综合英语教程 Secret Messages to ourselves Part 2

PartIIReadingandLanguageActivitiesBook2-Unit9Pre-readingTaskComprehensionWorkLanguageWorkReadingandLanguageActivitiesBook2-Unit9ReturntoMenu•Whatkindofdreamsdoyouoftenhave?Andcanyourememberthemafterwards?Tellusadreamyouoncehave.•Haveyouencountered,inyourdreams,anythingrelatedtoyourwork,friends,orfamily?•Doyoubelievethatdreamsmayhaveaspecialmeaningormessagetous?Discussthefollowingquestions.Book2-Unit9ReadingComprehensionDifficultSentencesStoryReproductionClozeBook2-Unit9Readthetextandfigureoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.EliasHoweworkedallnightonthedesignofasewingmachineandranintoaverydifficultyproblem.Hehadanightmareandfoundthesolutiontohisproblem.EliasHowewasfarfrombeinguniqueinfindingtheAnswertohisprobleminthisway.Whenweasleep,apartofourmindisstillworkingandcouldsendmessagestothepartweusewhenweareawake.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4ReadingComprehensionBook2-Unit91.WhathadEliasHowebeenworkingonallnightbeforehefinallyfellasleep?Hehadworkedallnightonthedesignofasewingmachinebeforehefinallyfellasleep.Inhisworkheranintoaverydifficultproblem:itseemedimpossibletogetthethreadtorunsmoothlyaroundtheneedle.2.Didhehaveaproblem?Whatwasit?ComprehensionQuestionsBook2-Unit93.WhydidHowesleepbadlydespitehisexhaustion?Despitehisexhaustion,Howesleptbadlybecausehehadanightmare.Inthenightmarehehadbeencapturedbyatribeofterriblesavageswhosekingthreatenedtokillandeathimunlesshecouldbuildaperfectsewingmachine.4.Whatmadehimawakewithastart?Inthenightmare,thekingorderedhissoldierstokillHowe.Theyadvancedtowardhimwiththeirspears.Suddenlyhenoticedasmallholeonthetipofthespearandabrightideasuddenlydawnedonhimoutofthedream.ThatiswhyHoweawokewithastart.Book2-Unit95.WhatdidHowesuddenlyrealize?AsHowenoticedinhisnightmaretheholeonthetipofeachspear,hesuddenlyrealizedthathehadfoundthesolutiontohisproblem:hecouldmakethethreadrunthroughasmallholeonthetipoftheneedle.6.WasHoweuniqueinfindingananswertohisprobleminthisway?Arethereanyothercasesinhistoryinwhichsomepeoplefoundtheanswersintheirdreams?Howewasnotuniqueinfindingtheanswertohisprobleminthisway.Inhistory,thereweresimilarcases.ThomasEdisonandAlbertEinsteinalsofoundsolutionstoproblemsinthisway,andsodidCharlotteBronteandIgorStravinsky.Book2-Unit9CharlotteBronte(1816-1855):AnEnglishnovelist,whosemasterpieceJaneEyrewaspublishedin1847,aboutapoororphangirlwholaterbecomesagovernessandfallsinlovewithheremployer,Mr.Rochester.ThebookdescribesJane’shonestyofmind,herstrengthofwillandherardentpursuitforlove,happinessandindependence.ItisoneofthemostwidelyreadEnglishnovelseventoday.Book2-Unit9IgorStravinsky(1882-1971):AnAmericanmusician,borninRussia,rememberedespeciallyforhisballetsincludingTheFirebird,PetrouchkaandTheRiteofSpring.Hisworkisknownforbeingmodernandoriginalbutatthetimewasseenascontroversial.Book2-Unit97.Whathappenstoyourmindwhenyouareasleep?Whenyouareasleep,apartofyourmindisstillworking.Thisunconsciousbutactivepartdigestsyourexperiencesandgoestoworkontheproblemsyouhavehadduringtheday.8.Howdoestheunconsciouspartofthemindexpressitself?Theunconsciouspartofthemindexpressesitselfthroughitsownlogicanditsownlanguage.Itusesstrangeimagestosendmessagestotheconsciouspartofmindduringoursleep.Book2-Unit9他为设计一种缝纫机已忙了整整一夜，却遇到了一个棘手的问题：无法让线跟着运转的针顺利地穿进穿出。1.Hehadbeenworkingallnightonthedesignofasewingmachinebuthehadrunintoaverydifficultproblem:itseemedimpossibletogetthethreadtorunsmoothlyaroundtheneedle.1.runintotrouble/difficulty/problemsstarttohavetrouble/difficulty/problem2.runintosomebodymeetsomebodywhenyoudidn’texpecttoDifficultSentencesBook2-Unit9尽管他精疲力竭，但却无法安睡。他辗转反侧，并做了一个噩梦。2.Despitehisexhaustion,Howesleptbadly.Hetossedandturned.Thenhehadanightmare.prep.usedforsayingthatsomethinghappenseventhoughsomethingelsemighthavepreventedit,equaltoinspiteofinusagee.g.Threemorenuclearpowerstationswerebuiltdespitewidespreadopposition.beunabletosleeportosleepbadly,especiallybecausesomethingisworryingyouBook2-Unit9埃利亚斯·豪绝非唯一用这种方法解决问题的人。3.EliasHowewasfarfrombeinguniqueinfindingtheanswertohisprobleminthisway.ratherthane.g.I’mfarfrombeinghappyinmypresentjob.veryspecial,unusual;notthesameasanythingoranyoneelse;onlyexistingorhappeninginoneplaceorsituationBook2-Unit9夏洛蒂·勃朗特也是在梦中得到灵感写出了《简·爱》。4.CharlotteBrontëalsodrewonherdreamsinwritingJaneEyre.usesomethingthatyouhavegraduallygainedorsavede.g.Asanactor,heoftendrawsonhisownlifeexperiences.Book2-Unit9StoryReproduction•EliasHowe’sprobleminthedesignofasewingmachine•Howehavingadream,anightmare•Howefindingansolutiontohisproblem•Howenotuniqueinfindinghissolutionthisway;othersimilarcases:Edison,Einstein,BronteandStravinsky•valueofdreams,secretmessagestoourselvesRetellthetextusingthefollowingcues.Book2-Unit9ClozeBook2-Unit9Readthepassageonpage128,andfillineachblankwithonesuitableword.Checkyouranswers.(1)attempts(2)accepting(3)dream(4)savage(5)spear(6)attempts(7)prototypes(8)unmet(9)death(10)flew(11)revelation(12)head(13)inventingRewritetheSentencesWordStudyBlankFillingBook2-Unit9Fillintheblankswithwordsfromthetext.(page129)1.IgorStravinsky,thegreatRussian__________,hadsucha_______talentformusictha