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1、2020/9/2,1,Unit Four Health Text: How to Grow Old,Get Started Text Reading Further Development,2020/9/2,2,Introductory Questions,Work in groups and discuss the following questions: What do you usually do to keep fit? What do you think are the criteria of being healthy? If you had to choose between w
2、ealth and health, which would you prefer? Why?,physical health, mental health and interpersonal relationships,2020/9/2,3,Engineer and producer Alan Parsons and his colleague, songwriter and lyricist Eric Woolfson, formed the Alan Parsons Project in 1975. Throughout their career, the Alan Parsons Pro
3、ject recorded concept albums, with a revolving cast of session musicians. Nineteen eighty-twos Eye in the Sky was their greatest success; the title track charted in the Top Ten on the pop charts and the album went platinum. Although they werent able to repeat that success, the group maintained a dev
4、oted cult audience.,Alan Parsons Project,Alan Parsons Project,An English Song,2020/9/2,4,Listen to the Song,Old and Wise Alan Parsons Project As far as my eyes can see There are shadows approaching me And to those I left behind I wanted you to know Youve always shared my deepest thoughts You follow
5、where I go And oh, when Im old and wise Bitter words mean little to me Autumn winds will blow right through me And someday in the mist of time When they asked me if I knew you Id smile and say you were a friend of mine And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes Oh when Im old and wise,An English S
6、ong,2020/9/2,5,As far as my eyes can see There are shadows surrounding me And to those I leave behind I want you all to know Youve always shared my darkest hours Ill miss you when I go And oh, when Im old and wise Heavy words that tossed and blew me Like autumn winds that will blow right through me
7、And someday in the mist of time When they ask you if you knew me Remember that you were a friend of mine As the final curtain falls before my eyes Oh when Im old and wise As far as my eyes can see,An English Song,2020/9/2,6,Questions about the Song,Keep them in mind but never live in sadness.,1. As
8、an “old and wise” man, how does one face his relatives or friends pass away?,Dying is as natural as living. As an “old and wise” man, one should not suffer from the fear of death because he has known human joys and sorrows, and has made all the achievements he is able to make.,2. To an “old and wise
9、” man, what is the right attitude towards death?,3. Have you ever thought someday you will be an old person? How will you arrange your life then?,4. How to be an “old and wise” person?,An English Song,2020/9/2,7,Brief Introduction to Bertrand Russell,Born: 18 May 1872 Birthplace: Wales Died: 2 Febru
10、ary 1970 Best Known As: Mathematician and philosopher,Bertrand Russell,2020/9/2,8,Bertrand Russell,Chronology of Bertrand Russell,In 1872,Born in Wales, UK,In 1910,Wrote major early work Principles of Mathematics,In 1918,Put in prison for his vocal protests against war,In 1938,Took an academic post
11、in America,In 1945,His book named A History of Western Philosophy sold well and removed his financial troubles,In 1950,Won Nobel Prize for literature,In 1970,Died,2020/9/2,9,The British mathematician, philosopher and social reformer Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Wales in 1872. In his l
12、ong and complex life, Russell took many roles. After a distinguished mathematics and philosophy course at Cambridge University, he was elected to a fellowship(院士). His major early work was The Principles of Mathematics, first published in 1903. During the First World War Russells pacifist(和平主义的) act
13、ivities resulted in the loss of his fellowship and his vocal protests against the War led to a brief jail sentence in 1918. In 1938 he took an academic post in America and stayed there for most of the Second World War. His book named A History of Western Philosophy sold well in 1940s and removed his
14、 financial troubles. He was given the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950. From 1954 onwards he became an outspoken advocate of nuclear disarmament. He died in 1970.,Bertrand Russell,2020/9/2,10,Famous Quotes from Bertrand Russell,1. All human activity is prompted by desire. 2. Many people would rath
15、er die than think; in fact, most do. 3. To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. 4. In all affairs its a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. 5. The whole problem with the world is that fools and
16、fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.,Bertrand Russell,2020/9/2,11,Edward Gibbon (17371794) : British politician and historian,Edward Gibbon,2020/9/2,12,Edward Gibbon (17371794) is a British politician and historian, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Educated at the University of Oxford and in Switzerland, Gibbon wrote his early works in French. In London he became a member of Sam
