1、Unit1Growingup第1页Whatisyouropinionordefinitionaboutgrowingup?第2页ToincreaseinsizeanddevelopphysicallyTodevelopandreachmaturity第3页Growingupmeanskeepingongrowing,evenwhenthebodycannotgrowanymore,butthemindandspiritstillcan.Thismeansalwaysbeingopentonewideasandstretchingthelimitsofyourmindandintelligenc
2、e,nomatterhowoldyouare.第4页Doyoufeelyouvegrownup?Ifyes,when?AndHow?第5页Canyousharesomeunforgettablegrowing-upexperiences?第6页GlobalReading02BeforeReading0101AfterReading04DetailedReading03Text A Writing for Myself第7页BeforeReading01第8页Q1:Who is the author?Do you know anything about the author?第9页Russell
3、 Baker:American Pulitzer prize-winning writer and journalist.Russell Baker第10页第11页Q2:What is the authors dream during his course of growing up?第12页Q3:Is the way smooth for him to become a writer?第13页Q4:What is the turning point?第14页GlobalReading02第15页ThinkingLook at the title of Text A and find out
4、in which paragraph a similar phrase appears.Explain in your own words what the author means by“write for myself”.第16页Main Story?A student faced with what at first sight seems a dull,routine piece of coursework.However,it leads him to discover a hidden talent and what he wants to become in life.第17页G
5、eneral Idea?The essence of writing is to write what one enjoys writing.第18页ScanningScan text A and find out all the time words,phrases and clauses.第19页since my childhood in Belleville (Para.1)until my third year in high school(Para.1)until then(Para.1)when our class was assigned to Mr.Fleagle for th
6、ird-year English(Para.2)late in the year(Para.3)until the night before the essay was due(Para.3)when I finished(Para.6)next morning(Para.6)two days passed(Para.6)when I saw him lift my paper from his desk.(Para.6)when Mr.Fleagle finished(Para.9)G R _ Scanning2第20页StructureChronological sequenceNarra
7、tion/Narrative WritingOrganization?Text APart 1Part IIPart III第21页Part I(Para.1-2)Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses,including his new English teacher.第22页Part II(Para.3-5)Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own enjoyment.第23页Pa
8、rt III(Para.6-9)The experience of writing the essay helped Baker discover his talent for writing and realize what he wished to do in life.第24页DetailedReading03第25页Part.1Para.1 The idea of becoming a writer had come to me offandon since my childhood in Belleville,but it wasntuntil my third year in hi
9、gh school that the possibility tookhold.What is the possibility?Turning pointPossibilitybeforeafterNo!Yes!第26页Why“No”?Does he like English?Para.1 Bakers feeling about English courses.Para.2 Bakers impression of his new English teacher.Does he like his English teacher?第27页Para.1Id been bored by anyth
10、ing associated with English courses.grammar dull,difficultassignments turn out to be lifeless,agony第28页D R _ word _ turn out 1turn out:come out or gather as for a meeting,public event,etc.1)prove to be2)shut off3)produce;make4)Match the above definitions with the sentences below.A large group of pro
11、testers have turned out.The school has turned out some great scholars.Turn out the light before you go to bed.The plan turned out a failure.第29页Para.2When our class was assigned to Mr.Fleagle for third year English.I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects.第30页What did Ba
12、ker hear about Fleagle?had a reputation for dullness inability to inspireformalrigidout of date第31页What was Bakers own impression of his new English teacher?looked to be sixty or seventyexcessively prim第32页In what way he was prim?severe glasseswavy hairsuits necktiespointed jawstraight nosemanner of
13、 speakingSelectingdetails第33页Para.2 To me he looked sixty or seventy and excessively prim.He wore primly severe eyeglasses,his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed.He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.He had a primly pointed jaw,a primly st
14、raight nose,and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct,so gentlemanly,that he seemed a comicantique.Why so many prims and primlys?repetition第34页Useful Expressions-Part I断断续续地;有时生根确立因而厌烦和相关编写,制造分配,分配预期,期望激励,鼓舞第35页Useful Expressions-Part I以而知名听说某人(怎样)拘谨、刻板、跟不上时代尖下巴直鼻梁穿套装戴眼镜说话方式第36页Part IIPara.3
15、 I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr.Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed.I expected that things wouldnt improve with Mr.Fleagle as our English teacher,and for a long time I was right in my expectations.Irony第37页Turning pointdistribute a homework sheet with a choice of topics for w
16、ritingtook it home and did nothing until the night before the essay was duefinally faceupto it and my eye stopped on第38页Why did he put off the writing assignment till the last minute?Not simple-mindedDullUnwelcome task第39页Finally a topic attracted his attention,what was the topic?Why?The Art of Eati
17、ng SpaghettiBecause the topic brought back vivid memories of a night in Belleville when he and his family members learned how to eat spaghetti.produced an extraordinarysequence of mentalimages.Anysupportingdetails?第40页 Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle,cooked by boiling and served with sauc
18、e.Unlike some Chinese noodles,it is not served in soup and will never taste pulpy(软软乎乎乎乎、没有嚼劲没有嚼劲).Spaghetti第41页the Art of Eating Spaghetti第42页Will you eat in these ways?第43页Is there really an art of eating spaghetti?第44页YES!第45页Para.4 Vivid memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville when
19、all of us were seated around the supper tablefor supper.Vivid memories of a night in Bellevillefor supper came flooding back.Did the author and his relatives have enough skill in eating spaghetti?第46页Para.5 Why did the author want to write on the topic of“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”?warmth and good
20、 feelingfor my own joyrecapturerelive the pleasure第47页Para.5 Suddenly I wantedto write about that,about the warmth and good feeling of it,but I wantedto put it down simply for my own joy,not for Mr.Fleagle.It was a moment I wantedto recapture and hold for myself.I wanted to relive the pleasure of th
21、at evening.What did the author think Mr.Fleagle will do if he were to write the essay the way he wanted?Why?repetition第48页Useful Expressions-Part 2一无所获处理、应付发下一张家庭作业纸论文要交了勇敢面对不一样寻常画面围坐在晚餐桌旁重现在我脑海中重温、回味诙谐有趣场景第49页Useful Expressions-Part 2写下自得其乐违反法则不及格分创作一篇循规蹈矩、像模像样文章别无选择只好做命令、指令挨训敲敲桌子让大家注意听午夜时分第50页Part
22、 IIIPara.6Did he write for a new one for the teacher?Why?no time left to compose a proper,respectable essay for Mr.Fleague.第51页When Baker has no choice but to turn in the tale he had wrote for himself,and when he found all his papers were given back except his,what did he prepared for?preparing myse
23、lf for a command to report for discipline.waitingforpunishment第52页Para.7-8Whats the result?reading my words listening attentivelyhold back a small prim smile第53页Para.9What was Bakers feeling?avoid showing pleasurepure delight第54页In the eleventh grade,at the eleventh hour as it were,I had discovered
24、a calling.In my eleventh grade,and one might say at the last possible moment,I had found something I wished to take up as a career.Whyisthe eleventh gradecomparedtothe eleventh hour,ortothe last moment?第55页B R _ The U.S.Grade School SystemTheAmericanEducationalSystem In the United States,education i
25、s the responsibility of individual states,not of the federal government,so requirements may vary from one state to another.The following is a generalization:第56页B R _ Grade School System _ pickindergarten:under 5 years old第57页B R _ Grade School System _ picelementary/primary school(grades 16):611 ye
26、ars old第58页B R _ Grade School System _ picjunior high/middle school(grades 78):1213 years old第59页B R _ Grade School System _ picsenior/high school(grades 912):1417 years old第60页B R _ Grade School System _ piccollege,institute,academy(学院学院),university第61页What is the calling Baker discovered at the la
27、st moment?to become a writerHow?to write for oneself第62页Its of the very essence of the essayWhat is the essence of the essay?Towritewhatoneenjoyswriting.第63页Useful Expressions-Part 3大声念、大声读专注地听轻蔑嘲弄开怀大笑抑制一丝拘谨微笑不漏出得意神情心花怒放在最终时刻小品文精华第64页A R _ Synonyms 1SynonymsFind out the synonymous words and phrases
28、from Text A for the words and phrases below.dull(Para.1):lifeless(Para.1),cheerless,tedious(Para.2)_turn out(Para.1):write(Para.1),put down(Para.5),compose(Para.6)_anticipate(Para.2):prepare for(Para.3)formal(Para.2):rigid,prim,correct(Para.2),proper,respectable(Para.6)_第65页A R _ Synonyms 2vivid mem
29、ories of e flooding back to sb.(Para.4):sth.reawakes in sbs mind;sb.recalls sth.(Para.4)_recapture (Para.5):relive (Para.5)_pleasure(Para.9):delight,happiness(Para.9)_contempt(Para.8):ridicule (Para.8)_topic(Para.3):title(Para.4)_第66页AfterReading04第67页After reading this article,what can you reflect?
30、第68页Making sentences using the new words and phrases in Unit 1.Review Unit 1 and Preview Unit 2.第69页Pre-reading General idea of Text A.Structure of Text A in Unit 2.Main idea of Each Part.第70页Whendoyouknowyouhavereachedmaturity?Howtodefinematurity?Maturityisatermusedinpsychologytoindicatethataperson
31、respondstothecircumstancesorenvironmentinanappropriatemanner.第71页 1.Facingthetruthhonestly.2.Lookingbeyondpersonalcomfortandgratification满意满意,tothegreatergood.3.Dealingwithchangewithoutfallingapart瓦解瓦解.第72页 4.Workinghardandcompletingajob,whethersupervisedornot.5.Keepingthestressesandworriesoflifefro
32、mtakingcontrol.6.Doingtherightthingregardlessofwhatotherssayanddo.第73页7.Findingmorejoyingivingthanreceiving.8.Relatingtoothersinaconsistentlypositiveandhelpfulmanner.9.Beingapersonofyourword.10.Demonstratingrespect.第74页11.Showingloveinbothwordanddeed.12.Learningtobecontentbaseduponinternalattitudesr
33、atherthanexternalcircumstances.13.Itistheabilitytobaseajudgmentonthebigpicture.第75页What is maturity?Maturity is the ability to controlanger and settle differenceswithout violence or destruction.第76页Maturityispatience.Itisthewillingnesstopassup拒绝拒绝immediatepleasureinfavorofthelong-termgain.第77页Maturi
34、tyisperseverance坚定不移定不移,theabilitytosweatout辛辛劳工作工作,忍耐到底忍耐到底aprojectorasituationinspiteofheavyoppositionanddiscouragingset-backs挫折挫折.第78页Maturityisthecapacitytofaceunpleasantnessandfrustration,discomfortanddefeat,withoutcomplaintorcollapse消沉,消沉,颓丧.第79页Maturityishumility谦逊谦逊.Itisbeingbigenoughtosay,I
35、waswrong.And,whenright,thematurepersonneednotexperiencethesatisfactionofsaying,Itoldyouso.第80页Maturityistheabilitytomakeadecisionandstandby准备好行动准备好行动it.Theimmaturespendtheirlivesexploringendlesspossibilities;thentheydonothing.第81页Maturitymeansdependability可信任可信任,keepingonesword,comingthroughinacrisi
36、s.第82页Theimmaturearemastersofthealibi辩解辩解,托辞托辞.Theyaretheconfusedandthedisorganized.Theirlivesareamaze混乱,迷惑混乱,迷惑ofbrokenpromises,formerfriends,unfinishedbusiness,andgoodintentionsthatsomehownevermaterialize.第83页Maturityistheartoflivinginpeacewiththatwhichwecannotchange,thecouragetochangethatwhichshouldbechanged-andthewisdomtoknowthedifference.第84页






