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1、Appreciating literatureReading Part one:information aboutPart two: information aboutPart three: information about classic literatureCharles Dickensthe book Great Expectations1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? 2. What does the writer of this essay want to do?3. How does the author try to conv

2、ince the reader?1. What does a persuasive essay try to do? To convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view.2. What does the writer of this essay want to do?To persuade us to appreciate classic literature.3. How does the author try to convince the reader?At the start _Then_ the writer asks us

3、 to change our minds about classic literature. she gives us interesting facts about Charles Dickens and his book, Great Expectation, which makes us want to read the book at the end of the essay. 2. Why dont many people read the classics?3. What does Liz think about classic novels?Because they think

4、they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.She doesnt think that they are old-fashioned and boring.1. What is classic literature? Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written a

5、nd received.Multiple choice1. The writer wrote part one mainly to _.A. convince us to change our attitude to classicsB. introduce Charles Dickens novels to usC. suggest that we should read more classics D. make a summary of Great ExpectationsA2. Some people think that classics are old-fashioned beca

6、use 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.D3. Which of the following is Not true acco

7、rding 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.C1. When and where was Charles Dickens born? 3. What is written on his tomb? 2. What book

8、s did he write?He was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812.Works by Charles Dickens雾都孤儿雾都孤儿圣诞颂歌圣诞颂歌双城记双城记艰难时世艰难时世远大前程远大前程大卫大卫科波菲尔科波菲尔 Great Expectations Oliver TwistA Christmas CarolHard TimesA Tale of Two CitiesDavid CopperfieldWhat is written on Charles Dickenss gravestone?On his gravestone it read

9、s, “By his death, one of Englands greatest writers is lost to the world.”What are the main elements of a novel ? character 人物人物setting 场景场景theme 主题主题plot 情节情节symbol 象征象征(1)_ Pip, Joe, Estella(2)_England in the early 1800s symbol(3)_(4)_What it means to be a gentleman(5)_A stranger gives Pip a lot of

10、 money, then Pip moves to London and becomes vain and ashamed of his backgroundGreat ExpectationscharacterssettingmistthemeplotDetailed reading 1.What kind of person is Joe? 3. What is the condition for Pips receiving the fortune?4. Why is Pip embarrassed by his friend Joe?6.What does Pip learn by t

11、he end of the novel? 7. What is the change in Pip called? 2.What does mist symbolize in the story?5. What is Pip bent on?Summary 37期双语报期双语报B1版版 课文理解课文理解 Close reading Wisdom 2. language 3. films 4. 1870 5.England 6. characters 7. twist 8. theme 9. wealth 10.developmentCan you think of some possible

12、endings for the novel ?Pip decides to go abroad to work. Returning many years later, he meets Estella in the ruined garden. Her husband, treating her badly, is now dead. Pip finds that Estellas coldness and cruelty have been replaced by a sad kindness, and the two leave the garden hand in hand. Pip

13、believing that they will never part again. I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her. 我把她的手握在自己手中，一同走出这片废我把她的手握在自己手中，一同走出这片废墟。记得在很久之前我第一次离开铁匠铺时，墟。记得在很久之前我第一次离开铁匠铺时，正值晨雾刚刚消散；现在我们刚走出废墟，正值晨雾刚刚消散；现在我们刚走出废墟，夜雾也正开始消散。一片广阔的静寂沉浸在夜雾也正开始消散。一片广阔的静寂沉浸在月色之中，似乎向我表明，我和她将永远一月色之中，似乎向我表明，我和她将永远一起，不再分离。起，不再分离。22 结束语结束语