(共15张PPT)
Unit 8 Literature
Topic Talk
Listening & Speaking
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
1. talk about the types of literature works;
2. get required information while listening;
3. share one of my favorite literature works;
4. discuss the quotes about literature and figure out their implied meanings.
Learning objectives
science fiction
adventure story
novel
n. 历险故事
n. 科幻小说
What genres of literature do you know
genre
n. 体裁
Warm-up
detective story
drama
romance story
n. 戏剧
n. 侦探故事
n. 爱情故事
fantasy novel
children’s literature
n. 奇幻小说
What types of literature do you enjoy reading Why
Example: I enjoy reading novels and my favourite author is Mark Twain.
Literature
novels / fictions
poetry
short stories
drama
fables / fairy tales
…
Lead-in
扫清听力障碍
literary works
science fiction
detective stories
plot
setting
do a project on...
take a book out
registration form
anyway
不论如何
文学作品
侦探小说
科幻小说
情节
情节背景
做一个项目
借出一本书
登记表
Pre-listening
Read the Text Builder carefully. Then listen to the dialogue and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear.
Activity 1
Genre
science fiction, drama, novels, adventure / romance / detective stories, fantasy novels, children’s literature, poetry, short stories, folk tales
I like reading literary works the most, such as ______________.
Literature
8.1
While-listening
Text Builder
Reasons for Reading
fascinating, exciting, interesting, challenging, stimulating, absorbing, dramatic, subjective
read aloud and enjoy the description, enjoy the logic of the writing, love the mysteries in them
recite my favourite parts of the story, try to figure out contradictory messages / solve the riddles myself
I find detective stories ____ and ______.
I _________. I always _____.
Literature
Text Builder
Elements of Literary Works
character, setting, plot, rhyme, argument, detail, structure, tone
It has a good _________, and the ________ is interesting.
Text Builder
Literature
Activity 2
Use the Text Builder to talk about the literary works you like to read and give your reasons.
Genre
Reasons
Elements
Literature
8.2
1. Why does Bob go to the library
2. What kind of books is he looking for
3. What does Bob need to do when he wants to take a book out of the library
He wants to find books.
He is looking for books of Chinese poerty in English.
He needs to fill in and submit a _____________ for a library card . Then, he needs to scan his ____________ and also scan _____________on the book.
She prefers real books that she can hold in her hands.
4. What is the librarian’s opinion of real books
registration
library card
the number
Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions:
Activity 3
Chinese Poetry in English
1. We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moonlight, even though miles apart.
2. A bosom friend afar brings distance near.
3. Misfortune, that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.
但愿人长久,千里共婵娟。
海内存知己,天涯若比邻。
祸兮,福之所依;福兮,祸之所伏。
QUOTE & UNQUOTE
Creat literature is simply language charged with meaning to the ulmost possible degree.
— Paul J. Meyer
沟通伟大的文学作品只是尽可能地赋予意义的语言。— 埃兹拉 ·庞德
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
— Christine Gregoire
文学是人类最有趣,最重要的表现形式之一。— 克里斯丁· 格雷戈尔
By Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.
— Vladimir Nabokov
Poetry is simply the most beautiful,
impressive,and widely effective mode
of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
文学和蝴蝶是人类已知的两种最甜蜜的激情。— 弗拉基米尔· 纳博科夫
诗歌简直是最美丽,最令人印象深刻,最广泛有效的表达方式。
— 马修 ·阿诺德
1.Listen and read the conversation aloud.
2.Recite the languages points and excellent sentences.
Homework