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Who are they? 拜伦 poets 雪莱
poet /playwright 莎士比亚 novelists 狄更斯
Chinese writers 巴金 鲁迅 茅盾
Chinese poets 徐志摩 郭沫若
Lead in Four famous Chinese classics 1. 三国演义 a. A Dream of Red Mansions /The Story of the Stone 2. 西游记 b. Romance of Three Kingdoms 3. 红楼梦 c. All Men Are Brothers 4. 水浒传 d. Journey to the West
Unit 1 Reading Appreciating literature
查尔斯-狄更斯(1812 -1870),英国著 名小说家。著有《奥列佛-特维斯特》(又 译《雾都孤儿》,1838 )、《老古玩店》 (1841)、《大卫-科波菲尔》(1850)、《双 城记》(1859)和《远大前程》(1861)等等。
Charles Dickens is one of England’s most famous novelists. He described life in the middle of the 19 th century, a period that is now called Victorian, as it is when Queen Victoria ruled Britain. Many of Dickens’ novels take place in London.
Works by Charles Dickens 《 Great Expectations 》 《雾都孤儿》 《Oliver Twist》 《圣诞颂歌》 《A Christmas Carol》 《双城记》 《Hard Times》 《艰难时世》 《A Tale of Two Cities》 《远大前程》 《大卫·科波菲尔》 《David Copperfield》
Today, we’ll focus on the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens, an example of ______. classics
The structure of the text Part one: information about classic literature Part two: information about Charles Dickens Part three: information about the book Great expectations
Skimming 1. What is classic literature? 2. Who is Charles Dickens? 3. Who is the main character in the novel Great Expectations?
1. Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written and received. 2. Dickens is England’s greatest writer. 3. Pip is the main character in the novel Great Expectations.
Reading strategy 1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? 2. What’s the writer’s 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. What’s the writer’s point of view in this essay? To persuade us to appreciate classic literature.
3. How does the author try to convince the reader? the writer asks us At the very beginning ________ to reconsider our ideas about classic __________________ literature. __________________ she gives us interesting facts about Then________________ Charles Dickens and his book, Great __________________ Expectation, which makes us want to __________________ read the book at the end of the essay _________________.
Detailed reading C 1 1. Why don’t 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? She thinks they have not disappeared and still have a place in the world today. 3. What is written on Charles Dickens’s tomb ? L 23 -24
4. What kind of person is Joe? Joe is a kind and simple man.
3. What is written on Charles Dickens’s gravestone? It reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world. ” 5. Who gives Pip a lot of money? A stranger.
• 6. He becomes vain and ashamed of his background.
7. Why is Pip embarrassed by 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 buy happiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education.
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