Unit+1+Looking+Forwards+Starting+out++Understanding+ideas+课件-2024-2025学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册.pptx

OB4U1Lookingforwards-Startingout

Whoismentionedinthevideo?Whatdecisionsdidhemake?Whydidhechangehisdecision?

1.Whatdecisionsdidhemake?WhenLuXunwas15,traditionalChinesemedicinefailedtocurehisfather’sillness,sohemadeadecisiontostudyWesternmedicineandbecameadoctor.Butlater,hemadeadecisiontoabandonhismedicalstudiesandtakeupwriting.2.Whydidhechangehisdecision?BecauseherealizedthatpeopleinChinaweremoreinneedoftreatmentfortheirmindsthantheirbodies.Themostimportantthing,inhismind,wastochangepeople’sspirit,andthebestwaytoachievethiswasthroughliterature.

LuXun(1881-1936)wasthepennameofZhouShuren,aninfluentialChinesewriter,essayist,andtranslatorwhoiscommonlyconsideredthe‘fatherofmodernChineseliterature.’Knownforhissatiricalobservationsofearly20th-centuryChinesesociety,heiscelebratedasapioneerofmodernvernacularChineseliterature现代白话文学andwasoneofthemostimportantthinkersofhistime.

Silence,silence!Unlessweburstout,weshallperishinthissilence!Hopecannotbesaidtoexist,norcanitbesaidnottoexist.Itisjustlikeroadsacrosstheearth.Foractuallytheearthhadnoroadstobeginwith,butwhenmanymenpassoneway,aroadismade.

Eyebrowsraised,coldlyconfronting.Accusingfingersofathousandbullies.Yetwithmyheadbowed,I’llbeanoxforchildren.所以我时常害怕，愿中国青年都摆脱冷气，只是向上走，不必听自暴自弃者流的话。能做事的做事，能发声的发声。有一分热，发一分光，就令萤火一般，也可以在黑暗里发一点光，不必等候炬火。此后如竟没有炬火：我便是唯一的光。倘若有了炬火，出了太阳，我们自然心悦诚服的消失。不但毫无不平，而且还要随喜赞美这炬火或太阳；因为他照了人类，连我都在内。我又愿中国青年都只是向上走，不必理会这冷笑和暗箭。

DoyouagreewithLuXun’sdecision?Why?Haveyoumadeanyimportantdecisionsorchoicesinyourlife?Whatdidyoudo?

Whatcanyoudotomakebetterdecisions?(1)Identifytheproblem.(2)Startbycomparisonandcreatapointsystem.(3)Listprosandcons.(4)Imaginepossibleoutcomes.(5)Trytobepreparedandconfident,followingyourheart.(6)Step