1、Part II,Reading and Language Activities,Book 2-Unit 9,Pre-reading Task Comprehension Work Language Work,Reading and Language Activities,Book 2-Unit 9,Return to Menu,Pre-reading Task,What kind of dreams do you often have? And can you remember them afterwards? Tell us a dream you once have. Have you e
2、ncountered, in your dreams, anything related to your work, friends, or family? Do you believe that dreams may have a special meaning or message to us?,Discuss the following questions.,Book 2-Unit 9,Comprehension Work,Reading ComprehensionDifficult SentencesStory ReproductionCloze,Book 2-Unit 9,Read
3、the text and figure out the main idea of each paragraph.,Elias Howe worked all night on the design of a sewing machine and ran into a very difficulty problem.,He had a nightmare and found the solution to his problem.,Elias Howe was far from being unique in finding the Answer to his problem in this w
4、ay.,When we asleep, a part of our mind is still working and could send messages to the part we use when we are awake.,Reading Comprehension,Book 2-Unit 9,1. What had Elias Howe been working on all night before he finally fell asleep?,He had worked all night on the design of a sewing machine before h
5、e finally fell asleep.,In his work he ran into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.,2. Did he have a problem? What was it?,Comprehension Questions,Book 2-Unit 9,3. Why did Howe sleep badly despite his exhaustion?,Despite his exhaustion,
6、Howe slept badly because he had a nightmare. In the nightmare he had been captured by a tribe of terrible savages whose king threatened to kill and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.,4. What made him awake with a start?,In the nightmare, the king ordered his soldiers to kill How
7、e. They advanced toward him with their spears. Suddenly he noticed a small hole on the tip of the spear and a bright idea suddenly dawned on him out of the dream. That is why Howe awoke with a start.,Book 2-Unit 9,5. What did Howe suddenly realize?,As Howe noticed in his nightmare the hole on the ti
8、p of each spear, he suddenly realized that he had found the solution to his problem: he could make the thread run through a small hole on the tip of the needle.,6. Was Howe unique in finding an answer to his problem in this way? Are there any other cases in history in which some people found the ans
9、wers in their dreams?,Howe was not unique in finding the answer to his problem in this way. In history, there were similar cases. Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein also found solutions to problems in this way, and so did Charlotte Bronte and Igor Stravinsky.,Book 2-Unit 9,Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855
10、): An English novelist, whose masterpiece Jane Eyre was published in 1847, about a poor orphan girl who later becomes a governess and falls in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester. The book describes Janes honesty of mind, her strength of will and her ardent pursuit for love, happiness and independ
11、ence. It is one of the most widely read English novels even today.,Book 2-Unit 9,Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): An American musician, born in Russia, remembered especially for his ballets including The Firebird, Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring. His work is known for being modern and original but at
12、the time was seen as controversial.,Book 2-Unit 9,7. What happens to your mind when you are asleep?,When you are asleep, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious but active part digests your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day.,8. How does the uncon
13、scious part of the mind express itself?,The unconscious part of the mind expresses itself through its own logic and its own language. It uses strange images to send messages to the conscious part of mind during our sleep.,Book 2-Unit 9,他为设计一种缝纫机已忙了整整一夜，却遇到了一个棘手的问题：无法让线跟着运转的针顺利地穿进穿出。,1. He had been w
14、orking all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.,1. run into trouble/difficulty/problems start to have trouble/difficulty/ problem 2. run into somebody meet somebody when you did
15、nt expect to,Difficult Sentences,Book 2-Unit 9,尽管他精疲力竭，但却无法安睡。他辗转反侧，并做了一个噩梦。,2. Despite his exhaustion, Howe slept badly. He tossed and turned. Then he had a nightmare.,prep. used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it, equal to in spite of in usage e.g.
16、 Three more nuclear power stations were built despite widespread opposition.,be unable to sleep or to sleep badly, especially because something is worrying you,Book 2-Unit 9,埃利亚斯豪绝非唯一用这种方法解决问题的人。,3. Elias Howe was far from being unique in finding the answer to his problem in this way.,rather than e.
17、g. Im far from being happy in my present job.,very special, unusual; not the same as anything or anyone else; only existing or happening in one place or situation,Book 2-Unit 9,夏洛蒂勃朗特也是在梦中得到灵感写出了简爱。,4. Charlotte Bront also drew on her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.,use something that you have graduall
18、y gained or saved e.g. As an actor, he often draws on his own life experiences.,Book 2-Unit 9,Story Reproduction,Elias Howes problem in the designof a sewing machine Howe having a dream, a nightmare Howe finding an solution to his problem Howe not unique in finding his solution this way; other simil
19、ar cases: Edison, Einstein, Bronte andStravinsky value of dreams, secret messages to ourselves,Retell the text using the following cues.,Book 2-Unit 9,Cloze,Book 2-Unit 9,Read the passage on page 128, and fill in each blank with one suitable word.Check your answers.,attempts (2) accepting (3) dream
20、(4) savage (5) spear (6) attempts (7) prototypes (8) unmet (9) death (10) flew (11) revelation (12) head (13) inventing,Language Work,Rewrite the Sentences,Word Study,Blank Filling,Book 2-Unit 9,Fill in the blanks with words from the text. (page 129) Igor Stravinsky, the great Russian _, had such a
21、_ talent for music that he could _ any tiny discord in a music performance. In writing her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte _ her personal experiences as a governess. In his experiment, Thomas Edison _ a lot of difficulties, which almost drove him to despair and _. But finally he found _ to all tho
22、se problems. Sigmund Freud was very interested in interpreting dreams and their _. He _them for 30 years and found that dreams could _ and process the information we got during the day.,composer,unique,capture,drew on,ran into,solutions,exhaustion,value,worked on,store,Blank Filling,Book 2-Unit 9,5.
23、 _ his financial troubles, Mr. Wilson insisted that he would _ the small shop in town. 6. _ employing a builder, the family repaired the house themselves, which _ them to get much pleasure from DIY. 7. The terrible earthquake, during which all his family members lost their lives, is a _ to him. 8. T
24、he _ of the new product will not win the managers approval _ it can bring profit to the firm.,Despite,run,Instead of,enabled,nightmare,design,unless,Book 2-Unit 9,1. The explosion of a bomb made such a noise at night that people nearby all awoke in fear and surprise. 2. When he realized that he had
25、been cheated, the man became very angry. 3. The employees warned that they would go on strike if they did not get a pay raise. 4. Can you fully understand the importance of his suggestion?,with a start,flew into a rage,appreciate,Rewrite the Sentences,Rewrite the following sentences with the express
26、ions in the box.,unconscious threaten to do something fly into a rage appreciate toss with a start savage digest,threatened to,Book 2-Unit 9,5. The ship was rocking from side to side on the rough sea. 6. During a war, human beings sometimes behave like wild animals. 7. It took him quite a long time
27、to comprehend what was said in the report. 8. A car crashed into a lamp-post. The driver who was badly injured lost consciousness and lay on the road.,being tossed about,savages,lay unconscious,Book 2-Unit 9,digest,Study the six expressions in Exercise a together with the example sentences in Exerci
28、se b. Give Chinese interpretations of the term based on the example sentences. Pay attention to the relations between the verbs and phrases. Use the prompts to produce other sentences with the same pattern as the example.,(page 130),Word Study,Book 2-Unit 9,1. capture: catch someone so that he becom
29、es your prisoner; to express what someone or something is really like in a way that people can clearly recognize e.g. He dreamt that he had been captured by a tribe of terrible savages.,a. At the moment when the thief intended to run away he was captured by the policeman who had followed him for a l
30、ong time. b. The soldiers tried to rescue the woman who had been captured by the robber as a hostage. c. Can you capture this moving scene in words?,(他梦见自己被一个野蛮民族的人抓住了。),Book 2-Unit 9,2. find solution to: The word to after solution is a preposition, so it must be followed by a noun, a noun phrase, a
31、 gerund, or a nominal clause. The same is true with phrases like a key to, an introduction to, notes to (the text), a monument to, an ambassador to, a reply/answer to, an entrance to, etc.e.g. The inventor realised that he had just found thesolution to the problem.,a. After thinking over this math p
32、roblem for half an hour, he found a solution to it at last. b. Many countries are now very serious about finding a solution to climate changes brought about by the greenhouse effect. c. We must find a solution to this technical problem.,(发明家意识到自己已找到了问题的解决办法。),Book 2-Unit 9,3. enable somebody to do s
33、omething: make somebody be able to do somethinge.g. This was the simple idea that finally enabled Howe to design and build the first practical sewing machine.,His academic background will enable him to find a good job without any difficulty. b. The new communication facilities enable people at diffe
34、rent places in the world to communicate with each other more quickly and easily. c. A good vocabulary will enable one to speak and write effectively.,(正是这个简单的主意使豪设计并制造了第一台真正实用的缝纫机。),Book 2-Unit 9,4. be far from: used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mentioned, or that w
35、hat was just said is not at all true and that the opposite is probably truee.g. Elias Howe was far from being unique in finding the answer to his problem in this way.,Though he is very diligent, he is far from being the top student in the class. b. The quality of the new product is far from being pe
36、rfect. c. Your mother is far from being pleased with your examination results.,(埃利亚斯豪绝非唯一用这种方法解决问题的人 。),Book 2-Unit 9,5. despite: prep. (in) despite of = in spite ofe.g. Despite his exhaustion, Howe slept badly.,a. Despite the differences in age, background, and education, they become close friends.
37、 b. Despite lack of enough bombs, the soldiers still did their best to defeat the enemy. c. Despite the bad climate, the scientific expedition teams went on with their research work in the Antarctic.,(尽管他精疲力竭，但却无法安睡 。),Book 2-Unit 9,6. express oneself: make oneself understood e.g. The unconscious pa
38、rt expresses itself through its own logic and its own language.,a. The dumb people expressed themselves by making gestures. b. You are free to express yourself with him. c. The student expressed herself in good, clear English.,(这个无意识的部分是通过自己独特的逻辑和语言来表述意思的 。),Book 2-Unit 9,Book 2-Unit 9,Return to Menu,
