高教社大学体验英语第一册unit 2.ppt

Unit 2 Song of the Soul Task 1 Group Work and Speech 1. Discuss the topic “All great journeys start with a dream” with your group mates before the class. What is “great journey”? What is “dream”? How do you understand the sentence “All great journey start with a dream”? 2. Share the opinions of your group with the other class-mates. Task 2 Prediction of theme Make predictions about the text content — the concepts, ideas the author talks about Task 2 Prediction of theme Make predictions about the text content by surveying the Title and Paragraph One Task 2 Prediction of theme The author want to talk about: Dream: not the dream we have while sleeping but vision, hope, desire, aspiration, ambition, etc. Great journey: a wonderful process we are searching for our dream , a life journey with goals we should follow our dream Task 3 read for the general idea of each paragraph Read for the general idea and check your prediction 1. underline the key words or sentences 2. make a summary of each paragraph. Task 3 read for the general idea of each paragraph Para. 1: Key points: vision, aspiration, fervent hope, the song of soul, meaning and purpose Summary: The author want to talk about the dream like vision, aspiration, or fervent hope for the future. He believe our dream is the song of soul and life with a dream is filled with meaning and purpose. Task 3 read for the general idea of each paragraph Para. 2: Key points: Neil Peart, …expresses the relationship between life and a dream… Richard M.DeVos, …write about the flame of hope… Summary: Two examples given by the author. First, Neil Peart expresses the relationship between life and a dream; second, Richard M.DeVos write about the flame of hope. Neil Peart Neil Peart He is a Canadian-American musician and author, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist for the rock band?Rush. Peart has received numerous awards for his