thevirtuesofgrowingoldPPT学习课件学习课程

1、Daily English Everything is good when new, but friends when old.Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is. -Kenny Rogers 第1页/共76页第一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Daily English At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment. -Benjamin FranklinOld wood is best to burn, old wine t

2、o drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. - Francis Bacon第2页/共76页第二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Pre-reading Questions: 1. What, in you opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of growing old? List the top five for each. 2. Compared to growing old, list the top five advantages and disadvantages

3、 of being young. 第3页/共76页第三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。P a r t 1 ( P a r a . 1 - 2 ) : T h e introduction “Thesis statement”Par t 2 (Para.3-5): Three advantagesTopic Sentences“Supporting ideas” P a r t 3 ( P a r a . 6 ) : T h e conclusionStructural Analysis第4页/共76页第四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Structural Analysis第5页/共76页第五

4、页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 1-2: Introduction Thesis statement: Being young is often pleasant, but being old has distinct advantagesTopic + Key Point第6页/共76页第六页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 3: No.1 AdvantageWhen young, you are apt to be obsessed with your appearance.Being old is free from adolescent agonies about

5、appearance.第7页/共76页第七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 4: No.2 AdvantageBeing old is preferable to being younger in another way.Certainty Living in a pleasant certain world第8页/共76页第八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 5: No.3 AdvantageBut the greatest benefit of being forty is knowing who I am.第9页/共76页第九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para.

6、 6: ConclusionThere is a great deal of happiness to be found as we grow older.第10页/共76页第十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Comparison and contrastNow, however, (Para. 3)But (Para. 4)By way of contrast, (Para. 5)第11页/共76页第十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。(Para. 4)But when you are young, 第12页/共76页第十二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。 whileIn contrast,

7、Differ fromCompared to / withUnlike Useful words and expressions第13页/共76页第十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。(Para. 3)When young, Now, however, 第14页/共76页第十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。(Para. 5)Being youngBy way of contrast, 第15页/共76页第十五页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。 Questions and Language Points第16页/共76页第十六页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 1-2: Introduc

8、tionQuestions:Why do people want to hide their gray hair and delay the effects of aging?What does the writer mean by “it is un-American to say so”?Does the writer deny the virtues of being young? Why?第17页/共76页第十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language Points: Part 1worship show admiration or devotion to (a deity);

9、 hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revereA blind worship or admiration第18页/共76页第十八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Convince toPersuade toConvincing, persuasive a convincing story; a most persuasive speaker. 第19页/共76页第十九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Work out do physical exercise; exercise The new strategy may not work out. to prove

10、successful, effective, or satisfactory 第20页/共76页第二十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。gym = gymnasium a club, building or a large room, usually containing special equipment, where people go to do physical exercise or get fit. Aquarium Auditorium Museum sanatorium 第21页/共76页第二十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Delay cause to be slowed d

11、own or happen later than planned, scheduled, or required Postpone, put off Dont put off till tomorrow what should be done today.第22页/共76页第二十二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Sign with the devil just to be young againLiteral meaning: sign a contract of employment with the devil Implied meaning: be ready to do anythin

12、g, even work for the devil in order to be young again.第23页/共76页第二十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。It is un-American to say soThese questions seem contrary to the values commonly held by most American people.The American people would do anything possible to delay aging.第24页/共76页第二十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language WorkPara

13、graph 3333 Now, however, Dave and I are beyond such adolescent agonies. My rounded figure seems fine, and I dont deny myself a slice of pecan pie if I feel in the mood. Dave still works out, but he has actually become fond of his tall, lanky frame. The two of us enjoy wearing fashionable clothes, bu

14、t we are no longer slaves to style. And women, Im embarrassed to admit, even more than men, have always seemed to be at the mercy of fashion. Now my clothes are attractive yet easy to wear. We no longer feel anxious about what others will think. As long as we feel good about how we look, we are happ

15、y. 第25页/共76页第二十五页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 3: No.1 AdvantageQuestions:What is the first advantage of growing older according to the first sentence?What are the differences between being young and growing older?What linking devices does the writer adopt in this paragraph to make it coherent?第26页/共76页第二十六页

16、，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para 3 The technique of contrast is used in the part to project the first advantage of growing older. 1.What are these contrasts focused on? 2.With her experience, the writer drives home her point that adolescents _, while older people are _. 1.These contrasts focused on two aspects:

17、the shape of their bodies and clothes. 2. that adolescents “feel anxious about what others will think” , while older people are happy “as long as we feel good about how we look”.第27页/共76页第二十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language Points:Be apt toBe likely to; Having a natural tendency; inclined to; tend to第28页/共7

18、6页第二十八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。父母的教导如果坚定、始终如一和理性，孩子就有可能充满自信 Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are apt to possess high levels of self-confidence. 第29页/共76页第二十九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。(be) obsessed with to keep thinking about sth. too much to think about anything else; be preoccupi

19、ed excessively 痴迷于，受困扰e.g. He was obsessed with sci-fi movies. More and more people became obsessed with fear of nuclear radiation. be obsessed with the desire for gain 利欲熏心 be obsessed by a craving for wealth 财迷心窍第30页/共76页第三十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。第31页/共76页第三十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。第32页/共76页第三十二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。

20、Build up your vocabulary:e.g. She has got this _ fear of losing control so she never shows her emotions. 第33页/共76页第三十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。teenspl. 十多岁期间(13-19岁的年龄)； 总称十几岁的青少年in ones teens 十多岁时, 在少年时代teenager 十几岁的青少年 teenage adj. Compare:adolescence n.青春期(一般指成年以前13至15岁的发育期) adolescent a.青春期的; n.十几岁的青少年 第

21、34页/共76页第三十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。feverishly adv.feverish adj. 发烧的; 狂热的, 兴奋的, 焦躁的e.g. They are feverishly building up their armed forces. 他们正在疯狂地扩军。 I am searching my pockets feverishly for my ticket. 我急切地在口袋里翻找着车票。 Feverishly he set to work, and by the end of the day he had composed the whole concerto (协

22、奏曲). 他充满激情地开始了创作，到这天结束时他已经谱好了整部协奏曲。第35页/共76页第三十五页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。megadose dose 剂量 mega- 1) large大; 2) one million 一百万 e.g. megahertz兆赫第36页/共76页第三十六页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。beyondoutside the range or limit of e.g. Understanding this article is beyond my capability. The fruit is beyond my reach. 够不着Practice: Tr

23、anslate into English 在一些职业中，超过退休年龄而继续工作是可能的。 In a number of professions it is possible to continue working beyond the retirement age.第37页/共76页第三十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。denydeny sb. sth: refuse to let sb. have it 拒绝给予e.g. He denied his kids nothing. (要什么就给什么)deny oneself sth.: not to allow oneself to have

24、sth. that one normally has节制, 戒除, 舍弃e.g. He denied himself all small pleasures and luxuries in an effort to live a holy life.Practice: Translate into English 为了保持苗条的身材，她克制自己不吃冰激凌。(Tr. Ex. 4. P97) To keep slim, she denied herself ice-creams.第38页/共76页第三十八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。第39页/共76页第三十九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Me

25、gadose of Large amount of a dose of medicine a dose of a narcotic drug 第40页/共76页第四十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 4: No.2 AdvantageQuestions:Is it accurate to say that older people are totally free from uncertainty?What does the writer mean by “at every turn”?第41页/共76页第四十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language WorkParagra

26、ph 44 Being older is preferable to being younger in another way. Obviously, I still have important choices to make about my life, but I have already made many of the critical decisions that confront those just starting out. I chose the man I wanted to marry. I decided to have children. I elected to

27、return to college to complete my education. But when you are young, major decisions await you at every turn. “What college should I attend? What career should I pursue? Should I have children?” These are just a few of the issues facing young people. Its no wonder that, despite their carefree facade,

28、 they are often confused, uncertain, and troubled by all the unknowns in their future.Paragraph 5第42页/共76页第四十二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。preferable: more desirable or suitable 更可取的, 更好的 elect 1) 选举; 2) make a choice or selection 选择或挑选 await: vt wait forat every turn: at every important point in ones life (Its)

29、 no wonder (that) .: Its not surprising, only too natural that 难怪, 不足为奇第43页/共76页第四十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。pursuevt. to make efforts to achieve or accomplish; to follow, to chase 努力达成，追随，追求e.g. He had come to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. We have always pursued a friendly policy towards the people

30、all over the world. 第44页/共76页第四十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language WorkParagraph 5252 By way of contrast, forty is sanity. I have a surer self-identity now. I dont laugh at jokes that I dont think are funny. I can make a speech in front of a town meeting or complain in a store because I am no longer terrifie

31、d that people will laugh at me; I am no longer anxious that everyone must like me. I no longer blame my parents for my every personality quirk or keep a running score of everything they did wrong raising me. Life has taught me that I, not they, am responsible for who I am. We are all human beings ne

32、ither saints nor devils.Paragraph 6第45页/共76页第四十五页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 5: No.3 AdvantageQuestions:What is the meaning of “ wishing you were never born the next”?What does it mean by “keep a running score of everything they did raising me”?第46页/共76页第四十六页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。take up with sb. associate with,

33、to have a friendly relationship with sb. (esp. sb. unsuitable)和.交往、鬼混e.g. Shes taken up with an unemployed actor. Practice: Translate into English 最近他和两个坏孩子混在一起，这让他的父母非常生气。(Tr. Ex. 5. P97) Recently he has taken up with two bad boys, which makes his parents really angry.第47页/共76页第四十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。b

34、e taken up with sth: be interested in or busy with sth. 对.感兴趣, 心醉于；一心一意想e.g. His mind was wholly taken up with the question. 第48页/共76页第四十八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Paraphrase: keep a running score of everything they did wrong raising you me. (Para. 5) keep a running score of: constantly remind yourself of run

35、ning: 不断的, 连续的score: record 第49页/共76页第四十九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。score 1) 比赛中的得分, 记分 keep (the) score (在比赛中)记分数2) a debt 欠帐, 债; 宿怨，旧仇 to have an old score / an account to settle with sb. 跟某人有帐要算; 向某人报仇雪恨 to settle scores with sb. 向某人清算; 算老账, 报复第50页/共76页第五十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Paraphrase: keep a running score of

36、everything they did wrong raising you me. (Para. 5) keep a running score of: constantly remind yourself of running: 不断的, 连续的score: record 第51页/共76页第五十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。score 1) 比赛中的得分, 记分 keep (the) score (在比赛中)记分数2) a debt 欠帐, 债; 宿怨，旧仇 to have an old score / an account to settle with sb. 跟某人有帐要算; 向某

37、人报仇雪恨 to settle scores with sb. 向某人清算; 算老账, 报复第52页/共76页第五十二页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language WorkParagraph 66 Most Americans blindly accept the idea that newer is automatically better. But a human life contradicts this premise. There is a great deal of happiness to be found as we grow older. My own parents,

38、now in their sixties, recently told me that they are happier now than they have ever been. They would not want to be my age. Did this surprise me? At first, yes. Then it gladdened me. Their contentment holds out great promise for me as I move into the next perhaps even better phase of my life.第53页/共

39、76页第五十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para. 6: ConclusionQuestions:Which sentence could be considered the summary of the writers point of view?Why does the writer say that he is expecting for his next phase of life?第54页/共76页第五十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。contradictvt. to assert or express the opposite of (a statement); to be

40、 contrary to; be inconsistent with 反驳，与矛盾，抵触e.g. Your actions contradict your declared moral principles.Practice: Translate into English 你看了那些报纸的报道了吗？完全互相矛盾。(Tr. Ex. 6. P97) Have you read these newspaper reports? They totally contradict each other.self-contradictory adj.自相矛盾的第55页/共76页第五十五页，编辑于星期日：点

41、三十四分。premisen. a proposition (命题) upon which an argument is based or from which a conclusion is drawn 前提e.g. British and American justice (司法) works on the premise that an accused person is innocent until hes proved guilty. (Vo. Ex. IV. 5. P94) 英国和美国司法运作的前提是一个受指控的人如果不能证明其有罪，他就是清白的。第56页/共76页第五十六页，编辑于

42、星期日：点 三十四分。Language Points:Be preferable to more desirable than another Coffee is preferable to tea, I think. Prefer to Prefer to do Give preference to Preferential policy第57页/共76页第五十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Critical momentExtremely important moment or point Be critical of sb. / sth. Be critical to 第58页/共76

43、页第五十八页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。At every turnin every place; at every moment; frequently or all the time; Do sth. in turnTake turns to do sth.At the turn of the centuryturn a blind eye turn a deaf ear turn (ones) back on第59页/共76页第五十九页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language Points:BenefitBenefit from Be beneficial for Be of gr

44、eat benefit to beneficiary recipient, receiver - a person who gets something第60页/共76页第六十页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。worthBe worth doing Be worthy of Be worthwhile to worthless第61页/共76页第六十一页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。sanitynormal or sound powers of mind Sane, insane, insanity, sanenessGo insaneGo crazy第62页/共76页第六十二页，编辑于星期日：

45、点 三十四分。Blame Blame for attribute responsibility to Find faults with sb. Accuse of Charge with第63页/共76页第六十三页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。raiseRaise a child= bring upRaise ones voiceRaise an employees salaryRaise money to do sth.第64页/共76页第六十四页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Para 6 In the last paragraph, the writer cites her parents

46、 example to back the theme of the passage. What is it? Distinct advantages of growing older makes a better phase of life.第65页/共76页第六十五页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。Language Points:blindly without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis; without judgment Be blind to sth. A blind alley; cul-de-sac ; A d

47、ead-end street. A blind date Turn a blind eye to 第66页/共76页第六十六页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。contradictvt. to assert or express the opposite of (a statement); to be contrary to; be inconsistent with 反驳，与矛盾，抵触e.g. Your actions contradict your declared moral principles.Practice: Translate into English 你看了那些报纸的报道了吗？完全互相矛盾。(Tr. Ex. 6. P97) Have you read these newspaper reports? They totally contradict each other.self-contradictory adj.自相矛盾的第67页/共76页第六十七页，编辑于星期日：点 三十四分。premisen. a proposition (命题) upon which an argument is based or f