1、Lead-inThere is no indifference in the heaven.第1頁/共33頁 love ? morality第2頁/共33頁the most beautiful teacher第3頁/共33頁 Critical moments in life are touchstones of human morality.第4頁/共33頁Unit 1“Weve Been Hit!”第5頁/共33頁September 11 Attacks is a series of coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States in

2、2001 that killed more than 3,000 people and shook the nation to its core . On the sunny morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists, working in teams of 4 or 5, hijacked four commercial Passenger jetliners and turned them toward targets chosen for destruction. Two of the planes, loaded with fuel an

3、d passengers, were flown at full speed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the financial district of New York City. The buildings burst into flame and then collapsed, killing thousands. 第6頁/共33頁A third terrorist crew smashed their plane into the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. milit

4、ary in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected towards Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights. 第7頁/共33頁hijacked

5、 airlinerstargeted buildingsdamage & casualtiesinfluence9/11 Terrorist Attacks Inquiry Learning第8頁/共33頁Lead-inAssignmentText AnalysisOutlineText UnderstandingLanguage Points第9頁/共33頁Skimming and Scanning timeplacemain characters.eventwritingpurposeSeptember 11, 2001the World Trade Center Adam May

6、blum, Harry Ramos, Hong Zhu, a heavyset manhow the three people endeavored to save a heavyset man with their joint effortsin praise of the courage and compassion of man第10頁/共33頁 Structure Analysisperceptionreaction endeavor gathering第11頁/共33頁before the hitafter the hitbefore the building collapsedth

7、e next day(after the disaster)CoherenceChronological Orderscene on the 87th floorinitial confusionhow they helped the heavyset man to escapein memory of the deadclimax第12頁/共33頁36th 44th53rd78thThey helped him toward the last bank of elevators.Ramos helped the panicked workers into a stairwell.They m

8、et the heavyset man and helped him down one more flight to an elevator.Ramos chose to stay behind with him.第13頁/共33頁Lead-inAssignmentText AnalysisOutlineText UnderstandingLanguage Points第14頁/共33頁1. What are the two images used to emphasize the steadiness of the WTC?2. Find sentences used to describe

9、 Mayblums psychological activities. Text Understandingstormsdrawstrings第15頁/共33頁Height: 1,368 and 1,362 feet (417 and 415 meters)The World Trade Center is more than its signature twin towers: it is a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres, constructed and operated by the Port Authority of New York a

10、nd New Jersey (PANYNJ). The towers, World Trade Center One and Two, rise at the heart of the complex, each climbing more than 100 feet higher than the silver mast of the Empire State Building. 第16頁/共33頁第17頁/共33頁Lead-inAssignmentText AnalysisOutlineText UnderstandingLanguage Points第18頁/共33頁scoff:1) l

11、augh with contempt A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea that man would ever fly. Language Points2) eat sth. quickly and greedily第19頁/共33頁Associative StrategyTraininggurglelaughgrinsnicker第20頁/共33頁Life is like a mirror, if you smile at it, it will smile back at you. A pessimist sees the dif

12、ficulty in every opportunity while an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 第21頁/共33頁Part 2 (para. 2-9 )It describes the initial reaction of people inside the WTC when the building was hit.Q1: What is the implication of the parallel sentences “For some as matter of ” and “For some as ba

13、sic as ”?Q2: Is there any evidence that showed peoples concern for others?Q3: What does the sentence “ Ramos had waded into the pandemonium to ” mean?第22頁/共33頁Mayblum would be one of thousands cast into an extraordinary purgatory that morning.Thousands of people in the WTC were thrown, all of a sudd

14、en, into a condition of extremely terrible suffering that morning. Mayblum was one of them.第23頁/共33頁 When Lightening Struck I was in the tiny bathroom in the back of the plane when I felt the slamming jolt, and then the horrible swerve that threw me against the door.Somehow I managed to unbolt the d

15、oor and scramble out. As I lunged toward my seat, passengers looked at me with the stricken expressions of creatures who know they are about to die.第24頁/共33頁off and on: in an intermittent manner; occurring occasionally or at regular or irregular intervalsups and downs: a mixture of good things and b

16、ad thingsSitting beside the window, he recalled the ups and downs of his parenthood. wax and wane: increase and then decrease in strength or importance 興衰，盛衰the ins and outs (of sth): the details and complexities (of an activity or a procedure) 細節, 始末, 詳情第25頁/共33頁Part 3 (paras. 10-30)It is mainly ab

17、out how the three people endeavored to save a heavyset man with their joint efforts.Q1: How did they manage to get down from the 53th floor to the 36th floor? (Para.15-22)Q2: Why did the fireman shout at Hong? What did he possibly do after Hong left? (Para.23-30)第26頁/共33頁 Part 4 (paras 31-34) It tel

18、ls us the gathering of some of the survivors and victims family members in memory of the dead after the disaster. Q1:What is the significance of the last paragraph? Q2: What is its relation to the sentence “with the building in flames, one man needed help. Another man refused to leave him leave him”?第27頁/共33頁 persevere: continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulties or with little or no indication of success 堅持不懈, 不屈不撓 He persevered amidst all these difficulties. 身處所有這些困難中，他仍然堅持下去。 persevere in ones studies 孜孜不倦地學習 perseverance Perseverance lead