Post on 25-Dec-2015
Four famous Chinese classicsFour famous Chinese classics
1 A Dream of Red MansionsA Dream of Red Mansions
/The Story of the Stone/The Story of the Stone
2 Romance of Three Kingdoms
3 All Men Are BrothersAll Men Are Brothers
4 Journey to the West
Foreign classicsForeign classics
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Gone with the wind
Margaret Mitchell
Les Miserables Victor Hugo
Today, we’ll focus on the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens, an example of ___________.classics
Skimming
1.What is classic literature?
2.Who is Charles Dickens?
3.Who is the main character in the novel Great Expectations?
1. Classics are the antiques of the literary
world including novels, plays and
poems that were written a long time
ago and were well written and received.
2. Dickens is England’s greatest writer.
3. Pip is the main character in the novel Great Expectations.
The structure of the textThe structure of the text Part one:information about
Part two: information about
Part three:
information about
classic literature
Charles Dickens
the book Great Expectations
Part onePart one Multiple choice1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to __.
A. convince us to change our attitude( 态度 ) to classics
B. introduce Charles Dicken’s 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. the language used in them is quite different from the language used today.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:Part two:1. When and where was Charles
Dickens born?
3. What is written on his gravestone (tomb)?
2. What books did he write?
Works by Charles Dickens
《雾都孤儿》《圣诞颂歌》《双城记》《艰难时世》《远大前程》《大卫 · 科波菲尔》
《 Great Expectations 》《 Oliver Twist 》《 A Christmas Carol 》《 Hard Times 》《 A Tale of Two Cities 》《 David Copperfield 》
What is written on Charles Dickens’s
gravestone?
On his gravestone 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?
Read part three and match the elements on the left with the correct examples on the right.
Part threePart three
The main elements of the novelThe 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.
This is an example of character
development in Great Expectations,
that is, it is the change in Pip from
____________________________
to_______________________________
_________________________________
.
being concerned only with money
seeing that money is not the most
important thing in life.
Matching exercise 21 备受欢迎 soap operas
2 在世上占一席之地 would rather…than…
3 每次 have prejudice against
4 肥皂剧 have a place in the world
5 情愿……而不愿…… be well received
6 使……免受…… at a time
7 对……有偏见 … change(s) in ...
8 一心想…… character development
9 性格发展 set … free from
10 …… 的变化 be bent on
Fill in the blanks with Fill in the blanks with the following wordsthe following words
shallow husband fortune symbol gentleman Pip novel authors theme England
Great Expectations is my favorite book. It was
written by one of England’s greatest _______,
Charles Dickens, and is now seen as classic
literature. The main character in the novel is
________, a poor boy from England. He lives
with his mean sister and her ________, Joe.
authors
Pip
husband
The story is set in _______ in the early 1800s. It is misty
night when the story begins. Mist is a ______ for danger
and uncertainty used throughout the _______.
Later in the story, Pip receives a large sum of money from
a stranger. He uses the _____ to move to London without
any companions. He settles there so he can become an
educated _________. Pip changes from a pleasant young
man into a very _________ one. What it means to be a
gentleman is an important _______ in Great Expectations.
Pip is not really a gentleman because he is prejudiced
against Joe.
England
symbol
novel
fortune
gentleman
shallow
theme