牛津英语模块八第一单元reading课件(共39张ppt)

牛津版高中英语模块八
Unit 1 The written word
Reading
Do you know?
1. Do you know classic literature and its definition?
2. Do you know Charles Dickens and his works?
The poverty and adversity Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June 1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprise endings.
1. Why don’t many people like the classics?
Because they think classics are old and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.
2. What does Liz think about classic novels? She doesn’t think that they are old and boring. She thinks they have something to do with contemporary life.
come out vi. 出来；（日月星辰）出现；（花） 开放；出版，发行；（照片）显像；（消息等） 传出
• 今晚月亮不会出来。 • 一个月后等花开了你可以来赏花。 • 她们在考完试之后出来看电影。 • The moon won’t come out tonight. • You can come and enjoy the flowers when they come out in a month. • They came out to watch a film after the exam.
Works by Charles Dickens
《 Great Expectations 》 《Oliver Twist》 《A Christmas Carol》 《Hard Times》 《A Tale of Two Cities》 《David Copperfield》
《雾都孤儿》 《圣诞颂歌》 《双城记》 《艰难时世》 《远大前程》 《大卫·科波菲尔》
1) so…that… 如此……以至于…… so...that 和 such...that 的意思均为“如 此……以致……”，都用来引导结果状语 从句。
so...that 结构中的 so为副词，后面跟形容 词或副词；such...that中的such为形容词， 后面接名词(但名词前可以有形容词或副 词修饰)。
注意：若名词前的little 解释为“小(的)”意 思 时，则仍用such，而不能用so。当that前 是单数可数名词且该名词前面有形容修饰时， so与such可以互换，即：so＋adj.＋a/an＋ n.=such＋a/an＋adj.＋n.。 例如：
She is so good a teacher that we all love her. ＝She is such a good teacher that we all love
2. Who is Charles Dickens?
Dickens is England’s greatest writer. 3. How old is Pip when the story begins? Pip was then seven years old.
C1 Answer the following questions
Introduction to Dickens
Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He had a happy childhood after his family moved to Chatham. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school because his father was imprisoned for debt.
Joe is a kind and simple man.
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.
Charles Dickens: England’s greatest writer
• at a time • perform on stage • at that time • the soap operas
at a time 每次，一次 If you raise your hands, I’ll answer your questions one at a time. Frank took the stairs two at a time. Because of his work, he is often away for weeks at a time.
1. antiques 2. chapter 3. soap opera 4. abuse 5. tension 6. vain 7. rigid
a treat a person or an animal in a cruel way.
b difficult to change c a valuable thing from the past d to proud of your appearance,
例如： She became so weak that she couldn’t speak. 她身体如此虚弱，以致说不出话来。 It is such a day that we couldn’t walk. 天气糟糕，我们不能散步。
当that前的名词有表示数量多少的many, much, few, little 等修饰时，只 能用so, 不能用such。 例如： There was so much water outside that we couldn’t go out. He had so many books that all the room is full with.
3. What is written on Charles Dickens’s tomb? His tomb reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
4. What kind of person is Joe?
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.
abilities or achievements e a TV story about the lives and
problems of a group of people f the feeling of fear and
excitement created by the writer of a book g a section of a book
A Read quickly and answer these questions. 1.What is classic literature?
Classics are the antiques of the literary world. They are novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written that people still read them nowadays.
Language points
Para One-Three
• They are novels, plays …… nowadays. • examples of great writinther dust on shelves • have nothing to do with… • have a place • adapt from… • come out • bother to do sth.
•adopt 及物动词 采取；采纳；吸收 •总经理再三考虑之后，决定采纳她的建 •After much consideration, the president decided to adopt her suggestion. •过继，收养[(+as)] •克恩先生将那孤儿收养为自己的儿子。 •Mr. Kern adopted the orphan as his own son.
Part C2
Scan the article and match the elements with the correct examples in this part. Key: 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. e 5. b