高二牛津版下8unit1reading.ppt

Huashi Senior Middle School Yanfang Tang Introduction to Dickens Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was born on 7 February,1812 in Portmouth, England. He had a happy childhood after his family moved to Chatham. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school because his father was imprisoned for debt. The poverty and adversity Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June,1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprising endings scanning Why don’t many people like the classics? 2. Does the writer also think classics are old-fashioned or boring? Read the text again and choose the best answers according to the text. 1. What makes classic literature difficult to read? A. they are old-fashioned. B. the language used in them is quite different from the language used today. C. they have nothing to do with life today. D. They are boring. 2. Which of the following statements is wrong? A. Clueless, the award-wining film is based on Charles Dickens’s novel. B. The film based on Great Expectations was released in 1998. C. At first, Charles Dickens published many novels in newspaper. D. Good classics are examples of great writing and wisdom. detailed reading: 1.What kind of person is Joe? 2.How old is pip when the story begins? 3.Who gives pip a lot of money? 4.Why does Pip move to London? 5.Why is Pip embarrassed by his friend Joe? 6.Who is Estella? 7.What does Pip learn by the end of the novel? 8.What is an example of character developmet in this novel? Pip , at the age of s________, helped a man who escapes from a prison. By the a_____ of 18 a generous stranger gives Pip a large f________ which sets him from f____________worries. So he decides to move to London where he soon d_________the short comings of being s________ and having p________, and even feels e__________about his old companions