中学英语课件Unit1 thinking as a hobby.pptVIP

Part One: Lead-in Part Two: About the Author Part Three: Language StudyPart Four: Text AppreciationPart Five: Extension;Part I Lead-in; Please describe the following pictures in detail and depict their symbolic meaning in your own words. ;; Discussion about thinking 1. Well-known classification: Affective thinking Rational thinking 2. Explanation of thinking from the text proper Grade-three thinking Grade-two thinking Grade-one thinking ;I think so, because they all say so!;;; ;“What is the hardest task in the world? To think.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson;Part II About the Author;Part III Language Study ; acquaintance;Examples: Let me acquaint you with my family. You must acquaint yourself with your new duties. Please acquaint us with your plans.;anguish;confer;contemplate; Word formation;exalt;Sentence Paraphrase Writing Device Further Understanding 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. More Questions ;Sentence Paraphrase 1;Sentence Paraphrase 2;The teacher’s glasses caught the light and therefore the boy could not see the teacher’s eyes. He could not have any eye contact. He could have any communication with him. The implied meaning of this sentence is that they could not communicate, not because of this but because of the teacher’s lack of understanding of the boy.; ;Sentence Paraphrase 4;to leap to one’s feet to rise to one’s feet to struggle to one’s feet to stagger to one’s feet to help sb. to one’s feet to pull sb. to his feet;Sentence Paraphrase 5;Note the humorous effect achieved through the use of the exaggeration and formal style.;Writing Devices 1;Sentence Paraphrase 7;The author is ridiculing the contradiction between his high moral tone and the working of his genes which compels him to turn his head toward young girls.;Writing Devices 2;Writing Devices; Democracy favors the vote rather than the bullet. (Vote=election, bullet=military solutions) “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun