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1、Unit 6 Attitudes to Life Two Truths to Live By,Get started,1. Do you always get what you wanted? Have you experienced any difficult time or frustration in your life? 2. What do you think is the right attitude towards problems and frustration?,Quotes,Attitude is a little thing that makes a big differ

2、ence. - Winston Churchill Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it . -Lou Haltz When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen keller.,How to keep

3、a positive attitude? What is your motto in life?,Two Truths to Live By,Text comprehension,1. What is the insight the author gained from his experience in hospital? 2. What are the two truths to live by according to the author? 3. Can most people hold fast to the gifts of life according to the author

4、? 4. How should we look at the paradox of life according to the author? 5. What suggestions does the author make to resolve the paradox?,Structure of the text,Parts,Paras.,Main Ideas,1,2,3,18,911,1216,Through one event during his hospitalization, the author explains that we often fail to see the bea

5、uty and wonder of life when we should be holding on to it, urges us to hold fast to the gifts of life.,The author directs his discussion to the other side of the paradox: how to let go, and points out why we must accept losses and learn how to let go.,As a solution to the paradox, the author suggest

6、s a wider perspective to view what is transient and what is eternal, gives us his advice as to what we should do in order to make our lives meaningful and our deeds “timeless”.,Detailed reading,The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. An ancient man said long ago: “A man co

7、mes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.”,fast: ad. become or be firmly fixed and unable to move,When they arrived there, they found that the church door was fast shut.,clench : vt. close tightly,The girl clenched her fist in anger.,手术时她咬紧了牙关。,She clenched her te

8、eth when she was operated on.,Detailed reading,The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. An ancient man said long ago: “A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.”,Detailed reading,Surely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is won

9、derful, and full of a beauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.,Detailed reading,We remember a beauty that faded, a love that withered. But we remember with far gre

10、ater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered.,wither: v. 1) (cause sth. To) become dry, or dead,这些花不放在水里就要枯死了。,The flowers will wither if you dont put them in water.,2) render speechless or incapable of action; stun,The teacher

11、withered the noisy student with a glance.,她的一瞥使他无言以对。,She withered him with a look.,tender: 1. v. formally offer or show something to someone,As company secretary, you must tender the proposal.,2. a. 1) (of meat) easy to chew; not tough,Continue cooking until the meat is tender.,2) painful when touc

12、hed; sensitive,我的手指一碰就疼，因为昨天割破了。,My finger is tender because I cut it yesterday.,A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place.,hospitalize: vt. place in a hospital for trea

13、tment, care, or observation.,Roger was hospitalized after a severe heart attack.,NB:,该词一般用于被动语态,One morning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard in a chair. As we emerge

14、d from our unit, the sunlight hit me. Thats all there was to my experience. Just the light of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was- how warming; how sparkling; how brilliant!,wheel: n. one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle, etc. that turns when it moves,2. v. move someone or sth. that i

15、s in or on sth. that has wheels,Two nurses were wheeling him into the operating theatre.,I looked to see whether anyone else relished the suns golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grande

16、ur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the great beauty of it all.,relish: 1. n. great enjoyment of something,I ate with great relish, enjoying every bite.,2. vt. enjoy an experience or the thought of something that is going to happen,我可不乐意这麽早就起床。,I

17、 dont relish having to get up so early.,indifferent: a. not at all interested in someone or sth.,It is quite indifferent to me whether you go or stay.,我对他们的争论毫不关心。,I am indifferent to their arguments.,preoccupy: vt. engage (sb. or his mind, thoughts, etc.) so that he cannot think of other things,Som

18、ething seems to be preoccupying her at the moment.,你昨天在公共汽车站上心不在焉,没有注意到我。,You were too preoccupied to notice me at the bus stop yesterday.,be preoccupied with 全神贯注于,petty: a. 1) of small importance; trivial,We started having arguments over petty little things.,他有时候在金钱上很小气。,Sometimes he can be so pet

19、ty about money.,2) unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things,mean: a. ignoble,I never thought he was capable of doing such a mean thing to his brother.,The insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as was the experience itself: lifes gifts are precious but we are

20、too careless of them. Here then is the first pole of lifes paradoxical demands on us: Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be respectful before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.,glean: v. 1) gather grain left in a field by harvest workers,Boys are asked to

21、glean the grain every morning.,Additional information was gleaned from other sources.,2) find out information slowly and with difficulty,commonplace: a. ordinary; not interesting,Hes not at all exciting, in fact hes really rather commonplace.,他毫不出奇, 实际上平庸得很。,dawn: vi. 1) begin to become light in the

22、 morning,The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.,It dawned on me that Joanna had been right all along.,2) begin to be perceived or understood,embrace: v. put your arms around someone and hold them in a friendly or loving way,She embraced her son before leaving.,2) eagerly accept a new id

23、ea, opinion, religion, etc.,By the end of the last century, Americans had embraced the idea of the right to free public education for all children.,Homework,Recite the first three paragraphs Fast reading (Book one ),Part 2,Hold fast to life, but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second

24、 side of lifes coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.,Metaphor,paradox: n. statement that seems to be absurd or contradictory but is or may be true,More haste, less speed” is a paradox .,2) person, thing or situation displaying contradictory featu

25、res,It is a paradox that such a rich country should have so many poor people living in it.,Its a curious paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.,Part 2,This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that wh

26、atever we desire with the full force of our passion can, and will be ours. But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this second truth dawns upon us.,做到这一点并不容易，尤其是当我们还年轻，自以为世界在我们的掌握之中，只要满腔热情、全力以赴地去渴求，我们就能得到我们想要的东西，而且一定能得到！,confront: vt. make sb. face or consider

27、sb./sth. unpleasant, difficult, etc.,When confronted with the evidence of her guilt, she confessed.,be confronted with 面对,At every stage of life we sustain losses and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we come to this world. We enter schools, then we leave our mothers and

28、fathers and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We face the gradual or not so gradual weakening of our own strength. And ultimately, we must confront the inevitability of our own death, losing ourse

29、lves, as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.,sustain: vt. 1) suffer damage, an injury, or loss of money,Two of the fire-fighters sustained serious injuries.,2) make sth. continue to exist or happen for a period of time,She found it difficult to sustain the childrens interest.,But why should

30、we be reconciled to lifes contradictory demands? Why fashion things of beauty when beauty is short-lived? Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be torn from our grasp?,reconcile: vt. 1) reestablish a close relationship between,The estranged couple reconciled after a year.,翻脸的

31、那对夫妻一年以后又和好了。,2) bring (a quarrel, disagreement, etc.) to an end; settle,他们无法调和彼此的分歧。,They cant reconcile their differences.,Pattern:,reconcile sb. to sth. （使某人）无可奈何地接受某事物,fashion: vt. shape or make sth.,He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood.,fashion.from. 用制成 fashion.into. 把制成,In order t

32、o resolve this paradox, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity. Once we do that, we realize that though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern.,Part 3,eternity: n. a very long time that seems endless,He gave her an eter

33、nity ring when their son was born.,他们的儿子出世后，他送给她一枚表示永恒的戒指。,finite: a. having an end or a limit,The earth has a finite number of resources which we must protect.,Human knowledge is finite.,人类的认识是有限的。,注意该词的反义词为infinite。,Life is never just being. It is becoming, a relentless flowing on. Our parents liv

34、e on through us, and we will live on through our children. The institutions we build endure, and we will endure through them. The beauty we fashion cannot be dimmed by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but the beauty and goodness and truth they create live on for all time to come.,

35、endure : 1) vt. suffer or undergo (sth. painful or uncomfortable) patiently,We seek the truth, and will endure the consequences.,These traditions have endured throughout the ages.,这些传统世代相传至今。,2) vi. remain alive or continue to exist for a long time,Their friendship has endured over many years.,Our f

36、lesh may perish, our hands will wither, but the beauty and goodness and truth they create live on for all time to come.,What does the author hope to convey through this statement?,The author hopes to convey the message that what we let go of is still there if we view life from the perspective of ete

37、rnity. The beauty and goodness and truth that we create will endure and we will endure through them. Therefore, we should let go of lifes gifts in due time.,Dont spend and waste your lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for i

38、deals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth. Add love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you have a community. Add truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put t

39、hem all together, elevate them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and conflict and you have a future lighted with the radiant colors of hope.,vision: n. 1) ability to see,The blow on the head impaired/damaged his vision.,他头部受击后损害了视力。,2) thing seen vividly in the imagination,He had a vision of himself as a rich businessman.,他想象自己是一个富有的商人。,the radiant sun 光芒四射的太阳 His radiant face told us of his happiness. 从他容光焕发的脸上,我们看出他很幸福快乐。,the radiant sun 光芒四射的太阳 His radiant face told us of his happiness. 从他容光焕发的脸上,我们看出他很幸福快乐。,