1、选择性必修二 Unit 1 Developing ideas Reading 高二年级 英语Analysis of the materialWhat:本文语篇类型为小说。节选自Antoine de Saint-Exupery的小王子。故事从儿童的视角出发，通过“蛇吞象”的两幅绘画作品和其他领域的知识，表明儿童对世界的理解与成年人对世界的理解有很大的差异，将儿童的本真与成年人的功利心进行了对比。How:引导同学们通过阅读，了解作者对成年人的态度和看法，理解反讽这一修辞手法。Why:启迪同学们深入思考成长的意义与得失，培养正确的人生态度，进一步提升语言能力和思维品质。Leading-inTask1
2、:Read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupery and answer the questions.Q1:What experience made the author write The Little Prince？Q2:What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupery was?Leading-in Antoine de Saint-Exupery(1900-1944)was a French writer and pilot.As a young boy,he was obsessed with
3、 aeroplanes,riding in one for the first time at the age of 12.He spent much of his life flying and writing about his adventures.Saint-Exuperys most successful work,The Little Prince,is one of the best-selling books ever published.They story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1
4、935.Saint-Exupery nearly died,and wandered around for four days before being rescued.In 1944,Saint-Exupery left on a wartime mission over occupied France,from which he never returned.Although the remains of his plane were discovered in 2000,Saint-Exuperys body has never been found,and the cause of h
5、is death remains unknown.Leading-inQ1:What experience made the author write The Little Prince？The story was probably inspired by his plane crash in the desert in 1935.Q2:What kind of person do you think Saint-Exupery was?I think he is a creative and brave person full of imaginations.About the book T
6、he narrator is present throughout the book to tell the story of his friendship with the little prince and comment on what he has learned from him.He is very attracted to the prince,largely because he is childlike,innocent,and pure.The narrator admits that he prefers the openness,honesty,and naivete
7、of children to the pretensions and blindness of adults,who cannot see beyond the surface of life.The narrator feels very close to the little prince because he is able to see the truth and importance of things.Even after six years,he remembers everything about this little man from another planet;as a
8、 result,he writes the book in memory of him.Leading inTask 2:Look at the picture and guess what it is.Maybe its a hat.Fast readingTask 1:Read the passage and check your prediction.Fast readingFast readingFast readingFast readingTask 1:Read the passage and check your prediction.A boa constrictor(蟒蛇)d
9、igesting an elephant.Careful readingTask1:Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram.The first picture:A picture of a boa constrictor in the act of _.My first drawing:author:a picture of _grown-ups:_My second drawing:author:inside of _grown-ups:lay aside _ Careful readingC
10、areful readingCareful readingCareful readingTask1:Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram.The first picture:A picture of a boa constrictor in the act of _.My first drawing:author:a picture of _grown-ups:_My second drawing:author:inside of _grown-ups:lay aside _Careful r
11、eadingTask1:Read the passage and find out the information and fill in the diagram.The first picture:A picture of a boa constrictor in the act of _My first drawing:author:a picture of _grown-ups:_My second drawing:author:inside of _grown-ups:lay aside _ _swallowing an animala boa constrictor digestin
12、g an elephanta hatthe boa constrictormy drawings of boa constrictors,whether from the inside or the outsideCareful readingTask 2:Have a discussion with your classmates about why the author and the grown-ups have different ideas.Because they have different perspectives on the world.Children understan
13、d the world by senses,so they are more creative and imaginative;while the grown-ups are more knowledgeable and experienced,so they are limited and reasonable literally.Careful readingTask 3:Choose the authors attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice.1.Grown-ups are more pr
14、actical than children.They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future.2.Grown-ups are no better than children.They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.3.Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children.They can understand everything by themselves.Careful
15、 readingTask 3:Choose the authors attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice.Grown-ups are no better than children.They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.Evidence:1.They always need to have things explained.(Para 6)2.Grown-ups never understand anyth
16、ing by themselves,and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.(Para 7)3.,I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.(Para 9)4.I would bring myself down to his level.I would talk to him about b
17、ridge,and golf,and politics,and neckties.And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.(Para 12)1.Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole,without chewing it.After that they are not able to move,and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.(Line 1,P
18、ara 2)swallow,chew 及 digestion 均与饮食有关，分别意为“吞咽”“咀嚼”与“消化”。without 为介词，后面可接名词、代词或动名词形式，作伴随状语。e.g.“What do you expect?”he said,without looking at her.sleep through 意为to sleep for a long time without waking up。e.g.The baby slept peacefully through the night.Knowledge learning2.The grown-ups response,this
19、 time,was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors,whether from the inside or the outside,and devote myself instead to geography,history,arithmetic and grammar.(Line 1,Para 7)lay aside意为“把搁置一边”。e.g.Jane had laid aside her book to watch what was happening.whether from the inside or t
20、he outside 为插入语，对上文进行补充说明与解释，不影响整个句子的结构。常见的插入语有形容词（短语）、副词（短语）、介词短语、非谓语动词（短语）、分句等。e.g.Yes,indeed,I intend to go.You may,if you please,come and join us in the game.Knowledge learning3.Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves,and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining
21、things to them.(Line 4 to the last,Para 7)本句从儿童的视角描述了成年人与儿童在理解事物方面的差异，以幽默的口吻表达了儿童的无奈，启发读者要学会保护心中的纯真与智慧。its tiresome for sb to do sth 意为“某人厌烦去做某事”，句中it是形式主语，to do结构为真正的主语。e.g.It is important for you to get there on time.Knowledge learning4.In the course of this life,I have had a great many encounters
22、 with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.I have lived a great deal among grown-ups.I have seen them intimately,close at hand.And that hasnt much improved my opinion of them.(Line 1,Para 9)a great many=a large number of/many/lots of/plenty of,意为“很多”。需要注意的是，a great
23、 many 后接可数名词的复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。e.g.Hes been to a great many places.文章中两次使用 a great many,是为了强调作者对成年人的看法是有依据的，也 为后文的观点埋下了伏笔。Knowledge learning5.I would bring myself down to his level.I would talk to him about bridge,and golf,and politics,and neckties.And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met
24、 such a sensible man.(Line 3,Para 12)此处用了反讽的修辞手法。作者表示愿意迎合成年人，讲他们感兴趣的东西，实则是想表达成年人根本不懂儿童的世界，他们只是故作聪明罢了。e.g.It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in ones pocket.Knowledge learningTask1:Read the sentences from the passage and answer the questions.Language practiceQ1:
25、What does the author really mean by these sentences?Q2:What figure of speech does the author use?How does this figure of speech help to express the authors attitude?Language practiceQ1:What does the author really mean by these sentences?Most of the adults I have met are the same.They focus on practi
26、cal matters only and seldom pay attention to imagination or creativity.If I pretend to think the way they do,they adults will conclude that I am sensible and mature.Q2:What figure of speech does the author use?How does this figure of speech help to express the authors attitude?Irony.This figure of s
27、peech enables the author to indicate his low opinion of adults behaviour and values by stressing such things.Language practiceTask 2:Think of more sentences with irony.Language practice1.This hard-working boy seldom reads more than an hour per week.其中的hard-working,其实是讽刺他 lazy.2.Robbing a widow of he
28、r savings was certainly a noble act.其中的noble act,其实是讽刺这件事 disgraceful.Practical applicationAfter reading the two passages in this unit,what can you acquire and lose as you grow up?After reading the two passages in this unit,I have learnt a lot.Being a child or an adult may have its own advantages an
29、d disadvantages.As far as I am concerned,being a child is much happier because I dont take a lot of responsibilities,and I must be taken good care of by my parents,although I have to be supervised by them as well.Being an adult means I will be allowed to do a lot of things that I cant when I am a ch
30、ild,while I must be mature and strong enough to take responsibilities.Above all,I can acquire a lot,meanwhile,I may also lose something precious as I grow up.So I hope I will keep a childlike innocence deep in my heart.Homework1.Collect more examples of using irony in English.2.Read the passage fluently after class.I hope everyone will see the simple side of life as the little prince.Besides,I also hope that everyone will be separated from desire and greed and find their own innocence and love.
