Unit8FirstSnow-精选课件(公开).pptVIP

Unit 8 First Snow 教学建议： 本章重点：学会景物描写和文学赏析 本章难点：一些景物描写方面的词和典故，以及长句难句的理解。 课时安排：精读4学时。 ☆ Pre-reading Activities ☆ Passage Exploration ☆ Post-reading Activities Unit 8 First Snow Pre-reading Questions Do you believe weather is able to change a person’s mood? Give your examples. What does snow remind you of? Tell your story about snow. Background Information ☆ John Boynton Priestley ☆ Robert Lynd ☆ Jane Austen John Boynton Priestley John Boynton Priestley (1894—1984) : British journalist, novelist, playwright, and essayist. Priestleys output was vast and varied—he wrote over one hundred novels, plays, and essays, and is best known as the author of the novel THE GOOD COMPANIONS (1929). A man of versatility, he was a patriot, cosmopolitan Yorkshireman, professional amateur, cultured Philistine, reactionary radical, and a common-sense spokesman for the ordinary man-in-the-street. Priestley refused both knighthood and peerage, but accepted in 1977 the prestigious Order of Merit. Robert Lynd Robert Lynd (1879—1949): British essayist. He is remembered today for the remarkable sequence of essays he wrote over a period of more than forty years. They never fall below a high level of elegance and fluency, and while some are too self-consciously literary for todays taste, the best of them—such as The Herring Fleet, inspired by his memories of Ardglass—have become twentieth century classics. Jane Austen Jane Austen: the English author lived from 1775 to 1817. Her novels are highly prized not only for their light irony, humor, and depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities. Text Studying ☆ Structure of the text ☆ Language points Structure Analysis Para. 1. People all feel very excited about the first snow. Para.2 The first snow is magic. It makes the world totally different over one night. Para.3 The author describes a dreamy snow scenery in the morning. Para. 4 The snow falls more heavily