高中英语选择性必修4优质课公开课Unit 2 Using language.pdf

新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第四册

Unit2Lessonsinlife

Usinglanguage

Review:passivevoice

Activity1

Lookatthesentencesfromthereadingpassageandmatch

themtothereasonswhythepassivevoiceisused.

aOndiscoveringthatMorrieisbeingweakenedbyasevereillness,…

b…TuesdayswithMorrieisjustmadeupofacollectionofover-emotionalthoughts

andmessages,…

CAboxoftissueswillbeneededtogetthroughthisbook!

1Thesubjectisnotknown,isunimportant,oris“peopleingeneral”andcanbe

omitted.

2Thefocusofthesentenceisontherecipientoftheaction,notonthesubjectof

thesentence.

3Thesubjectgoeswithlengthyexpressionsthatarebetterputattheend.

1–c2–a3–b

Nowlookformoresentenceswiththe

passivevoiceinthereadingpassage

andtalkaboutwhyitisused.

Activity2

Rewritetheparagraphusingthepassivevoice

whereappropriate.

Sinceancienttimes,storytellinghasbeenawaytoshareandpass

onwisdom.OneimportantearlyworkthatdidsowasAesop’s

Fables,acollectionofstoriesthathistorycreditstoAesop,aGreek

storyteller.PeoplebelievethathelivedinAncientGreecebetween

620BCand564BC.Mostofthecharactersinhisstoriesare

animals,thequalitiesofwhichAesopusedtoreflecthumantraits

andwisdom.EachfableteachesalifelessonthatAesop

summarisesinashortphraseattheendofthestory,calleda

moral.Today,childrenandadultsallaroundtheworldstillenjoy

Aeso’sFables.

•Sinceancienttimes,storytellinghasbeenawayto

shareandpassdownwisdomthroughgenerations.

Oneimportantearlyworkthatdidjustthiswas

Aesop’sFables,ac