Unit 1 英语泛读.ppt

Unit 1 Genius and Craftsman 天才和巧匠 Part I Background: 1. Robert Frost Part I Background: 1. Robert Frost Robert Frost (1874-1963),罗伯特·弗罗斯特 1. American poet 2. Four-time Pulitzer Prize （普立兹奖）winning 3. Highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech 4. Employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes 5. Popular and oft-quoted poems: “After Apple-Picking”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Home Burial” and “Mending Wall” Part I Background: 2. Sputnik人造卫星 Part I Background: 2. Sputnik Sputnik 1 ( Elementary Satellite-1)) was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical （椭圆形）low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program. The unanticipated announcement of Sputnik 1‘s success precipitated （突然引起） the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited （引发）the Space Race within the Cold War. Part II Comprehension of the text: questions Check paragraph number: 29 paragraphs Title: Genius and the Craftsman Q1: Refer to the box. What’s main idea of this article? (Tell in one sentence.) Q2: What can we infer from “but few of them know” in terms of the content of the article? Part II Comprehension of the text: questions I. Introduction: Para.1-6 (2minutes to read) Q3. Why does the writer describe his experience of a peach tree at the beginning? What’s the writing technique? Q4: What is the meaning of “more” in Para. 3, according to the text? Q5: Which sentence in Para 4 includes the main point? What are the two things we need to know if we want to understand story writing? （reading skills here） Part II Comprehension of the text: questions II. Body: Para.7-11 (2 minutes to read) Q1: What’s the main idea of this part? Q2: A metaphor is used in this part. What is the story emerging in the writer’s mind compared t