综合与教程6 Unit 1 A Class Act.ppt

Unit 1 A Class Act Contents page Learning Objectives Pre-R: picture activation Share your high school experience with the class. Pre-R: Pre-questions-1 1. As children, most of us, if not all, have experienced some kind of frustration or even humiliation when we are laughed at, criticized, or even scolded by adults, especially our teachers. On the other hand, we feel immensely warmed when we hear a nice word from them when we are dejected about something. Share one such experience with the class. Pre-R: Pre-questions-2 2. It is universally acknowledged that adults, especially parents and teachers, have a great influence on children’s development through their words and deeds. It is also widely noted that many children admire their parents for their love and resourcefulness. Tell the story of a parent who sacrificed a lot for the good of his/her child/children. GR: Text intro-1 The whole text can be divided into five parts, with a subtopic for each. The first part (Paragraphs 1–3) is about the author’s family and their life during the war; the second part (Paragraphs 4–7) describes the author’s experience of humiliation in the school; the third part (Paragraphs 8–11) gives an account of how her excitement about a free photographic portrait sitting triggers her anticipation of the oncoming torment in the school; the fourth part (Paragraphs 12–15) describes what actually happened later, which was a turning point in the author’s life — instead of being humiliated, she was warmly praised and encouraged by a sympathetic teacher; GR: Text intro-2 the last part (Paragraphs 16–17) describes the immediate impact of a “warm sentence” by the teacher and its everlasting influence on the author. GR: CN-a tale A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literatu