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1、,The glass castle,Warming up, Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear.,A: Looking back now on your childhood, what are the first things you can remember? B: You mean sights and smells, and things like that? A: Yes, thats right. Psychologists tell us our f
2、irst memories go back to when we were about two years old.,A: Looking back now on your childhood, what are the first things you can remember? B: You mean sights and smells, and things like that? A: Yes, thats right. Psychologists tell us our first memories go back to when we were about two years old
3、.,Warming up,A: Well, I remember the first time I saw the stars. My parents and I were on holiday we were in Scotland. At least, I think I remember. But perhaps its the photos I remember really, not the original memory. Maybe sounds and smells are more reliable as memories, like the smell of the flo
4、wers in the back garden, or the radio. I used to listen to the radio. I must have been about three. It was a programme in the afternoon for children called Listen with Father. I listened every day. The voice at the beginning used to say “Are you sitting straight?”, and I would pull myself up straigh
5、t in the chair. I used to love doing that.,A: Well, I remember the first time I saw the stars. My parents and I were on holiday we were in Scotland. At least, I think I remember. But perhaps its the photos I remember really, not the original memory. Maybe sounds and smells are more reliable as memor
6、ies, like the smell of the flowers in the back garden, or the radio. I used to listen to the radio. I must have been about three. It was a programme in the afternoon for children called Listen with Father. I listened every day. The voice at the beginning used to say “Are you sitting straight?”, and
7、I would pull myself up straight in the chair. I used to love doing that.,Warming up,Now listen again and correct the information.,Answer:smells sounds; two threestars sea; flowers grassFather Motherstraight comfortably,Warming up, Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 What is your earliest memo
8、ry? 2 What smells do you associate with your childhood? 3 And what tastes? 4 And what sounds?,Listen to the story about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her “Little House” books. Answer the questions.1. What are the “Little House” books about?2. What do you know about Laura Ingalls Wilder?,script,Warming up
9、,Laura Ingalls Wilder,1. What are the “Little House” books about? The “Little House” books are about the family of a little girl named Laura. The family lived on the great flat land known as the prairie in the central part of the United States. They were known as pioneers. The stories take place in
10、the mid eighteen hundreds. The first book is called “Little House in the Big Woods.“,Warming up,2. What do you know about Laura Ingalls Wilder?Laura Ingalls was born in 1867 in an area known as the “Big Woods“ of Wisconsin. Her family was always moving from one place to another. Life was not easy fo
11、r them. Readers can read about Lauras early life in her books.,Warming up,The story about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her “Little House” books Since the nineteen thirties, children have gone to sleep listening to the words of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She wrote nine “Little House“ books that take place in
12、the mid eighteen hundreds. They tell about a family who lived on the great flat land known as the prairie in the central part of the United States. They were known as pioneers. The family moved from one small house to another. They carried all they owned in a wagon, pulled by a horse. They did not l
13、ike to live and work in big cities. They enjoyed farming and raising animals. And they loved the open spaces of the prairie.,Warming up,Laura Ingalls was born in eighteen sixty-seven in an area known as the “Big Woods“ of Wisconsin. Her father was said to have a “restless spirit.“ He did not like to
14、 live in one place very long. The family moved from Wisconsin to Kansas, then to Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. Lauras father was always looking for a better job, or better land to settle on. Life for the Ingalls family was not easy. They were often cold and hungry. Laura remembered these times
15、when she wrote her “Little House“ books later in life.,Warming up,Laura Ingalls Wilders first book is called “Little House in the Big Woods.“ It was published in nineteen thirty-two. It tells of her life when she was about five years old. She calls her mother and father “Ma“ and “Pa“. She also inclu
16、des an older sister named Mary and a younger sister named Carrie in her stories. This first book tells how Laura helps her family on their small farm. She learns how to grow crops and prepare for a cold winter. After working hard all day, Pa would play his fiddle, and sometimes they would sing and dance. Life was simple, but good.,Warming up,Warming up, Look at the title of the passage. What do you think a novel with the title The Glass Castle is most likely to be about?,
