1、Understanding ideas（Adaptation from First Snow by John Boynton Priestley)选择性必修第三册 Read the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions.1 What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime?Priestly joined the army in World War I before going on to study at Cambridge Universit
2、y.After graduation,he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter.During WWII,he presented a weekly radio program and became a radio presenter.Activity12 What kind of person do you think Priestley was?talentedproductiveobservant =being good at observingimaginativequick-mindedIntroductionActivit
3、y2 Describe the first snow:an event,so fantastically carpeted,a magical event,a cold place of dead white and pale blues,faintly flushed,artfully disposed,a cold sparkle of white and blue,falling heavily,in great soft flakes blizzard大风雪snowstorm暴风雪blowing snow 飞雪drifting snow 飘雪sleet雨夹雪snow drift雪堆sn
4、ow shower 阵雪light snow 小雪flurry阵雪/小雪heavy snow 大雪snowfall降雪snowflake雪花Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.1.Para.1 A It snowed heavily.2.Para.2 B The snow was fascinating.3.Para.3 C The first snow is a magical event.4.Para.4 D The snow made the world dead white and pal
5、e blues.5.Para.5 E The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blue.15 BCDEA Fast reading1 By describing the magical scenery of the first snow,the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves.2 By depicting the beautiful,near-magical scenery of the first
6、 snow,the author wants to convey his love for snow.3 By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow,the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood.Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.P64Fast-reading What kind of style does thi
7、s passage belong to?A.A scenery essay.B.A story.C An argumentative writing.D.A letter.答案答案AFast-readingPara1Why did the author get excited at the fall of snow?ABecause Mr.Robert Lynd said a fall of snow was an event.BBecause Christmas had suddenly come round again.CBecause he didnt see a fall of sno
8、w for a long time.DBecause he never saw so heavy a fall of snow before.Detailed-readingPara1 The children looked through the window excitedly because_.A.the Christmas had come around againB.it was the first snow in the winterC.it was out of the countryD.the author was sweating in a hot climate durin
9、g the snowy season答案BDetailed-readingPara2 Why does the author think that the first fall of snow is a magical event?_Because you go to bed in one kind of world and waken up to find yourself in another quite different world.Detailed-readingPara3What made the familiar business in the bathroom so stran
10、ge?A.The cold world.B.The Japanese print.C.The light coming through the window.D.The little plum tree outside.Detailed-readingPara3What made the familiar business in the bathroom so strange?A.The cold world.B.The Japanese print.C.The light coming through the window.D.The little plum tree outside.答案答
11、案CDetailed-readingPara4Which word cant be used to describe the scenery?A.Disturbing(令人不安的令人不安的).B.Threatening(阴沉沉的；危险的阴沉沉的；危险的).C.Cruel(残酷的残酷的).D.Fascinating(迷人的迷人的).答案答案DDetailed-readingPara5 What scene makes the author recall a rhyme(儿歌儿歌)？_ I can see the children flattening their noses against th
12、e window.Detailed-readingPara5What made the writer hardly see the whole shallow valley clearly?AThe grey sky.BThe falling flakes.CThe bending trees.DThe white and blue light.Detailed-readingNoImageActivity4 The author uses picturesque language to depict the first snow.Complete the diagram with the e
13、xpressions you have underlined in the passage.cold place of dead white and pale blues.delicate pinkslovely Japanese printlining its branches and artfully disposedits trunk a cold sparkle of white and bluewent on and onthick greyso many black and threatening shapeslike a cruel grasslandthe snow is fa
14、lling heavily,in great soft flakesthickall bendingUsing different images properly makes our description vivid!How the author organises the structure of the passage.First Snowfascinating,excitedPara.35description of the scenery of the snowPara.1-2introductiona magical event.a cold place of dead white
15、 and pale bluesa cold sparkle of white and bluefalling heavilyTry to retell the passage.1 Why does the author mention Jane Austen at the beginning of the passage?By referencing the characters of Jane Austen,who is known for her witty,perceptive observations of early 19th century English country life
16、,the author is emphasising the irony and self-awareness with which he goes on to make his statement about the first snow.Pride and PrejudiceSense and SensibilityEmmaThink&ShareThink&Share2 What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow?Images used by the author to enhance the des
17、cription of snow:a cold place of dead white and pale blues,flushing the snow with delicate pinks,a cold sparkle of white and blue,falling heavily,in great soft flakes Post-readingAfter reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks.Last night it snowed and it was the first fall of snow peop
18、le 1._ (see)that winter.Priestley found the children 2.(look)through the windows at the snow fall excitedly.However，last year he was abroad sweating in a hot climate during the 3.(snow)season.The first snow fall was not only 4._ event but a magical event.People went to bed in one kind of world and w
19、oke up to find 5.(they)in another.This morning，when Priestley got up，the light 6.came through the windows made everything very strange.had seenlookingsnowyanthemselvesthatThe dining-room window 7.(transform)into a lovely Japanese print.An hour or two later，he looked out of the window and found the w
20、hole world 8.(change)again.It was as if the kindly countryside had been turned into a cruel grassland.Then the world had changed again.The snow was falling so 9.(heavy)that you could hardly see across the shallow valley.From his study，Priestley could see the children flattening their noses 10.the window and recalled a rhyme in his childhood.had been transformedchangedheavilyagainst
