新视野英语教程第三版教学资源.pptxVIP

新视野英语教程第三版教学资源第1页/共28页 CONTENTS第2页/共28页 Introduction Road is the topic of the text. The author is endowed with two different meanings. His house is too close to the road, and all the traffic and noise gives him an endless headache; on the other side, the road brings him friends, stories and neighbors, and it turns into “my road to happiness”. The author expected to express the truth: people’s need for having people close and the need for something to put the way to human happiness.第3页/共28页 Questions and AnswersFind the answers of the following question in the text.1. Can you summarize the process of the author’s attitude towards the road?2. Can you find out three benefit brought by the road,3. What does the author mean by saying “his reasons, just as true as his middle name, had to do with farm life in the late 19th century”?第4页/共28页 Intensive Reading When I bought this house, I was concerned about how close it was to the road. But after moving in and getting settled, my concerns were pushed aside. For the first few months, planting vegetables, acquiring a dog, building a chicken house, and getting wood—all these projects kept me outside from dawn until dusk, along with my little portable radio. It wasnt until winter arrived and confined me to the house that I became more conscious of the road. Its just a Maine country back road, lined with beautiful old trees and homes, but its very busy. To the north is the city, to the west the bus terminal and the highway, and to the south, a shopping mall. All the traffic passing by my house is on its way somewhere else. Para. 12My Road to Happiness 第5页/共28页 Para. 3-6 The road rose to meet me, whether I wanted it to or not. Lorries, cars, bikes, and fire engines came at all hours, annoying me to no end. Most nights, Id watch as their retreating lights passed right on by, screw up my face at it all, and then pull the shades down so I could get some sleep. Little did I know it then, but the road was actuall