2006年高三英语Unit13 The mystery of the moonstone.pptVIP

* * Unit13 The mystery of the moonstone Wilkie Collins was born into an artist’s family in 1824 and died in 1889. In his lifetime, he wrote 25 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays. Wilkie Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens’. He was a superstar of Victorian fiction. Now he is also being given critical and popular attention. His detective stories are famous for the unexpected suspense. His novel The Moonstone is considered as the first detective story in the history of England. Pre-reading: What do you already know about the story The Moonstone? How many main characters in the novel? Who are they? Something about the Moonstone Get the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: sth about the moonstone some information about Rachel the tension and strange things caused by the moonstone sth happened at Rachel’s birthday party The Moonstone is missing and Sergeant Cuff’s discovering Para 6: Para 7: Para 8: Para 9: Para 10: the 1st suspect the 2nd suspect the 3rd suspect the 4th suspect Sergeant’s vital clue Post-reading: 1. Rachel’s birthday party was not a success. Why not? Several arguments and strange things happened: Godfrey proposed marriage to Rachel and was turned down, Franklin argued with Mr. Candy, and Indian entertainers arrived but gave poor entertainment. The passage also suggests a reason why the party was not successful might be the bad luck of the Moonstone. 2. Why did Sergeant Cuff think Franklin might have stolen the diamond? He is enthusiastic to help the investigation even though this makes Rechel very angry. Is he covering up hid guilt? Decide true or false: The man who stole the Moonstone left it to his sister’s daughter because he loved her very much. Godfrey was under suspicious for stealing the diamond because Rachel refused his marriage . Sergeant Cuff has one vital clue_ the stained garment . Franklin’s being love with Rachel made Dr Candy angry for Dr Candy lo