1. Unit1 The written word.-Listening 高二选修 8

2. Skills building 1: listening Listening for key words

3. Skills building 1: Listening for key words (1) Key words are often stressed ( 重读 ). (2) There is often a pause ( 停顿 ) before them. (3) Key words are often repeated ( 重复 ). (4) Key words are often summarized ( 概括 ).

4. Step1 Recognizing key words Part A How to write a literary review? Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 author, title, genre ( 体裁 ), setting plot, characters, character development themes, symbols personal opinion, rate of the story

5. Supposing you are to write a literary review of ‘The home-made ball’. Please read the story first and complete the table below. Part B, Page 11 Listen to the conversation and check your notes. (You may have different opinions!) Part C, Page 11

6. Title: The home-made ball Author: Jerry Johnson Genre: short story Characters: Kevin and Mike, Steven

7. Plot: Kevin and Mike are good friends and play soccer with their home-made ball every day. However when Kevin gets new sneakers and a new soccer ball, things change

8. Theme: friendship Symbols: the old home-made soccer ball; the new soccer ball; the old bench; the new sneaker Your opinion: Star rating:

9. Useful expressions or sentences (Page11): 1.make a ball out of socks covered with a piece of plastic (P1, L3) 2.the sun turned the sky pale orange (P1, L5) (light) 3.a new sneaker swiftly pinned it to the ground (P2, L3) 4.Kevin’s heart sank (P2, L3)

10. 5. Kevin’s eyes grew big. (P3, L2) 6. a pair of brand new sneakers (P3, L3) 7. have little talent for soccer(P4, L2) 8. hug his new soccer ball to his chest (P4, L4)

11. 9. was filled with sorrow at the sight of his old soccer ball (P5, L2) 10. let out a sad sigh (P5, L3) 11. his sadness turned to anger (P5, L3) 12. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot in the sky. (P5, L5) 13. Holding it gently in his hand, he … (P5, L7)

12. Workbook listening: Page 106 Part A 1. Death of a Salesman is a play about a successful salesman. 2. The main theme of Death of a Salesman is the American dream. 3. Willy’s job is going badly and his sons, Biff and Happy, don’t respect him.

13. 4. The truth is another theme in Death of a Salesman. 5. The reader has to decide if Willy Loman is a total failure or a brave hero. 6. Miller was born in New York in 1915. 7. Miller died at the age of eighty-nine. 8. Miller’s first play opened in 1944. 9. The Man Who Had All the luck, …

14. Part C 1.New York 2.1915 3.The Man Who Had All the Luck 4.1944 5.Broken Glass 6.famous

15. 7. the American Dream 8. The Truth 9. short stories 10. essays 11. literary 12. nearly 90

16. Homework WB P103 D1; P104-105 Reading

17. 祝同学们学习进步！