人教版高中英语选择性必修第二册 UNIT 2 BRIDGING CULTURES Section A Reading and Thinking.ppt

;;;Petko:ItallstartedwithamovieIwatchedwhenIwasaboy—TheShaolinTemple.Thatmoviegavemesomanyreasonstofallinlovewith2China.IwasamazedbyChinesekungfu,ofcourse—everyoneloveskungfu,don’tthey?IalsothoughttheChineselanguagesoundedsobeautiful,andIfoundthatIlikedChinesemusic,too—Ijustlovedthemovie’stheme3tune,SongoftheShepherd.

Annelous:Ibecameinterestedinlanguagesatayoungage.WhenIstartedhighschool,IbeganreadingbooksaboutChinesehistoryandculture,andthisinspiredmetochooseChineseStudiesasmyacademicmajoratuniversity.;Joachim:WhenIwas15yearsold,mymotherboughtmeacopyoftheclassicShiJi,orRecordsoftheGrandHistorian.Priorto4that,theonlygreathistoricalworksIhadbeenexposedto5wereHomer’sepicpoems.RecordsoftheGrandHistorianwasmyfirstencounterwith6Chineseclassicalliterature.Afterreadingit,IrealisedthetruegeniusofChina’s“GrandHistorian”,SimaQian.Hiswritinghadaprofoundeffecton7me,andIhavethistothankformypassionforChineseliterature.

Mai:IgraduallyfellinlovewithChineseliteraturewhenIstartedworkingasatranslator.MostofthetranslatedworksofliteratureinEgyptarefromtheEnglish-speakingworld,soreadingChineseliteraturewasastimulatingandinspiringexperience.

(节选自外研新教材选择性必修第四册Unit3);【词汇积累】

1.familiaradj.熟悉的

2.fallinlovewith爱上

3.themen.主题

4.priorto在……之前

5.beexposedto暴露于;面临

6.encounterwith遇到

7.haveaprofoundeffecton对……有深远的影响;Part1Readingcomprehension;;第一步速读课文理清脉络

Task1Readthetextquicklyandfindoutwhatitismainlyabout.

A.ReasonsforXieLei’sstudyinLondon.

B.XieLei’schallengeswhilestudyinginLondon.

C.XieLei’sexperienceonanexchangeprogramme.

D.XieLei’sacademicachievementsonanexchangeprogramme.;Task2Readthetextagainandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.

Paras.1-2 A.Theauthor’sbestwishesforXieLei.

Paras.3-4 B.XieLei’sadaptationtothene