新世纪大学英语4册 6单元.ppt

Read and Explore;Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.;Quotes 1;Quotes 1;Quotes 2;quotes;大家应该也有点累了，稍作休息;quotes;click here; Watch the following video clip “Forrest Gump” and then complete the tasks that follow:;video;video;unpredictable a. that cannot be predicted 无法预言的，不可预测的 negativity n. fml a tendency to consider only the bad side of sth. / sb.〖正 式〗否定（性）；消极（性） up against having to face or deal with 面临 self-motivated a. being keen to do sth. or achieve sth. without being told to do so 自我激励的，有工作激情的 ;Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage. ?;LR 2;LR 2;LR 2;LR 2;LR 2;LR 3;left;LR 3; What is the insight the author gained from his experience in hospital? 2. What are the two truths to live by according to the author? 3. Can most people hold fast to the gifts of life according to the author? 4. How should we look at the paradox of life according to the author? 5. What suggestions does the author make to resolve the paradox?;LR 3;Main Idea;Life is a long journey. Some walk with joy and fulfillment, others with bitterness and regret. If you could live by the two truths discussed in the following essay, your journey would be more meaningful and rewarding.;2 Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wonderful, and full of a beauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more. ;4 A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place.;6 I looked to see whether anyone else relished the sun’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty a