Englih reading.ppt

马克·吐温（Mark Twain，1835年11月30日－1910年4月21日）美国著名作家，代表作《The Adventures of Tom Sawyer》 安徒生(Hanz Christian Anderson , 1805—1875)　　丹麦作家 【教学目标】 1、 指导学生运用阅读策略获取信息，明白主旨大意，抓住内容细节，并能够学习文章中的重点知识 2、 指导学生学会知识的拓展应用 3、 通过阅读短文，帮助学生更加明白书籍对人们思想的影响，从而教育他们要多读书，读好书。 Read two passages and answer the questions Read passage 1 and choose the best answer （ ）1、How many works are mentioned in this passage? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five （ ）2、Guess the meaning of the underlined word “ published ” in paragraph 2. A. 惩罚 B. 出版 C. 撰写 D. 现在 ( )3、What does the underlined word(划线单词) “ them ” refer to ? A. The emperor B. Kids C. The little mermaid D. Anderson. ( )4、 How many languages have his stories been translated into ? A. 150 B. less than 150 C. more than 150 D. over 145 ( )5、What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The life of Anderson B. The fairy tales of Anderson C. The life and fairy tales of Anderson D. the little mermaid（美人鱼） Passage 1 Have you ever felt touched by the little mermaid（美人鱼）and her selfless love? Or laughed at the emperor（皇帝）with his new clothes? Around the world, kids have different childhoods, but many of them share one thing—the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson. April 2, 1805 is the birthday of the great Danish writer. People also celebrate it as International Children’s Book Day. Anderson was born in a poor family in Odense, Denmark. He began to write when he was 17, and published his first successful book of fairy tales in 1835. From then on, he wrote one book almost every year for another 37 years. “I have a lot of material,” said Anderson. “It often seems to me as if every little flower is talking to me.” In his life, Anderson wrote hundreds of fairy tales, and his stories have been translated into over 150 languages. His stories teach children many things about life and people. For example, the story The Ugly Duc