（2019新教材）外研版高中英语选择性必修一Unit2 Understanding ideas We Regret to Inform You...Readingppt课件.pptx

1、选择性必修一 Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards (1) 高一年级 英语 Understanding ideas We Regret to Inform You. Reading Lead-in Listen to the poem “Dont Quit” on P13. Q: What message does this poem want to deliver? A: Never give up in face of difficulties. J.D.SalingerEmily BrontJ.K.Rowling USAUKUK Pre-reading Pre-readi

2、ng Match the author with his/her masterpiece The Catcher in the Rye 麦田里的守望者 Wuthering Heights 呼啸山庄 Harry Potter 哈利波特 Pre-reading Match the author with the information ? has the same birthday as his/her most famous character: 31 July. ? may have written and hidden several unpublished works. ? had to

3、pay to have his/her poetry published. J.D.SalingerEmily BrontJ.K.Rowling Pre-reading We regret to inform you. Pre-reading New Key Words: 1. We regret to inform you. inform: to tell sb about sth, especially in an official way. inform sb of / about sth information Pre-reading New Key Words: 2. rejecti

4、on reject, rejection: refuse to accept or consider. Pre-reading New Key Words: 3. persevere persevere, perseverance: continue to try to do or achieve sth despite difficulties. endurance While-reading Task 1. Please read the text to figure out the genre of the passage. narrative （记叙文） argumentative（论

5、说文） expository （说明文） Main ideas Task 2: Please find out the main idea for each paragraph. Para.1: Highly successful writers have previously faced rejection. Para.2: J.K.Rowling has faced rejection. Main ideas Para.3: J.D.Salinger has faced criticism along with rejection. Para.4: Bront sisters are no

6、t encouraged to write. Para.5: Perseverance is the key. Structure Opening successful writers faced rejection. Body Rowling Salinger Bront rejection rejection & criticism not encouraged(rejection) Conclusion perseverance While-reading Task 3: Please read the passage in details to find out what proble

7、ms each writer meet and their reactions. J.K.Rowling: She spent years surviving on little money and her first book received criticism from publishers and was rejected twelve times. / She persevered. While-reading Task 3: Please read the passage in details to find out what problems each writer meet a

8、nd their reactions. J.D.Salinger: He received criticism and rejections from publishers./ He refused to give up. While-reading Task 3: Please read the passage in details to find out what problems each writer meet and their reactions. Bront sisters: At that time, women were not encouraged to become wr

9、iters. Their book of poems which they wrote under male names, only sold two copies./ They didnt stop trying. Post-reading Task 1: Complete the two unfinished sentences “we regret to inform you.”, and “we are delighted to inform you.” and think about why does the author use this two sentences in the

10、passage. Post-reading Task 1:We regret to inform you that your book is rejected / refused. We are delighted to inform you that your book is accepted / well- received. regret (reject) delighted (accept) perseverance Post-reading Task 2: Retell the passage according to the structure and point out what

11、 words and expressions from the passage have you used to retell. Post-reading Key Words for each writer: Rowling: little money, criticism, twelve times, persevere Salinger: criticism, rejection, refused to give up Bront sisters: woman, not encouraged, male name, two copies, didnt stop trying Structu

12、re Opening successful writers faced rejection. Body Rowling Salinger Bront rejection rejection & criticism not encouraged(rejection) Conclusion perseverance Post-reading Sample answer: Its not easy to achieve success overnight. A lot of famous writers have faced rejections before. Take Bront sisters

13、 for example. At that time, woman are not encouraged to become a writer. Post-reading Nevertheless, they used male names to publish their works. They didnt quit even when their works only sold two copies. In the end, each of them has at least one of her novels as a best-seller. Therefore, perseveran

14、ce is the key to success. Conclusion 1. Get the main idea of each paragraph, and the structure of the passage. 2. Find out the problems three writers meet and their reactions. 3. Complete the two unfinished sentences and get the authors purpose. 4. Retell the passage according to its structure. Homework Option 1: Rewrite the passage according to the structure we get from the class. Option 2: Write about another famous writers road to success. Option 3: Research for other important qualities a person possesses in order to achieve success.