Unit-9-How-to-Grow-Old

新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版）综合教程第六册(第2版)电子教案上海外语教育出版社南京信息工程大学刘杰海Unit9HowToGrowOldcover综合教程6(第2版)电子教案ContentspageContentsLearningObjectivesPre-readingActivitiesGlobalReadingDetailedReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancement综合教程6(第2版)电子教案ObjectivesLearningObjectivesRhetoricalskill:metaphorKeylanguage&grammarpointsWritingstrategies:metaphorforthethemeoftheessayTheme:howtokeepyoungandfacedeath综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:pictureactivationDoyoufind“growingold”aterrifyingprocess?Whyorwhynot?PictureActivation|Pre-questions综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:Pre-questions-11.AnagingpopulationhasbecomeaseriousprobleminChina,especiallyinbigcitieslikeShanghai.Afterdecadesofhardwork,oldpeopledeservetoliveahappylifeintheirtwilightyears.DoyouthinkoldpeopleinChinaaretakengoodcareof?Whatdoyourgrandparentsusuallydoeveryday?Dotheyenjoytheirlife?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:Pre-questions-22.Withtheimprovementoflivingstandardsandmedicalservices,nowpeoplehavealongerlifeexpectancythanbefore.Inthisconnection,somepeopleproposethatourretirementageshouldbepostponed.Doyouagreewiththisidea?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:TextintroThisisoneoftheessaysinBertrandRussell’sPortraitsfromMemory,whichwaspublishedin1956.Asisindicatedinthetitle,theessaydealswiththeissueofaging.Inalightandhumorousstyle,theauthorturnsthissocialissueintoapersonaldiscussionontwotopics:Howtokeeponeselfpsychologicallyyoungandhowtoperceivedeathinone’soldage.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:CN-GibbonGibbon(Paragraph1)EdwardGibbon(1737–1794),Englishhistorian.HewroteTheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire(1776–1788).TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:CN-GirtonCollegeGirtonCollege(Paragraph1)ThefirstresidentialcollegeforwomenofCambridgeUniversity,itwasestablishedin1869.ItisabouttwoandahalfmilesnorthwestofthecenterofCambridgenexttothevillageofGirton.Itbecamemixedin1977withthearrivalofthefirstmaleFellowsandmaleundergraduateshavebeenadmittedsince1979.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:AuthorBio-1BertrandRussell(1872-1970)wasaBritishphilosopherandmathematicianwhocombinedscholarshipwithliteraryskillandhadararetalentforpopularizationbothinwritingandasabroadcaster.Onpoliticsandeducationheheldunorthodoxopinions.In1918hewasgalledforpacifism.Undeterredbyage,hewasactiveinnucleardisarmamentdemonstrations,whichledtoanotherspellinprison.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:AuthorBio-2HeleftCambridgeinthesummerof1894Intheautumnof1920hewenttoChinatolectureonphilosophyatthePekinguniversity.analyzingthestrengthandweaknessesofthatancientcivilizationattemptingtoindustrialize,andwarnedofthedangersofimperialpowersinterferinginChinaaffairs.In1950,RussellwasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature,inrecognitionofhisvariedandsignificantwritingsinwhichhechampionshumanitarianidealsandfreedomofthought.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案GR:structureTextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructurePart1(Para1)descriptionofthehealthylifestyleofauthor’sancestors,whichreflectshisattitudetowardslifePart2(Paras3-4)twothingselderlypeopleshouldavoid,namelylivinginmemoriesandclingingtoyouthPart3(Paras5-6)importanceofdevelopingimpersonalinterests,andacorrectattitudetowardsdeathinoldage综合教程6(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-1-textHOWTOGROWOLDBertrandA.Russell1.Inspiteofthetitle,thisarticlewillreallybeonhownottogrowold,which,atmytimeoflife,isamuchmoreimportantsubject.Myfirstadvicewouldbe,tochooseyourancestorscarefully.Althoughbothmyparentsdiedyoung,Ihavedonewellinthisrespectasregardsmyotherancestors.Mymaternalgrandfather,itistrue,wascutoffintheflowerofhisyouthattheageofsixty-seven,butmyotherthreegrandparentsalllivedtobeovereighty.DetailedReading综合教程6(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-2-textOfremoterancestorsIcanonlydiscoveronewhodidnotlivetoagreatage,andhediedofadiseasewhichisnowrare,namely,havinghisheadcutoff.Agreat-grandmotherofmine,whowasafriendofGibbon,livedtotheageofninety-two,andtoherlastdayremainedaterrortoallherdescendants.Mymaternalgrandmother,afterhavingninechildrenwhosurvived,onewhodiedininfancy,andmanymiscarriages,assoonasshebecameawidowdevotedherselftowomen’shighereducation.ShewasoneofthefoundersofGirtonCollege,andworkedhardatopeningthemedicalprofessiontowomen.DetailedReading综合教程6(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-3-textSheusedtorelatehowshemetinItalyanelderlygentlemanwhowaslookingverysad.Sheinquiredthecauseofhismelancholyandhesaidthathehadjustpartedfromhistwograndchildren.“Goodgracious,”sheexclaimed,“Ihaveseventy-twograndchildren,andifIweresadeachtimeIpartedfromoneofthem,Ishouldhaveadismalexistence!”“Madresnaturale,”hereplied.Butspeakingasoneoftheseventy-two,Ipreferherrecipe.Aftertheageofeightyshefoundshehadsomedifficultyingettingtosleep,soshehabituallyspentthehoursfrommidnightto3a.m.inreadingpopularscience.DetailedReading综合教程6(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-4-textIdonotbelievethatsheeverhadtimetonoticethatshewasgrowingold.This,Ithink,istheproperrecipeforremainingyoung.Ifyouhavewideandkeenintere