选修10 unit 5 Reading.pptVIP

George Eliot describes the personal distress that people bring upon themselves when they behave badly according to the expectations of society at that time. Charlotte Bronte describes how emotional necessity makes people behave against the expected behavior of society. So they are both concerned with how a person’s feelings affect their decisions. 4. In which way were George Eliot’s books similar to those of Charlotte Bronte? Discussions: 1. What’s the main idea of the whole passage? 2. What’s the purpose of the writer? 1. What’s the main idea of the whole passage? The text tells us men and women have ______rights. Whats______, women are _______________, not mens accessories. Women can do ______________men can. Maybe women can do everything ______than men. It is wrong to _________________ against women. equal more independent anything better discriminate 2. What’s the purpose of the writer? The writing purpose of the author is to let us know the social background of that society, __________________people not only discriminated ___________race, sex and religion but also cared ________social status. In the 19th century, women weren’t independent and they were men’s accessories. The great living aim for a woman was to ___________a rich man. The author also wants to let us learn English _____________and that language. in which/where against about marry culture 1. Can you believe that there used to be a consensus in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses? 1) there used to be… 曾经有…… oppose = be opposed to doing.. 2) consensus n. 意见一致, 共同看法 reach a consensus 达成共识 The two parties have reached a consensus that they will support women leaders. 2. Clearly this restriction must have operated at a time when there was no equality of opportunity for women. 很明显这种限制在男女不平等的时代肯定会起作用的。 1). operate 操作；经营；运转；起作用；动手术. operator n. 操作员；接线员；话务员 operation n. 操作；经营；手术 operate on (upon) a patient fo