unit 1 名誉之尾.pptVIP

Unit 1 Section A Content Leading-in questions Pre-reading activities Fast-reading activities Intensive reading activities Post-reading activities Assignments The Tail of Fame Fame: the state of being known and talked about by many people. Here are some proverbs about fame: 1) Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off. 名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。 2) A good name is better than riches. 好名誉胜过有财富。 3) A good name is sooner lost than won. 美誉难得而易失。 4) Fame is a magnifying glass. 名誉是放大镜。 Leading-in Questions 1. For your understanding, how to define the word fame ? 2. What do people seek fame for ? 3. What negative effects might fame bring about ? 4. Do you want to live a life of celebrity? Give your reasons. Pre-reading Activities Do some listening work First listening: listen about Oscar Wild and quotations from him. Second listening: listen to te passage again and answer the following questions you hear. The last question is open-ended and may have different answers. Question1: For what was Oscar Wilde famous? Question2: What does the quote men become old, but they never become good mean? Question3: Here is another quote from Wilde: life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. How do you understand this quote? Fast--Reading Avtivities Please read the passage as quickly as you can and answer the questions on Page 9. Make sure that you grasp the main idea of the text and have a relatively clear understanding of the text structure, and divide the whole text into several parts. Language Points 1. An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. 艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。 提炼句型：Sb. who do sth. be like sb. else doing sth. else who, when / once …, … 做某事的人如同他人做······， 一旦······， 就······ 用于表达 “事物之间的类比”。 Post-Reading Avtivities Consolidation: Retell the t