[中学联盟]江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语选修八：Book 8_U1_Reading 1 课件.ppt

Four famous Chinese classics 1. 三国演义 a A Dream of Red Mansions /The Story of the Stone 2. 西游记 b Romance of Three Kingdoms 3. 红楼梦 c All Men Are Brothers 4. 水浒传 d Journey to the West Foreign classics The structure of the text Part one: information about Part two: information about Part three: information about Part one Questions: Multiple choice 1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to __. A. convince us to change our attitude(态度) to classics B. introduce Charles Dickens’ novels to us C. suggest that we should read more classics D. make a summary of Great Expectations 3. Which of the following is Not true according to the text? A. Classics are also worth reading today. B. We can find the value of writing and wisdom in classics. C. Classics have nothing to do with life today. D. Some classics have been adapted for movies. Part two: Part three 1. What are the main elements of a novel? Read part three and match the elements on the left with the correct examples on the right. The main elements of the novel 1. setting a. mist 2. symbol b. what it means to be a gentleman 3. plot c. England in the early 1800s 4. theme d. Pip, Joe, Estella e. a stranger gives Pip a lot 5 characters of money, then Pip moves to London and becomes a snob 2. What does Pip learn by the end of the novel? 4. What makes a good persuasive essay? Consolidation Matching exercise1 1. antiques a a section of a novel 2. vain b insisting on doing something 3. abuse c valuable things from the past 4. chapter d too proud of one’s abilities etc. 5. tension