牛津英语选修八Unit1Reading (共25张PPT)

3. Who is the main character in the novel Great Expectations?
Pip is the main character in the novel Great Expectations.
The structure of the text
Part one:
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 oldfashioned and boring.
Multiple choice
1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to A__.
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
libraries.
3. Which of the following is Not true according to the text? C 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.
Part two:
1. When and where was Charles Dickens born?
2. What books did he write?
3. What is written on his tomb?
What is written on Charles Dickens’s tomb?
information about
classic literature
Part two:
information about
Charles Dickens
Part three:
information about
the book Great expectations
Part one
1. Why don’t many people read the classics?
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
The main elements of the novel
1. setting 2. symbol
3. plot 4. theme
5 characters
a. mist b. what it means to
be a gentleman c. England in the early 1800s d. Pip, Joe, Estella e. a stranger gives Pip a lot of money, then Pip moves to London and becomes a snob
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Oliver
Charles Dickens
Skimming
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 so well written . 2. Who is Charles Dickens? Dickens is England’s greatest writer.
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. 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.
On his tomb it reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
Part three
1. What are the main elements of a novel?
1. setting 2. symbol 3. plot 4. theme 5 characters
classics D. make a summary of Great Expectations
2. Some people think that classics are oldfashioned because of the following statements
except _____D_____.
Unit
1
Reading 1
Appreciating Literature
Today, we’ll focus on a novel, an example
of __c_l_a_s_s__ic__s___.
Which of the following books have you read?
Who is the writer?
2. Read the review of the famous novel Les Miserables in part B on page 105 of the Workbook.