmatin frm the passage and cmplete the chart.
was single-minded in his ambitin t write
nvels and shrt stries based n his persnal experiences f the First Wrld War, the Spanish Civil War, bullfighting and deep-sea fishing, amngst thers
the Pulitzer Prize fr Fictin in 1953 and wn the Nbel Prize in Literature later
Dyle’s main ambitin was t becme a writer f histrical nvels
the fictinal detective
his histrical nvels amngst ther academic wrks
the public culdn’t get enugh f Sherlck Hlmes
were ultimately successful
the same ambitius and energetic apprach t life
Nw read the sentence frm the passage and answer the questins.
S, whatever twists and turns yu might encunter, take a leaf ut f the bks f these tw authrs and be prepared fr the unexpected.
1. What is yur understanding f “take a leaf ut f the bks”?2. What effect is the authr aiming t achieve by using it?3. What ther expressins d yu knw that share the same meaning?
1. What is yur understanding f “take a leaf ut f the bks”?
One pssible answer: In my pinin, it means that yu can cpy the way smene else behaves because yu want t be like them r be as successful as they are.
2. What effect is the authr aiming t achieve by using it?
The authr aims t maintain the reader’s interest by using this figure f speech, and perhaps t end with a lighter nte by using a pun.