大學英語教學課件：Narrative Writing Homereading 2

1、Narrative WritingHomereadingWriting and revisingAdditional readingWarming-up activitiesSample BIn our life, many things (big or small) happen every day, and many people are quite observant. Suppose you see a butterfly struggling to come out of its cocoon. Try to write a narrative essay to tell peopl

2、e a philosophic story. The following sample essay is just for your reference. Read it carefully and try to answer the questions after it. Preparing for your writing A man found the cocoon (繭) of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it s

3、truggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The b

4、utterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled (起了皺紋的) wings.Writing and revisingAdditional readingWarming-up activities1.2.Butterfly3.Preparing for your writingWriting and revisingAdditional readingWarming-up activities4. The man continued to watch the butterfly becaus

5、e he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.5.(Originally post

6、ed at http:/ www.worldoutside.co.uk/index.php?showimage=67)(Originally posted at http:/ for your writingWriting and revisingAdditional readingWarming-up activities What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly

7、to get through the tiny opening were Gods way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without

8、 any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. We could never fly!7.(Taken from the website: http:/ for your writingWriting and revisingAdditional readingWarming-up activitiesThe Life Cycle of a Butterfly: Butterflies and moths (飛蛾) undergo complete metamorphos

9、is (生變態(tài)) in which they go through four different life stages. 1)Egg A butterfly starts its life as an egg. 2) Larva The larva (caterpillar) hatches from an egg and eats leaves or flowers almost constantly. The caterpillar molts (蛻皮) many times as it grows. 3) Pupa (蛹) It turns into a pupa; this is a resting stage. 4) Adult A beautiful, flying adult emerges. There is no growth during this stage. This adult will continue the cycle and reproduce. Preparing for your writingWriting