课件46张PPT。外研版
高二年级(选修6)Module 2
Fantasy LiteratureIntroductionLearning objectives1. To get a general understanding about
Philip Pullman and his works
2. To understand the story The Cat That Vanished
3. To learn some useful words and
expressions in the passage1. Do you know some fantasy stories? Try to tell one of them to your partners.
2. Do you know some novelists who write fantasy stories? Share with your partners.
3. How much do you know about Philip Pullman?Lead-in菲利普·普尔曼,英国当代著名作家。他的《雾中红宝石》、《北方阴影》、《井中之虎》为少女莎莉·洛克赫的冒险三部曲,充满维多利亚时代的惊悚趣味,广受好评。1996发表《黑质三部曲》第一部《黄金罗盘》,次年发表第二部《魔法神刀》,2000年发表第三部《琥珀望远镜》。《黑质三部曲》出版后,畅销不衰, 风靡欧美, 皆认为其深度与文学性足堪名列文学史。该三部曲迄今已被翻译成二十几种文字,全球发行量已近一千万套,并为作者获得了诸多重要的奖项;普尔曼更因为这套书被评论界认为是“继《魔戒》作者J·R·R·托尔金之后最优秀的盎格鲁·撒克逊奇幻小说家”。 《黑暗物质》的故事发生在一个和我们的地球很相似的世界里,讲的是一对名叫莉拉和威尔的少年的旅行和冒险经历,不仅围绕孩子,还涉及清白、原罪以及融合了魔幻、科学等元素。
1. Northern Lights 北方之光 The Golden Compass 黄金罗盘 (USA)
2. The Subtle Knife 魔幻神刀
3. The Amber Spyglass 琥珀望远镜His Dark Materials (In USA)His Dark Materials Trilogy His Dark Materials
Part One, Northern Lights Part Two, The Subtle Knife
Part Three, The Amber Spyglass In The Golden Compass, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by evil scientists.In The Subtle Knife, Lyra journeys to the shimmering, haunted other world called Cittágazze, where she meets Will Parry. Together they travel from world to world and discover an object of extraordinary power, and uncover the truth of their own destiny.In The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With the help from Iorek Byrnison, the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a
dark and gray-lit world
where no living soul has
ever gone. The Amber
Spyglass brings Philip
Pullman’s His Dark
Materials to an
astonishing conclusion.Read the passage in Activity 1 again and answer the questions about the words and expressions in the box.adult bear (n.) creature extraordinary hero heroine philosophical play a part witch1. refer to people?Which of these words or expression:adult, hero, heroine, witch2. refers to someone who uses magic?witch3. refer to the most important
people who have the main part in a
story?hero, heroine4. refer to animals?bear, creature5. means very unusual or special?extraordinary6. means to have influence in a situation?philosophical7. relates to ideas?play a partThe Cat That Vanished Reading and VocabularyHave you read His Dark Materials? If not, would you like to read it? Say why / why not.
Have you read a fantasy novel or seen one of the films? If you have, did you enjoy it? Say why / why not.DiscussionRead the text and fill in the blanks.Para. 7the cat vanishedPara. 8What Will found and how he entered another world What Will saw and how he felt after entering another worldRead the passage and put the sentences in the correct order.
Will decides not to return to his world.
The cat vanishes.
The cat comes up to Will.
Will climbs through a hole.
The cat behaves in a strange way.53142He was stupefied with exhaustion. From the side nearest the road.Answer the following questions.1. How was Will when he saw the cat?2. Where could Will see the patch?1. The cat that vanished was called
Moxie.
2. It was Will who had cut the patch
out of the air.Careful ReadingFFRead the text again carefully and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).3. The patch, which was completely invisible from most angels, was almost square and less than a metre wide.
4. Will walked into the new world with his shopping bag.
5. The new world was so frightening that Will went back to his own world.FFTRead the passage again and choose the best answers.
1. The cat vanishes through ______.
(a) something Will can’t see
(b) an empty patch of grass
(c) some bushes2. Will blinks because _____.
(a) he can’t see clearly
(b) his eyes hurt
(c) he can’t believe what he saw
3. It is _____.
(a) easy to see the patch in the air from
some positions
(b) impossible to see the patch
(c) difficult to see the patch4. Will looks through the hole in the air ____.
(a) because he is frightened
(b) because he knows there is a different
world on the other side
(c) because it is alien
5. Will does not go back to his world because
_____.
(a) life is difficult in his world
(b) he wants to learn about this new world
(c) it is difficult to see the old world Will can’t think clearly because ___.
A. He was very frightened in the
dark at night
B. He was excited when he saw a cat.
C. He was worn out. Post-reading2. Why did the cat behave strangely?
A. Because the cat put out a paw to
pat something invisible in the air
in front of her.
B. Because the cat came up to Will
when he held out his hand.
C. Because the cat approached the
patch of grass and then left back.3. Which of the following is TRUE about
the patch according to the text?
A. Will had cut the patch out of air.
B. The patch was almost square in
shape and less than a meter across.
C. From the most positions, the patch
was completely visible. 4. According to the text, we can know that Moxie was ___________.
A. the cat that vanished
B. a friend of Will
C. a tabby Will once fed
D. a homeless cat5. The phrase “be laden with” in the text means “___________”.
A. be burdened with
B. be full of
C. be covered with
D. be responsible forChoose the words from the box and make the summary complete.
While carrying a bag of shopping home, Will came across a tabby cat like Moxie. After 1. ________ her head against his knuckles, she crossed the road, tried to pat something 2. ________ and vanished.invisible, roughly, rubbing, scrambled, scent rubbing invisible Where the cat had vanished was a patch seemingly cut out of the air 3. ________ square in shape and less than a meter across and only visible from the side nearest the road. The patch was a hole through which Will 4. __________. No longer in Oxford, he found himself standing on a road of empty cafes and shops lined with palm trees under a star filled sky. invisible, roughly, rubbing, scrambled, scent roughly scrambled In the distance were green hills, houses with rich gardens and a gleaming white temple. The air was filled with the 5. ________ of flowers and the smell of the sea. Thinking this new world must be better than the world he had left, Will began looking for the cat, his guide.invisible, roughly, rubbing, scrambled, scentscent 1. Work in groups of three or four.
Tell the story of The Cat That
Vanished.
Each person in the group takes
turns to tell part of the story.SpeakingIf necessary, help the person who is
telling the story.
Example
Student A: The cat suddenly vanished
into the air, …I can’t
remember what happened
next.
Student B: A truck passed.Student C: And then, Will crossed the road.
Student A: Oh, that’s right. A truck passed and Will stood close to a tree. Then he crossed the road, trying to see the place where the cat had vanished. 2. Work together and try to guess
what happens next. 1. Make up a dialogue between Will and the cat.
2. Why did Will think that the new world was better than his own one? Give some reasons.
3. Why did Will call the cat his guide?