Unit 9 The Pearl 斯坦贝克.pptVIP

Unit 9 Book 4 Unit 9 I. Text I II. Text II III. Guided Writing IV. Dictation V. Workbook Text I The Pearl I. About the Author II. Pre-reading Activities III. Text IV. The Main Ideas V. Questions for Discussion VI. Comments VII. Vocabulary VIII. Notes XV. Paraphrases Text I About the Author John Steinbeck (1902-1968) , American novelist and short story writer with strong working-class sympathies. He is known for his realistic studies of life among the exploited classes of the United States, especially the migrant farm laborers of California. His works include : In Dubious Battle (1936) which deals with a strike staged by migrant fruit pickers; Of Mice About the Author And Men (1937); and The Grapes of Wrath(1939), the saga of a farming family, refugees from the Oklahoma “dust bowl” who struggle vainly against the inequitable conditions of the California they once regarded as their “promised land”. More detailed: 1./mhenry/steinbeck/Home.html 2./MainFrame.html 3.Steinbeck and His Works The text is an excerpt from The Pearl (1947) ,a novella. 4.http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/steinbeck/the pearl.html 5. the summary of the novella Pre-reading Activities Think about the following questions before you read the text. 1.How do people usually think of pearl? As an ordinary piece of jewelry? A thing of great value? A useless ornament? Give reasons for your answer. 2. What might happen if a very poor person came into possession of a very large pearl of great value? Think of two or three possibilities. Text I Kino, a poor fisherman, has just found a very large and valuable pearl and is going to the nearest town to sell it. He needs money urgently to get medical help for his baby who has just been stung by a scorpion. Before Kino found the pearl, the only doctor available had refused to treat the baby because Kino could not afford to pay for the treatment.