大学英语精读Book1 Unit 8.pptVIP

Unit 8 A Magician at Stretching a Dollar Objectives Ⅰ Learn some background information. Ⅱ Understand the main idea of the text. Ⅲ Learn some key words, phrases sentence structures Ⅳ Do summary Writing ⅤImprove the comprehensive skills Outline Introduction Background information Text Analysis Language Points Useful Expressions Summary Writing Assignments Introduction 1.As we know, love can make the world go around. And there’s a kind of love like a circle, which has no beginning, no ending and never changes. What do you think it is? A MOTHER’S LOVE. Now let’s enjoy an English poem. Introduction Introduction There are times when only a Mother’s love Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears Introduction There are times when only a Mother’s love Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve dreamed about Quite suddenly is real Introduction There are times when only a Mother’s faith Can help us on life’s way And inspire in us the confidence We need from day to day Introduction For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith And a Mother’s steadfast love Were fashioned by the angels And sent from God above… Background Information 1.The Chinese Most Important Festival: 1) In china what is the most important traditional festival? 2) How do people celebrate it? Background Information 2. In western countries, esp. the English speak- ing countries, what is the most important festival? Can you say something about Christmas Day ? Background Information Christmas is an important Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated on December 25th.Christ- mas is made up of “Christ” and“-mas”. “Christ” is the last name of Jesus Christ, “-mas” means “mass”(弥撒), a Christian church ceremony during which people eat bread and drink wine to remember