新标准大学英语 4第7单元active reading1PPT

1、Active reading 1Active reading 2Reading across culturesGuided writingUnit taskUNIT 7 No place likehomeEmbarkationNavigationDestinationResourcesActive reading 1MappingGet familiar with first-person narrativeMake good use of some expressions and grammar points from the textHumanizing the non-humanUnde

2、rstanding inversionActive reading 1: MappingHouses of different kindsActive reading 1: EmbarkationTypical Chinese houseFamily homeDiscussionHouses in different countriesBackHouse in different countriesActive reading 1: Embarkation People all the world live in their own houses. Try to see if you happ

3、en to know the following houses of different countries. MoreActive reading 1: EmbarkationGreeceChinaAmericaAfricaThailandMoreHouse in different countriesTypical Chinese houseActive reading 1: EmbarkationChinese house Siheyuan Lilong House Yaodong Tulou（四合院） (里弄住宅） （窑洞） （土楼）clickclickclickclick A sih

4、eyuan is a historical type of residence that was commonly found throughout China, most famously in Beijing. The name literally means a courtyard surrounded by four buildings. In ancient times, a spacious siheyuan would be occupied by a single, usually large and extended family, signifying wealth and

5、 prosperity. Today, however, most remaining siheyuan are used as mass housing complexes, and suffer from a lack of modern amenities.clickActive reading 1: EmbarkationTypical Chinese houseSiheyuanBack Li means neighborhoods, Long means lanes. These two words combine to describe an urban housing form

6、which characterizes the city of Shanghai. Indissociable from the growth of Shanghai from 1840s to 1949, lilong settlements still comprise the majority of housing stock in the city center today. clickActive reading 1: EmbarkationTypical Chinese houseLilongBack A yaodong is a dugout used as an abode o

7、r shelter in China. Yaodongs are common in north China, especially on the Loess Plateau (黄土高原). The history of yaodongs goes back centuries, and they continue to be used.clickActive reading 1: EmbarkationTypical Chinese houseYaodongBack A tulou or “earthen building”, is a traditional communal reside

8、nce in the Fujian province of southern China, usually of a circular configuration (构造) surrounding a central shrine. These vernacular (本地的) structures were occupied by clan groups.clickActive reading 1: EmbarkationTypical Chinese houseTulouBackFamily homeWork in pairs and answer the questions about

9、your family home.Active reading 1: EmbarkationMore2. How many other families live in the same building?1. Are you the first family to live in your family home?3. What important events in the region have happened once?Family homeWork in pairs and answer the questions about your family home.Active rea

10、ding 1: EmbarkationMore1 Are you the first family to live in your family home? Oh no. It is an old building. I think a few families must have lived there over the years.2 How many other families live in the same building? There is one on each floor so five in total.3 What important events in the nei

11、ghbourhood or region have happened during its lifetime? We had a street party when Yang Liwei went into space in 2003. That was a big occasion.DiscussionPlease discuss the following questions :Active reading 1: EmbarkationWhat the future houselook like? Please discuss with Each other and tell them t

12、he future house in your mind.Text organizationText explorationText evaluationActive reading 1: Navigation Comprehending the text Humanizing the non-human inversionText organizationRead the text quickly and fill in the flow chart to understand the structure of the text.MoreActive reading 1: Navigatio

13、nText Organisation Residents in the house Introduction (Paras 1-2) Ending (para 16) I can still remember the men who built the housea lorry stops and a gang of workmen get out, all carrying bags and other devices.clickclickclickMoreActive reading 1: NavigationFirst residentsThe groundsman with a you

14、ng womanResidentsMy feelingsmore residentsA smart man with his familymore residentsTwo middle-aged womenmore residentsA family with a pet dogLast residentsJosephI was soon filled with the sounds of conversation and laughterIt seemed as if no one spent much time at home any more.I like them because o

15、f the care they showed to my rooms and my garden.I have to admit I resented.I liked him, we kept each other company.Text OrganisationActive reading 1: NavigationComprehending the textChoose the best summary of the passage.1 The passage describes the stories of the families who have lived in a house

16、from when it was built to when it was pulled down.2 The passage is the story of a home, the people who lived there and how life has changed over the years, as narrated by the house itself.3 The passage is written by the owner of a house, and describes how the families who have lived there have chang

17、ed the character of the house.Active reading 1: NavigationMore Look at some sentences from the passage. Who do you think says these?1. I only see my neighbour from the side.2. I was soon filled with the sounds of conversation and laughter, and the smell of cooking.3. My windows are my eyes .4. As th

18、e years passed by, the couple grew older, and suddenly the house was empty.5. Soon more houses were built and more people came to live.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: Navigation Look at some sentences from the passage. Who do you think says these?Comprehending the textThe passage is written

19、imaginatively as the memories of a house. Using unusual narrators such as houses, cars, pets and so on is frequently a feature of childrens books. The statements are made by the house.Active reading 1: NavigationMoreChoose the best answer to the questions.1. Why does the narrator never see his neigh

20、bour face on?(a) Because he cant really see.(b) Because the neighbour is a long way away.(c) Because the narrator and the neighbour are joined in a line.(d) Because the morning sun shines on the narrator instead of the neighbour.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: NavigationMoreChoose the best a

21、nswer to the questions.2 What was the main effect of the arrival of the young woman in the groundsmans home?(a) She brought companionship, a family and happiness into the home.(b) The children grew older and taller in the home.(c) The groundsman didnt have to work so much in the manor house gardens.

22、(d) The home became very noisy.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: NavigationMoreChoose the best answer to the questions.3 Why do you think the couple was holding each other and weeping?(a) Because the couple was growing older.(b) Because the children had grown up and disappeared.(c) Because the

23、 daughter had got married.(d) Because the postman had brought bad news about the son.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: NavigationMoreChoose the best answer to the questions.4 How does the narrator feel generally about the years passing?(a) He regrets the people, the new buildings and the traff

24、ic.(b) He thinks the neighbouring houses are ugly.(c) He is nostalgic about the past, although he enjoys some of the benefits of progress.(d) He wishes people would spend more time at home.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: NavigationMoreChoose the best answer to the questions.5 How do we know

25、the narrator is getting old?(a) No one is looking after the narrator properly.(b) The narrator has lots of golden memories.(c) There are strange sounds and signs of people who have lived there in the past.(d) The neighbourhood isnt what it used to be.Comprehending the textActive reading 1: Navigatio

26、nChoose the best answer to the questions.6 What do you think is going to happen to the house?(a) Another family will come and live there.(b) The traffic around it will get worse.(c) Its going to be pulled down.(d) The workmen are going to use it as a workplace.Comprehending the textActive reading 1:

27、 NavigationHumanizing the non-humanMoreWeve seen that the passage appears to be narrated by something non-human, ie the house. This treatment of humanizing the non-human is a literary device which makes an object seem capable of feeling. It gives thereader insights which are different from the human

28、 writers point of view. It can also provide insights over a different period of time.Active reading 1: NavigationHumanizing the non-humanMoreFor example:1) I can still remember the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago.2) I only see my neighbour from the

29、side. Ive never seen him face on .Active reading 1: NavigationThe reader is invited to interpret and infer why the non-human narrator would make these comments, or supply information which would be obvious to a human one.Active reading 1: NavigationMore 1 I listen to the wind. 2 The dog stares caref

30、ully at me. 3 The bear reads my mind. 4 Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze. 5 A rock smiles when people sit and read and lounge on it. 6 Cars dance across the icy road. Check ( ) the following items that are examples of humanizing the non-human.Humanizing the non-humanMore Read the excerpt of t

31、he poem I Am the Wind loudly and think about how the poet humanizes the wind to human.Humanizing the non-human I am the wind.I am the wisdom and the freedom,I am the storm that tears and howls,I am the whispering in the treetops,I slide beneath you, swirl around you,stroke your hair,and take your br

32、eath away.Active reading 1: NavigationMore Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.Humanizing the non-humanActive reading 1: NavigationMore Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.1. . I do know that strangely, although were identical, were the exact opposite of e

33、ach other . sort of works for some of the information- though I have never seen such an arrangement. But the preposition over will not work, and surely there are two bedrooms or what is the other room? We know it is not a bathroom and if there are two bedrooms, how can you say the room arrangement i

34、s the opposite as in both cases there are two bedrooms?Humanizing the non-humanWhy are the house and its neighbour identical yetthe exact opposite of each?Active reading 1: NavigationMore2. Soon there were children to look after too .The house provides shelter and keeps them warm and dry.Humanizing

35、the non-humanIn what way does the house look after the children?Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.More3. I thought they looked rather coarse against my handsome stone.No, he does not think brick is as fine a material as stone. The word coarse is n

36、egative in connotation.Humanizing the non-humanDoes the house like the new brick houses being built? Why / Why not?Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.More4. But we were all warm and clean, and although it was different, it wasnt unpleasant.Fairly p

37、ositive although a little nervous.Humanizing the non-humanWhat does the house feel about progress?Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.More5 My floorboards creak, and ghosts make strange noises throughout the night.Old age with stiff muscles and many

38、 memories.Humanizing the non-humanIf the house were a human, what would creaking floorboards and ghosts suggest?Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs. Look at the sentences and answer questions.6 Round the bend comes a large crane with a kind of ball and chain. I do hope it will go away.Balls a

39、re used to smash down walls so it sounds as if the building will be demolished rather than repaired. If so, the crane will not go away.Humanizing the non-humanWhat do you think the crane is coming to do? Do you think it will go away?Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs. Look at the sentences a

40、nd answer questions.1. What is inversion?2. The structure of inversion3. Example of inversioninversionMoreActive reading 1: NavigationWhen we use an adverbial expression of place ordirection at the beginning of a clause, and the verb is intransitive, we can put the verb before the subject. This is c

41、alled inversion.The structure is common in literary and descriptive writing. In speech its common with here and there.Please note: We cant use an inversion withadverbial expressions of time.High up in the branches of one of the apple trees rested the boy, reading his favourite book.inversionLook at

42、the sentence. A city of spires is in the distance, silent except on days when the bells sound.You can rewrite it like this: In the distance is a city of spires, silent except on days when the bells sound.1&2 3&4 5&6 Now rewrite the sentences using inversion.clickclickclickMoreActive reading 1: Navig

43、ation1 The sound of children playing came from around the house.2 More houses stood on top of the hill.inversionNow rewrite the sentences using inversion. From around the house came the sound of children playing. On top of the hill stood more houses.BackActive reading 1: Navigation3 Horseless carria

44、ges passed in front of the house.4 Two middle-aged women lived here.inversionNow rewrite the sentences using inversion. In front of the house passed horseless carriages. Here lived two middle-aged women.BackActive reading 1: Navigation5 A lorry stops at the front of the house.6 A large crane comes r

45、ound the bend.inversionNow rewrite the sentences using inversion. At the front of the house stops a lorry. Round the bend comes a large crane.BackActive reading 1: NavigationMore1. If your house could tell its story, what would it say?2. Would you prefer to live in an old building or a new one, and

46、why?3. Do you think old houses should be saved and restored, or should they be pulled down and the land used to provide homes for more families?4. To what extent do you think old buildings are part of the local or national heritage, or are they symbols of an unnecessary and sentimental attachment to

47、 the past?Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.clickclickclickclickText evaluationActive reading 1: NavigationText evaluationIf your house could tell its story, what would it say? My house would tell you about its grand days when a rich family lived in it, followed by hard days with man

48、y people coming and going. Then things would improve but it would be rather crowded. More recently it would remember being repaired with new appliances being fitted. Now the families are smaller. It would remember me as a sweet child too!BackActive reading 1: NavigationText evaluation2. Would you pr

49、efer to live in an old building or a new one, and why?A new one as it is likely to be more comfortable, so I can get a good view.I prefer old buildings. They have more character, and I think many were better built in the old days.BackActive reading 1: NavigationText evaluationDifferent people have d

50、ifferent opinions3. Do you think old houses should be saved and restored, or should they be pulled down and the land used to provide homes for more families? We dont want everywhere to look the same. Old buildings make a place more interesting. A town exists in time as well as space. We must be prac

51、tical. High-rise buildings can house far more people. Old houses waste land.BackActive reading 1: NavigationText evaluationTo what extent do you think old buildings are part of the local or national heritage, or are they symbols of an unnecessary and sentimental attachment to the past?I think to try

52、 to protect all old buildings just because they are old would be, as the question says, “an unnecessary and sentimental attachment to the past”. But if the buildings are of a high quality they are part of our heritage. Chinese culture is too old and valuable for us simply to forget the past.BackActi

53、ve reading 1: NavigationSummarisingTalking pointActive reading 1: Destination Sweet memories in my house Home associationsSummarising I can still remember the men who built the house. The master from the manor house found clearing in the huge orchard which ran _ the hills. I only see my neighbour fr

54、om the side. Ive never seen him _. Apart from the autumn, the groundsman brought a young woman home. I was _ the sound of conversation and laughter. The woman looked after the garden around me, there was a _ colours. With time goes by, they had children and then grew up. But one day, I saw a postman

55、 arrive with _ letters, the woman _ and fainted. Years later, they left without _ to me. Summarise the text by filling the blanks.filled withup and down face on a boundle ofriot of cried outsaying goodbyeActive reading 1: DestinationSummarising Two _ women spent several years here. I like them becau

56、se they kept everything _. The last person lived with me working at _. We just _. He walked very slowly using his hands to _. Time goes by, there are signs of everyone who has lived with me. However, there are my _. But in fact, I look and _.Summarise the text by filling the blanks.assembling furnit

57、uremiddle-aged clean and tidy steady himselfkept each other companygolden memoriesfeel my ageActive reading 1: DestinationActive reading 1: DestinationMoreTalking pointSweet memories in my houseDiscussionDiscuss with your group members and tell each other your sweet memories when you were living in

58、your old house.Active reading 1: DestinationMore Im in my twenties, and only few years ago I found out that my mom had kept a journal about me of the days in the old house. She wrote about my birth and the days that followed it. Actually she has recorded my habits, likes, dislikes, and also the word

59、s I used to speak when I was a little girl living in the old house. After I read it, I somehow felt calm. Like I knew all of this, but was reading and making sure it was all there. All the words that I knew were alphabetically categorized and the funny sentences that came from me were highlighted. W

60、hat was so important about me that she wrote all that? Maybe I dont understand this because Im not a mother yet. Sweet memories in my housesampleActive reading 1: Destination And thats not all my dad used to take tons of pictures of me. Being young is an amazing experience. Especially the best memor