Unit1Thewrittenword教材背景链接课件(牛津版选修八）.ppt

Unit 1　The written word教材背景链接;We must accept finite disappointment，but we must never lose infinite hope. —Matin Luther King 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 ——马丁·路德·金 ;Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —Albert Einstein 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 ——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 ;　古人云：“书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉。” 其实，对于任何人而言，读书最大的好处在于：它让求知的人从中获知，让无知的人变得有知。下面我们先了解一些基础的文学常识。;William Shakespeare The great English poet, playwright William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in a small town in the UK. ;Shakespeare attended Stratford Grammar School in his youth, where he studied theatre and acting, as well as Latin literature and history.His study of literature there had a strong influence on his later works. ;Although he received a good basic education, but didn’t have university education.Shakespeare worked in many different fields before he began working as a professional playwright.During his lifetime，he wrote thirty-seven plays. ;William Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two.He was rich and successful.You still can see his plays in English and many other languages today.He is considered as one of the greatest writers in history.;Find the words in the passage that fit the following descriptions. 1．____________　a writer of poems(the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) 2．____________　the art of writing and producing plays;3．____________　stories，poems and plays，especially those that are cosidered to have value as art and not just entertainment 4．____________　the period of time when someone is alive