(
课件网) Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility Friendship Law Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) To live a life of honesty and integrity is a responsibility of every decent person. —Noam Chomsky 过诚实、正直的生活是每一个正派人的责任。 ———诺姆·乔姆斯基 Lead-in With great power comes great responsibility. 能力越大，责任越大。 Every right has its responsibilities. A man of his word is a man to be trusted. True honesty is to do without witnesses. Honesty is the best policy. Honesty pays in the long run. 诚为上策。 从长远来看，诚实是有回报的。 真正的诚实是无人见证时也能做到。 信守承诺的人是值得信赖的人。 每一项权利都伴随着责任。 Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. 责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋下。 Lead-in What is honesty What is responsibility You are practising honesty when you: tell the truth and say what you really think; play by the rules and do not try to take unfair advantage of others; keep promises and do not make promises you cannot keep; are prepared to admit mistakes. You are practising responsibility when you: take agreements seriously; correct mistakes rather than blaming others; think about how your actions will affect others; do everything to the best of your ability. 1.at the core of …的中心、核心 2.play by the rules遵守规则行事 3.take unfair advantage of others不公平地利用他人 4.keep promises and do not make promises you cannot keep遵守诺言，不做出你不能兑现的承诺; 5.admit mistakes 承认错误. 6.take ...seriously认真对待协议 7.correct mistakes rather than blaming others 纠正错误，而不是责怪别人; 8.think about how your actions will affect others想想你的行动会如何影响他人; 9. to the best of your ability 尽你所能做一切事情 重点短语和句式 Lead-in What other moral virtues do we value in our daily life moral virtues sincerity courage justice/fairness 公正 honesty sense of responsibility kindness respect ... empathy（同理心） Do you think you are an honest and responsible person Why vs If you are an honest and responsible monitor, but you see your best friend cheat in the exam, will you tell the teacher truth friendship justice Lead-in The short story below is about someone who has to make such a choice. Pre-reading Adapted from O. Henry’s short story of the same title. O. Henry(pen name) William Sydney Porter (original name) (1862-1910) What do you know about O. Henry “the father of modern American short stories”. known for Surprising and profound endings. the O.Henry Award for outstanding short stories. ———the author Pre-reading O.Henry’s works After Twenty Years is set in the early 1900s, near the end of America’s Westward Expansion (美国西进运动), which started in the early 1800s. During the expansion, many Americans went to the West (美国西部) to make money. Pre-reading ———Background information Prediction What may the story be about What may happen after twenty years who a policeman (Jimmy Wells) Bob (a criminal) a tall man (a plain-cl ... ...
