课件28张PPT。M8U1 The Written WordLanguage PointsTeaching Aims:Cultivate students’ ability to better understand how to appreciate literature.
Develop students’ ability to better cooperate with their team workers.
Encourage students to solve their own problems in study.
Help students to know how to use some words and sentence patterns correctly.
Practise students’ integrating skills.
Main contents:WordsPhrasesSentencesStep 1: review the passageWhat is c_____ literature? C_______ are the a______ of the l_______ world, which are still well received today. They are e_______ of great writing and wisdom. Many a___________ films are based on the classics. For example, in 1998, a modern a__________ of Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations, one of his best-known works, was released in cinemas. antiquesaward-winningadaptationclassicClassicsliteraryexamplesGreat Expectations is s____ in England in the early 1800s. The main character in the novel is Pip. He lives with his mean sister and her kind and simple husband, Joe. It is a m_____ night when the story begins. Mist is a s_____ of danger which adds interest, t______ and deeper meaning to the text. Later in the story, Pip receives a large sum of money from a generous stranger, which is a twist in the p______. plotsetmistysymboltensionHe uses the f________ to move to London.
He settled there so he can become an e_______ gentleman, but he gradually develops the shortcomings of being shallow and being prejudiced against his old companions, because he has rigid ideas of what it means to be c_____ and to be a gentleman. What it means to be a gentleman is an important t_____ in Great Expectations. By the end of the story, Pip learns that w________ doesn’t buy happiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education.fortuneeducatedcivilthemewealthStep 2: wordsPhrasesSentencesLet’s enjoy an adventure!Rules:
An individual job
Every student can be volunteered to take a step of the adventure, and each step is readied with a task
Only when the first volunteer finishes the task can the next one continue the adventure123456Task 2
Choose for fun7Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in branket.
What is _______ literature? ______ are the antiques of the literary world.(classic)
Because a lot of classics were written so long ago, their language _______ are quite different from those of modern works.
The author uses Pip, the main ________ to tell the story.
3. Why else would many films ______ from them be successful?
In 1998, a modern ______ of Great Expectations appeared in cinemas. (adapt)
4. The _____ Charles Dickens was born in England in 1812.
He first published many ______ one chapter at a time in newspapers. (novel)Keys: 1. classic; Classics 2. characteristics; character
3. adapted; adaptation 4. novelist; novels Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in branket.
Pip is in a _____ cemetery when a desperarte criminal appears and frightens him.
_____ is a symbol of danger in Great Expectations. (mist)
2. Our literary club always reads ________written by Robert Burns, a famous ______. (poem)
3. The former ____insists he is innocent of this _____though he has a ______ record. ( criminal )
Keys: 1. misty; Mist 2. poems; poet
3. criminal; crime; criminal Challenge again!
The soap opera “_________ Housewives(绝望主妇)” is so well received that people are __________ for the next season. It is about some women in ___________, who want to be loved ____________.Use the right form of “desperate”
Desperate desperate desperation desperatelyPlease choose a number and finish the task.Congratulations! You need to finish 3 tasks!1231. His tomb reads, ‘ By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world. Translate the following sentences!那个牌子上写着“止步”。 墓碑上这样写着: “他的去世令世界失去了一位最伟大的作家。”The sign reads “stop”.
2. Pip’s sister seldom has a kind word to say, but Joe is a kind and simple man, who would rather die than see any harm come to Pip. (L29) 皮普的姐姐几乎没有什么善言好语, 但乔却是一个善良淳朴的人, 他宁愿死也不愿看到皮普受到任何伤害。很多人宁愿看电影也不愿读原著。Translate the following sentences!Many people would rather watch the film than read the original work.
My guitar has just been _______________________
since I injured my hand.
Many films ________________ classic works.
3. A lot of new books _________ every day.
By the death of Ba Jin, one of China’s greatest
writers ____________ the world.
5. He _________winning at all costs.gathering dust on the shelfare adapted fromcome outis lost to is bent onbe lost to/be bent on/gather dust on the shelf/ come out /be adapted from Have some phrases in store!Fill in the blanks!______ it really means to be a gentleman is an important theme in Great Expectations.
This chang in Pip is called character develpoment, ____ is an important part of almost any novel.
__________ (lose) his parents, Pip lives with his sister and her husband Joe.
They are novels ______ (write) a long time ago and were so well written ____ people still read them nowadays. What which Having lost written thatPip dislike it when Joe comes to visit him in London.作形式宾语,代替由不定式,动名词或从句所表示的真正宾语。
Words with similar usage:like, hate, appreciate, love, enjoy表示情绪的动词Explore!我喜欢她笑时的样子。
我不喜欢别人问我的家事。Conclusion: words and expressionspoetry; poet; poem
character
novel; novelist
abuse
criminal
drama
fiction
author
playwright
generous
theme
vain
fancy
be bent on doing
live up to
be intended to do/be sth
be desperate for /to do
would rather do A than do B
on the run
have a good reputation for
have a place in
be adapted into
be lost to
touch on
Consolidation!Step 3I am just a farmer writing novels.Literature is a rather lonely field. It's not like films that attracts a huge audience, but it will never die.Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. the main character---- Jiu’er “Red Sorghum” Mo Yan has a good reputation for his novels. Many of his novels have been 1 into films, among which “Red Sorghum” is the most well-known. The story is 2 in Anti-Japanese War. The main 3 is a woman named “Jiu’er”, who is forced to marry an old man who owns a distillery(酒窖).
One day, in the field of sorghum, she comes across a man, YuZhanao, who falls in love with her. He is so desperate to be with her that shortly afterwards, her husband is 4 mysteriously. After his death, Jiu’er 5 the distillery and bent on making good wine. At last they 6 it.
However, good time does not last long. The Japanese come, forcing people to work for them. One of their workers, Luo Han 7 . Therefore, he is skinned alive. Jiu’er leads all her workers to fight against the Japanese. Rather than submit to the Japanese, they 8 die. What happens next? You’d better watch the film yourself.
1. A. applied B. adjusted C. adopted D. adapted
2. A. located B. set C. happened D. put
3. A. hero B. person C. character D. plot
4. A. worn-out B. abused C. rescued D. murdered
5. A. takes over B. takes to C. takes up D. takes in
6. A. produce B. buy C. have D. make
7. A. regrets B. resists C. reforms D. rescues
8. A. would rather B. had better C. would like D. prefer to Practice: Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Visitors rush to his old house, taking radishes and yams as a "special souvenir."Mo Yan
maniaWriting:
1. 简要介绍莫言其人及其成就
(literature; novelist; Nobel Prize; adapted films…)
2. 莫言热现象
(desperate; intend; be bent on; )
3. 你的看法 …
Consolidation