吉林大学：《大学英语泛读》课程PPT教学课件（book 3）Unit 9 The Sixth Sense

9.The Sixth Sense A

9. The Sixth Sense

Contents Warm-up Activity ■Text Analysis ■ Summary Exercises Questions for Consideration

Contents ◼ Warm-up Activity ◼ Text Analysis ◼ Summary ◼ Exercises ◼ Questions for Consideration

Warm-up Activity 1.What does the author mean by the sixth sense? Mother's intuition,mother's feeling about sth.wrong with her child,or another sense beyond sight,sound, smell,taste,and touch

Warm-up Activity 1.What does the author mean by the sixth sense? Mother’s intuition, mother’s feeling about sth. wrong with her child, or another sense beyond sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch

2.What examples of the sixth sense does the author give in the text? A mother of five children,and an escape artist

2.What examples of the sixth sense does the author give in the text? A mother of five children, and an escape artist

3.What happened to the mother one night? Mother awoke in the middle of the night and sensed that her three-year-old son was wrong,she found him in a field just minutes after the accident

3.What happened to the mother one night? Mother awoke in the middle of the night and sensed that her three-year-old son was wrong, she found him in a field just minutes after the accident

4.Who was the escape artist? The escape artist was Houdini (1874- 1926).He was Hungarian born U.S. magician famous for his escapes from prison cells,from wooden boxes floating in rivers,from locked tanks full of water, etc

4.Who was the escape artist? The escape artist was Houdini (1874— 1926). He was Hungarian born U.S. magician famous for his escapes from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water, etc

Text Do mothers have an extra sense which warns them when their children are approaching danger?Did an extra sense enable the escape artist Houdini to find a way out when he was almost frozen to death under the ice?This article explores evidence for the existence of a “sixth sense

Text Do mothers have an extra sense which warns them when their children are approaching danger? Did an extra sense enable the escape artist Houdini to find a way out when he was almost frozen to death under the ice? This article explores evidence for the existence of a “sixth sense

1. When you were a child,did you ever wonder how your mother knew when you were writing on the wall with crayons,even though she couldn't possibly see or hear you?...Or why she always came outside and called you just as you headed for forbidden territory?How did she know?If you asked her,she probably told you that it was her mother's intuition'.That never really explained anything,but it gave you something to think about

1. When you were a child, did you ever wonder how your mother knew when you were writing on the wall with crayons, even though she couldn’t possibly see or hear you? … Or why she always came outside and called you just as you headed for forbidden territory? How did she know? If you asked her, she probably told you that it was her ‘mother’s intuition’. That never really explained anything, but it gave you something to think about

2.Just exactly what is mother's intuition? Unfortunately,not even mothers who profess to having it can explain exactly what it is.Some would say it was a"sixth sense"or a funny feeling that prompted them to check on their children's whereabouts and activities. Others have claimed to hear a voice inside their heads that called their children's names or had a 'flash vision' of what their children were doing.In any event,almost every mother seems to have it and will swear by its reliability

2. Just exactly what is mother’s intuition? Unfortunately, not even mothers who profess to having it can explain exactly what it is. Some would say it was a “sixth sense” or a funny feeling that prompted them to check on their children’s whereabouts and activities. Others have claimed to hear a voice inside their heads that called their children’s names or had a ‘flash vision’ of what their children were doing. In any event, almost every mother seems to have it and will swear by its reliability

3.A typical example of this ability is the case of a woman who claims that her intuition prevented each of her five children from serious mishaps.Once she awoke in the middle of the night and felt the need to check on her son Paul, who was three years old at the time.He wasn't in his bed,so she raced down the stairs to find him.She found him outside,sleepwalking, headed straight toward a flight of concrete steps

3. A typical example of this ability is the case of a woman who claims that her intuition prevented each of her five children from serious mishaps. Once she awoke in the middle of the night and felt the need to check on her son Paul, who was three years old at the time. He wasn’t in his bed, so she raced down the stairs to find him. She found him outside, sleepwalking, headed straight toward a flight of concrete steps