Unit_1_Reading(gai).ppt

1、Unit 1,Could I Change My Life?,What kind of life do you have, common or brilliant? Do you think you can change your life?,Discussion,Do you know what Meng Fei once work as before becoming a well-known master?,Transport worker,Security guard,Liz Murray,Introduction,莉丝默里（LizMurray），出生于1980年9月23日，是一名美国

2、励志演说家，她被称为感动全美的“奇迹女孩”，她出生于贫民窟，她以奋斗自强考上哈佛的经历激励人们跨越困境去追寻自己心中的梦想，人们称她拥有世界上最阳光的笑容。 16岁时她成为流浪女。当时，她在偷食物时会顺便偷些自学书籍，然后在一位朋友家的门厅里研读功课。如今，她的自传体小说破晓：关于宽容、生存和我的历程的备忘录从流浪女到哈佛女（Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard）已经登上纽约时报畅销书排行榜。人们对此书的评价是：“对生存的惊险记载”。,Reading

3、(A),Homeless to Harvard,Fast reading,What inspired Liz to change her life?,Her parents behaviour of taking drugs. Her mothers death. Her fathers illness.,Detailed reading,The poor situation of Lizs life,She wanted to change her life, and decided to go to high school.,Para 1:,The impact to Liz:,Her p

4、arents were _ to drugs; Her mother _ in 1996; Her father moved to _.,addicted,died,a homeless shelter,Para 2: Liz worked her own way to Harvard.,At the age of 15: Two years later: In 2000:,Begin high school,Finish high school,Be accepted into Harvard University,Para 3-4: Change her own life and help

5、 others,Public speaking: 2. Her own company:,Lizs ways to help people to get success:,Why?,Why?,To help people who had difficulty in life.,To empower adults to create extraordinary things., Both Lizs father and mother were addicted to drugs. Liz finished her high school in two years. Liz won a schol

6、arship of $1,200 a year. Liz graduated from Harvard University.,Please skim the article and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F).,Passage A,Careful reading,Careful reading,Read the article again and circle the best answer., What inspired Liz to change her life? Her parents behaviour of taki

7、ng drugs. Her mothers death. Her fathers illness. How old was Liz when she graduated from the school? 15 b. 17 c. 19 Why did Liz leave Harvard in 2001? She had no money to study there. She liked Columbia more than Harvard University. She wants to take care of her sick father.,Language focus,be addic

8、ted to move to sp. inspire sb. to do sth. even though at the age of promise sb. to do sth.,7. be accepted into 8. die of 9. return to 10. start ones company 11. empower sb. to do. sth. 12. graduate from,1when she realized her parents had been addicted to drugs. addicted adj. _ e.g. Now many kids are

9、 addicted to playing net games._ He got addicted to poetry and hoped one day to be a poet himself. _ The parents felt helpless when they found their son had_ love stories for long. A. addicted B. addicted to C. addicted himself D. been addicted to 2. At the age of 15, Liz began high school, but she

10、promised herself to become a straight A student. 1). at the age of_ (比较：of all ages/for ones age),上瘾的； 沉迷于某种嗜好的,现在很多孩子都沉溺于网络游戏。,他沉醉于诗歌，希望有一天自己成为诗人。,在岁时,各个年龄段的,就年龄而言,D,介词,2). begin/start 3). promise vi./vt./n. promise (sb) to do/sb. sth./ that make/ keep/break a promise 4)a straight A student _ 3. It

11、 only took her two years to finish what other students took four years. It takes sb. some time to do sth. what other students took four years 是what 引导的_, 充当_ 4. While she was there, she began public speaking helping people who, like herself, had an almost impossible mountain to climb to succeed in l

12、ife. 她在校期间，就开始公开演讲帮助那些像她一样的有着几乎不可跨越的大山的人获取成功。,一个全优生,宾语从句,finish 的宾语,who 引导_, 修饰先行词_ to climb 动词不定式做_, 修饰_, help sb. (to) do sth. 5. She left Harvard in 2001.to take care of her sick father. 比较：sick/ ill ill 表示“生病的；有病的”这一意思时，一般用作_,不能作_；而sick 既可以作_又可以作_，如“病人”可以说a sick man 或the sick, 但不能说an ill man 或th

13、e ill。 e.g. She is _in bed. 她卧病在床。 She is looking after her _father .她在照顾她生病的父亲sick 还有“_”之意。 e.g. The smell makes me sick.这气味使我感到恶心。 ill 作_修饰名词时是“_”之意。 e.g. He is an ill man. 他是一个邪恶的人,定语从句,people,后置定语,mountain,表语,定语,表语,定语,ill / sick,sick,恶心的；厌倦的,定语,坏的；邪恶的,6.In late 2006, her father died of AIDS. die

14、 of/ die from/ die for/ die out/ be dying for Manypeopledied_hungerbeforeliberation Theoldmandied_atrafficaccident Lots of them died _the cause of liberation.,表示死于（枪）伤，虚弱，过度劳累，饮食过度等 (外因）,绝种,死光,为某种目的而献身、牺牲,渴望,其后跟hunger，cold,illness,oldage,afever,heat等名词,其后常跟wound，accident,overwork,carelessness,drinki

15、ng等名词。,of,from,for,Expanding:,What moved you most in Lizs story? Why? What can you get from her story?,Key sentences,It only took her two years to finish what took other students four years. While she was there, she began public speaking helping people (who, like herself, had a almost impossible mou

16、ntain to climb) to succeed in life. She also started her own company (called Manifest Living) to empower adults to create the extraordinary things in their lives.,Homework,母亲的死激励莉斯改变她的人生。 尽管她仍然无家可归，但她决定去读高中。 2000年，她被哈佛大学录取。 她还创办了一家名为”活出生命“的公司，鼓励成年人在生命中创造奇迹。,Reading (B),Could I change my life ?,Fast

17、reading,Topic :,Para 1-3:,Purpose :,My experience of change,To tell people she was homeless To tell people about the difficulties she has met in life C.To encourage people to make change,Fast reading,Questions to draw audience s attention :,Para 4-8: Body of her speech,Have you ever had an experienc

18、e ?,What else do you need to begin a day and lead a life that you that you do really need to lead,Have you ever asked yourself a question when you met difficulties in life “What if - ?”,1. 2. 3.,Detailed reading,1. What impacted Liz so deeply that it changed her life ?,Para 3-5:,Her mothers death,2.

19、 What hard life did Liz lead after her mother passed away ?,I dont know - . I dont know- . I dont have -. But I do have -,Detailed reading,1. What kind of life did Liz really want ?,Para 6-7:,She wanted to go to school,2. What difficulties did Liz met - ?How did she do then ?,She was refused many ti

20、mes .,3. What valuable lessons did she learn ?,As long as you keep knocking , somebody may eventually say “yes”,Detailed reading,1. What did Liz do when she met difficulties ?,Para 8:,She asked herself a question “What if - ?”,Detailed reading,1. Purpose of her speech :,Para 9-10: Conclusion of her

21、speech,Even a homeless person can do something that totally changes her life,2. Four steps of making a change :,Connect - ; ask - ; identify -,3. What can you learn from Liz ?,One life is not later , but right now,Passage B,First reading,Read passage B and match the words with their explanations.,Ca

22、reful reading,Read passage B again and circle the best answer., Who is the intended audience of the speech? Those who want Liz to help them apply for Harvard University. Those who have met difficulties and want to make a change. Those who have helped Liz change her life. What is the purpose of Lizs

23、speech? To tell people she was homeless. To tell people about the difficulties she has met in life. To encourage people to make a change. How did Liz Murray appeal to her audience? By listing facts and opinions. By using accounts of personal experience. By reasoning and arguing.,Discussion,Work with

24、 a partner. Discuss and answer the following questions based on passage B.,what did Liz do when she wanted to go to school? According to Liz, what are the four steps of making a change? What can you learn from Liz?,She knocked on every door at every school that could interview her.,Connect a vision

25、for yourself, ask yourself “what if”, identify whats in the way and realize life doesnt wait for anyone.,Our life is not later, but right now. / We could always change our life.,Writers sometimes use questions to draw audiences attention. Read Lizs speech and find where the strategy is used. Write t

26、he questions on the lines below.,1._ 2._ 3._,Have you ever had an experience that has impacted you so deeply that it changed the person you are?,What else do you need to begin a day and lead a life that you do really need to lead?,Have you ever asked yourself a question when you met difficulties in

27、life” what if”,Language focus,Its a great honor to do pass away not - any more lead a - life as long as what if -,7. commit to (doing )sth. 8. get things done 9. overcome difficulties 10. in the way 11. wake up 12. instead of,1. As long as you keep knocking, somebody will eventually say “yes”. _,只要你

28、不停地敲，最终总会有人对你说“是”。,as/so long as _, 引导_ e.g. As long as you tell truth , Ill try to help you . _,只要,条件状语从句,只要你说实话，我就努力帮你。,You may take this book away so long as you return it on time .,只要你能准时归还，就可以把书拿走。 _ 2)keep doing/ keep on doing 3) knock knock at/on_; knock sb. down _ knock off _knock into_4) ev

29、entually/ at last/ in the end /finally,不停地做表示一连续不段的动作，或某一动作的持续状态,强调时间的间隔性和动作的反复性,敲，击,打倒（撞到）某人,停止某事,中断某事,（尤指）下班,收工,撞上；与相撞,侧重于动作或行为的结果,多指经主观努力，克服各种困难后才终于达到目的,与at last同义，但in the end不仅可指“过去”还可表示对“未来”的预计,常与at last换用，都可用于对往事的描述，但finally不带感情色彩，指一系列事情的最后结局,2. What if 1) 表示提出假设，意为“_ 其后句子可用陈述语气（一般现在时），也可用虚拟语气

30、（用一般过去时或should +动词原形） e.g. What if it rains when we cant get under shelter? _ What if I came tomorrow instead of this afternoon? _ 2) 表示邀请或建议，意为“_” e.g. What if you join us for lunch? _ What if we moved the sofa over there? Would that look better? _,假若; 假若怎么办？要是将会怎么办？”,假如下起雨，我们又没处躲雨怎么办？,我今天下午不来，明天来，怎么样？,如果 怎么样？如果如何？,和我们一起吃午饭怎么样？,要是我们把沙发挪到这边来怎么样？看上去会不会好一些。,3.What if I committed to going to school, and got the best grades?_ commit (过去式_, 过去分词_) 犯(错误、罪行