新视野大学英语第三版第二册第三单元ppt课件.ppt

,2,Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage,FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY,Discovery of a new life stage,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Project forecasting,Step 1,Watch the GIF and discuss the following question in pairs.,What major stages does ones life include?,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Getting to know different phases of life,Task,infancy childhood adolescence adulthood middle age old age,Step 2,Work in groups and discuss the following questions.,Which stage are you at now?The stage between adolescence and adulthood.What significance do you think this stage have?This is a crucial period of time when one forms his/her morals,values,outlook of the world and the principles that he/she will adhere to for a life.,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Questions Previewing,Tips,Tips,Tips,1.What is the key insight in The Odyssey,a long poem by the Greek author Homer?,2.What does Generation Jones mean?,3.What is special feature of Generation Z?,Cultural background,1.What is the key insight in The Odyssey,a long poem by the Greek author Homer?,The essentials of the journey are not only outward struggles against tremendous difficulties,but,more importantly,inward struggles leading to personal growth.His journey is the one of self-discovery and of combating his own arrogance and pride from his young rebellious heart.It makes sense to borrow The Odyssey from Greek mythology to describe the rebellious years young people usually go through.,Cultural background,The odyssey years(1/3),The term odyssey years is originated from The Odyssey,a long poem by the Greek author Homer,which is a sequel(续集)to the story of the Greek hero,Odysseus.It described Odysseus long journey trying to return home from adventures and war.For English speakers,as well as for many other cultures,the very name of the poem,The Odyssey,Background Information,The odyssey years(2/3),has become a special term for an epic journey or great struggle.The main character in the epic poem(史诗),Odysseus,was wandering away from home and loved ones.During his journey of about 10 years,he encountered repeated troubles and challenges.The key insight in The Odyssey is that the essentials of the journey are not only outward struggles against tremendous difficulties,but,more importantly,The odyssey years(3/3),inward struggles leading to personal growth.His journey is the one of self-discovery and of combating his own arrogance and pride from his young rebellious heart.Therefore,it makes sense to borrow The Odyssey from Greek mythology to describe the rebellious years young people usually go through.The term odyssey years is a metaphor of this special stage for young people.,2.What does“Generation Jones”mean?,A term used to describe the generation born right after World War II in 1945 through 1965.Its usually identified with“baby boomers”.Key characteristics assigned to these members are less optimism,distrust of government,and general cynicism.,Cultural background,3.What is special feature of Generation Z?,It is also known as the Net or the Internet Generation.In the US and other Western nations,it is a common name for the people born from the mid-1990s or early 2000s through to the present.This generation has spent their entire life with the World Wide Web and high-tech gadgets.,Cultural background,A new phase of life,odyssey years,is identified by experts as the stage between adolescence and adulthood when young people are rebellious and unwilling to settle down.Parents view this stage differently and worry about their children.By the end of this unit,you are expected to write a passage on the following topic:Different attitudes toward odyssey years,Please get prepared by doing the following activities.,Project of the unit,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Global understanding,Detailed understanding,Inspiring your thoughts,1)What is the text generally about?2)What kind of writing do you think this text is?3)What do you expect to read about odyssey years?,A special life phase:odyssey years.,Expository writing.,(Answers vary.),Skim the text for two minutes and answer the following questions.,Task,Global understanding of the text,Inspiring your thoughts,Global understanding,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Global understanding,Detailed understanding,Inspiring your thoughts,1)What are the so-called“odyssey years”?2)Why does the author say that the odyssey years are an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood?3)How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents?4)What is parents attitude toward their children in their odyssey years?5)What do you think is the authors attitude toward the odyssey years?,Read the text again and answer the following questions.,Task 1,Detailed understanding of the text,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,1)What are the so-called“odyssey years”?,They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation,continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career.,Reference answers：,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,2)Why does the author say that the odyssey years are an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood?,Because nowadays so many young people are following this new lifestyle that it has become a trend.As long as the economic situation continues its long slide,this new stage is unavoidable.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,3)How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents?,They often resent the pressure theyre feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home.Many also resort to computer games,iPods,iPhones,or iPads.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,4)What is parents attitude toward their children in their odyssey years?,Their parents feel more anxious and upset seeing their childrens odyssey years continue to stretch without a clear direction.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,5)What do you think is the authors attitude toward the odyssey years?,The author thinks as people are getting to know the odyssey years better,both parents and their children can tackle this phase better.For parents,they can understand their children more;for children,they can explore and discover themselves with a positive attitude.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Step 1,Step 2,Summarize your ideas and write a paragraph concerning the three questions.,Think over the following three questions and share your ideas with your classmates.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Critical thinking,Task 2,1)What might be the most significant personal effect caused by the delay in transition to adulthood?2)How might parents look at the new trend and the delayed transition?3)How can young people cope with this difficult time period the odyssey years?,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,1)What might be the most significant personal effect caused by the delay in transition to adulthood?,Delayed marriage and career.More competition.Loss of good opportunities.More self-awareness.Further exploration of career.Establishment of stable financial status.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Reference answers：,to be continued,2)How might parents look at the new trend and the delayed transition?,Lose their patience.Complain about their childrens behavior.Push their children a lot.Give up their expectations.Try to be understanding to their children.Give their children longer time to settle down.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,3)How can young people cope with this difficult time period the odyssey years?,More communication with family,friends,and other loved ones.Less time on the Internet,games,or SNS.Possible increase in physical exercise.More participation in meaningful activities.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Structure analysis,Enhancing your skills,Language highlighting,Language learning,Focus on a comparison/contrast essay,Language focus,What difficulties do you have to confront in your age groups?(Para.1),Explains how the traditional way labeled previous life stages:_and old ages.,Part I(Para.1),childhood,adolescence,adulthood,This transitional paragraph claims that _ is changing.,Part II(Para.2),the way of viewing different life stages,1 Most of us know about the phases of life which we label to parallel different age group sand life stages:childhood,adolescence,adulthood,and old age.We think of infancy before childhood and middle age before old age,with each unique phase bringing its own peculiar set of challenges.These challenges can be over come by acquainting ourselves with them,such as the childs need to learn,the adults need to find the right career and build a family,and the seniors need for support and good health care.2Interestingly,ideas about the stages of life are changing.,Part I Introduction(Para.1?),Journey through the odyssey years,Part I Introduction(Paras.1-2)introduces the traditional way of labeling life stages:childhood,adolescence,adulthood,and old age.But such labeling is changing with progress in social life.,A.Text Analysis Through Interaction,a.1.belonging or relating to one particular place,situation,person,etc.,and not to others 为某人/某地/某事物所特有的He likes to do things in his own peculiar way.Translation:他喜欢用自己特有的方式做事。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Detailed learning of key vocabulary,Task 3,a.2.strange,unfamiliar,or a little surprising 奇怪的；异常的Hestaredatherwith thatpeculiarexpressionsonhisface.Translation:他脸上带着奇怪的表情注视着她。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,peculiar 着重“独特性”，强调“与众不同的”特征；characteristic 常强调所指性质的典型性，也可以表示这些性质使某一事物区别于其他的事物；unusual 强调“少见的”，与通常的情况“截然不同的”或“未曾预料的”特征。peculiar 通常和介词 to 搭配，表示“为某人或某物所特有”；characteristic 通常和介词 of 搭配，表示“某物或某人有特性、特征、特色”；unusual 通常和介词 for 搭配，表示“对不同寻常”。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Fill in the blanks with peculiar,characteristic or unusual and translate the sentences into Chinese.,1.Benjamin responded with_generosity.2.I have my own_way of doing things.3.Her gaze sharpened,as if she had seen something_.,我有自己独特的做事方式。,班杰明以他一贯的大度之风做了回答。,她眼睛一亮，仿佛看见了什么不寻常的事情。,characteristic,peculiar,unusual,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,4.The wine has a _ taste.5.Its _ of her that she never complained.6.Great minds in general look at life in a _ way to themselves.7.Its not _ for teenagers to go through a phase when they feel ashamed of their parents,afraid that they might not live up to their friends standards.,peculiar,characteristic,unusual,这酒有种独特的味道。,从来不发牢骚是她的个性。,peculiar,一般来说，伟大的思想家都以自己独特的眼光来看待生活。,青少年经历为自己的父母感到羞愧的阶段是很平常的，他们生怕自己的父母达不到他们朋友所设的标准。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,vt.(fml)give sb.information about sth.介绍；使认识；使了解acquaint sb./oneself with sth.:make sb./oneself familiar with or aware of sth 使熟悉；使了解,Please acquaint us with your plans as soon as possible.,Translation:请尽快将你的计划告诉我们。,men who love wisdom;trivial details,Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with many trivial details.,喜爱智慧的人应该让自己熟悉很多细枝末节的小事。,Productive Patterns,Jotter,P1 acquaint oneself with sth.,Phrase 1,1.with each unique phase bringing(Para.1),“with名词/代词现在分词”构成独立主格结构(absolute structure)，主要用作状语，可以表示伴随、方式、原因、时间等。with之后的名词和其后的现在分词构成主谓关系，其中现在分词表示主动或正在进行的动作。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Sentence analysis,Task 4,We think of infancy before childhood and middle age before old age,with each unique phase bringing its own peculiar set of challenges.Translation:我们把这些阶段想象为婴儿期在童年之前，中年在老年之前，每个阶段都会面临一系列特有的挑战。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,1.with each unique phase bringing(Para.1),她在餐桌旁坐了下来，每道菜都散发出扑鼻的香味。女孩坐在那里一言不发，目不转睛地盯着墙壁。由于我们的食物即将吃完，我们不得不步行到一个村子寻求帮助。随着夏季来临，天气变得越来越热。,She sat down at the table,with each dish emitting a delicious smell.,The girl sat there quite silent with her eyes fixing on the wall.,With our food running out,we had to walk to a village for help.,With summer coming,it is becoming hotter and hotter.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Translate the following sentences into English with absolute structure.,2023/1/6,Part 2,What did young people used to do after college?(Para.3),Based on the reading,what are the so-called“odyssey years”?(Para.4),How is young peoples assumption of adulthood in the past different from that at present?(Para.5),In Paragraph 3,the author describes what young people used to do after college:They would find a job leading to a career and then start a family.,Summary,Jotter,Part II Body-1(Para.3?),Part II Body-1(Paras.35)introduces a new life stage,the odyssey years,through comparison and contrast.,A.Text Analysis Through Interaction,In Paragraph 4,he presents the image of young people today.Since they are following a different agenda,recent trends show radical changes in practice.,In Paragraph 5,he compares young peoples concept of adulthood in the past and present.Now,it has become common to delay marriage,child bearing,and even employment.,把分开；分隔,(separate from/business bank accounts),Business bank accounts need to be separated from personal ones.,separate from,短语逆译,短语应用,商业的银行帐户需跟个人的银行帐户分开。,意群提示,Translation:天空乌云密布，你带一把伞是明智的。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,a.reasonable,practical,and showing good judgment 合理的；切合实际的；明智的,It would be sensible to take an umbrella with you since there are dark clouds in the sky.,Translation:He is a sensible person.他是一个明智的人。I am sensible of the suffering you are undergoing.我清楚你正在经历的痛苦。She is sensitive to penicillin.她对青霉素过敏。,1.sensible 明智的；sensitive 敏感的；易受影响的2.be sensible of 感知某事；察觉到某事 be sensitive to 对过敏；对敏感；对感知敏锐,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,1.A _ person is easily upset by other peoples remarks or behaviour.2.A _ person makes good decisions and judgments based on reason rather than emotion.3.You can improve your chances of profit by_planning.4.The classroom teacher must be_to a childs needs.,sensitive,sensible,sensible,sensitive,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Fill in the blanks with sensible or sensitive.,a.1.used for saying that a change or way of doing sth.is new and very different from the usual way（改变或方式）彻底的，根本的,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,To work within our budget,we need to make some radical changes to our operating procedures.,Translation:为了配合预算，我们对操作程序需要做一些根本的改变。,a.2.used for saying that an idea is very new and different,and against what most people think or believe 激进的；前卫的,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,There is political tension between radical and conservative