Unit7.Reading[上学期]

课件11张PPT。Unit 7 A Christmas CarolIntroduction: It is a Christmas book by Charles Dickens, published in 1843.Scrooge, an old, mean and greedy man, received a visit from the ghost of Marley, his late partner in business, and sees a series of visions of the past, present, and future, including one of what his own death will be like unless he changes his ways. As a result of this he wakes up on Christmas morning an altered man. He sends a turkey to his ill-used clerk Bob, positively enjoys subscribing to （捐款）Christmas charities, and generally behaves like the genial old fellow that he has become.To express his purpose of writing A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote: have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.在这部“灵魂” 小说里，我已尽全力去抬高思想之魂，它将不会使我的读者离开幽默，相互分离，也不会使他们离开那个季节，与我分离。愿这高尚之魂会高高兴兴地光顾他们的家，谁也不会愿意去驱赶它。Look at the title, the picture and the name list of the Characters in the play. Answer the following questions.
1.When does the story happen?
2.Which of the two men in the picture is Ebenezer Scrooge -------the boss?
3.What is the name of Scrooge’s assistant? What he doing and how is he feeling?Pre-reading:On the 24th of December.The man on the left. And he is the bad boss.Bob Cratchit. He is feeling cold and is warming his hands over a candle.Fast reading:Read the italicised words in each part and summarize the main idea of each part.
In Scrooge’s office
Bob tries to warm his hands over the candle.Bob feels freezingly cold and can no longer write. He stops to warm his hands, but his boss Scrooge tells him to go on writing.Bob asks his boss Scrooge for a day off on Christmas Day. Scrooge is quite unwilling to let Bob have a day off.A young man comes in.(Bob applauds)
Fred leaves. A gentleman comes in.
Scrooge falls asleep.What’s the true spirit of Christmas according to Fred?The gentleman asks Scrooge to help the poor when they are in want of basic needs and comforts, but Scrooge refuses to make any contribution.Santa Claus comes to show Scrooge into a dream.It is to stop only thinking about yourself, but to open your heart freely and think of others. He is worried about Scrooge.What is typical of Scrooge? What does he mean by saying it?
What is typical of Santa Claus? What does it mean?Post-reading:He always says “humbug”, which means nonsense.He always says “ho, ho, ho”, which is his way of laughing. It really means “Hehehe”.They watch a young man and a young woman.
Who are they? And what are they talking about?
What does she mean by “the golden idol”?
Why doesn’t she love Scrooge any more?
What does it mean if people weigh everything by gain?
They are young Scrooge and his wife.The girl wants to break up her relation with young Scrooge.The “golden idol” is money.Because he is selfish and only thinks about money.It means that people will only do sth. for themselves. They don’t help others.They watch a family celebration.
Whose family is it ?
Why does Mrs Cratchit not want to drink a toast to Mr Scrooge?
Christmas Day: Scrooge goes to Bob Cratchit’s house.
Why does he go there?It’s Mr Cratchit’s family.Because she hates him and blames him for Tiny Tim’s bad health.To wish them a Merry Christmas.Listen and read:1.want a day off
2.pick one’s pocket
3.leave alone
4.do sb. good
5.bring in
6.think of / about
7.in want of
8.be badly off / be well off9.care for 与 care about
10.take one’s place / take the place of
11.have an eye for / have no eye for
12.be content to do sth.
13.of late = lately/ recently
14.with sb. upon his shoulder
15.on the contraryI don’t really care__________ tea.
Einstein didn’t care _________money at all. foraboutHomework:1.Revise the words and expressions in this unit.
2.The first part of the Best Design.