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The Little Prince
Book 5 Unit 1 Growing up
Developing ideas
The Little Prince is one of the best-selling books ever published. It was written and illustrated in 1943 by French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, who was also a pilot in the French air force.
Leading in
This timeless classic starts with ...
Leading in
Leading in
A matter of perspective!
Chapter 1
Leading in
Leading in
Activity 1 Reading for the plot
Drawing No. 1
Read the excerpt and answer the following questions.
Drawing No. 2
1 What are the two drawings about from “my” perspective
2 What are the grown-ups’ responses to the drawings
3 What is the influence of the drawings on “me”
Activity 1 Reading for the plot
Drawing No. 1
Read the excerpt and answer the following questions.
Drawing No. 2
“I”: A boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
“I”: The inside of a boa constrictor.
“Grown-ups”: A hat.
“Grown-ups”: To advise me to lay aside my drawings and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.
matters of consequence
/ practical matters.
Activity 1 Reading for the plot
Drawing No. 1
Read the excerpt and answer the following questions.
Drawing No. 2
The failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two has led me to ...
Para.7 That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter.
Para.8 So then I chose another profession, and
learned to pilot airplanes.
Activity 2 Analyzing the characters
Children
Grown-ups
Group work: Review the excerpt and summarize the different traits of children and grown-ups.
Grown-ups are more practical than children. They want to teach children knowledge that will be useful in the future.
Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.
Grown-ups are more knowledgeable than children. They can understand everything by themselves.
Choose the author’s attitude towards grown-ups. (Find evidence for your choice.)
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
Para.7 Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
Para.9 ...I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. .... And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
Para.12 Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
Grown-ups are no better than children. They lack imagination and only care about matters of consequence.
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
Pair work: What does the author really mean by the underlined sentences
Para.9 ...I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. .... And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
Para.12 Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.
Irony 反讽
“Most of the adults I have met are narrow-minded, focusing on practical matters only. They’re not truly sensible because they couldn’t even tell that I’m just pretending to be one of them.”
强调的
讽刺的
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
In Chapter 2,
when “I” first met the little prince after a breakdown of my plane in the desert, he asked me to draw him a sheep...
Observe the picture on page 11 and predict what might happen next.
Group work: Watch the video and discuss what the arrival of the little prince means to “me”.
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
Group work: Watch the video and discuss what the arrival of the little prince means to “me”.
Someone who sees the world in a creative and imaginative way just like me;
The emotional bond that I may have with the boy who truly understands me;
A return to “my” perspective as a child.
Activity 3 Exploring the theme
A perspective of children
A perspective of grown-up
A RETURN to
innocence and imagination
Prepare a 2-min talk to your future self in 10 years.
Homework
Activity 4 Switching the perspective
Describe the traits you hope to keep or acquire in the next years.
Explain why they are important for the grown-up that you will become.
Start it with “Dear future me”.
Write a letter to your future self based on the talk in Activity 4.
Homework
Remember to read it in 2035 and see if you’ve become the adult you want to be.
Useful expressions (P10-12)
着迷于
ponder deeply
lay aside
致力于
be disheartened by
看/瞥一眼
区分A和B
在……过程中
matters of consequence
clear-sighted
a sensible man
be obsessed with
深思
搁置一边=set/put aside
devote/dedicate/commit myself to…
be devoted/dedicated/committed to
be discouraged by
at a glance
distinguish A from B
in the course of
重要的问题
目光锐利的；头脑清楚的
一个理智的人
Boa constrictors _________ their prey whole, _____________ it. After that they are not able to move, and they _____________ the six months that they need for ________. (Para 2)
swallow
without chewing
sleep through
digestion
Sentences
sleep through: to sleep for a long time without waking up
e.g. The baby slept peacefully through the night.
翻译：有些书可以浅尝辄止，有些书可以生吞，而有少数书应该细嚼慢咽，融会贯通。
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Boa constrictors _________ their prey whole, _____________ it. After that they are not able to move, and they _____________ the six months that they need for ________. (Para 2)
swallow
without chewing
sleep through
digestion
Sentences
1. [only before noun] full; complete 全部的；整体的；完全的；所有的
他整整写了一天。
He spent the whole day writing.
2. [only before noun] used to emphasize how large or important sth is （强调大小或重要性）整个的，全部的
我们提供的周末假日活动丰富多彩，一应俱全。
We offer a whole variety of weekend breaks.
3. not broken or damaged, in one piece 完整的；完好无损的
In the course of this life, I have had ____________ encounters with ___________ people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.
a great many
a great many
a great many = a large number of / many / lots of / plenty of
后接可数名词的复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。
e.g. He’s been to a great many places.
Sentences
Thank you

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