Issue.945Mar.26,2012P.7CultureP.12hotshots.pptVIP

Issue.945 Mar.26,2012 P.7: Culture P.12: hotshots Bummer Chick-lit Passes Away General Questions Warming-up Discussion Detailed Study Warming-up Discussion Chick-lit passes away 1. Have you ever seen the film “Bridget Jone’s Diary” or “Vampire Diary”? And do you love them? 2. Why do you think these novels are popular? And What kind of people would love storyies like these? Go over the passage in 3 minutes and answer the following questions concerning general comprehension. Instruction General Questions Chick-lit passes away 1. What is Bridget Jones’s Diary about? 2. What is chick-lit? It’s about Bridget’s job, her poor self-image, her vices (overeating, getting drunk, smoking), her friends, family and love life. General Questions It’s literature for young women (and young men interested in finding out how young women think). Chick-lit passes away 3. What kind of main characters does chick-lit portray? 4. Why is chick-lit dying? Ambitious, materialistic, upwardly-mobile young women. General Questions Britain is suffering form economic crisis and ?The Shopaholic stories? seem irrelevant, even distasteful to many readers living in austerity-hit Britain Chick-lit passes away 5. What are women readers reading according to Literary experts? 6. According to Kathy Lette, what kind of character will be liked by women readers today? more complex, psychological novels by women. General Questions literary lionesses? Chick-lit passes away Detailed Study Read the passage closely and find out the following sentences. Instruction Chick-lit passes away 1. We learn about Bridget’s job, her poor self-image, her vices (overeating, getting drunk, smoking), her friends, family and love life. vice : a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behavior。 Jealousy is a vice. Chick-lit passes away Detailed Study 嫉妒是一种恶习。 2. The male love interest in both books is a character called Darcy. male