Book Ⅵ Unit One Reading and WritingHomeless to Harvard 风雨哈佛路.ppt

Fast-reading: Listen to the tape and find out: Careful reading Read the passage carefully and underline some important expressions. be addicted to… 对……成瘾的 a homeless shelter 一个流浪汉收容所 inspire sb. to do sth. 激励某人做…… even though 即使，尽管 at the age of… 在……岁时 promise sb. to do 承诺某人做…… a straight A student 一名全优生 be accepted into… 被……录取 public speaking 公开演讲 take care of 照顾，照料 die of… 死于…… start a company 创办一个公司 Intensive reading: Try to describe each group of picture with the information in your books. Timeline: Retell the story according to the timeline. Discussion: How will you describe Liz Murray? Wrap-up Homework 1、Tell the story of Liz Murray to your friends. 2、Write a composition about what you can learn from Liz. What did we learn today? * * * * * Homeless to Harvard Unit 1 Reading Harvard 哈佛大学Harvard University One of the oldest private universities of the United States. VERITAS has the same meaning of truth in Latin. About 40 Nobel Prize winners and eight U.S. presidents. Homeless Homeless ? Homeless to Harvard Passage A Who does this passage talk about? Did she go to Harvard? 1. What inspired Liz to change her life? 2. How old was Liz when she finished high school? 3. Why did Liz leave Harvard in 2001? Fast-reading Her mother’s death. She was 17. She wanted to take care of her sick father. Please skim the passage and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F). Fast-reading ① Both Liz’s father and mother were addicted to drugs. ②When Liz decided to go to high school, she was not homeless. ③ Liz won a scholarship of $1,200 a year . ④ Liz graduated from Harvard University at last. still $12,000 A B C Liz’s parents were __________ to drugs. Liz became _________ after her mother died. A addicted homeless B Her mother’s death _______ her to change her life. She _________ herself to be a straight A student. inspired promised She was _______ into Harvard with the ____________ of $12,000