1、（madeofdingshangtuwenmadeofdingshangtuwen）Module 2 Fantasy LiteraturePhilip PullmanPeriod 1 ReadingIntroduction1.Read the passage and underline the words and phrases that show His Dark Materials is a fantasy story.Answers:The story takes place in several different words.a war that could destroy the
2、universewitches,talking bears and other strange creatures2.Read the passage in Activity1 again and answer the questions about the words and phrases in the box.Which of these words or phrases:1 refer to people?2 refers to someone who uses magic?3 refer to the most important people who have the main p
3、art in a story?4 refer to animals?adult,hero,heroine,witchwitchhero,heroinebear,creature5 means to happen?6 means very unusual or special?7 means to have influence in a situation?8 refer to ideas?take placeextraordinary play a partphilosophicalReading and Vocabulary1 Read the passage from His Dark M
4、aterials and number the sentences in the correct order.Will decides not to return to his world.The cat vanishes.The cat comes up to Will.Will climbs through a hole.The cat behaves in a strange way.531422 Match the words and phrases from the passage with their meanings.(p.12)1 to do things in a parti
5、cular way2 without any doubt3 someone who shows you which direction to go in4 to jump high into the air or over something 5 to make someone feel afraid6 a plant like a small tree7 to move nearer to someone or something8 to suddenly disappear9 to stop for a few seconds before you do or say something
6、because you are not surebehavedefinitelyguideleapfrightenbushapproachvanishhesitateThe main idea of the passageThe passage is about Will and a cat.The cat is a strange creature,who acts as Wills guide.She goes to another world through the patch in the air.And Will follows her without hesitation.Look
7、 through the passage once again and finish the chart below.Will CatTrying to decide what to doCame up to Will,then turned away and went across the road towards the bushes just past the trees,and there she stopped.Still watchingBehavestrangely:Watch more carefullyAfter another few seconds,the cat ste
8、pped forward,and vanished.Then he stood still,keeping his eyes on the place where the cat vanished.Came out of a gardenHeld out his handPut out a paw to pat sth in the air in front of her;then leapt back,with her tail help up.Approached the place again;patted the air once again;again she leapt back.
9、Will blinked.Answers for Activity 3,p.121(a)2(b)3(a)4(a)5(a)6(b)7(a)Answers for Activity 4,p.131(b)2(a)3(c)4(c)5(b)6(a)7(c)8(b)5 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.(p.13)1 Will was so tired that he could not think clearly.(too)2 As he tried to decide what to do,he saw a cat.(when)3 Wil
10、l saw the cat behave strangely.(way)4 There was nothing to really see.(anything)Will was too tired to think clearly.He was trying to decide what to do when he saw a cat.Will saw the cat behave in a strange way.There really wasnt anything to see.5 But he could only see it from some positions.(able)6 What he saw frightened him.(by)He was only able to see it from some positions.He was frightened by what he saw.Homework 1.Retell the story in your own words.2.Imagine what will happen after Will comes to the new world.
