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1、Unit1 The written wordUnit1 The written word Appreciating literaturereadingDo you know the four famous works of Chinese fiction history? Classic literature homeA Dream of the Red Chamber The Romance of the Three KingdomsJourney to the West Heroes of the Marshes Pilgrimage to the WestWater Margin Fou
2、r famous Chinese classics1. 三国演义三国演义 a A Dream of Red Mansions /The Story of the Stone 2. 西游记西游记 b Romance of Three Kingdoms3. 红楼梦红楼梦 c All Men Are Brothers4. 水浒传水浒传 d Journey to the WestClassic literature abroad哈克贝利哈克贝利费恩历险记费恩历险记 Foreign Classics狄更斯狄更斯 莎士比亚莎士比亚novelists简奥斯丁简奥斯丁 夏洛蒂夏洛蒂.勃朗特勃朗特novelis
3、ts拜伦拜伦雪莱雪莱poets William ShakespeareCharles DickensJane AustenRobert BurnsCharlotte BrontJane EyreGreat ExpectationsA Red, Red RoseRomeo and JulietPride and PrejudiceEmma Oliver Twist Match the works with their writers. Have you ever seen the story or film adaptations of Great Expectations?Great Expe
4、ctationsClassics are the _ of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were _a long time ago and so well written that people still read them _. They are _of great writing and _.1. What is classic literature? antiques writtenexampleswisdomTask 1 Fast reading 2.Who is Charles Dickens?
5、3.How old is Pip when the story begins?nowadaysPart 1: The _ of classic literaturePart 2: Who is Charles Dickens?Part 3: Brief _ to Great ExpectationsTask 2 the structure of the text definitionintroductionA trailer for Great ExpectationsReading strategy1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? 2. W
6、hats the writers point of view in this essay?3. How does the author try to convince the reader?1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? To convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view.2. Whats the writers point of view in this essay?To persuade us to appreciate classic literature.3. How do
7、es the author try to convince the reader?At the very beginning _Then_ the writer asks us to change our minds about classic literature. she gives us interesting facts about Charles Dickens and his book, Great Expectations, which makes us want to read the book at the end of the essay.Appreciating lite
8、rature Part one Questions: 1. Why dont many people read the classics?2. What does Liz think about classic novels?Detailed reading1. Why dont many people like the classics?Because they think they are old and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.2. What does Liz think about classic novels?Sh
9、e doesnt think that they are old or boring. She thinks they have something to do with contemporary life.Multiple choice1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to _. A. convince us to change our attitude(态度态度) to classics B. introduce Charles Dickens novels to us C. suggest that we should read more cl
10、assics D. make a summary of Great ExpectationsA2. Some people think that classics are old-fashioned because of the following statements except _. A. they were written a long time ago. B. their language characteristics are quite different from those of modern works. C. they are difficult for people t
11、o understand. D. They can only be found in bookshops and libraries.D3. Which of the following is Not true according to the text? A. Classics are also worth reading today. B. We can find the value of writing and wisdom in classics. C. Classics have nothing to do with life today. D. Some classics have
12、 been adapted for movies.CPart two:1. When and where was Charles Dickens born? 2. What books did he write? Charles Dickens is one of Englands most famous novelists. He described life in the middle of the 19th century, a period that is now called Victorian, as it is when Queen Victoria ruled Britain.
13、 Many of Dickens novels take place in London. Life Story of Charles DickensThe life of Charles DickensWorks by Charles Dickens雾都孤儿雾都孤儿圣诞颂歌圣诞颂歌双城记双城记艰难时世艰难时世远大前程远大前程大卫大卫科波菲尔科波菲尔 Great Expectations Oliver TwistA Christmas CarolHard TimesA Tale of Two CitiesDavid CopperfieldThe main elements of the nov
14、el 1. setting a. mist 2. symbol b. what it means to be a gentleman 3. plot c. England in the early 1800s4. theme d. Pip, Joe, Estella e. a stranger gives Pip a lot 5 characters of money, then Pip moves to London and becomes a snob4. What kind of person is Joe?Joe is a kind and simple man.3. What is
15、written on Charles Dickenss tomb?His tomb reads, “By his death, one of Englands greatest writers is lost to the world.”5. Who gives Pip a lot of money?A stranger.6. What kind of person does Pip become after he moves to London?He becomes vain and ashamed of his background.7. Why is Pip embarrassed by
16、 his friend Joe?Because Joe does not fit his rigid ideas of what it means to be civil and to be a gentleman.8.What does Pip learn by the end of the novel? He learns that wealth does not buyhappiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education.Matching exercise11. antiques a a section
17、of a novel2. vain b insisting on doing something3. abuse c valuable things from the past4. chapter d too proud of ones abilities etc.5. tension e treat a person etc. cruelly6. rigid f difficult to change7. civil g a feeling of fear and excitement created by the writer of a book8. bent on h polite, g
18、ood-mannered9. desperate i not plain or simple; expensive 10. fancy j extremely severe or seriousMatching exercise 2 1. 由由改编改编 soap operas 2. 在世上占一席之地在世上占一席之地 would ratherthan3. 古典文学古典文学 be based on4. 肥皂剧肥皂剧 have a place in the world 5. 情愿情愿而不愿而不愿 be adapted from 6. 出版出版 classic literature7. 基于基于 li
19、terary world 8. 一心想一心想 character development9. 性格发展性格发展 come out10. 文学界文学界 be bent on 1.文学世界的古董文学世界的古董 L1 the antiques of the literary world2.杰出的创作和智慧的典范杰出的创作和智慧的典范 L3 the examples of great writing and wisdom3.使使对某人来说做起来很难对某人来说做起来很难 L7 make sth. difficult for sb. to do4.和和没关系没关系 L95.在世界上占有一席之地在世界上占有
20、一席之地 L12 have a place in the world6.这部小说改编的现代版这部小说改编的现代版 L15 a modern adaptation of the novel7.一次一次 L21 8.被遗忘在书架上被遗忘在书架上尘封尘封 L8have nothing to do withat a timebe left to gather dust on shelves 9.肥皂剧肥皂剧L2410.他的墓碑上这样写着他的墓碑上这样写着L2411. 不再属于不再属于所有所有L2412.以以为背景为背景L2613一个淳朴善良的人一个淳朴善良的人L2814宁愿做而不愿做宁愿做而不愿做L2
21、9 would rather dothan do would dorather than do15在薄雾笼罩的墓地在薄雾笼罩的墓地L3016.一种危险的象征一种危险的象征L31be set insoap operas his tomb readsa kind and simple manin a foggy cemeterya symbol of dangerbe lost to17情节的曲折变化情节的曲折变化L35 18. 一个慷慨的陌生人一个慷慨的陌生人L35 19.一心想要做一心想要做L41a twist in the plot a generous strangerbe bent on
22、 doing sth1_ of classicsClassics are the antiques of the literary world, taking the 2_of novels, plays and poems, which were well written long ago and are popular with modern people.3_ for some people not reading classicsThe language used in classics4_from the one used nowadays, adding to their diff
23、iculties in reading. Classics are old-fashioned and boring and seem too far away from the modern life.Facts Classics are still in 5_ and have a place in the world today. Many films 6_ from classics achieved great success.DefinitionformReasonsdiffersexistenceadapted7_to appreciate classicTake Great Expectations for exampleThemeWhat it means to be a gentlemanSettingEngland in the early 1800sSymbol8 _9 _Pip, Joe, Pips sister, a generous stranger 10 _A stranger gives Pip a great deal of money, then Pip moves to London and becomes a snob.WaysMistCharactersPlot
