Unit-2-How-Reading-changed-my-life---副本课件.ppt

Warm-up questions What do you usually read? Short stories? Novels? Newspapers? Or magazines? In Chinese or In English? The author has mentioned quite a few well-known stories and novels that have had great influence on her. Talk about a book or two (mentioned or not mentioned in the text) you have read and would like to recommend to others. Warm-up questions Do you read just for pleasure or do you read with some special purpose? Warm-up questions It is said that people in our country read far fewer books per capita annually than people in many other countries. Some people even say that there are now more people writing books than people who ever read them. What do you think of this? Is it true? If it is, how do you account for this situation? What can we do to change the situation? Author Anna Marie Quindlen  Author Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an Irish father and an Italian mother, Quindlen graduated in 1970 from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New Jersey. The text is a much shortened and adapted version of the original Structure Part Ⅰ The introduction (para. 1) I grew up in a quiet neighborhood where I developed the habit of reading as a small child. Part ⅡThe Body (para. 2-15) I was an enthusiastic reader throughout my childhood and adolescence, and in my adulthood I remain an enthusiastic reader in an unfavorable environment. III. The conclusion (paras. 16-18) Despite the decline of reading, there are still bookworms like me among ordinary people. Skimming 1. How did the author went to Saint Petersburg when he was young? 2. The quotation “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to,