新编大学英语课件B4U2 Activate.ppt

Words are powerful! Martin Lurther King: I have a dream Martin Lurther King’s dream has come true. Words are powerful! Words are infulential! Words are influential! Words have tremendous powers！ The pen is mightier than the sword. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Soft words win hard hearts. Words are part of what separates humankind from animals. Four-footed beasts dont build hospitals, schools, and churches, partly because they dont have the power of words. Words can be disagreeable. Words can be disagreeable. Youve heard the saying Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me. This saying is completely false. Words have about as much power as a weapon. Words have the power to heal or to break, to raise or to lower confidence, to make sad or make happy, can impose great change, can kill enthusiasm, and can impose a permanent mark (good or bad) on your emotions that link to those words. Use words carefully and they can make someones day. Words can reveal thoughts, conceal pain, paint dreams, correct errors, and pass along dearly bought lessons to the latest generation. Words can transport knowledge from the past, interpret the present, and speak to the future.  Words are durable！ TASK ONE Read the story about the two frogs in a well. Step 1 A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed of what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the ot