《现代大学英语 精读6（第二版）》教学课件Unit 11-(2010版).pptxVIP

济南大学英语系 外语教学与研究出版社 CONTEMPORARY现代大学英语COLLEGE ENGLISH 2 3Contents Warming up Background Structure Text Analysis ExtensionUnit 11 4Warming upA thing of beauty is a joy forever. [John Keats] Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.Beauty is only/but skin deep. Beauty fades like a flower. Beauty’s sister is vanity, and its daughter lust. Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit. Beauty and honesty seldom agree. Beauty and wisdom rarely go together. [German Proverb] Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. BeautyComment on these statements. WBSET Beauty Around Us单击 视频部分 播放单击此椭圆, 打开链接播放6分10秒 Wedding Ceremony单击 视频部分 播放单击此椭圆, 打开链接播放3分36秒WBSET 7Background InformationThe AuthorWBSET 8The AuthorBackground InformationScott Russell Sanders was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1945. His father came from a family of cotton farmers in Mississippi, his mother from an immigrant doctor’s family in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Tennessee and his school years in Ohio. He studied English and physics at Brown University and graduated in 1967. With the aid of a Marshall Scholarship, he pursued graduate work at Cambridge University, where he got his PhD in English in 1971. From 1971 until his retirement in 2009, he taught at Indiana University, from 1995 onward as Distinguished Professor of English. 9BackgroundSanders is the author of many books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Secrets of the Universe (1991), Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World (1994), Hunting for Hope (1999), A Private History of Awe (2006), and A Conserva-tionist Manifesto (2009). 10BackgroundSanders writes about many facets of life—birth, death, nature, humanity, family, friends, relationships and hope. His main focus is on how human beings interact with the natural world and with each other. Sanders conveys his ideas through the use of personal experiences, observations, and reflections on life and nature.In an interview, he says, “In essays I speak earnestly about matters cl