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课件网) Understanding ideas Unit 1 Looking forwards 1. To understand the main idea and the details of the passage 2. To have a better understanding of two famous writers and learn from them 3.To understand the importance of a positive attitude towards life, and think about how to choose the right life path. Learning objectives SENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRE Now you’ve been at senior high for over a year, I’d like to know your progress and plans for the future. Thank you! Your Form Teacher How do you feel about your performance over the previous terms Why satisfied so-so not satisfied What goals have you achieved What goals have you yet to achieve 3 2 1 Pre-reading SENIOR HIGH QUESTIONNAIRE Now you’ve been at senior high for over a year, I’d like to know your progress and plans for the future. Thank you! Your Form Teacher What will you do about the goals you want to achieve How do you plan to achieve these goals 5 4 Show the class your answers! Complete the questionnaire and share your answers with the class. Look at the title and predict what the passage is about. Different jobs people might do in the future. Stories about different people’s future. Various possibilities for future development. Fixed future for everyone. Now read the passage and check your prediction. Fast reading Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer who came to literary prominence following the First World War, as a member of the so-called “Lost Generation” in the 1920s. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) He had an understated prose style and a restrained method of exposition, which he termed the “iceberg theory” (because he believed that a great deal could be understood in a narration even if it was deliberately unmentioned). His most famous novels include The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea. Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish author, best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories. Doyle trained as a doctor initially, though several efforts to establish himself in the practice of medicine all ended in failure. By contrast, after a rough start, his innovative crime fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes became a great success. Although the public adored Sherlock Holmes, Doyle himself felt that the character was a distraction from his other literary ambitions, which included historical novels, plays, poems, and academic papers. None of Doyle’s other writing ever achieved close to the success of the Holmes material, however. Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson, remain popular characters across the world today. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Match the questions to the paragraphs and find out the answers. a. What is possibly the most important concern in life b. What was Doyle’s main writing ambition c. What can you do when faced with uncertainty about the future d. What is the relationship between one’s plans and the future 1 4 6 2 ... ...
