1、Reading for Writingn By the end of this period,you will be able to1.figure out the organization of the speech.2.know about the language feature of the speech.3.write a good speech.Warming upEnjoy a video of a speech.Reading for informationRead the speech and answer the questions.1.What was Sarahs pr
2、oblem?2.How did music help her during her difficult time?3.What is her advice to others?1.Sarah had a serious disease that was difficult to cure.2.It made her feel much better because it is the“medicine of the mind”.3.Her advice to others is to use music to help when you have problems.Reading for st
3、ructureRead the speech again and figure out the structure.Reading for language featuresTask 1 Match the names of rhetorical devices to the lettered sentences in the speech.metaphor _ personification_ quote_repetition_ rhetorical question _ simile _metaphor _E personification F quote B_repetition _C
4、rhetorical question _ A simile D_Task 2 Further learning about rhetorical devices.(1)Rhetorical question(设问)：It is a question that isnt meant to get an answer,but is asked to make a point.E.g.Have you ever faced a difficult time?(2)Personification(拟人)：A thing,an idea or an animal is given human feat
5、ures.E.g.The city of Wuhan cries.(3)Quote(引用):To quote is to repeat a short passage,word,phrase,or sentence that came from somewhere or someone else.E.g.As Longfellow says,“Music is the universal language of mankind.”(4)Repetition:(重复)：It refers to the use of the same word or phrase in a poem,a spee
6、ch,etc.E.g.I came,I saw,I conquered.(5)Simile(明喻)：A simile compares two things by using words such as“like”or“as”.E.g.John is as cunning as a fox.(6)Metaphor(隐喻):Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare them to one another.Unlike simile,you dont use“like”or“as”in the comparison.E.g.As a soldie
7、r,you cant be a mouse.You have to be a tiger.Task 3 Read the following poem and find out the sentences that use rhetorical devices.Metaphor/repetition:You need to be as cool as a cucumber and as sly as a fox.You need to be as tall as a tree and eat like a bird.You need to have a mind like a computer
8、 and be as sharp as a spear in business.You need to be as hungry as a lion.Simile:you cannot be a weed.Black is white and white is black.Preparing for writingWork in groups.Think of ways that people experience music and how music can help people.Writing a speechTask 1 Complete the outline and use it
9、 along with rhetorical devices to draft your speech.Task 2 Exchange drafts with your partner.Use the checklist to help you revise the draft.Hello,my name is Jane,and Im here to talk about how music influenced my fathers life.Have you ever encoutered a time when everything went wrong and you were dis
10、couraged.Five years ago,my father was dignosed to develop a serious disease,which was hard to cure.It seemed as if the world was at an end.The doctors suggested that we should keep calm and help my father fight with the disease bravely.He also proposed my father to listen to music often.Just as Walt
11、er Haddon once said,“Music is the medicine of a troubled mind.”My father followed the doctors advice and listened to soft music from time to time.Music gave my father encouragement;music gave my father strength and music gave my father confidence.Music became my fathers best friend,helping him get through the hardest time.I do hope none of you have to meet with tough time in your life.In case you come across the same situation,I advise you to turn to music,for it does help.Thank you for listening.Appreciate your classmates good works and try to learn from them.
