1、Unit 4 Exploring literature Reading 1 The wonder of literature Pre-reading What is your favourite book? Why? 语 篇 理 解 精读演练 萃取文本精华 Fast-reading .Read the passage quickly and fill in the following blanks with suitable words. new world explain sig- nificant qualities truth and beauty feelings and imagin
2、ation permanence interest personal style .The main idea of the passage： . Some significant qualities of literature We can _ through the shell. The sounds are too faint for human ears. unnoticed sounds We can hear the unnoticed sounds through the shell. Paragraph 1 While-reading What is the function
3、of Paragraph 1? How is the story of the man and the child related to the topic of literature? Analyze Paragraph 1 While-reading Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature. the study of literature the story of the man and the child as analogy hear unnotice
4、d sounds notice unnoticed truth and beauty Paragraph 2 While-reading unnoticed truth and beauty We can see the unnoticed truth and beauty through literature. Paragraph 3 While-reading Literature awakens our inner _. As a result, sometimes we may even cry or laugh with the characters in the book. Mea
5、nwhile, literature inspires our _, allowing us to think more than the _ in the book. feelings imagination words Interpretation Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says. While-reading Paragraph 4 Imagination Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? While-reading Pa
6、ragraph 5 To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style. Translation 要实现这一点，它须包含两个要素：广泛的关切和个人的风 格。 While-reading Paragraph 5 Careful-reading Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. 1.The author mentions the story of a child and a man in the fir
7、st paragraph to . A.show that the boy was interested in music B.lead in the topic of the passage C.show that the man was knowledgeable D.tell us the nature was full of wonders 2.What is needed most if we want to fully understand a book? A.The writers personal life. B.The main characters life story.
8、C.The writers race. D.The natural and social environments the writer lives in. 3.What does the word “it” in the sentence “One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before” refer to? A.The dead grass. B.The poem. C.The quality of literature. D.The truth and beauty
9、. 4.Which of the following is NOT the most basic of human nature? A.Success. B.Sadness. C.Hate. D.Hope. 5.What can we infer from the passage? A.Some people are too sensitive to find truth and beauty in the real world. B.Literature appeals to our feelings and imagination through what it says. C.A wri
10、ter can express his own life and experiences through literature. D.We can create good literature only by imagining. Step 3 Post-reading .After reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks. We can get a lot of benefits 1. reading literature，as reading literature 2. (create) a world of drea
11、ms and magic for us.3._ (enjoy) and understand literature，we should know some of its 4._ (significance) qualities.The first is its description of truth and beauty 5. will remain unnoticed 6. some sensitive human souls bring them to our attention.The second quality is 7. (it) appeal to our feelings a
12、nd imagination.The third is its permanence，which contains two elements: universal interest and 8. (person) style.In summary，literature is the 9. (express) of life in forms of truth and beauty，the 10. (write) record of mans thoughts and feelings，and the history of the human soul. from creates To enjo
13、y significant which/that unless its personal expression written The man: The race: The natural and social environments: While-reading Review What is the wonder of literature? While-reading Appreciate the Chinese literary classic A Dream of Red Mansions by the three qualities. Post-reading Aspects De
14、tails What truth or beauty is described? What feelings or imagination is awakened? What universal interest is revealed? What personal style does it take on? 1. Read the whole text again and try to summarize it. 2. Write a short paragraph, judging your favourite book by the three qualities of literat
15、ure in the text. Introduce the book to the whole class. Homework 请预读下列课文原句请预读下列课文原句，并猜测句中并猜测句中加加颜色颜色词汇词汇的意思的意思。 1.Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature. _ 2.Let a little song appeal to the ear，or a great book to the heart，and we discover a new world，
16、a world of dreams and magic. _ 3.The first quality of literature is its description of truth and beauty. _ 即将发生，等待着即将发生，等待着 有吸引力有吸引力 描述，形容描述，形容 4.Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention，just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. _ 5.One
17、who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before. _ 6.Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says. _ 敏感的敏感的 灵魂；人灵魂；人 反映，显示反映，显示 有能力有能力 返 回 唤起，被唤起唤起，被唤起 Step 4 Sentence-learning 1.What amazed the child was not a new world，but the unnoticed musi
18、c of the old. 句式分析句式分析 本句的主语为本句的主语为what 引导引导的的 ，what在从句中在从句中作作 。 not.but.意为意为“不是不是， 而是而是”。 自主翻译自主翻译 让孩子感到惊奇的不是一个新的世界，而是一种未被人察觉让孩子感到惊奇的不是一个新的世界，而是一种未被人察觉的的 主语从句主语从句 主语主语 古老的音乐。古老的音乐。 2.In a word，we have now reached a point where we wish to enjoy and understand literature. 句式分析句式分析 本句为一个复合句本句为一个复合句。主干
19、部分是主干部分是we have now reached a point， 为为 结构结构；where we wish to enjoy and understand literature为为 从句从句， 修饰先行词修饰先行词point。 自主翻译自主翻译 主谓宾主谓宾 定语定语 总之，我们现在已经到了希望享受和理解文学的阶段。总之，我们现在已经到了希望享受和理解文学的阶段。 3.he opens a door through which our imagination enters a new world，a world of love，beauty and heroism. 句式分析句式分析
20、 本句为复合句本句为复合句。 是是句子的主干句子的主干，为主谓宾结为主谓宾结 构构，through which our imagination enters.为一个为一个由由 引导引导的定语从句的定语从句。 自主翻译自主翻译 _ _ he opens a door 介词关系代词介词关系代词 他打开了一扇门他打开了一扇门，通过这扇门通过这扇门，我们的想象力进入了一个我们的想象力进入了一个 新世界新世界，一个充满爱一个充满爱、美和英雄主义的世界美和英雄主义的世界。 返 回 Homework 1. Read this article aloud. 2. Finish the workbook. 谢谢 谢谢
