Unit 1 Appreciating Literature

Four famous Chinese classicsFour famous Chinese classics

1 A Dream of Red MansionsA Dream of Red Mansions

/The Story of the Stone/The Story of the Stone

2 Romance of Three Kingdoms

3 All Men Are BrothersAll Men Are Brothers

4 Journey to the West

Foreign classicsForeign classics

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Gone with the wind

Margaret Mitchell

Les Miserables Victor Hugo

Today, we’ll focus on the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens, an example of ___________.classics

Skimming

1.What is classic literature?

2.Who is Charles Dickens?

3.Who is the main character in the novel Great Expectations?

1. Classics are the antiques of the literary

world including novels, plays and

poems that were written a long time

ago and were well written and received.

2. Dickens is England’s greatest writer.

3. Pip is the main character in the novel Great Expectations.

The structure of the textThe structure of the text Part one:information about

Part two: information about

Part three:

information about

classic literature

Charles Dickens

the book Great Expectations

Listen to the tape and finish some exercises:

Part onePart one Multiple choice1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to __.

A. convince us to change our attitude( 态度 ) to classics

B. introduce Charles Dicken’s novels to us

C. suggest that we should read more classics

D. make a summary of Great Expectations

A

2. Some people think that classics are old-fashioned because 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.

D

3. Which of the following is Not true according 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.

C

Part two:Part two:1. When and where was Charles

Dickens born?

3. What is written on his gravestone (tomb)?

2. What books did he write?

Works by Charles Dickens

《雾都孤儿》《圣诞颂歌》《双城记》《艰难时世》《远大前程》《大卫 · 科波菲尔》

《 Great Expectations 》《 Oliver Twist 》《 A Christmas Carol 》《 Hard Times 》《 A Tale of Two Cities 》《 David Copperfield 》

What is written on Charles Dickens’s

gravestone?

On his gravestone it reads, “By his

death, one of England’s greatest

writers is lost to the world.”

1. What are the main elements of a novel?

Read part three and match the elements on the left with the correct examples on the right.

Part threePart three

The main elements of the novelThe main elements of the novel 1. setting a. mist

2. symbol b. what it means to

be a gentleman

3. plot c. England in the early 1800s

4. theme d. Pip, Joe, Estella

e. a stranger gives Pip a lot

5 characters of money, then Pip moves to

London and becomes a snob

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.

This is an example of character

development in Great Expectations,

that is, it is the change in Pip from

____________________________

to_______________________________

_________________________________

.

being concerned only with money

seeing that money is not the most

important thing in life.

DiscussionDiscussion

Can you think of some possible

endings for the novel?

ConsolidationConsolidation

Matching exercise 21 备受欢迎 soap operas

2 在世上占一席之地 would rather…than…

3 每次 have prejudice against

4 肥皂剧 have a place in the world

5 情愿……而不愿…… be well received

6 使……免受…… at a time

7 对……有偏见 … change(s) in ...

8 一心想…… character development

9 性格发展 set … free from

10 …… 的变化 be bent on

Fill in the blanks with Fill in the blanks with the following wordsthe following words

shallow husband fortune symbol gentleman Pip novel authors theme England

Great Expectations is my favorite book. It was

written by one of England’s greatest _______,

Charles Dickens, and is now seen as classic

literature. The main character in the novel is

________, a poor boy from England. He lives

with his mean sister and her ________, Joe.

authors

Pip

husband

The story is set in _______ in the early 1800s. It is misty

night when the story begins. Mist is a ______ for danger

and uncertainty used throughout the _______.

Later in the story, Pip receives a large sum of money from

a stranger. He uses the _____ to move to London without

any companions. He settles there so he can become an

educated _________. Pip changes from a pleasant young

man into a very _________ one. What it means to be a

gentleman is an important _______ in Great Expectations.

Pip is not really a gentleman because he is prejudiced

against Joe.

England

symbol

novel

fortune

gentleman

shallow

theme

Homework:Homework:

1. Read the text again and try to retell the story of Great Expectations..