module 3 reading

Module 3 Literature

Reading

Teaching aims :

1.Understand the passage by finishing the tasks.

2.Master the usages of the important words and phrases in the text.

3.Master the important sentence structures in the text.

Step I Fast reading

Read the text and choose the best summary.

A.The boys in the workhouse decided that they needed more food. Oliver Twist said that he would ask the warden for more to eat. The workhouse managers decided that Oliver must be hanged.

B.The boys in the workhouse were starving and choose Oliver Twist to ask for more food. When Oliver did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and locked Oliver in a room.

C.The boys in the workhouse chose Oliver Twist to ask for more food. When he did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and sent Oliver out to work.

Step II Careful reading

1. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The room where the boys were fed was large with pots at two ends.

B. The boys never needed to wash their bowls as somebody did that for them.

C. The boys slowly starved for three months and were wild with hunger.

D. For each meal, the boys could get one bowl of soup and 60 grams of bread.

2. Why did the boys choose Oliver to ask for more food?

A. Because he was tall and was too hungry.

B. Because he was good at telling stories.

C. Because he was brave and had rich experience.

D. Because his name was picked out after the boys wrote their names on a piece of paper.

3. We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. the tall boy’s father had kept a s mall cook shop

B. the poor suffered a lot and had no right in the old society

C. when Oliver asked for more, he was immediately locked in a room

D. Oliver Twist would be put into prison

4. When Oliver went to ask for more food, his feeling was ________.

A. hopeful

B. happy

C. desperate

D. excited

5. When Oliver asked for more food, the warden’s face became very pale because he was ______.

A. frightened by Oliver’s words

B. astonished at Oliver’s words

C. very angry about Oliver’s words

D. ill badly

Step III Consolidation

Oliver Twist and other boys in the workhouse slowly for three months and they became-____________________because each of them was only one bowl of soup. One day, the boys decided to choose one to __________the warden after supper and ask for more. And the boy who was chosen was Oliver Twist. with hunger and misery, Oliver walked towards the master and told him that he wanted more food. The warden was in complete _________that he had to hold on to the pot for support. ________had the boy asked again_____ the warden hit him and then Oliver’s arms while shouting for Mr. Bumble. The managers all agreed that Oliver would be . Then the little boy was immediately locked in a small room.

Language Points

I.Find out the phrases in the text.

serve the soup _______________________________

_________________________ 另外六十克面包（两种）

___________________________________ 他们坐在那里，用期待的目光看着锅

用这种方法

become quite wild with hunger

be/get used to doing

挑选出

_______________________ 窃窃私语

_______________________ 推某人

_______________________ 因饥饿和可怜变得绝望

完全绝望的盯着

________________________ 抓紧锅作为支撑

________________________ 以非常虚弱的声音

抓紧某人的胳膊

_____________ 表现出完全的吃惊

________________________ 我从俩没表现出像这样的事

没有人不同意这种观点

张贴通知

________________________ 提供奖励

II. Find out these sentences in the text and analyze the usages of the sentences.

1.The room in which the boys were fed was a large stone hall, with a large pot at one end .

in which引导从句；with a large pot at one end 在此句中充当成分.

2. The bowls never needed washing as the boys cleaned them with their spoons, trying to eat every