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课件网) The Little Prince Book 5 Unit 1 Growing up Developing ideas The Little Prince is one of the best-selling books ever published. It was written and illustrated in 1943 by French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, who was also a pilot in the French air force. Leading in This timeless classic starts with ... Leading in Leading in A matter of perspective! Chapter 1 Leading in Leading in Activity 1 Reading for the plot Drawing No. 1 Read the excerpt and answer the following questions. Drawing No. 2 1 What are the two drawings about from “my” perspective 2 What are the grown-ups’ responses to the drawings 3 What is the influence of the drawings on “me” Activity 1 Reading for the plot Drawing No. 1 Read the excerpt and answer the following questions. Drawing No. 2 “I”: A boa constrictor digesting an elephant. “I”: The inside of a boa constrictor. “Grown-ups”: A hat. “Grown-ups”: To advise me to lay aside my drawings and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. matters of consequence / practical matters. Activity 1 Reading for the plot Drawing No. 1 Read the excerpt and answer the following questions. Drawing No. 2 The failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two has led me to ... Para.7 That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. Para.8 So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. Activity 2 Analyzing the characters Children Grown-ups Group work: Review the excerpt and summarize the different traits of children and grown-ups. Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future. Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence. Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves. Choose the author’s attitude towards grown-ups. (Find evidence for your choice.) Activity 3 Exploring the theme Para.7 Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. Para.9 ...I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. .... And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them. Para.12 Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence. Activity 3 Exploring the theme Pair work: What does the author really mean by the underlined sentences Para.9 ...I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of conse ... ...
