高中英语Unit 12 Integrating Skills课件.pptVIP

* * a. the book b. the author Frankenstein is one of the earliest books of science fiction.? It is considered one of the greatest gothic romantic novels of all time and Mary Shelley wrote it when she was only eighteen years old! (1797-1851) English Romantic novelist, biographer and editor . Wife of the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley(Prome-theus Unbound; Ode To the West Wind) Mary Shelly is best known as the writer of FRANKENSTEIN, OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (1818). Mary Shelley was 21 when the book was published (she started to write it when she was 18). The story deals with an ambitious young scientist. He creates life but then rejects his creation, a monster. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions: 2. Why do you think he created a being like man? 1.What did Dr Frankenstein want to do when he was young?? A. Answer the questions: 1. After he was sent to university, what did he think of the things taught at university? 2. What attracted his attention then? 3. Did he discover the cause of life? What still remained a difficult job for him to create a new life? 4.Where did the doctor collect his necessary materials to create the new life; and how big was the being? 5. Can you imagine how Frankenstein felt when he saw his creation for the first time? The sentence “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” means_____. B. Choose the right answer. I think my childhood was the happiest B. My childhood was not the happiest C. My childhood was as happy as other children D. No children were happy except me A 2. From “So I had to look for a road without having a map” we know_____ . B. He would not lose his way though he had no map. C. He had to draw a map in order not to lose his way. D. He would not succeed without a map.. . A He would explore the secret of nature by himself. 3. This passage is mainly about____. a plan for the writer’