Unit4 导读 话题妙切入 同步教材讲解 （新教材）人教版（2019）高中英语必修第二册.doc

1、1 名言潮语 1.Road is stepped out，history is written.Every step of man is writing his own history.路是脚踏出来的， 历史是人写出来的。人类的每一步都在书写自己 的历史。 2.Few will have the greatness to bend history itself； but each of us can work to change a small portion of events，and in the total；of all those acts will be written the hi

2、story of this generation.很少有人能够 改变历史本身，但我们每个人都能努力改变一小 部分事件，而且总的来说，所有这些行为都将被 书写成这一代人的历史。 3.History， showing us the life of nations， has nothing to record save wars and revolutions：the peaceful years appear only as brief pauses or interludes ， scattered here and there.Schopenhauer 历史告诉我们一些国家的生活，它除了记载战

3、争 和革命之外别无其他。和平年代仅是出现在各地 的短暂间歇。叔本华 4.The value of culture is its effect on character.It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Itsuseisforlife.Itsaimisnotbeautybut goodness.(Somerset Maugham，British novelist and 诗歌赏读 On changes Irene Dunlap Change is the only absolute in the world， t

4、he only thing that you can depend on. Nothing stays the same. Tomorrow will come， bringing with it new beginnings and sometimes unexpected endings. You can hold on to the past and get left in the dust； or，you can choose to jump on the ride of life and live a new adventure with perseverance and an op

5、en mind. 论变化 艾琳邓莱普 变化是世界上 唯一绝对的东西， 是唯一 2 dramatist) 文化的价值在于它对人类品性的影响。它一无是 处，除非文化能使品性变为高尚、有力。文化的 作用在于裨益人生， 它的目标不是美， 而是善。 (英 国小说家和戏剧家毛姆) 5.The triumph of culture is to overpower nationality. Emerson 文化的胜利在于超越了国籍。爱默生 你能相信的事情。 没有什么能一成不变， 明天将来临， 它会带来 新的开始，并且有时 还会带来意想不到的结局。 你可以抓住过去， 蒙受遗弃； 或者，你可以选择 跃上生命之车

6、进行一次新的冒险， 凭借坚持不懈 和广阔的胸怀。 美文欣赏 The Polish take great pride in their culture.Our culture has many different customs and traditions.I will discuss three of these traditions and customs. The Polish will say “Dziekuje”(“thank you”)only after receiving their change.What I mean by this is that when you are

7、 in Poland，you should wait to say “thank you”until after you have been given your change back.If you do not ， you are telling cashiers( 收 银 员 )thattheycan“keepthe change”Often，people visiting Poland will feel that things are very expensive，until they learn that they are giving the store clerk permis

8、sion to keep the money that would have been given back. Polish people break“bread”with their families during their Christmas Eve meal.The Christmas Eve celebration starts with the breaking of the Oplatek， 探索发现 1.Find out the main idea of the passage. 2.Findoutwhowillgive author “bread” 3.Find out wh

9、at the author thinks of Polish traditions and customs. 答案 1.Three traditions and customs 3 which is a thin piece of “bread” In my family， the eldest in the family (my grandfather)takes the big Oplatek and breaks it into large pieces that he then hands down to each of his four children (my aunt， uncl

10、es，and father).Then，these family members break their pieces into smaller sizes and pass them out to their own children.Once the last piece is passed down to the youngest，we say a prayer(做祷 告)and eat the piece of thin bread. Polish people celebrate“Imieniny”，or Names Day.Thisdayismoreimportantthanone

11、s birthday.They often name their children after a saint(圣徒)whose day is closest to the date that they were born on.Then their saints day that they were namedafterbecomestheir“new”birthday.On Names Day，families and friends gather together and enjoy a variety of food，drinking，and dancing. As you can see ， Poland has a few very unique traditions and customs.I honor my Polish culture and will pass it on to my own children because it is important to know ones own culture. of Poland. 2.His father. 3.He feels proud of them.