Unit 1 The written world Reading(1)：Appreciating literature 课件（25张PPT）

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Reading 1
Unit
1
Appreciating Literature
Today, we’ll focus on a novel, an example of _____________.
classics
Which of the following books have you read?
Who is the writer?
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Skimming
1. What is classic literature?
2. Who is Charles Dickens?
Classics are the antiques of the literary
world including novels, plays and
poems that were written a long time
ago and were so well written .
Dickens is England’s greatest writer.
Pip is the main character in the
novel Great Expectations.
3. Who is the main character in the
novel Great Expectations?
The structure of the text
Part one:
information about
Part two:
information about
Part three:
information about
classic literature
Charles Dickens
the book Great expectations
1. Why don’t many people read the classics?
Because they think they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.
2. What does Liz think about classic novels?
She doesn’t think that they are old-fashioned and boring.
Part one
Multiple choice
1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to __.
A. convince us to change our attitude(态度)
to classics
B. introduce Charles Dickens’ novels to us
C. suggest that we should read more
classics
D. make a summary of Great Expectations
A
2. Some people think that classics are old-fashioned because of the following statements except __________.
A. they were written a long time ago.
B. their language characteristics are quite
different from those of modern works.
C. they are difficult for people to understand.
D. they can only be found in bookshops and
libraries.
D
3. Which of the following is Not true according to the text?
A. Classics are also worth reading today.
B. We can find the value of writing and
wisdom in classics.
C. Classics have nothing to do with life
today.
D. Some classics have been adapted for
movies.
C
Part two:
When and where was Charles Dickens born?
3. What is written on
his tomb?
2. What books did he
write?
What is written on Charles Dickens’s
tomb?
On his tomb it reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
1. What are the main elements of a novel?

1. setting
2. symbol
3. plot
4. theme
5 characters

Part three
The main elements of the novel
1. setting a. mist
2. symbol b. what it means to
be a gentleman
3. plot c. England in the early 1800s
4. theme d. Pip, Joe, Estella
e. a stranger gives Pip a lot
5 characters of money, then Pip moves to
London and becomes a snob
2. What does Pip learn by the end of the novel?
He learns that wealth does not buy
happiness and that friends are more
important than a fancy education.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms


Water Margin
Journey to the West
A Dream of Red Mansions
Part 4: Homework

1. Read the text again and again. Try to memorize the language points.
2. Read the review of the famous novel Les Miserables in part B on page 105 of the Workbook.