高中英语教学课件：选必一U1 reading and thinking.pptx

People of Achievement Unit 1 Reading and Thinking I. Discussion1. Do you know the following people in the picture? Florence NightingaleAlexanderFlemingIsaac NewtonYuan Longping2. Why are these people called great people?Lu Xun?make great contributions...?blaze a trail in... 开辟道路?cast a new light on...使人们对……有新认识?bring enlightenment to...带来启示 the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened What are the qualities of these great people? Can you use some descriptive words to describe them? Descriptive word, a kind of adjective, adverb, v-ing etc., is used to describe the colors, states and modalities of people or objects vividly and specifically. These will help you form a better impression of the subject described in the passage. vtalenteddevotedselflesscommitteddiligentpersistentcourageousintelligentBrainstorm the descriptive words.hardworkingresponsiblecooperativemodestadventurousdeterminedfearless无畏的relentless坚持不懈的greatremarkableoutstandingextraordinary Read for language featureThe titleThe dateThe leadThe illustrations1. Where would you most likely find this passage?In a blog. B. In a book.C. In a letter D. In a newspaper2. Passages like this are most often written in ____ and ___?A. the active voice/ offer many opinionsB. the first person/ talk about feelingsC. both active and passive voices / mostly contain facts??News stories are often written in passive voice and third person and they always contain many facts rather than the writers’ opinion or feeling so as to make the writing objective and convincing. Predict and then read the text. 3. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage?A. A quote from Tu YouyouB. The details of how artimisinin was discovered. C. Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artmisinin.D. Tu Youyou’s personal life.E. Tu Youyou’s road to discoverin