1、Active reading 1,Mapping,Embarkation,Navigation,Destination,Resources,Learning to identify collocations in the passages as a way to enhance the understanding of meaning Understanding the effect of giving different viewpoints through story,Active reading 1: Mapping,Sylvia Plath,Superman,Icarus,Mecca,
2、Salvador Dali,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Jerusalem,Photo scrapbook,Photo scrapbook,whip a top,trundle a hoop,play on the swing,blow soap bubbles,ride a goat,play slingshot,hide and seek,skip the rubber band,play the house plan,play glass marbles,More,Photo scrapbook,Work in pairs. Look at the pho
3、to scrapbook of childhood memories. Talk about what kind of childhood memories they show. Do any photos remind you of anything from your childhood?,click,click,click,click,click,Back,What to call her? When was it created? at which age? What is the uniform item? What does the flag mean?6.What does th
4、e salute mean? 7.What is the slogan? 8. What is the conduct? 9. What is the song? 10.What after?,the Young Pioneers of China 13, 1949June 1, 1954 6-14 red scarf, tied by existing ones the torch symbolizes brightness down the path of communism 6. the interests of the People supersede all 7. -“Be prep
5、ared, to struggle for the cause of Communism!“ -“Always be prepared!“ 8. Honesty, Courage, Vivacity, Unity 9.We are the heirs of communism 10Communist Youth LeagueCommunist Party of China,Childhood icons,Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1. Who is your childhood icon? 2. What is your childhoo
6、d icon characteristic of? 3. How do you get to know your childhood icon?Now read the stories of some icons to see if they meet your childhood ideals.,a boy flying in the sky with a wheel of fire under each foot, a golden hoop, the “cosmic ring, a red sash around his shoulder and a spear in his hands
7、.,a black-clad masked outlaw who defends the people of the land against tyrannical officials and other villains in in the Spanish colonial era of California, US,a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist, Dr. Tenma in the image of the son he had lost,a monkey born from a s
8、tone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.,Superman,Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. from
9、_ Krypton and was sent to earth by his father; raised by a Kansas _ as “Clark Kent” and becomes a mild-mannered _; changes to the Superman blue suit with the famous “S” logo and _ whenever humanity needs help and he always turns up in moments of danger; has set a trend for other _, e.g. Batman, _, e
10、tc.,Script,Script,Superman has _ status and has set a trend for other _ with extreme abilities and skills, for example, _, Batman, etc.,Back,Superman,Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. from _ Krypton and was sent to earth by his father; raised by a Kansas _ as “Clark Kent” and becomes a m
11、ild-mannered _; changes to the Superman blue suit with the famous “S” logo and _ whenever humanity needs help and he always turns up in moments of danger; has set a trend for other _, e.g. Batman, _, etc.,the planet,farmer,reporter,red cape,Spiderman,superheroes,Script,Script,Superman has _ status a
12、nd has set a trend for other _ with extreme abilities and skills, for example, _, Batman, etc.,Back,iconic,superheroes,Spiderman,Script,More,In the story, Superman comes from the planet Krypton and was sent to earth by his father. He was raised by a Kansas farmer as “Clark Kent”. He becomes a mild-m
13、annered reporter but changes to the Superman blue suit with the famous “S” logo and red cape whenever humanity needs help, and especially to prevent crime and disasters. Superman can fly and has fantastic strength. Nobody knows who he really is, but he always turns up in moments of danger.,Script,Su
14、perman has iconic status and has set a trend for other superheroes with extreme abilities and skills, for example, Batman, Spiderman, etc.,Back,Sylvia Plath (1932-1963),one of the major American poets of the 20th century lived between 1932 and 1963 seemed to have been depressed and unhappy,More,Ted
15、and Sylvia,Sylvia with her kids,Sylvia Plath (1932-1963),“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination we want to be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.”,Sylvia Plath,Mecca,Mecca: a city in Saudi Arabia, the holie
16、st city for Islam, where Prophet Muhammad was born,The name “Muhammad“ in traditional Islamic calligraphy,Work in pairs and explain the significance of Mecca.,Jerusalem,A holy city for Jews (Judaism), Muslims (Islam) and Christians (Christianity) The 2000 Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem lists 1204
17、 synagogues (Jewish house of prayer), 158 churches, and 73 mosques within the city.,the Omar Mosque,the Belz Great Synagogue (犹太会堂;犹太教堂 ),the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (圣墓，耶稣之墓）,Work in pairs and explain why Jerusalem is a holy city.,Salvador Dali (1904 -1989),a Spanish surrealist painter known f
18、or his strange dream-like paintings (Surrealism),More,The Persistence of Memory, 1931,Self Portrait as Mona Lisa, 1954,Work in pairs and discuss which of Dalis works of art impresses you most and why.,Salvador Dali (1904 -1989),Venus de Milo with drawers, 1964,Mae Wests Lips Sofa, 1936-1937,Icarus,I
19、n Greek mythology, Icarus was a man who tried to fly using wings held together with wax. When he got too close to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell to the ground and died.,Work in pairs and discuss if you can find a similar person to Icarus in Chinese literature or Chinese history.,Active reading
20、 1: Navigation,Text organisation,Text exploration,Difficult sentences,Interpreting,Text organisation,Pre-Superman memories,Superman memories,click,click,Identify the textual pattern.,Text organisation,Pre-Superman memories,Prize winner,Browns snowsuit,A landscape by Dali,Flying dreams,Nightly Advent
21、ures in space,Back,Text organisation,Superman memories,Superman games,Where,When,Who,alcove by the parking lot,during recess,the author Davie Stirling Sheldon Fein,Seldons tortures,Uncle Frank Superman incognito,Back,Difficult sentences,1. I marveled at the moving beacons on the runway and watched I
22、 dreamed of flying. (Para 2) 2. At first, we had to prompt Sheldon in his part beyond the game. (Para 7) 3. David couldnt see the likeness as clearly as I did like making caramels disappear under napkins and walking on his hands. (Para 8),click,click,click,Difficult sentences,1. I marveled at the mo
23、ving beacons on the runway and watched, until it grew completely dark, the flashing red and green lights that rose and set in the sky like shooting stars. The airport was my Mecca, my Jerusalem. All night I dreamed of flying. (Para 2)Translate the sentences into Chinese.我惊奇地望着跑道上的移动信标，看着那些闪烁的红灯、绿灯像流
24、星般升起、降落，直到机场变得一片漆黑为止。机场就是我的麦加，我的耶路撒冷。我整夜都在做梦，梦见自己在空中飞行。,Back,Difficult sentences,2. At first, we had to prompt Sheldon in his part, but after a while he became an expert on inventing tortures and even carried them out in private, beyond the game. (Para 7)Translate the sentences into Chinese.一开始我们还得教
25、谢尔登怎么扮演他的角色，可没过多久他就变成了一位发明虐刑的专家，甚至私下里悄悄实施他的刑罚。,Back,Difficult sentences,3. David couldnt see the likeness as clearly as I did, but he admitted that Uncle Frank was the strongest man he had ever known, and could do lots of tricks like making caramels disappear under napkins and walking on his hands.
26、(Para 8)Translate the sentences into Chinese.戴维却看不出我舅舅和超人有多么相像，但他承认弗兰克舅舅是他这辈子所见过的最强壮的人，而且他会变很多戏法，比如用餐巾一盖上糖果，糖就没了，他还能倒立行走。,Back,Sentences Interpreting,Work in pairs and Look at the sentences from the passage and answer the questions in Activity 10, P21.Sentence 1 Sentence 5 Sentence 2 Sentence 6 Sent
27、ence 3 Sentence 7Sentence 4,click,click,click,click,click,click,click,1. . I can recall the changing colors of those days, clear and definite as a pattern seen through a kaleidoscope. What sense (sound, sight, taste etc) is the writer describing? What are the key words in this sentence? The sight in
28、 which colors and perhaps shapes change rapidly, like looking through a kaleidoscope. The key words “changing colors”, “clear”, “definite”, and “pattern”, and the comparison with a “kaleidoscope”.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,2. and the sound of waves was lost in the perpetual droning of the planes.
29、What sense is the writer describing here? What do planes do on a runway?The writer is describing the sounds of the planes as they land on and take off from the runway.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,3. a breathless sense of having tumbled like Icarus from the sky and caught myself on the soft bed just
30、in time. What does the writer feel as she comes out of her dream? What happened to Icarus?She feels she has been falling out of the sky, like Icarus. But, unlike him, she caught herself on the bed to save herself, while Icarus fell and died in the sea.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,4. Out by the parki
31、ng lot David and I found the perfect alcove for our Superman dramas. Do they play alone or with other children? Where is this likely to be a place where lots of people go? They play alone away from the other children in a place where few people go at recess time. The alcove by the back entrance woul
32、d be used only at the beginning and end of the school day.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,5. Our Superman games made us outlaws, yet gave us a sense of windy superiority. Why do you think theyre outlaws? Are they similar to or different from the other children? They are different from the other childre
33、n and they do not join the others for playground games, so they think of themselves as outlaws.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,6. After school we left him to his mamma and his bonbons and his helpless insects. So how does Sheldons behaviour while he plays with the writer contrast with his behaviour aft
34、er they finish playing? Sheldon joined them as a villain. After being prompted, he could invent tortures in the games, as a villain might. However, after the games were over he went back to his mothers sweets and he continued the torture outside the games by pulling off the legs and wings of insects
35、.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,7. he admitted that Uncle Frank was the strongest man he had ever known, and could do lots of tricks like making caramels disappear under napkins and walking on his hands. How is Uncle Frank compared with Superman in real life? Uncle Frank was very strong and he could d
36、o magic tricks and gymnastics, like walking on his hands. To the writer, Uncle Frank was as powerful as Superman.,Back,Sentences Interpreting,Words to note,Language in use,Active reading 1: Resources,Words to note,perpetual flaunt tumble barren,marvel atset backcome into ones ownbear a resemblance t
37、o,flaunt,The ill-bred woman flaunted her riches in public. 那位没有教养的妇人当众炫耀她的财富 breed, bred, bred material/spiritual riches A career that brought him fame and riches,n. to deliberately try to make people notice something, eg your possessions, beauty, abilities etc, because you want them to admire you,W
38、ork in pairs. Translate the following into Chinese.,barren,a. barren or marginal farmland b. writing of barren insight,缺乏洞察力的作品 荒芜、边远的农田,adj. without any interesting or positive features, dry and empty,Work in pairs. Match the Chinese translation of barren.,perpetual,adj. usually before noun. contin
39、uing for a long time without interruption frequently repeated, which can be annoying,Translate the following into Chinese. 持续不断的建筑噪声 生活在长期的恐惧中 perpetual noise of construction live in a perpetual state of fearIf you keep your phone on while working, you might get_.perpetual interruptions of phone cal
40、ls,tumble,1.to fall downwards 2. to fall rapidly in value or amount Answer the following questions. Have you dreamed of yourself tumbling down the stairs? As the eruption of anti-Japanese protests over the disputed island, what happened to China stocks market? -China stocks have tumbled.-Share price
41、s took a sharp tumble.,come into ones own,Work in pairs and explain the meaning of the following sentences.,to have the opportunity to show how good or useful you are or sth is,1.When the traffic is bad, subway really comes to its own. 2.Was JK Rowling a well-known writer?- No, she really come into
42、herown until with Harry Potter.,Gap fill-in. You might _ _ the striking _ the two stars _ to each other. To ordinary people, celebrity emulation with plastic surgery is one way that people transform themselves to_ their favorite stars. - marvel at; resemblance; bear; resemble,be set back,(usu. passi
43、ve) (of the building) not in the prominent positionDo you think a library should be located on the main street of downtown? - The library should be set far back from the busy main street.set sth backto delay the process of someone or sth.What will set a company back? - lack of effective and firm lea
44、dership/ cooperation and coordination/product innovation/talent introduction and management,Luxury goods in China Riding the gilded tiger May 12th 2012 | HONG KONG,A new report from CLSA, a stockbroker, forecasts that more than half of this years growth in luxury goods will come from China, where sa
45、les are set to soar by 24% in 2012. The country is already the largest market for jewellery after America, and for gold after India, and is gaining fast on both leaders. Prada and Gucci owe a third of their global sales to the rich in China. Chow Tai Fook (CTF), a Hong Kong firm that is the worlds l
46、argest jeweller, saw same-store sales on the mainland shoot up by 45% from April to September last year. Whereas the Wests rich like it when luxury firms give them discounts for repeat purchases, their Chinese counterparts care more about having their status recognized,Useful expressions,More,1.民防图标
47、设计,1. the Civil Defense signs,2.那些精彩纷呈的日子,2. the changing colors of those days,3.历历在目的往事,3. clear and definite memories,4.明亮闪耀的灯光,4. blazing and blinking lights,5.飞机永无休止的轰鸣声,5. the perpetual droning of the planes,6.惊讶于.,6. marvel at sth,7.流星,7. shooting stars,8.我梦想斑斓的岁月,8. the days of my technicolor
48、 dreams,9.在昏暗的暮色中,9. in the vague twilight,Useful expressions,10.慢慢进入梦乡,10. drift off to sleep,11.在一阵惊吓中醒来,11. awake with a sudden shock,12.每夜的太空冒险,12. the nightly adventures in space,13. 呼啸而过/而去,13. roar by/ away,More,14.超人的崇拜者,14. the worshipper of Superman,15.有点书呆子气的男孩,16 黑色柏油马路,17.的绝佳场所,19.大显身手,18.一种虚幻的优越感,15. a bookish boy,16. a black tar street,17. the perfect alcove for sth,19. come to ones own,18. a sense of windy superiority,Useful expressions,23.充当某人的替身,23. be a stand-in for sb,
