新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)大學(xué)英語綜合教程4u3active-reading-2

1、MappingEmbarkation Navigation Destination ResourcesActive reading 2PredictingOrganising Students oral discussion by showing them how to present information and opinionsLearning to ask skilful questions to find out your own and others viewpointsDebating the ecology of jewelleryActive reading 2: Mappi

2、ngActive reading 2: EmbarkationFiji and MajorcaLibertySeaham BeachJewellery descriptionPredictingJewellery description Work in pairs. Look at the photos and describe the jewellery. Say which item you like best, and why.Active reading 2: Embarkation MoreJewellery descriptionPhoto 1 like a blue sea gl

3、ass necklace, made of matched pieces of glass found on beachesPhoto 2 a pearl necklace real or artificial pearls?Photo 3 a brooch with a large clear blue stone (crystal or tourmaline (電氣石) or crystal like tanzanite (坦桑石) in the centre, with very ornate setting made of silver or platinum.Active readi

4、ng 2: Embarkation Moretourmaline tanzaniteJewellery descriptionPhoto 4 The Eastern style earrings with amber in the middle and hanging filigree designs made of gold prefer the earrings in the fourth photo look stylish and elaborateprefer the first necklace made of sea glass imagine their stories aro

5、und the ocean and how someone found them on the beach and matched them up for me!Active reading 2: Embarkation Liberty a well-known department store in central London since 1875, selling fashions, cosmetics, luxury brand accessories and gifts.Active reading 2: Embarkation Work in pairs and find what

6、 impress you most.Fiji and MajorcaFiji, an island nation in the South Pacific OceanMajorca, the largest island of Spain, and is located in the Mediterranean SeaActive reading 2: Embarkation Fiji Diving Soft CoralsMajorca Work in pairs and find the similarities.Seaham BeachActive reading 2: Embarkati

7、on Near Sunderland and Durham, in the north of England. It has a centuries-old tradition of glass-making, notably in the 19th-century Victorian era when workers dumped left-over glass into the sea. Multi-coloured sea glass can be found there.Work in pairs and find the tradition of the beach.Predicti

8、ngWorking in pairs. Read the definition of sea glass and discuss the questions. sea glassglass which has been thrown into the sea and smoothed by the action of water over a long period of time Active reading 2: Embarkation MorePredicting 1. Where do you think sea glass can be found? 2. How much do y

9、ou think it is worth? 3. What can be done with it?Active reading 2: Embarkation Now read the passage from Times Online and check your answers.Text organisationText explorationActive reading 2: Navigation InterpretingText evaluationComprehending the textText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation c

10、lickIdentify the textual pattern (clockwise).Cohens careerfrom sea glass tojewelleryclicksea glassjewelleryin marketclicksea glasspopularclickclickthe future of sea glassText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation in her 20s and 30sjournalism and music managementjewellery designer Gina Cowenher re

11、turn to Capetown in her native South Africaher career as a jewellerher favourite hunting ground for seaglassfrom 1990sher designs sold at Liberty, LondonGina Cowen is still on the hunt for sea glass BackText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation a stint in the seafrom sth ordinary to luminous tre

12、asureperfect sea glassedgeless gem, colour a hint of age from seaglass to jewellery1 polish2 set in silver3 suspended 3 pierced 3 threaded or&How sea glass becomes jewellery BackText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation Sea glass jewellery in marketsupplydemanda boom in the marketrevive old habi

13、ts of dumping glass? polish new glass to make it look old?supply of sea glass19th century: hurling glass into the seanowrecycle glassthe end of the sea glass eraGina Cowenno!always a story behind sea glassBackText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation Why sea glass popularnature compensates for m

14、ans follyrecyclingsellers marketthe decline in supply vsan increasein demandeco-credentialsgold damages environment in theextraction processdiamond industrypoor humanrights recordrarer sea glassBackText organisationActive reading 1: Navigation the future of eco-jewellerysea glass is vanishingplastic

15、 being washed upmelted plasticeco-material for jewellery buthunting for sea glass as Gina Cowen like a human crabBackComprehending the text1. What happens when Gina Cowen goes looking for glass on a beach? (a) She gets bitten by crabs. (b) She gets burnt. (c) She always finds a better piece than the

16、 last time. (d) She finds time passes slowly. Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs and choose the best answer.More(b) she says she burns her shoulders.Tricky (d). “she loses her sense of time means that time passes very quickly so she is not conscious of how it passes.Comprehending the textAct

17、ive reading 1: Navigation More2. Why is red glass special compared to other types of glass? (a) Its smoother. (b) Its probably older. (c) Its more beautiful. (d) Its harder to find.Tricky (a). Sea glass of any colour can be smooth over the years.(b) Cowen says there is a strong chance that it could

18、be centuries old.Comprehending the text3. What does Cowen do with most of the jewellery she makes? (a) She sells it to private customers. (b) She exhibits it in galleries. (c) She keeps it in her room. (d) She sells it in a London shop.Active reading 1: Navigation More(a) the passage says “she works

19、 mostly to commission.Tricky (d). some of her designs were sold in London Liberty, but she sells most of her designs privately.Comprehending the text4. When did Cowen get interested in sea glass? (a) When she wrote an article about it for a newspaper. (b) When she saw a collection in a glass cabinet

20、. (c) While walking along a beach in South Africa. (d) When she found out about the Victorian glass industry.Active reading 1: Navigation More(c) She found some glass there and started a collection.Tricky (d). she found out about this later in Britain.Comprehending the text5. Where does the best sea

21、 glass come from? (a) South Africa. (b) Liberty in London. (c) Fiji and Majorca. (d) Beaches in England.Active reading 1: Navigation More(d) Seaham Beach in Britain is her “favourite hunting ground & her Victorian sea-glass collection from British beaches is “most stunning, so the implication is tha

22、t British beaches are where the best sea glass comes from.Tricky (c). Cowen has good sea glass from these islands, but it seems that the best is from British beaches.Comprehending the text6. Why will sea glass become rarer than diamonds? (a) People will stop making glass. (b) It will eventually be t

23、ransformed into sand. (c) More and more glass is being recycled. (d) People will be prepared to pay a lot of money for it.Active reading 1: Navigation (c) this means that old glass is made into new glass instead of being dumped in the sea. As a result, sea glass will become rare.MoreComprehending th

24、e text7. What did a 15-year-old girl manage to do? (a) She sold her collection of sea glass on eBay. (b) She sold photographs of her collection of sea glass. (c) She sold Cowen some sea glass for more than it was worth. (d) She collected a lot of sea glass on a school trip.Active reading 1: Navigati

25、on (c) the girl sold it on eBay and Cowen says she paid too much for it.Tricky (b). she took photos in order to illustrate the collection to help to sell the sea glass she didnt sell the photos.MoreComprehending the text8. Why is sea glass more ecological than diamonds and gold? (a) Getting it doesn

26、t damage the environment. (b) It can be used for a variety of purposes. (c) It is a naturally occurring product. (d) It can be recycled more easily.Active reading 1: Navigation (a) the passage refers to serious ecological problems with extracting gold and mining diamonds, whereas because sea glass i

27、s waste material collecting and using it is actually clearing up the beach environment.Tricky (c). sea glass does not occur naturally. it is glass that has been dumped into the sea by people as rubbish.Interpreting Active reading 1: Navigation Quotations Writers purposeWriters purposeActive reading

28、1: Navigation Work in pairs and check ( ) the writers main purpose in writing the passage. 1. To paint a portrait of a woman with unusual passion. 2. To describe the process of making jewellery from sea glass. 3. To make people think about the importance of recycling. 4. A mixture of all three.Quota

29、tions Active reading 1: Navigation Work in pairs and find the quotations in the passage which illustrate the ideas. 1. why sea glass is special 2. why colour is important 3. how a thoughtless act can have a happy ending 4. what will happen to sea glass 5. the mysterious appeal of sea glass 6. how al

30、most anything can be made into jewelleryclickclickQuotations Active reading 1: Navigation 1. why sea glass is special“It has the ability to transform magically from something ordinary to luminous treasure after a stint in the sea. 2. why colour is important“The colour gives you a hint of age. 3. how

31、 a thoughtless act can have a happy ending“The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that, it is an example of nature compensating for mans folly.BackQuotations Active reading 1: Navigation 4. what will happen to sea glass“Sea glass will eventually run out one day, it will be r

32、arer than diamonds. 5. the mysterious appeal of sea glass“You can imagine what object it might have been, where it traveled and how old it is. 6. how almost anything can be made into jewellery“People will find creative ways of working with whatever is available.BackText evaluationActive reading 1: N

33、avigation Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1. Why do people wear jewellery? 2. Do men and women appreciate jewellery in the same way? 3. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is this proverb true of jewellery too? 4. Is it worthwhile to spend a lot of money on jewels which have no useful fu

34、nction? 5. Do you think most people share Cowens views about recycling waste items as jewellery?clickclickclickclickclickText evaluationJewellery a kind of decoration or adornment that you can easily put on and take off or change + can add colour and extra interest to your appearanceSome jewellery o

35、bviously fashionable or a high-status object that you can wear to show you are in fashion or you are richOther jewellery has a specific purpose: the wedding ring married, an engagement ring a fianc (fiance), or a college ring university you have studied atActive reading 1: Navigation More1. Why do p

36、eople wear jewellery?Text evaluationSome religious groups wear specific jewelleryMany Christians a cross Christ and his sacrifice; Sikhs a dagger for defence, to prevent violence and to show the power of the truth to cut trough untruth it represents the cutting edge of the mind adults of some tribes

37、 or communities certain kinds of jewellery some groups of women in Indian lots of gold ornaments which is basically their family wealth they carry jewellery rather than a credit cardActive reading 1: Navigation Back1. Why do people wear jewellery? Text evaluationrather hard to sayA few years ago wom

38、en had a better appreciation of jewellery than men women wear jewellerynow many men wearing rings, earrings and necklaces + men can appreciate the jewellery that women wearSo men and women both appreciate jewelleryActive reading 1: Navigation More2. Do men and women appreciate jewellery in the same

39、way?Text evaluationPerhaps those who wear jewellery appreciate it more deeply.many more men who are jewellers than women men appreciate it more anyone can appreciate jewellery in different ways, whether you are male or femaleActive reading 1: Navigation Back2. Do men and women appreciate jewellery i

40、n the same way?Text evaluationIn some ways, it isnt true. Jewellery hasnt changed very much in hundreds of years Example 1 jewellery found in ancient tombs still considered beautiful today Active reading 1: Navigation More3. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is this proverb true of jewellery to

41、o?Text evaluationExample 2 facial decoration where people make holes in the noses or ears for huge gold or wooden ornamentsmany of us would not consider that beautiful, but the wearers do Perhaps for jewellery the proverb should be, “Beauty is in the eye of the wearer.Active reading 1: Navigation Ba

42、ck3. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is this proverb true of jewellery too?Text evaluationsome rich people think so! either really like to wear jewellery or think it is art + it will be worth more in the future a kind of investment worthwhileme Id like to wear jewels and if they were worth a

43、lot of money I would feel bad about wearing them in case something happened not worthwhile.Active reading 1: Navigation BackTribal Sea Glass Amber4. Is it worthwhile to spend a lot of money on jewels which have no useful function?Text evaluationNo, because I dont think many people have thought about

44、 waste items like this. I havent thought about it. After all, most rubbish that you throw out wouldnt really make jewellery, would it?Active reading 1: Navigation Back5. Do you think most people share Cowens views about recycling waste items as jewellery?Active reading 2: DestinationTalking pointSum

45、marising Summarising Active reading 2: Destination More Sea glass is popular among the jewellery collectors for several reasons. First, the creation of sea glass is a form of _, where nature _ mans folly. Second, with human recycling rather than _ it into the sea, sea glass becomes rarer than diamon

46、ds, its supply is _ while its demand is on the rise. This leads to its boom in the market. recyclingcompensates forWork in pairs and summarise the text by filling the blanks. hurlingin declineSummarising Active reading 2: Destination More Third, its eco-credentials lend sea glass further _, as gold

47、extraction damages the environment and diamond industry has a poor _ record. So the designers would like to put sea glass to use. Gina Cowen became a sea glass jeweller after her _ in journalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. While sea glass is disappearing, she is still on the hunt.appeal

48、human rightsstintsSummarising Active reading 2: Destination More Gina Cowens collection started in her walk along a _ beach near Capetown, South Africa, where she was born. She has several _, South Africa, Fiji, Majorca in Spain, and the UK. But her favourite one is Seaham Beach in the UK. Her desig

49、ns were sold at _, London, but mostly she sells her jewellery to private customers. shinglehunting groundsLibertySummarising Active reading 2: Destination With the decline of sea glass _, there has arisen problem of _ old habits of dumping glass into the sea. Gina Cowen refuses to _ it and she even

50、rejects the idea of _ new glass to make it look old, as there is a story behind sea glass. So follow Cowens example and search for glowing pebbles before they _. in supplyrevivingcondonepolishingvanishTalking pointActive reading 2: Destination Work in pairs and discuss the questions about jewellery.

51、 1. Do you wear jewellery? If so, what is it? 2. Which traditional jewellery do you like? 3. Which jewellery goes best with modern clothes? 4. Which precious stone or metal do you prefer, and why? 5. What jewellery would you give to the person you love?clickclickTalking pointActive reading 2: Destin

52、ation Back1. Do you wear jewellery? If so, what is it?a ring. Sometimes a necklace and often earrings it depends on clothes and on my mood.2. Which traditional jewellery do you like?Pearl necklaces and earrings, and diamond earrings as well. Some gold things like necklaces and bracelets I think I pr

53、obably have expensive taste.Talking pointActive reading 2: Destination 3. Which jewellery goes best with modern clothes?Probably smaller and slimmer styles of jewellery which have a clean, uncomplicated look.4. Which precious stone or metal do you prefer, and why?emeralds and opals, but only see the

54、m in pictures and in shop windows not realistic for me5. What jewellery would you give to the person you love?Probably something nice made of gold, silver or platinum.BackDifficult sentencesWords to noteInformation relatedActive reading 2: ResourcesLanguage in usePreview Difficult sentencesActive re

55、ading 2: Resources 1. but she works mostly to commission (Para 5) 2. The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that, it is an example of nature compensating for mans folly. (Para 8) 3. Todays responsible attitude to its disposal, but it signals the end of the sea-glass era. (Pa

56、ra 10) clickclickMoreclickDifficult sentencesActive reading 2: Resources 4. A 15-year-old girl recently sold her collection “Shed photographed it very well. (Para 11) 5. Golds murky reputation for damaging the environment in the extraction process and the diamond industrys poor human rights record p

57、lay into the hands of designers who have chosen to work with a material that puts a waste product to use. (Para 12) clickclickDifficult sentencesActive reading 2: Resources1. but she works mostly to commission (Para 5) Paraphrase the sentence. People ask her to produce specific work (pieces of sea g

58、lass jewellery), for which they will pay. She is commissioned to do this. Translate the sentence. 但是她主要做訂單產(chǎn)品BackDifficult sentencesActive reading 2: Resources2. The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that, it is an example of nature compensating for mans folly. (Para 8) Para

59、phrase the sentence. Today, people have a more responsible attitude to waste disposal and glass is usually recycledthis is very much better than throwing glass into the sea. However, this responsible attitude sends a message that there will be no sea glass in the future.MoreDifficult sentencesActive

60、 reading 2: Resources2. The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that, it is an example of nature compensating for mans folly. (Para 8) Translate the sentence. 海洋玻璃的產(chǎn)生是廢物再生的一種形式，不僅如此，它也是大自然補(bǔ)救人類愚蠢行為的一個(gè)例子。BackDifficult sentencesActive reading 2: Resources3. Todays responsible at