Student Worksheet Read opening lines of J.K. Rowling’s commencement speech at Harvard in 2008. What makes them impressive President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The first thing I would like to say is ‘thankyou.’ Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the world’s largest Gryffindor reunion. … Read the closing lines of Rowling’s speech. Are there similarities compared with Job’s speech … As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives. Thank-you very much.(
课件网) 《 高 中 英 语 》 ( 上 外 版 ) 1 CU 1 R e a ding A 主 讲 人 ： 课时 授课内容 1 Getting Started/ Reading A l 2 Reading A/ Vocabulary Focus 3 Reading A/ Grammar in Use 4 Listening and Viewing 5 Moving Forward 6 Reading B 7 Critical Thinking/Further Exploration/ Self-assessment 《 高 中 英 语 》 ( 上 外 版 ) 必修第 三 册第 一 单元 By the end of this class, you will be able to... identify the sentence patterns that characterize a speech’s opening remark, signposting of points, and closing sentences; understand the words, phrasal verbs, set phrases, and expressions in the context and practice using them; explore the effectiveness of parallelism and employ the rhetoric device in writing a recipe for success employ appropriate sentence patterns in speaking; Objectives Reading B Vocabulary Focus Stay Hungry Stay Foolish Read aloud the first and last paragraph of the speech. Retell the life stories and restate the author’s points. Getting Started What makes the opening remarks and closing sentences impressive I’m honoured to be with you today for… And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Studying sentence patterns Are there other possible versions that can start a speech successfully I’m grateful for this opportunity to … /I’d like to thankyou for inviting me…(acknowledge the occasion) I’d like to thankyou for coming. (show welcome) I’m going to speech about something that is of great importance to use. (mention the significance) Over the next ten minutes you are going to hear about something that will change your life…(arouse interest) Read opening lines of J. K. Rowling’s commencement speech at Harvard in 2008. What makes them impressive Addressing the audience: and, above all, graduates. Using humor by adding a personal touch:… have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Using a clever metaphor: the world’s largest Gryffindor reunion. Are there other possible versions that can bring a speech to an impressive end I’d like to finish by… I hope I have given you a clea ... ...
