book4 Unit 5 Attitude Is Everything课件.pptVIP

Unit 5 Attitude Is Everything;Reading 1 Three Days to See;Words or phrases related to the subject of Helen Keller.;;On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. First I should like to gaze long upon the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy. The next day - the second day of sight- I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and present. Through the museums, of course. My third and last day of sight, the city New York becomes my destination. ;Life Story of Helen Keller;Helen Keller was born June 27th 1880 in a small town in northern Alabama. Her father, Arthur Keller, was a captain in the army of the South during the American Civil War. Her mother was his second wife. She was much younger than her husband. Helen was their first child. ;;;When Helen was six,? a teacher arrived from the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston. Her name was Anne Sullivan. She herself had once been almost completely blind. But she had regained her sight. At Perkins, she had learned the newest methods of teaching the blind. Three years after Helen started to communicate with her hands, she began to learn to speak as other people did.? ;;;Outline of the Text;Language study;;3. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. (Para. 3) Paraphrase: We should live each day with kindness, energy, and an appreciation of life which we often fail to do because we so easily perceive our future as endless and don’t recognize the importance of each day.;appreciation n. 1) a feeling of being grateful for sth someone has done 感激，感谢 The award is given in appreciation of her huge contribution to the film business. 2) pleasure you feel when you realize sth is good, useful, or well done 欣赏， 鉴赏 It helps children to develop an appreci