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课件网) 年 级：高二 学 科：英语（译林版） Unit 1 Back to the past Welcome to the unit Learning objectives: 1. To understand the quote highlighting the importance of learning from the past. 2. To talk about the fourth dimension mentioned in The Time Machine. 3. To share information about dynasties and historical figures. 4. To develop an interest in history. In this class, you will be able to Looking into a mirror, we can see true images of our own; with our knowledge of the past, the present can be better known. —Chen Shou What does the quotation from Chen Shou mean Lead-in a machine that enables you to travel in time to the past or the future 时间机器（能使人往返于过去或未来） By daydreaming. By watching TV. By reading books. By traveling through the time machine. Since the past is so important, can we humans go back to the past How Read the excerpt (摘录) on P29 about the time machine and finish the following reading card. Reading The name of the book The author The main character The main character’s view The way to support his view The plot to be continued The Time Machine H. G. Wells The time traveller There is a fourth dimension———Time. He conducted an experiment with a model of the Time Machine. He moved in Time and got enough proof to convince the group. Length Breadth Thickness What does the Time Traveler think of the fourth dimension The Time Traveler thinks that Time is the same as the other three dimensions. He said, “Length, Breadth and Thickness do not pass. We move about in them. We move in Time the same way that we move in the other three dimensions.” He believes that because Time is like the other three dimensions, we can travel through Time. If you had a time machine, which dynastic would you go back to Speaking If you had a time machine, which dynastic would you go back to If I had a time machine, I would like to go back to the Tang Dynasty. I have always been fascinated by Chang’an, so I wish I could travel to the ancient capital and see what life was like back then. If you had a time machine, Which historical figure would you like to meet Speaking If you had a time machine, Which historical figure would you like to meet I would like to meet Li Bai or Du Fu. I love their poetry, so it would be really amazing to meet them. If you had a time machine, What would you like to say to him/her Speaking If you had a time machine, What would you like to say to him/her I would ask them questions about their poems and why they wrote them. For example, “Mr Li Bai, why do you include the image of the moon in your poems so often If I had a time machine, I would like to go back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when there were many famous historical figures. For example, Confucius. I would like to meet Confucius. I long to talk about teaching methods with him. I wonder why he could influence so many famous students. I want to ask him “How can you s ... ...
