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课件网) Unit 1 Growing up Developing ideas BY MICHELLE The little Prince Lead in Have you ever read the novel The Little Prince What do you know about it Do you know the name of its author Few stories are as widely read by children and adults as The Little Prince. It is the second best selling book in the world (ranked behind Bible). It has been published for 100 million copies in 190 languages. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Nationality Identity Interest Character Masterpieces a French writer and pilot France The Little Prince flying and writing a person who liked adventures Read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and answer the questions. What experience made the author write The Little Prince The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935. What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupéry was He was a person with great imagination. Look at the three drawings and predict what the story is about. Pre-reading A boa A hat An elephant It tells us grown-ups’ and children’s different views of the two drawings. Drawing Number One Drawing Number Two It’s a hat advise him to lay aside his drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote himself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Find out the grown-ups’ responses to the author’s Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two. Read the passage and divide it into several parts. While-reading inspirations of making drawings the grown-ups’ response to the author’s drawings the author’s attitude towards the grown ups Part 1 (Paragraph 1-2) What inspired the author to draw the Painting Number One Can you describe this picture It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. inspire Part 2 (Paragraph 3-7) Painting The author Grown-ups content response attitude content response attitude a boa constrictor digesting an elephant a hat show my masterpiece not able to understand doubtful proud and confident the inside of a boa constrictor a boa constrictor and an elephant lay aside my drawing advise me to change my career draw it clearly explain my picture disheartened and tiresome indifferent What’s the influence of the grown-ups’ response to the author I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf…. a sensible man. Have a discussion with your classmates about why the author and the grown-ups have different ideas. Because they have different perspectives on the world. Children: understand the world by senses, so they are more creative and imaginative; The grown-ups: more knowledgeable and experienced, so they are limited and reasonable – literally. Part 3 (Paragraph 8-12) What kind of profession did the author choose The author learned to pilot aeroplanes and found geography was useful to him. Why did the author try sho ... ...
