Unit1[英语新视野教材].pptVIP

The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams By Long Xiaomei Ⅰ.Warm-up Questions What’s your opinion about money? Back The author tells us the true story of Anthony Williams, a man driven by greed to live out a fantasy of becoming a noble man by stealing what was entrusted to his care. 倒序法 引言法 演绎法 Back Flashback 倒叙法 In narrative writing, the author generally follows a certain order to keep the readers clearly oriented in time. In this passage, to catch the readers’ attention and arouse their interests in going on reading for more details, the author adopts flashback in which he first states the present situation and then goes back to the past events. Back The present situation : 1) What is going on now? (Para. 1) 2) What do people think of Lord Williams? (Paras. 2-4) 3) What is the result of Mr.Williams’ stealing what was entrusted to his care? (Para. 5) 4) What are the villagers’ responses to the case? (Paras. 6-8) Flashback 倒叙法 Back The past events: What crimes did Lord Williams commit? How did he spend the money?(Paras. 9-14) How was Lord Williams caught by the bank? What did the police do after they found Lord Williams’ crime?(Paras. 15-16) What was Lord Williams’ motive for the crime? (Para. 17) Flashback 倒叙法 返回 Back To portray the main character and reveal the theme of the story, the author sometimes applies direct speech and indirect speech which are vivid and convincing . Paras. 2-3 use indirect speech; Paras. 7-8, Para. 14 and Para. 17 use direct speech. 返回 Back The author brings some detailed points together to express a main point of view. Three details are described in part II (Paras. 6-8) showing the responses from the villagers to Mr. Williams’ case. Four details are stated in part III (Paras. 10-14) revealing how Mr. Williams spent his stolen money in creating a British lord. 返回 Back This part is the general background of the