英语：Unit 16 Lesson 3 Life Stories-reading第二课时课件（北师大版选修模块6）.pptVIP

Life Stories Lesson 3, Unit 16 Reading Work out the answer to the following questions in pairs. 1. How was Helen Keller different from other children? 2. Why was her teacher so important to her? 3. How did she learn the following words? First-person Quotation The italicized words in the text are mostly quotations from Helen’s book. Compared to the rest of the text, they can do the following: -- show us directly the feelings and thoughts of Helen; -- prove to us that Helen had learned her language very well. -- give us more vivid descriptions (Can you find any examples?) monkey-like imitation (line 26-27) a few early violets (line 50) put her arm gently round me (line 52) half in words, half in signs (line 59-60) in a flash (line 76) you feel the sweetness that it pours into everything (line 87-88) Vocabulary: Synonyms 1 She’s been in the hospital for a week because she has a ______ (serious) case of the flu. (para.1) 2 Nothing is more _______ (valuable) to me than my good health. (para.4) 3 We’re very _______ (keen) to learn all we can about our new computer. (para.5) 4 I like to be very ________________ (direct) when I talk about problems but my mother doesn’t like that. (para.3) 5 We wanted to enter the contest but we couldn’t because there were lots of __________ (limits). (para.1) 6 Our _______ (previous) secretary was friendlier than our new one. (para.2) 7 Lots of people thought the answer to the question was _________ (obvious), but I didn’t think so. (para.8) Vocabulary: Antonyms 1 If you want to be a scientist, you must learn to make very _______ (vague) measurements. (para.3) 2 The puzzle was very ________ (simple) and it took us a long time to solve it. (para.6) 3 My cat loves the ________ (cold) of the heater. (para.9) 4 He was _________ (certain) of the correct date so he said he’d find out. (para.10) 5 Some people think small children are ___________ (enjoyable) but I just love them! (para.2) 6 The doctor said her weight loss sh