1、Unit 1 Growing upDeveloping ideasreading目錄頁contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsFast readingIIHomeworkIntensive readingIIIVIPost-readingPre-reading Free talk: Have you ever read the novel The Little Prince？What do you know about it ?Pre-readingBackground information Antoine de Saint Exupry (1900 - 194

2、4) was a French writer and pilot. As a young boy, he was obsessed with aeroplanes, riding in one for the first time at the age of 12. He spent much of his life flying and writing about his adventures. Pre-readingBackground information Saint-Exuprys most successful work, The Little Prince, is one of

3、the best-selling books ever published. The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935. Saint-Exupry nearly died, and wandered around for four days before being rescued. In 1944, Pre-readingBackground information Saint-Exupry left on a wartime mission over occupied France, f

4、rom which he never returned. Although the remains of his plane were discovered in 2000, Saint Exuprys body has never been found, and the cause of his death remains unknown.Pre-readingAnswer the questions after reading the introduction to the writer.1. What experience made the author write The Little

5、 Prince ?The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935.(Your own answers)Pre-reading2. What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupry was? Look at the picture and guess what it is.Maybe its a hat.Pre-readingRead the passage and check your prediction. Pre-readingFast reading

6、 Read the passage and check your prediction. A boa constrictor （蟒蛇） is digesting an elephant. Fast readingIIIIntensive reading Intensive reading: Find detailed informationTask 1: Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram. The first picture:A picture of a boa constrictor i

7、n the act of _.swallowing an animal Intensive reading: Find detailed informationa boa constrictor digesting an elephanta hatMy first drawing:author: a picture of _.grown-ups: _. Intensive reading: Find detailed informationMy second drawing:grown-ups: lay aside _ _.my drawings of boa constrictors, wh

8、ether from the inside or the outsideauthor: inside of _.the boa constrictor Intensive reading: Find detailed informationTask 2: 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 understan

9、d the world by senses, so they are more creative and imaginative; while the grown-ups are more knowledgeable and experienced, so they are limited and reasonable literally. Intensive reading: Find detailed informationTask 3: Choose the authors attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support y

10、our choice.Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future.2. Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.3. Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can unders

11、tand everything by themselves. Intensive reading: Find detailed informationEvidence:1. They always need to have things explained. (Para 6)2. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. (Para 7)3. , I have had

12、a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. (Para 9) Intensive reading: Find detailed informationEvidence:4. 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 woul

13、d be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. (Para 12) Post-readingRead the sentences from the passage and answer the questions. Post-readingQ1: What does the author really mean by these sentences?Q2: What figure of speech does the author use? How does this figure of speech help to express

14、the authors attitude?0,ple reading my blog! b I love to photograph the rising sun, I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man. Post-readingQ1: What does the

15、author really mean by these sentences? Most of the adults I have met are the same. They focus on practical matters only and seldom pay attention to imagination or creativity. If I pretend to think the way they do, the adults will conclude that I am sensible and mature. Post-readingQ2: What figure of

16、 speech does the author use? How does this figure of speech help to express the authors attitude?Irony（諷刺，反語）.This figure of speech enables the author to indicate his low opinion of adults behavior and values by stressing such things.Post-reading Learning to learnIrony is a subtle figure of speech t

17、hat refers to things one says that are the opposite of what one really means. It has a humorous, emphatic or sarcastic effect. For example: Fine, dont buy me an airline ticket. Ill just swim across the ocean! Post-readingThey thought the authors Drawing Number One was just about an ordinary hat. Whe

18、n seeing the authors Drawing Number Two, they advised the author to change his focus to other subjects such as geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Because they lack imagination and patience and just focus on the consequences of matters.Think and share1. What were the grown-ups responses to t

19、he authors Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two? Why do you think they responded in this way? Post-readingImagination and genuineness.According to the author, what is a childs most valuable trait? Think and share Post-readingAfter reading the two passages in this unit, I have learnt a lot. Bein

20、g a child or an adult may have its own advantages and disadvantages. As far as I am concerned, being a child is much happier because I dont take a lot of responsibilities, and I must be taken good care of by my parents, although I have to be supervised by them as well. Being an adult means3. After r

21、eading the two passages in this unit, what can you acquire and lose as you grow up?Think and share Post-reading3. After reading the two passages in this unit, what can you acquire and lose as you grow up?Think and shareI will be allowed to do a lot of things that I cant when I was a child, while I m

22、ust be mature and strong enough to take responsibilities.Above all, I can acquire a lot; meanwhile, I may also lose something precious as I grow up. So I hope I will keep a childlike innocence deep in my heart. Post-reading1. Decide whether you agree with the authors attitude towards grown-ups and w

23、hy. 2. Think of some examples and make notes. 3. Organise your talk following the steps below. Explain the authors attitude towards grown-ups. State your own opinions. Give supporting examples. Conclude by summarising your opinions.Work in groups. Give a talk about your attitude towards grown-ups. P

24、ost-reading I totally agree with the author because . / I dont agree with the author because . (2) In my view . / In my eyes . / Personally, I think . (3) Take . for example . / For instance . (4) To conclude . / To sum up . / All in all .Useful expressions:4. Give your talk to the class.Work in gro

25、ups. Give a talk about your attitude towards grown-ups. Post-reading If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers .如果你愛上了一朵生長在一顆星星上的花,那么夜間你看著天空就感到甜蜜愉快。所有的星星上都好像開著花。 Post-reading If you tame me, then we shall need each other

26、. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.假如你馴養了我，我們就彼此需要了。對我而言，你就是舉世無雙的; 對你而言，我也是獨一無二的 Language pointsLanguage points: Important lexical chunks1. swallow ones prey whole 2. lay aside 3. devote oneself to doing 4. at a glance 5. distinguish A from B 囫圇吞

27、下獵物把擱置一邊致力于，獻身于一瞥，看一眼區分A和BLanguage points: Important lexical chunks6. in the course of . 7. be concerned with. 8. close at hand 9. a great many 10. ponder over / about / on . 關注就在眼前；在附近許多，很多在期間仔細考慮 Language points: Important sentences 1. Boa constrictors _ their prey whole, _ _ it. After that they a

28、re not able to move, and they _ the six months that they need for _. (Line 1, Para 2) swallowwithout chewingsleep throughdigestionParaphrase: Boa constrictors let the entire animal they have hunted go down their throats without biting it into smaller pieces. Afterwards, they cant move because their

29、stomachs are filled up, and they have to sleep for six months to change the food into substances their bodies can use.Language points: Important sentencesswallow, chew 及 digestion 均與飲食有關，分別意為“吞咽”“咀嚼”與“消化”。sleep through 意為 to sleep for a long time without waking up。 e.g. The baby slept peacefully thr

30、ough the night.Language points: Important sentences2. The grown-ups response, this time, was to advise me to my drawings of boa constrictors, _ , and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. (Line 1, Para 7)lay asidewhether from the inside or the outsideParaphrase: This t

31、ime, the adults advised me to stop my strange thoughts and paintings. In their opinion, I should pay more attention to useful subjects such as geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Language points: Important sentenceslay aside 意為“把擱置一邊”。e.g. Jane had laid aside her book to watch what was happe

32、ning. whether from the inside or the outside 為插入語，對上文進行補充說明與解釋，不影響整個句子的結構。常見的插入語有形容詞（短語）、副詞（短語）、介詞短語、非謂語動詞（短語）、分句等。 e.g. Yes, indeed, I intend to go. You may, if you please, come and join us in the game. Language points: Important sentences3. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and _.

33、it is tiresome for children to be always and forever(Line 4 to the last, Para 7)Paraphrase: Adults cant always understand the world of children, so children feel tired and bored when they have to explain their thoughts to adults again and again.its tiresome for sb to do sth 意為“某人厭煩去做某事”，句中it是形式主語，to

34、 do結構為真正的主語。e.g. It is important for you to get there on time.explaining things to themLanguage points: Important sentences4. In the course of this life, I have had _ encounters with people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasnt much improved my opinion of them. a great manya great manyLanguage points: Important sentencesParaphrase: In my life, I have met a lot of adults. Adults focus on things that they think very important, but which ar