1、选择性必修四 Unit 1 Appreciating languageOn telling the truthLead-inQ1:What kind of person do you think is honest?Q2:In your opinion,what is truth?The real facts about a situation,event,or person.One who is always telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal,cheat,or lie.Lead-inQ3:Then
2、what is a real fact?Something that is known to have happened or to exist,especially something for which proof exists,or about which there is information.Read the title On telling the truth What does“on”mean？What type of writing can you guess according to the title?relating to;aboutA.Expository writi
3、ng（说明文）B.Narrative writing （记叙文）C.Practical writing（运用文）D.Argumentation writing（议论文）Read the structure Find out the function of each paragraph.Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusionRead between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topi
4、cPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion How can one tell a truth that can be absolutely comprehended by the ordinary mind?It must be reduced to concrete terms.What kind of teller of the truth can be called an artist?The one who can overcome the obstacle in the path of ultimate endeavor.Re
5、ad between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion How many ways are there for the artist to tell the truth?And what are they?Two.Either he may express the truth in imagined facts quite similar to those from which the truth initially ori
6、ginated;however,he may also express it in imagined facts which are suitable to represent it,but which bear no resemblance to the actual facts.Read between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion What is the point presented by the author
7、in the very beginning？All children are romantics.Why does the author think all children are romantics?Because children are accustomed to telling the truth in the easiest and most economical waythat is to say,in the most romantic way.Read between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicP
8、resent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion Whose story is given as an example in Para 3？William Blake,perhaps the greatest of all English graphic artists What did he do one sunny,dewy morning?He wandered forth,then sat for a long time deep in thought,looking at a shimmering tree.Read between t
9、he lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion Why did his father ask him what he was looking at？Because his father found him apparently in idleness.What did Blake William answer?He was looking at a tree full of angels.What did his father think
10、of his reply?His father beat him violently for telling a lie.Read between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion Did little William Blake tell the truth or a lie？He told the absolute and utter truth.Why did he reply to his father in thi
11、s way?Because there was no other way of expressing concretely what he saw;and to say that he was looking at the morning sun shining on the early dew covering the leaves of the tree would give a false idea about the vision of the child.Read between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topi
12、cPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusion What consideration of point is bought up to in Para 4？A romantic deduction from the truth is frequently more effective than realistic re-embodiment of it in terms of original facts.To show a reliable impression of the truth,what is it necessary to d
13、o?To change the facts.What can be inferred from Para 4？A.The more realistic,the better to tell the truth.B.Being romantic means being honest.C.Children seem to be born artists of telling a truth.D.Grown-ups seem to have lost the ability to tell a truth romanticly.E.A truth that is not the exact fact
14、 sometimes will be a more effective truth.Read between the lines Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Introduce the topicPresent the pointGive an exampleDraw a conclusionRead beyond the lines Everything we hear is an opinion,not a fact.Everything we see is a perspective,not the truth.Marcus Aurelius Only when we
15、 stand in each others shoes will we understand each other.Feng XinfengUseful expressions 1.减少为，简化为 _ 2.有效的 _ 3.毫不相似 _ 4.在通常情况下 _ 5.一路闲逛 _ 6.无所事事 _ 7.归结为 _be reduced to in effectbear no near resemblance tounder ordinary circumstanceswander forthin idlenessbring up to 1.I frankly call the teller of th
16、e truth an artist,since no one who is not in effect an artist can successfully overcome this obstacle in the path of the ultimate endeavor.坦率地说，我把会讲真相的人称之为艺术家，因为没有一个不是真正艺术家的人能够在穷尽努力的道路上成功地克服这个障碍。Beautiful sentences 2.Either he may express the truth in imagined facts quite similar to those from which
17、 the truth initially originated;however,he may also express it in imagined facts which are suitable to represent it,but which bear no near resemblance to the actual facts.他可以用想象出来的事实来表达真理，这种想象与最初产生真理的事实非常相似；然而，他也可以用想象出来的事实来表达它，这些想象出来的事实虽然适合于表达它，但却与实际的事实没有任何相似之处。Beautiful sentences 3.All children are
18、 romantics;and under ordinary circumstances it is not until after thirty that anybody ever transforms himself into a realist.所有的孩子都是浪漫主义者；在一般情况下，人要到三十岁以后才会变成现实主义者。Beautiful sentences 4.And this brings up to the consideration of the point that a romantic deduction from the truth is frequently more effective than a realistic re-embodiment of it in terms of the original facts.这就引出了一个观点，即从事实中浪漫地演绎往往比从原始事实中现实地重新体现更有效。Beautiful sentencesWhatever we do,wherever we go and however old we are,lets maintain a childlike innocence.
