ThecomebackBasedonastorybyElizabethVanSteenwyk.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,The comeback,Based on a story by,Elizabeth Van,Steenwyk,Introduction,Part 1,The author,Steenwyk,Elizabeth Van,Steenwyk,was born in Illinois in 1928.She is the author of more than 50 books for young adults.She has also written more than 200 short stories.One of her books,“The Best Horse”,became an awarding winning film.,Steenwyk,Van,Steenwyk,now lives in California.She loves writing,and she also teaches writing.She tells her students,If you want to be a writer,you must write,write,write.Work,as hard as you can and never give up.,Part 2,The characters,Laurie,In the story,Laurie was a young,excellent ice-skater who hoped to skate in the World Cup and the Olympics.Winning was very important to her.From the day she was ten,no one could beat her in ice-skating.But just then she had an accident and hurt her,Knees badly.After six months since the accident,she came back.When she waited for her turn to skate in the competition,Kathy,another ice-skater,told her that they had some new competition that year and there was a girl from Connecticut named,Jinny,Jordan who was really strong,in everything.,Jinny,Jordan become her only opponent in the competition.When she found,Jinnys,music tape(the music was as important to the program as the skating itself),she wondered whether or not to return it.However,she decided to return it at last.Just then,it was her turn to skate.She skated perfectly to win in her comeback.,Jinny,In the story,Jinny,Jordan was a new ice-skater,the one that Laurie had to beat to win.She appeared in some new competition that Laurie had not skate in because her knee had been hurt badly in a accident.,Jinny,was a terrific ice-skater who was really strong in everything.However,unfortunately,she lost her music tape which was as important to the program as the skating itself.At last,kind-hearted Laurie returned it to her.,comprehension,Answer each question by writing a complete sentence.,1.When did Laurie have an accident?,She had an accident six months ago.,2.As Laurie waited to skate,how did she,feel?,She felt very nervous.,3.Who could beat Laurie before she had,her accident?,No one could beat her before she had her,accident.,4.Where was,Jinny,Jordan from?,She came from Connecticut,.,5.What did Laurie want to leave out of,her program?,She wanted to leave a tripe toe loop out of,her program.,6.What kind of night was it when the,accident took place?,It was an awful,rainy night when the,accident took place.,7.Why did Laurie suddenly jump up?,She suddenly jumped up because her,right knee sent pain up and down her leg.,8.What was,Jinny,holding in her arms?,Her arms were filled with a skate,equipment bag,a warm-up jacket,and a,pair of skates.,9.What was the color of,Jinnys,skating dress?,It was red,white and blue.,10.What did,Jinny,think she looked like?,She thought she looked like a flag.,11.What lay scattered on the floor?,The clothing and equipment lay,scattered on the floor.,12.Who was supposed to get,Jinnys,music tape?,The sound engineer was supposed to get,Jinnys,music tape.,13.How long had Laurie worked with her,coach to select and then tape her,music program?,She had worked with her coach for,months to select and then tape her,music program.,14.What did Laurie see behind the,leg of the dressing table?,She saw something small and dark,green behind the leg of the dressing,table.,15.When the announcer called her,name,where did Laurie skate to?,She skated quickly to the center of,the rink when the announcer called,her name.,16.What did Laurie do just before the,music ended?,Just before the music ended,she went,into a difficult triple toe loop.,17.To whom did Laurie wave as she,skated off the ice?,As she skated off the ice,she waved to the,crowd.,18.When the marks appeared,what,did Laurie know?,When the marks appeared,she,knew that she had beaten,Jinny,Jordan and everyone else.,Putting events in order.,A,a.Kathy suddenly burst through the door.,b.A young woman said:“Hi,I am,Jinny,Jordan.”,c.Laurie realized that she would have to try a triple toe loop.,d.Kathy welcomed Laurie back to competition.,e.Laurie thought about the rainy night when she was in the accident.,f.Laurie sat quietly in the dressing,room and thought about her comeback.,g.Kathy told Laurie about,Jinny,Jordan.,B,a.Laurie gave,Jinnys,music tape to Kathy.,b.Lauries coach hugged her.,c.,kathy,said the engineer needed,Jinnys,music tape.,d.Laurie found,Jinnys,music tape.,e.,Jinny,gathered some things that had,fallened,out of her skating bag.,f.When the announce called her name,Laurie began to skate.,g.Kathy said that Laurie had won.,h.Laurie did a triple toe loop.,Language study,Part 1,Words,fantastic,形容词，非常好的，极妙的,This is really a fantastic idea.,这是一个很好的主意。,unbelievable,形容词，难以置信的,It is very unbelievable.She is skating very perfectly.,真是难以置信，她滑冰滑的太好了。,slam,动词，砰地关上,Tom slammed the door angrily.,汤姆生气地砰的一声关上了门。,swerve,动词，转弯，转向,The car in,frontof,me swerved suddenly and disappeared.,我前面的车突然转向消失了。,damage,动词，损坏，损伤,The storm damaged lots of houses.,暴风雪损坏了很多房屋。,dump,动词，倾倒，倾卸,People suck up clay and dump it in deeper waters.,人们挖出粘土，把它倒在深水里。,stuff,名词，原料，材料,The premium coffee like the stuff we are drinking now is from a type bean called Arabica.,特级咖啡，就像我们现在喝的，是由一种叫阿拉比加的咖啡豆制成的。,motionless,形容词，不动的，静止的,The,soldiors,always remain motionless when they train everyday.,士兵们在每天训练的时候总是保持一动不动。,ridiculous,形容词，滑稽的，可笑的。,The fat man looked ridiculous in his tight trousers.,那个胖子穿着紧身裤，看起来很滑稽。,hug,动词或名词，（热烈地）拥抱。,She gave her mother an affectionate hug after winning the prize.,获得了大奖之后，她紧紧地拥抱了母亲。,costume,名词，戏装，成套服装,。,Mom told me that she had a ballet costume.,妈妈告诉我她有一套芭蕾舞装。,Part 2,Idioms,hold up,支持，支撑，举起,She thought her knee could hold up herself.,她认为她的膝盖能够支撑自己。,pull oneself together,控制自己,He is too excited to pull himself together.,他太兴奋了，不能控制自己。,might as well,倒不如，还是,好,We might as well be good friends.,我们还是做好朋友的好。,leave,out,省去，略去,The boy left the words out of his homework.,这个孩子作业里省去了单词。,stand a chance,有希望，有机会,The girl stood a chance against everyone else in the competition.,这个女孩在这次比赛中有希望战胜任何其他人。,give,up,放弃,Every time I am about to give up,he always encourages me.,每次我将要放弃的时候，他总会鼓励我。,Summary,Part 1,Plot,The story“the comeback”is about a young girl named Laurie.Laurie was an ice skater who hoped to skate in the World Cup and Olympics.She thought winning was the only thing in her life.From the day she was ten,no one could beat her in ice-skating.,Unfortunately,she had an accident on a rainy night six months ago when she and mom were driving home after a practice session.In the accident,her right knee was hurt badly.Since then,a new skater,Jinny,Jordan,had appeared.,Jinny,Jordan was really strong in everything and became Lauries only opponent.The story begins with the competition of Lauries comeback.Laurie sat quietly in the empty dressing room at the ice-skating rink.,As she waited her turn to skate,she was very nervous.She was thinking if she could win.Just then,Kathy entered into the room,welcomed Laurie and told something about,Jinny,.After knowing this,Laurie decided to do a triple toe loop that,would put an added strain on her knee.Later on,the door swung open and,Jinny,came in.Her arms were filled with a skate equipment bag,a jacket and a pair of skates.As soon as,Jinny,came in,she dumped her belongs onto a chair and said hello to Laurie.,then she explained her costume with red,white and blue colors.As,Jinny,gathered her belongs that lay scattered on the floor,Kathy told her to give her music tape to the sound engineer.,Jinny,said she had given it to him and hurried out to the engineer.,When Laurie stood up to do a few more knee bends,she saw,Jinnys,music tape behind the leg of the dressing table.She stood motionless for seconds to wonder whether or not return it to,Jinny,.At last,she pulled herself together to return the music tape.,It was Lauries turn to skate.She skated so perfectly and beautifully that she had beaten,Jinny,Jordan and everyone else.As she walked back to the dressing room,Laurie thought about,Jinnys,music tape.She was so happy that she did nothing wrong.,Part 2,Character Features,Laurie,Laurie is the major character in the story.She is so aggressive and ambitious that she hopes to win in ice-skating.Although her knee sent pain up and down her leg,she still believed firmly that she could win.This shows she is very strong.,At the same time,she is kind-hearted because she returned,Jinnys,music tape.If she did not return it,Jinny,would skate ridiculously and she beat her easily.But she did not do that.She won by her power finally.,Jinny,Jinny,is a new skater in the story.She is so strong in everything that she becomes Lauries opponent in ice-skating.She is outgoing and enthusiastic enough to say hello to Laurie.,She is also careless that she dumped her belongs scattered on the floor.She is too forgetful to remember whether her music tape was given to the sound engineer or not.,Writing,Fair play is important in sports.However,news about athletes using drugs is reported from time to time,which is completely against the spirit of fair play.What do you think they should learn from Laurie.,