外研版高中英语选修七Module_3Cultural_Corner

three spirits would visit him in the coming three days. The three spirits led him to the past, the coming now, and the future of his life. He was moved by the past enjoyment when he was young , and regret for the breakup with his girlfriend and the coming death of Bob Crotchet's little son which resulted from the low salary he gave to Bob Crotchet. What’s more, he was scared when he was dead, there was nobody around him and all his money was stolen by the washwoman and the cleaners.
Read the passage carefully and answer these questions. 1. What experiences from his own life did Dickens use in his novels? 2. What new information have you learnt about Oliver Twist? 3. How did Dickens’ novels help to improve English society?
All his possessions were gone, he even had no shroud to wrap his body. After the journey he changed. He became kind to the others and knew happiness was a feeling having little relationship with money.
2. What new information have you learnt about Oliver Twist? Students’ own answer. 3. How did Dickens’ novels help to improve English society? They made people aware of child poverty and made them want to do something about it.
(2) He was very unhappy, but later in life, he was able to write very well about poverty because he has actually experienced it himself. 他非常的不幸，但是后来，他能够 很好的诠释贫穷都是因为他切实的 亲自的经历过它。
1) She waved to attract the attention of the waitress. 她摆手以此来引起服务员的注意。 2) Children often misbehave in order to get attention. 小孩经常用不礼貌的行为来引起注意。 3) The purpose of the article was to draw attention to the problems faced by single parents. 这个文章的目的引起大家注意摆在单亲 父母面前的问题。
5.Some people believe that he had a heart
attack…
It is believed that he had a heart attack...
He is believed to have a heart attack…
6. Among the most famous are the David Copperfield …..
相关短语： pay attention to draw/call attention to sth. focus attention on sth. divert/distract/draw attention from sth. come to sb’s attention escape sb’s attention attract/catch/get sb’s attention get attention
4) He folded his arms and leaned back in
his chair.
他抱着双臂靠在椅子上。
5) He stood there, with his arms folded.
6) arms 武器
nuclear arms
appeal to arms 诉诸武力
take up arms against sb.
4. to throw your arms round someone
1) A young woman screamed and threw
her arms round his neck.
2) She held her baby in her arms.
3) She took him by the arm and pushed him out of the door.
外研版 高二年级(选修7) Module 3
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge was a mean, shrewd business man, who was friendless, alone and as cold as a fish. No one in the little town respected him and was friendly to him, except Marley who was his cooperator and died seven years ago. When Christmas Eve approaching, his Nephew Fred invited him to have dinner, but he refused in fear that Fred might want to get his possessions. And when two clerks visited him for asking him to donate money, he refused rudely. He even wasn’t willing to give his clerk Bob Crotchet a
Cultural Corner
Charles Dickens
Read the passage quickly and then give the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1: Charles Dickens’ birth and his schooling (education) and his childhood as well. Charles Dickens’ work or an Para 2: experience, which has influenced his fictions and stories. Para 3: Charles Dickens’ writing experiences. Para 4: Charles Dickens’ influence and contributions.
Language points
1.His father was put in prison because he could not pay his bills. go bankrupt
2. Dickens always had a huge amount of
energy.
a huge amount of 大量的(+不可数名词)
under arms 在战备状态
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5. What’s going on? (to happen) go on working go on with performance She went on to become a successful surgeon.
她坚持不懈, 最终成了一位成功的
外科医生。
1. What experiences from his own life did
Dickens use in his novels? His own father was in prison and he worked in a factory as a child; he was also very poor.
4) an attempt to draw attention away from the serious economic problems that face our country. 试图将大家的注意力从我们国家面 临的严重的经济问题转移开 5) This fact had not escaped the attention of the authorities. 这个事实并没有逃脱掉权威人士的 注意。
4.However, it brought child poverty to the attention of the public, and for this reason alone it is a very important novel. 但尽管如此, 这部小说使儿童贫困问题得到 关注, 就这一点而言它已是很重要的一部小 说。
a quantity of +不可数名词/可数名词
plenty of +不可数名词/可数名词 a lot of +不可数名词/可数名词 a great deal of +不可数名词 a good /great many +可数名词
3. bring sth. to the attention of sb. 使某人关注某事 这件事使大众关注儿童贫困。 It brought child poverty to the attention of the public.
Christmas holiday which was only once in a year. At night when he was in his dark and cold house by himself , he was visited by the ghost of his old friend Marley , who now is led a bad life just because when he was alive he never left business and money, so he had to make up for that by having a miserable journey without an one-second rest. Marley said to Scrooge that he still had the opportunity to change his destiny and
Go on to the next question when you’ve finished. As the days went on, it grew colder.
随着日子一天一天的过去, 天气逐渐
变冷。
She’s going on (for) 17.
她快要17岁了。
Translate the following sentences into Chinese. (1) His father was put in prison because he could not pay his bills. 他的父亲被送到监狱因为他付不 起账单。