高中英语Unit 1 Nothing ventured nothing gained ReadingWord文件下载.docx

1、AimsTo help students develop their reading abilityTo help students learn about adventure Procedures Warming up by reading for formsOn page 1 there are three short texts. Now read the texts to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all th

2、e useful expressions. A spider was making its web /while Robert the Bruce was watching it /in a cave. It tried again and again /to fix its thread/ but each time/ it failed. When it finally succeeded, Robert realized that/ it had taught him a valuable lesson/ and he was inspired to continue fighting/

3、 till he defeated the English /and gained independence/ for Scotland. He became the first Scottish king. Helen Keller was a young girl /who was unable to speak, hear /or see anything. Struggling in a world of silence/ and darkness, she seemed to be simple-minded. One day /a teacher, Anne Sullivan, c

4、ame to her parents house/ and she helped Helen/ to learn /how to communicate with others /using her hands. The patience /and kindness of Anne Sullivan /proved very successful /and finally /Helen became a famous writer.Beaten by Wu /in 494 BC, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was forced to live /as a slave

5、 /in Wu /for three years. When Gou Jian returned to his homeland, he plotted to recover his lost land. He slept on firewood /and straw /to remind him of his sufferings. Before every meal /and at bedtime /he tasted a bitter gall-bladder /to strengthen his determination. Eventually/ he defeated the Ki

6、ng of Wu.make its web, in a cave, try again and again, fix its thread, teach sb. a valuable lesson, be inspired to do, continue doing, defeat sb, gain independence for, be unable to speak, struggle in a world of silence, seem to be simple-minded, come to ones house, communicate with sb., become a fa

7、mous writer, beaten by sb., in 494 BC, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, be forced to do,live as a slave, return to ones homeland, recover ones lost land, sleep on firewood, remind sb. of sth., before every meal, at bedtime, strengthen ones determinationWarming up by brain storming Chinese proverbsGood mor

8、ning, class. Today is your first day of this term. And I believe you will have lots of work to do. Just as the saying goes Nothing ventures, nothing gained, you have to work still harder so that you might gain success in your studies. Now lets brainstorm some more sayings or proverbs. Chinese prover

9、bs-A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. -A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. -A book tightly shut is but a block of paper. -A childs life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. -A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a peb

10、ble without imperfections. -A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. -A fool judges people by the presents they give him. -A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. -A nations treasure is in its scholars. -A rat who gnaws at a cats tail invites destruction. -Be

11、 not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -Be the first to the field and the last to the couch. -Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. -Dig the well before you are thirsty. -Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. -Do not employ handsome servants. -Do not fear

12、 going forward slowly; fear only to stand still. -Do not remove a fly from your friends forehead with a hatchet. -Dont open a shop unless you like to smile. -Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. -Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed

13、 him for a lifetime. -He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. -He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain. -He who strikes the first blow admits hes lost the argument. -If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. -If you are patient in one

14、moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. -If you bow at all, bow low. -If you dont want anyone to know, dont do it. Warming up by discussing Oxymoron （矛盾修辞）Today we shall read an article entitled A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE. What do you think of this title? Is there anything unusual about

15、 it?Yes, Oxymoron is used in the title. But what is Oxymoron? Oxymoron （or oxymora） are literary figures of speech usually composed of a pair of neighbouring contradictory words （often within a sentence）. However this is not always the case. The Webster Dictionary defines oxymoron as a combination of contradictory or incongruous words. Oxymorons can be used for dramatic effect, for example: Hells Angels and deafening silence. They can also be comical, such as in civil engineer. Cle