高英新课件：Unit_8(第六册_英语综合教程_外教社)(1).ppt

Unit 8 Two Truths to Live by Hold fast, and let go: Understand this paradox, and you stand at the very gate of wisdom About the Author Alexander M. Schindler(1925-2000), Chairman of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations(1973-1996), leader of the Reform Movement of American Judaism for more than two decades and a pivotal figure in 20th century Judaism. This text is an excerpt from his speech at the commencement of the University of South Carolina. 本文是美国犹太人联合会主席辛德勒于1987年5月在南卡罗来纳大学毕业典礼上致辞的节选。 Pre-reading questions What would you compare life to? A poem, a piece of music, a painting or what? Explain your choice? Do you find life sometimes paradoxical? Why or why not? What should our life be like? Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Stray Birds Life is … . beautiful Life is unpredictable, fragile, vulnerable and at the mercy of nature. Life is transient. But life is dauntless, wondrous, and still hopeful. Pre-questions( open for discussion) 1. Just as said in the film Forrest Gump, life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes, we do complain about the unfairness of life when it turns its back on us. However, life does endow us with many unexpected surprises. It depends on how we deal with it. Looking at one thing from another perspective can give us another kind of feeling. Please share one such example in your life with your fellow students. 2. Life is a process in which you gain and lose in turn. Nowadays, we won’t be so surprised to hear that someone would resign from a job with bright prospects, and decide to start a voyage around the world or go to the poorest areas to be a volunteer. If you are required to give up something for something else, how would you make the choice? And why? Think of one or two such instances in your life. Text Analysis This essay discusses one of the paradoxes in life: “to let go” and “to hold fast.” The author tries to explain the imp