高考英语一轮专项突破课件：阅读与理解-—故事典故类（人教版）.ppt

阅读与理解(14)　写作意图题 (把握体裁，抓住高频词)　 故事典故类 阅读故事和典故一直是人们茶余饭后消遣的重要方式之一，无论是小孩还是大人都有许多精彩的故事，因此，此话题也是高考常涉及到的话题之一。 美文赏析 Todays word，pan，takes us back to the days of the gold rush① in California. On January 24th,1848，a man named James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in California.The news spread quickly.Thousands rushed west.They traveled on foot，on horseback and by boat to reach the gold fields.By 1849，the great gold rush was on.Towns and cities grew overnight. Throughout California—in the mountains，along the streams and rivers—thousands of people searched for gold. Some found areas of mountain rock thick with gold.These men got rich.But such areas were few and quickly claimed by the first men to find them.Others searched for gold in the rivers coming down the mountains.They were after pieces of gold that the rains had washed down from above. The only way to find this gold was by panning.First a gold miner put dirt in a metal pan and added water. Then he shook the pan so that the water would wash the dirt.Slowly，he poured the water out of the pan.If he was a lucky miner, pieces of gold would remain. Across the nation，newspapers carried stories of the gold being found.Each one hoped that the place he claimed panned out well－had some gold. For many，gold mining did not pan out.For a few，it panned out well.But in time，huge machines were built that could wash many tons of dirt at a time.Panning died out②. The word，however，remained in the language.Today, Americans still say，“It panned out well，”when something they have done pleases them.A business，a discovery，a simple event pans out well if it is successful.Unhappily，sometimes things do not pan out. In recent years，the word pan has taken on③ another meaning.Today，it also means to criticize.How it got this meaning is hard to discover.But the job of a critic④ is to sometimes pan the work of a writer，artist or singer. 【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍pan这个英语单词的一些典故。 一、阅读与积累 1．攻克疑难词汇 ①gold rush 淘金热 ②die out消失 ③take on雇佣；开始具有，呈现；承担