(共20张PPT)
Unit 4 Exploring literature
Reading(PeriodⅡ)
Vocabulary
01
Warming up
What other qualities do you think a great work of literature should have
feeling
truth
Appealing
Describing
Qualities
of literature
imagination
beauty
permanent
02
Vocabulary exploring
The first quality of literature is it
on of truth and
beauty. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a
e human soul brings them to our attention, just as the
shell
s the unnoticed sounds. A hundred men may
pass a field and see only dead grass; but a po
oks
deeper, sees truth and beauty, and writes, “Yesterday’s
flowers am I.” On
it is capable of seeing the
beauty that was hidden from his eyes before.
Vocabulary exploring
02
Word bank (qualities of a good
literature)
n: description of truth and beauty
adj: a sensitive human soul
The first quality
v: reflect
phrase: look deeper, is capable of
Vocabulary exploring
02
appeal
The second quality of literature is its _____________ to
our feelings and imagination. Its attraction lies more in
wahwaatkiet n_s____________ in us than what it says. When
Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus asks in the
presence of Helen, “Was this the face that launched a
through
thousand ships ” he opens a door ______________ which
our imagination enters a new world, a world of love,
beauty and heroism.
Vocabulary exploring
02
vi. 有吸引力(to attract or interest sb )
申诉(to make a serious and urgent request )
呼吁,恳求(to make a formal request to a court or to sb in
authority for a judgement or a decision to be changed)
n. 吸引力;申诉;呼吁
appeal
make an appeal to sb. for sth.
appeal to sb.对某人有吸引力;上诉
为某事向某人呼吁或请求
make an appeal to sb. to do sth.
appeal to sb. for sth.呼吁/恳求某人某事
appeal to sb. to do sth.呼吁某人做某事
呼吁/恳求某人某事
02
Vocabulary exploring
Word bank (qualities of a good
literature)
n: appeal to
v: awaken
The second quality
phrase: open a door
02
Vocabulary exploring
permanence
The third quality of literature is its ________________, which
comes out of the two qualities mentioned above. To achieve
contain
this, it should ____________ two _e__le__m__e_n_t_s___: __u_n_i_v_e__r_s_a_l___
interest and personal style. Good literature reflects the most
basic
___________ of human nature ——
. It also __t_a_k_e_s__o__n___ a personal style.
no writer can describe human life without reflecting his own
life and experiences.
Vocabulary exploring
02
words with the
same or nearly the
same meaning
words wit
opposite
meaning
Synonyms同义词
Antonyms反义词
Help remember the words you are trying to learn
Help you express yourself better by making your speech
or writing richer and more colourful
Vocabulary exploring ------ Search and comp
02
attraction—appeal
low—faint
Synonyms
love—enjoy
unnoticed—hidden
significant—important
joy—sadness
new—old
love—hate
Antonyms
important—unimportant
Vocabulary exploring ------ Search and compete
02
synonym
antonym
absent
active
increase
advantage
alive
be linked to
be aware o
be made up of
effect
fame
anxious
urban
foreign
carefully
honest
ability
outstanding
depressed
afraid
especially
02
Vocabulary exploring
Word bank (qualities of a good
literature)
n: permanance、 elements
adj: universal、 basic
The third quality
v: contain
phrase: take on
Vocabulary exploring
02
Word bank (qualities of a good literature)
n: description of truth and be
adj: a sensitive human soul
The first quality
v: reflect
phrase: look deeper , is capable of
n: appeal to
The second quality
The third quality
v: awaken
phrase: opens a door
n: permanance、 elements
adj: universal、 basic
v: contain
phrase: take on significant
Lexical extension
03
反义词
unimportant
同义词
派生词
insignificant
形近词
important
magnificent
词性
adj.
compound
words
It is significant
固定搭配 that….
合成词
……
w
重要的,显著的
o
r
一词多义
d
significant
Lexical extension
03
description contain significant be capable
element reflect in summary appeal to
reflects
One important feature of classic literature is that it often(1)____________an
author‘s own experiences and can therefore help us understand the important
issues of his or her time.This is one reason why the best works of literature
appeal to
still(2)______________readers long after they were written.Cao Xueqin’s A
significant
Dream of Red Mansions, one of the most(3) ________________novels in
Chinese literatureis a good example of this. Its storyline follows the fall of a
large wealthy family much like the author‘s own. No doubt drawing on his
description
own experiences Cao Xueqin gives a detailed(4) _________________of what
life was like at that time.
Lexical extension
03
description contain significant be capable
element reflect in summary appeal to
contains
The novel(5) ____________a great number of details such as what the
upper class wore and ate. It also describes the social relations in 18th-
are capable of
centuryChina. As a resultreaders(6)_________________better
understanding the gap between rich and poormen and women, the
learned and the uneducated in the historical context. Cultural and
elements
historical(7)______________like these make A Dream ofRed Mansions
a timeless classic. (8)__I_n__s_u_m__m__a_r_y___we can learn much about a
specific period in history from classic literature.
04
Micro writing
Continue the following writing:
Some people believe that classics are old and boring
and have nothing to do with life today. However, this is
not true. ...
Requirements:
Using the words or expressions as many as possible in
the word bank and give some examples to support your
idea.
Micro writing
04
Word bank (qualities of a good literature)
n: description of truth and bea
adj: a sensitive human soul
v: reflect
The first quality
phrase: look deeper , is capable of
n: appeal to
The second quality
The third quality
v: awaken
phrase: opens a door
n: permanance、 elements
adj: universal、 basic
v: contain
phrase: take on significant
05 Homework
1. Collect more words about a good literature to
enrich your work bank.
2. Choose one book you have ever read and
judge it by the three qualities in groups.
T H A N K S F O R L I S T E N I N G