英语课前演讲PPT.ppt 9页

'THELITTLEPRINCE Newwordsmagnificent壮丽的；伟大的primeval原始的boaconstrictor大蟒蛇masterpiece杰作jungle丛林arithmetic算术 TheLittlePrincefirstpublishedin1943,isanovellaandthemostfamousworkoftheFrencharistocrat,writer,poetandpioneeringaviatorAntoinedeSaint-Exupéry(1900–1944). OncewhenIwassixyearsoldIsawamagnificentpictureinabook,calledTrueStoriesfromNature,abouttheprimevalforest.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictorintheactofswallowingananimal.Hereisacopyofthedrawing. Inthebookitsaid:“Boaconstrictorsswallowtheirpreywhole,withoutchewingit.Afterthattheyarenotabletomove,andtheysleepthroughthesixmonthsthattheyneedfordigestion.”Ipondereddeeply,then,overtheadventuresofthejungle.AndaftersomeworkwithacoloredpencilIsucceededinmakingmyfirstdrawing.MyDrawingNumberOne.Itlookedlikethis: Ishowedmymasterpiecetothegrown-ups,andaskedthemwhetherthedrawingfrightenedthem.Buttheyanswered:“Frighten?Whyshouldanyonebefrightenedbyahat?”Mydrawingwasnotapictureofahat.Itwasapictureofaboaconstrictordigestinganelephant.Butsincethegrown-upswerenotabletounderstandit,Imadeanotherdrawing:Idrewtheinsideoftheboaconstrictor,sothatthegrown-upscouldseeitclearly.Theyalwaysneedtohavethingsexplained.MyDrawingNumberTwolookedlikethis: Thegrown-ups’response,thistime,wastoadvisemetolayasidemydrawingsofboaconstrictors,whetherfromtheinsideortheoutside,anddevotemyselfinsteadtogeography,history,arithmeticandgrammar.Thatiswhy,attheageofsix,Igaveupwhatmighthavebeenamagnificentcareerasapainter. Hedrewthefirstpictureis__________? THANKYOUFORWATCHING.'