大学高级英语课件Unit 6 Being There.pptVIP

liujiehai@ Unit 6 Being There Contents page objectives Pre-R: picture activation What is the meaning of traveling? Pre-R: Pre-questions-1 1. When asked about our hobbies, eight out of ten people will mention traveling. Many are even mad about it. When traveling, we feel free both physically and mentally, especially mentally: no work, no boss, no assignment, no deadline... What a wonderful world! At the same time, we admire the magnificence of natural landscapes, and enjoy the tranquility of the remote countryside as well as the convenience of the modern cities. There is no doubt that most of us have some kind of traveling experiences. So share one with the class. Pre-R: Pre-questions-2 2. Inside every traveler, there’s a dream place that he is dying to visit in his lifetime. We always hear people, especially young people, say that “When I have enough money, I will spend my holiday in …” What is your dream place? Tell us where it is and why you want to go there. G-R: text introduction The text is basically composed of three topics: an examination of primary motivation for traveling, a discussion of travel writing that offers useful insights into the traveler’s psyche, and a description of the peculiar approach held by some travelers today. G-R: CN-Freud Freud (Paragraph 8) Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), Austrian neurologist. He founded psychoanalysis and was the first one to emphasize the significance of unconscious processes in normal and neurotic behavior. G-R: CN-Evelyn Waugh Evelyn Waugh (Paragraph 15) Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (1903–1966), English novelist. His work was profoundly influenced by his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1930. His works include Decline and Fall (1928) and Brideshead Revisited (1945). G-R: CN-Paul Theroux Paul Theroux (Paragraph 16) (1941– ) American writer. He wrote fiction works that include The Mosquito Coast (1982), My Other Life (1996), and Kowloon Tong (1997) and nonfiction travel books that include The Great Railw