世纪大学英语 读写译教程.pptxVIP

Unit 3 Old and Young;Proverbs and Quotations;;Teaching Objectives;2. By learning this unit students will be able to grasp the main idea and structure of the texts, master the key language points, new words, grammatical structures and translation skills. And students will also be able to improve their oral communication skills and reading competence through performing the relevant tasks. 3. Writing Focus in this unit introduces the structure of an essay which paves the way for essay writing in the following units.;Look at the picture and discuss with your partner the following questions.;Lead-in;Lead-in;4. How does the speaker feel when he becomes aged? 5. What will the speaker do to spend his aging life?;【Script】;Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 a.m., and sleep until noon? I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when a beloved pet is hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength, understanding and sympathy. A heart never broke will never know the joy of being imperfect.; I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turn gray. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong. I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day.;Reading Focus-Text A; This is the story of an extraordinary voyage in time, and of a young woman who devoted three years to a singular experiment. In 1979, Patty Moore — then aged twenty-six — transformed h