1、Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit BOOK Teacher： S Lead-in 01 Do you like reading? 02 Why? 03 What books have you read? 04 What is the book about? Lead-in Guessing Game 1 1 Hint 1 He is adopted and named by his foster father. Hint 2 He fell in love with his sister. His sister also loves
2、 him. Hint 3 His sister got married with someone else. Hint 4 He began his revenge. Who is he? Heathcliff The book is? Wuthering Heights Guessing Game 2 2 Hint 1 Both his parents were killed by an evil wizard. Hint 2 He is adopted by his aunt. Hint 3 He has a scar on his forehead. Hint 4 He has alre
3、ady been famous around the wizard world. Who is he? Harry Potter The book is? Harry Potter series Guessing Game 3 3 Hint 1 He is a British consulting detective. Hint 2 He is from the nineteenth century. Hint 3 He likes holding a pipe on his hand. Hint 4 He lives in Baker Street, 211, the B room. Who
4、 is he? Sherlock Homles The book is? Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Read the excerpts on the book and try to understand the Read the excerpts on the book and try to understand the meaning.meaning. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well
5、; that whatever I devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. Classics can stand the test of time.Classics can stand the test of time. 我在生活中尝试做的任何一件事，我都是全身心地投 入去做的。 无论做什么，我都奉献了我的全部。 You can never have too much sky
6、. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. 你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下睡去
7、，醒 来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候，天空会给你安慰。可是忧 伤太多，天空不够，蝴蝶不够，花儿也不够。大多美好 的东西都不够。于是，我们去我们所能，好好的享用。 Which of the excerpts makes you feel like reading the whole book? Why? Extension 1. People involved Someone who writes drama is called a _. who writes poems is called a _. who writes short stories is a _. who writes novels
8、 is a _. playwright poet short story writer novelist 2. Masters and their works Who are they? Name some of their works. Charles Dickens Extension John KeatsWilliam Shakespeare O. Henry William Shakespeare Britain Playwright Hamlet; Othello; Macbeth; King Lear Nationality: Occupation: Romantic play:
9、Four tragedies: Four comedies: Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Nights Dream Twelfth Night As You Like It Extension 哈姆雷特哈姆雷特奥赛罗奥赛罗麦克白麦克白李尔王李尔王 威尼斯商人威尼斯商人 仲夏夜之梦仲夏夜之梦 第十二夜第十二夜 皆大欢喜皆大欢喜 Nationality: Occupation: Famous poem: John Keats Britain Poet Ode to a Nightingale Extension 夜莺颂夜莺
10、颂 Charles Dickens Nationality: Occupation: Famous works: Britain Novelist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities Oliver Twist David Copperfield Extension 远大前程远大前程 双城记双城记 雾都孤儿雾都孤儿 大卫科波菲尔大卫科波菲尔 O. Henry Nationality: Occupation: Famous works: American Short story writer The Gift Of the Magi After Twen
11、ty Years The Last Leaf Witches Loaves Extension 麦琪的礼物麦琪的礼物 二十年后二十年后 最后一片叶子最后一片叶子 女巫的面包女巫的面包 All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 所有幸福的家庭都是相似的，而不幸的家庭则各有各的不幸。 3. Famous quotes Extension It is a truth universally acknowledg
12、ed, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austine 凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的 真理。 Extension p To be or not to be, thats a question. p Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; take each mans censure, but reserve thy judgment. p Th
13、ere is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Hamlet 生存还是毁灭，这是个问题。 凡事需多听但少言；聆听他人之意见，但保留自己之判断。 其实世事并无好坏，全看你们如何去想。 Extension Ugly is next to beauty, deformitydfmti (畸形) is close to beauty, ugliness hides behind sublime sblam (崇高的事物), beauty and ugliness coexist(共存), light and darkness c
14、oexist. Notre-Dame de Paris 丑在美的旁边，畸形靠近优美，丑怪藏在崇高背后，美与丑并存， 光明与黑暗相共。 Extension Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. Ezra Pound 伟大的文学只不过是在最大程度上承载意义的语言。 埃兹拉庞德 Appreciation Homework 1. Make other books to guess. 2. Preview the text in Reading. THANK YOU
