Unit 1 Understanding ideas 课件-(2022）新外研版高中选择性必修第四册《英语》.pptx

1、Understanding ideasUnit 1 Looking forwards目录页contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsFast readingIIHomeworkIntensive readingIIIVIPost-readingPre-readingPre-readingSENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRENow youve been at senior high for over a year,Id like to know your progress and plans for the future.Thank you!Your F

2、orm TeacherHow do you feel about your performance over the previous terms?Why?satisfied so-so not satisfiedWhat goals have you achieved?What goals have you yet to achieve?321Pre-readingSENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRENow youve been at senior high for over a year,Id like to know your progress and plans for

3、the future.Thank you!Your Form TeacherWhat will you do about the goals you want to achieve?How do you plan to achieve these goals?54Pre-reading Show the class your answers!Complete the questionnaire and share your answers with the class.Fast reading Fast readingLook at the title and predict what the

4、 passage is about.Different jobs people might do in the future.Stories about different peoples future.Various possibilities for future development.Fixed future for everyone.Now read the passage and check your prediction.Fast readingErnest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer who

5、came to literary prominence following the First World War,as a member of the so-called“Lost Generation”in the 1920s.He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961)He had an understated prose style and a restrained method of exposition,which he termed the“iceberg theory”(beca

6、use he believed that a great deal could be understood in a narration even if it was deliberately unmentioned).His most famous novels include The Sun Also Rises,A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.Ernest Hemingway(1899-1961)Fast readingArthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author,best known fo

7、r his Sherlock Holmes stories.Doyle trained as a doctor initially,though several efforts to establish himself in the practice of medicine all ended in failure.By contrast,after a rough start,his innovative crime fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes became aArthur Conan Doyle(1859-1930)Fast readinggreat

8、 success.Although the public adored Sherlock Holmes,Doyle himself felt that the character was a distraction from his other literary ambitions,which included historical novels,plays,poems,and academic papers.Arthur Conan Doyle(1859-1930)Fast readingNone of Doyles other writing ever achieved close to

9、the success of the Holmes material,however.Holmes and his assistant,Dr Watson,remain popular characters across the world today.Arthur Conan Doyle(1859-1930)Fast readingIIIIntensive reading Intensive readingMatch the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers.a.What is possibly the most imp

10、ortant concern in life?b.What was Doyles main writing ambition?c.What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future?d.What is the relationship between ones plans and the1462 Intensive readingMatch the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers.future?e.Why was Doyle disappointed

11、with the success of his Holmes stories?f.What did Hemingway do to achieve his ambition to become a writer?53 Answer the questions.1.What is possibly the most important concern in life?The most important concern in life is possibly the future.2.What is the relationship between ones plans and the futu

12、re?Sometimes ones plans may have a great influence on the future,but having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality.Intensive reading Answer the questions.3.What did Hemingway do to achieve his ambition to become a writer?On leaving high school,Ernest Hemingway jo

13、ined a local Kansas newspaper as a trainee reporter.He went on to become foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and used his extraordinary experiences in Europe and later Cuba to inform his writing.Intensive reading Answer the questions.4.What was Doyles main writing ambition?Doyles main ambitio

14、n was to become a writer of historical novels.5.Why was Doyle disappointed with the success of his Holmes stories?He was disappointed because he still longed to become known for his historical novels amongst other academic works but the readers loved his Holmes stories better.Intensive reading Answe

15、r the questions.6.What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future?Be prepared for the unexpected and trust that what you are doing now will somehow connect in your future.Intensive reading Organise information from the passage and complete the chart.Ernest HemingwayArthur Conan DoyleSim

16、ilaritiesHe was born in the US in 1899.He _since boyhood.He wrote _.He won _.They both _.They shared _.He was born in Scotland in 1859.He first worked as _,but _.He created _,Sherlock Holmes.He had wanted to be remembered for _,but _.Intensive readingErnest HemingwayHe was born in the US in 1899.He

17、_ since boyhood.He wrote _.He won _.was single-minded in his ambition to write novels and short stories based on his personal experiences of the First World War,the Spanish Civil War,bullfighting and deep-sea fishing,amongst others the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and won the Nobel Prize in Li

18、terature laterIntensive readingArthur Conan DoyleHe was born in Scotland in 1859.He first worked as _,but _.He created _,Sherlock Holmes.He had wanted to be remembered for _,but _.a doctor Doyles main ambition was to become a writer of historical novelsthe fictional detectivehis historical novels am

19、ongst other academic worksthe public couldnt get enough of Sherlock HolmesIntensive readingErnest HemingwayArthur Conan DoyleSimilaritiesThey both _.They shared _.were ultimately successful the same ambitious and energetic approach to lifeIntensive reading Now read the sentence from the passage and

20、answer the questions.So,whatever twists and turns you might encounter,take a leaf out of the books of these two authors and be prepared for the unexpected.1.What is your understanding of “take a leaf out of the books”?2.What effect is the author aiming to achieve by using it?3.What other expressions

21、 do you know that share the same meaning?Intensive reading 1.What is your understanding of“take a leaf out of the books”?One possible answer:In my opinion,it means that you can copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are.Intensive readingNow rea

22、d the sentence from the passage and answer the questions.Now read the sentence from the passage and answer the questions.2.What effect is the author aiming to achieve by using it?The author aims to maintain the readers interest by using this figure of speech,and perhaps to end with a lighter note by using a pun.Intensive reading 3.What other expressions do you know that share the same meaning?Students own answers.Intensive readingNow read the sentence from the passage and answer the questions.