2lst Century College English: Book 2 Unit 1: Text A 通 Winston churchil His Other Life
Winston Churchill — His Other Life Unit 1 : Text A 21st Century College English: Book 2
Unit 1: Text A °Lead- in Activities Text Organization Reading Writing skills Language Points Guided Practice Assignment
Unit 1: Text A • Lead-in Activities • Text Organization • Reading & Writing Skills • Language Points • Guided Practice • Assignment
Lead-in Activities Warm-up Questions 1. Who was Winston Churchill? Do you know something a bout him 2. What is it that makes someone great?
Lead-in Activities 1. Who was Winston Churchill? Do you know something about him? 2. What is it that makes someone great? Warm-up Questions
Text Organization para. 1-3 Churchill began his love affair with painting amid disastrous circumstances para. 4-8 The process of Churchills learning painting which showed his gift for painting para 9-10) It was painting that rescued him when the deaths of his mother and 3- year-old daughter gave him another great grief. para.11-12 Churchill's great success in painting. para. 13 Conclusion: Painting brought joy, Peace, and hope to Churchill
Churchill began his love affair with painting amid disastrous circumstances. The process of Churchill’s learning painting, which showed his gift for painting. It was painting that rescued him when the deaths of his mother and 3－ year-old daughter gave him another great grief. Churchill’s great success in painting. Conclusion: Painting brought joy, peace, and hope to Churchill. para. 1-3 para. 4-8 para. 9-10 para. 11-12 para. 13 Text Organization
Reading writing skills 1. Major event and then briefly outline what led up to it or how it happened 2. Figurative language is a special type of comparison Personification attributes human qualities and abilities to inanimate objects, animals, abstractions, and events When we refer to China as "mother country, we use personification as comparison modeL In text A, the author compares"canvas"to “ victim” More examples. The racing car strained impatiently at the starting li Ine King of the jungle, the lion strode across the plain
1. Major event and then briefly outline what led up to it or how it happened. 2. Figurative language is a special type of comparison. Personification attributes human qualities and abilities to inanimate objects, animals, abstractions, and events. When we refer to China as “mother country”, we use personification as comparison model. In text A, the author compares “canvas” to “victim”. More examples: The racing car strained impatiently at the starting line. King of the jungle, the lion strode across the plain. Reading & Writing Skills
Intensive Stud Text A Winston churchill His Othealife by Mary Soames 心
Winston Churchill — His Other Life by Mary Soames Text A: Intensive Study
Intensive Stud Winston Churchil- His other life by Mary soames 1 My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s amid disastrous circumstances, as first lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he had been deeply involved in a campaign in the dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a blood world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately: He was removed from the Admiralty and lost his position of political influence 心
Winston Churchill — His Other Life by Mary Soames 1 My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s, amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he had been deeply involved in a campaign in the Dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a bloody world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life, Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately: He was removed from the Admiralty and lost his position of political influence. Intensive Study
Intensive Stud 2 Overwhelmed by the disaster thought he would die of grief, said his wife, Clementine-he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, The muse of painting came to my rescue! 3 One day when he was wandering in the garden, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors. He watched her for a few minutes then borrowed her brush and tried his hand -and the muse worked her magic. From that day forward, Winston was in love with painting 心
2 Overwhelmed by the disaster – “I thought he would die of grief,”said his wife, Clementine – he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, “The muse of painting came to my rescue!” 3 One day when he was wandering in the garden, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors. He watched her for a few minutes, then borrowed her brush and tried his hand – and the muse worked her magic. From that day forward, Winston was in love with painting. Intensive Study
Intensive Stud Delighted with anything that distracted Winston from the dark thoughts that overwhelmed him, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints and materials she could find. Watercolours, oil paints, paper, canvas- Hoe Farm was soon filled with everything a painter could want or need 5 Painting in oils turned out to be Winston's great love-but the first steps were strangely difficult. He contemplated the blank whiteness of his first canvas with unaccustomed nervousness He later recalled 心
4 Delighted with anything that distracted Winston from the dark thoughts that overwhelmed him, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints and materials she could find. Watercolours, oil paints, paper, canvas — Hoe Farm was soon filled with everything a painter could want or need. 5 Painting in oils turned out to be Winston's great love – but the first steps were strangely difficult. He contemplated the blank whiteness of his first canvas with unaccustomed nervousness. He later recalled: Intensive Study
Intensive Stud 6" Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint, and with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean on the snow-white field. At that moment i heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush in a panic. I was even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery, the celebrated painter who lived nearby 心
6 “Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint, and with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean on the snow-white field. At that moment I heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush in a panic. I was even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery, the celebrated painter who lived nearby. Intensive Study
