1、Unit4 Exploring literature _ The wonder of literatureLead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkGreat literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. _Ezra PoundLead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkWhat features does it have?Why is it classical
2、 and meaningful?WhyliteratureHow does it appeal to us?Brainstorming and predicting Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkWhat is the text type of the passage? A. Narration (记叙文). B. Practical Writing(应用文). C. Expository Writing(说明文). D. Argumentative Essay (议论文). Skim the article and an
3、swer the following question. Read for structureLead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkSkim the article and find out the structure of it.The passage part1tpart2tpart3tPara1 Para2Paras3-5part4tPara6A story.Some benefits of reading literature.Three qualities of literature.Definition of lite
4、rature.IntroductionBodySummary1. Whats the purpose of the story in Paragraph 1? A. To amuse the readers. B. To kill the time. C. To introduce the topic. D. To praise the man. 2. What does the unnoticed music of the old mean?Some beautiful things which people dont notice.Metaphor : compares one thing
5、 to another without saying as or like.It draws the readers attention to the similarities between the two.Paragraph 1Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkRead Para1 and answer the following questions. What does “Some such experience as this” refer to in the first sentence. the story of
6、the man and the child the study of literatureLead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 2Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkWay to enter and enjoy the new world.Benefits of reading literature.to love literature.to make an effort to explain literature.to appeal to ou
7、r spirit.dreams and magicto increase our knowledge about a man,the race, the natural and social environmentsParagraph 2Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race are the natural and social environment.The meaning?每本书的背后是一个人，一个人的背后是民族，民族的背后是自然和社会环境。Lead-inPre-readingW
8、hile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 2Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 3Why does the author give the example of a poet? A. To ask us to care the truth and beauty of literature. B. To ask us to read more poems written by the poet. C. To stop to look at the dead grass
9、and write poems. D. To stop to talk with a sensitive human soul. The quality?Its description of truth and beauty.Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 3What does the word “it” in the sentence “One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes befor
10、e” refer to?A. The dead grass.B. The poem.C. The quality of literature.D. The truth and beauty.Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 4The quality?Its appeal to our feelings and imaginaton.Why does the author give the example of Faustus? A. To appeal us to read the stories abou
11、t him. B. To seek the answer to his question. C. To prove that Helen is a beauty and hero. D. To tell that literature can bring readers imagination. Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 5The quality?PermanenceUniversal interestthe most basic of human naturelove and hatejoy an
12、d sadnessfear and hopePersonal styleNo writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences.Lead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomeworkParagraph 55.What can we infer from the passage?A. Some people are too sensitive to find truth and beauty in the real world.B. Lite
13、rature appeals to our feelings and imagination through what it says.C. A writer can express his own life and experiences through literature.D. We can create good literature only by imagining. To enter and enjoy the world of dreams and magic, we need1._(enjoy ) and understand literature. The first st
14、ep is to determine some of its significant qualities.The first quality of literature is its 2._ (describe) of truth and beauty. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a 3._ (sense) human soul brings them to our attention. The second quality of literature is its appeal 4._our feelings and imagi
15、nation. Its attraction lies 5._ (much) in what it awakens in us than 6._ it says. The third quality of literature is its permanence. Good literature7._(reflect) the most basic of human nature and also takes on 8._personal style. to enjoydescriptionsensitivetomorewhatreflectsaLead-inPre-readingWhile-
16、readingPost-readingHomework In summary, literature is the expression of life 9._ forms of truth and beauty, the 10._ (write) record of mans thought and feelings and the history of the human soul.inwrittenLead-inPre-readingWhile-readingPost-readingHomework1.Finish exerciseB1 and B2.2.Preview modal verbs.
