高中英语外研版高中选修6Module2FantasyLiterature选修.docx
Book 6 Module 2Period 1: ReadingThe Cat That VanishedObjective1. To learn about fantasy literature2. To learn to read with strategiesFocusWordsvanish, blink, shape» doubt, bend» hesitate, shine» drcam, awake, revenge, marry, punish, possessExpressionsbehave strangely, stand stilL know without any doubt that., know. as strongly as., climb through the hole in the walls, stand under a line of (all trees, have the scent of flowers, look around carefully, shine down over., dream but awake at the same timePatterns1. She came out of a garden to where Will was standing.2. Still watching, Will saw the cat behave strangely.3. Then she leapt back, with her tail held up.4. When it had gone past he crossed the road, keeping his eyes on the place where the cat had vanished.5. It looked as if someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two meters from the edge of the road.ProceduresWarming up1. Warming up by learning about “fantasy”2. Warming up by learning about “Philip Pullman”Pre-reading1. Go over ihe word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.2. Go to page 11 to read first His Dark Materials and The Cat That Vanished.Reading1. Try to cut the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.2.till in the necessary informationWhat did Will see one night? "esa卬 .Where did the cat stop? 4 cat stoDDed 卬力e/r he 卬“s standing.How did Will see the cat behave? He svw he cal behave siranweN.What did the cat do then? It stepped forward, and vanished.What did Will do then? He looked more c/ose/y, he saw " Where could Will see it? From a patch of grass.What did Will know about that patch of grass? He knew thai paich of grass was in a different world.What was Will looking at? He was looking asomeihiiia that 卬as very alien.What did Will do then? He climbed ihrouRh the hole in ihe walk of this world and inlo cmoihenWhere was Will standing? Standing under a line of fall irees.What did Will do then? He looked around care fid 卜.What was beside him in the air? Jin ihat paich in ihe air.What did Will do then? Feeling ihai he was dreamEa but awako at the sameiine, he slood up and looked around for【he cal, his 史uide.Post-readingCopy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book and make your own sentences with them.Appendix:Warming up 1: about “fantasy”Hello, class! We have come to Module 2 Fantasy LiteraturePhilip Pullman. But what is fantasy? Who is Philip Pullman?Fantasy is a kind of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. The genre is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by overall look, feel, and theme of the individual work, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction). In its broadest sense, fantasy covers works by many writers, artists, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends, to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today.As with other forms of speculative fiction, actions and events in fantasy very often differ from those possible in consensus reality. In many cases, especially in older works of fantasy but in many modern works as well, this is explained by means of divine intervention, magic, or other supernatural forces. In other cases, most frequently in works of modem fantasy in the high fantasy subgenre, the story might take place in a fantasy world that is wholly different from our own, complete with distinct laws of nature that permit magic.Warming up 2: about Philip Pullman”PHILIP Philip Pullman was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part PULLmAH of his life was spent traveling all over the world, because his father and then his stepfather were both in the Royal Air Force. He spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he first met the wonders of comics, and grew to love Superman and Batman in particular.From the age of 11, he lived in North Wales, having moved back to Britain. It was a time when children were allowed to roam anywhere, to play in the streets, to wander over (he hills, and he took full advantage of it. His English teacher. Miss Enid Jones, was a big influence on him, and he still sends her copies of his books.After he left school he went to Exeter College, Oxford, to read English. He did a number of odd jobs for a while, and then moved back to Oxford to become a teacher. He taught at various middle schools for twelve years, and then moved to Westminster College, Oxford, to be a part-time lecturer. He taught courses on the Victorian novel and on the folk tale, and also a course examining how words and pictures fit together. He eventually left teaching in order to write full-time.His first published novel was for adults, but he began writing for children when he was a teacher. Sonic of his novels were based on plays he wrote for his school pupils, such as The Ruby In The Smoke.Philip still lives in Oxford, and he writes in a shed at the bottom of his garden. The shed contains two comfortable chairs (one for writing in, one for sitting at the computer in), several hundred books, a six-fbot-long stuffed rat which took a part in his play Sherlock Holmes and the Lime house Horror, a guitar, a saxophone, as well as the computer, decorated with dozens of brightly colored artificial flowers attached to it by Blu-Tack.Blu-Tack plays a big part in Philip Pullman's writing process. With it he sticks to the wall pictures, notes, posters, reminders, postcards, book jackets, anything that will stay there.Another product of technology that Philip can't do without is Post-it Notes, the smallest yellow ones in particular. They are very useful for planning the shape of a story: he writes a brief sentence summarizing a scene on one of them, and then puts them on a very big piece of paper which he can fill with up to sixty or more different scenes, moving them around to get the best order.Philip Pullman believes firmly in the virtues of healthy exercise and a moderate diet - for other people. It makes them feel virtuous, and makes them feel good if not happy. The most exercise he normally takes is unscrewing the top of the whisky bottle. If he liked the taste of tobacco, he would smoke vigorously. He is fond of sport, and plays it by watching television. He is a big fan of Neighbors, but that is the only soap he watches, as Neighbors gives him quite enough to think about.He is married to Jude. Their son Jamie is a viola player, and their younger son Tbm studies music at university.As far as he can tell, Philip Pullman is moderately harmless and useful. He would like to carry on doing what he's doing now, and there seems no reason why he shouldn't, but if it suddenly became against the law to write stories, he would break the law without a second's hesitation.Reading 1His Dark Materialsby Philip PullmanHis Dark Materials is one of ihe greatest faniasy novels/ ever written. The story takes place/ in several different worlds. The heroine is a young girl/ called/ Lyra/ and the hero is a boy/ called/ Will. In the first book, Ly as scientist father makes it possible/ to enter other worlds. The children have many extraordinary adventures/ in tht sc different worlds, and play an imporlani pari,' in a war/ that could destroylhe universe. I(*s an exciling novel/ with witches, talking bears, and other strange creatures. It is also veiy philosophical, with ideas/ that both adults and children will < nioy.TliC Ciit That vanishedAl this time of night/ there was very little iraffic, and the road/ where he stood/ was quiet, with comfortable houses, and (rees/ along bolh sides of ihe road. Will was so tired that he could not think clearly/ but as he >tood trying to decide what to do, he saw a cat.She came out of a garden/ to where Will was standing. Pulling down his shopping bag, Will held out his hand, and the cat came up/ to him. Then/ she turned away/ and went across the road, towards the bushes/ iust past htrees, and/ there/ she stopped.Still watching, Will saw the cat behave strangely. She put out a paw/ to pal something/ in the air/ in fr)nt of her, something/ that was invisible/ to Will. Then/ she leapt back, with her tail/ held up. Will knew cat be wviour and watched more carefully. The cat aiwroached the place/ again, just an empty patch of grass/ between the t ees and the bushes, and patted the air/ once more.Again/ she leapt back, bu( less far/ and with less fear/ this lime. Aller another few seconds, the :at stepped forward > and vanished.Will blinked. Then/ he stood stilb close lo ihe nearest iree. as a truck -assed by. When it had -one r)as he crossed the road, keeping his eyes/ on the place/ where the cat had vanished. It wasn't easy, because there was noth ng to really see, but/ when he came to the place/ and looked more closely, he saw it.But/ he could only see it/ from some positions. It looked as if someone had cut a patch/ out of【he air, about two metres/ from ihe edge of the road. The patch was almost square/ in shape/ and lesshan a metre across. From most positions, It was nearly invisible, and it was completely invisible/ from behind. You could only see i(/ from the side/ nearest the road, and/ you couldn't see it easily/ even from there. On the other side of the patch was exaci ly the same thing/ that was on rhis side: a patch of grass.But/ Will knew/ without any doubt/ that/ that patch of grass /on the other side/ was in a different world.He couldn't possibly have said why. He knew it/ as strongly as he knew that/ fire burned/ and kindnes; was good. He was loukinx at somelhine/ that was very alien.And/ for that reason only, he bent down and looked through. What he saw/ frightened him, but he didn't hesitate. Pushing his shopping bag【hrough, he climbed through ihe hole/ in the walls of (his world/ and into another.He was standing/ under a line of tall trees. Like the trees/ in his own town, they grew/ in a line/ alone he road. But this was ihe cenire of a o,ide road, and al【he side of ihe road/ was a line of cafes/ and small shops, all completely silent and empty/ under a dark sky. The hot night had the scenl of flowers/ and the salt smell of the sea.Will looked around carefully. Behind him/ the moon shone down/ over green hills, and/ on the slopes of these hills/ there were houses/ with rich gardens/ and an open park.Just beside him/ was that patch/ in the air. It was as difficult to see/ from this side as from the other, b it definitely there. Bending (o look through, he saw the road /in his own town, his own world. He turned quickh away. Allhoueh heknew nothing/ al all/ aboul this world, it had to be better than the life/ he had just left. Feeling that/ he was dreaminu/ but awake/ at the same time, he stood up /and looked arnund/ for rhe cat、his cuide.Post-readingUseful expressions from His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman:take place in several different worlds enter other worldsplay an important part in.one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written a young girl called. in the first book have many extraordinary adventuresdestroy the universean exciting novelUseful expressions from The Cat That vanishedat this time of nightvery little trafficcomfortable housesalong both sides of.think clearlycome out of a gardenput down.hold out.come up to.turn awaygo across.behave strangelyput out.pat.in the airin front of herbe invisible to.leap backwatch carefullyapproach. againan empty patch of. with less fearthis timestep forwardstand stillclose to.pass bycross the roadkeep one's eyes on.see. from some positionscut. out of.about two metres from.square in shapea metre acrossinvisible from behindsee. from the side nearest.on the other side of.a patch of.know without any doubt that.in a different worldknow. as strongly as.for (hat reason onlybend downlook throughpush. throughclimb through the hole in the wallsstand under a line of tall treesin a linealong the roadthe centre of a wide roadat the side of.under a dark skyhot nighthave the scent of flowerslook around carefullyshine down over.houses with rich gardens and an open parklook throughturn quickly awayknow nothing at all about.dream but awake at the same time Closing down by reading about "The Cat That Vanished”Additional MaterialsComplete the article with one word in each blank:At this _1 of night when there was very little traffic, Will 2_ out of his comfortable houses _3walked along the side of the street. lie tried to think 4, but he couldift.Suddenly he saw a cat coming out of a garden, patting one of his _5the air, and disappearedin a patch out of the air.Will crossed the road, keeping his eyes on the6_ where the cat had vanished.All of a _7Will got to know without any _8that the cat had gone to a different world.He climbed through the hole in the walls, and _9himself standing under a line of tall trees10_ a different world.Will thought that he was dreaming but awake at the same time.(key: 2. came 3. and 4. clcarly5. paws 6. place 9. found 10. in )1. sAnswer the reading comprehension questions:1. What does patch mean in the text?A. A dressing or covering applied to protect a wound or sore.B. A pad or shield of cloth worn over an eye socket or an injured eye.C. A small piece, part, or section, especially that which differs from or contrasts with the whole: a patch of thin icc; patches of sunlight.D. A small plot or piece of land, especially one that produces or is used for growing specific vegetation: a briar patch; a bean patch.2. The word “alien“ in the passage means:A. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents.B. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign.C. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.D. Mysterious, and strange in appearance.3. Which of the followings is not mentioned in the passage?A. Will was so tired that he could not think clearly but as he stood trying to decide what (o do, he saw a cat.B. Putting down his shopping bag, Will held out his hand, and the cat came up to him.C. Still watching, Will saw the cat behave strangely.D. Will knew someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two metres from the edge of the road.4. The cat that vanished is Will's.A. guide B. pet C. teacher D. servant(Keys: ABDA)
