Para1
Para2 Para3 Paras 4,5,6 Para7
Careful reading
1.What was the relationship between London and Dickens’ novels? Dickens’ cast of characters live in London, the largest and richest city in the world. 2.What does Dickens’ novels describe? Every chapter of his novels describes the sights, sounds, and smells of the city, and provides a social commentary of London life.
Passage Structure
part1(1-2) Dickens,his novels and the city London
part2(3-6) three districts of London part3(7) New London
The structure and main idea of the passage
Homework
Finish the exercise on page39.
London
Dickens’ London
Module 3 Literature
Dickens` London
HARRY
No. 2 H.S.
Reading practice
Look at the title of the passage. What do you expect the writer to say?
Many of Dickens` novels take place in London, so this passage may be about the novelist,his novels and the city London.
3. Was London used to be clean? No. It’s filthy. 4.What was your general impression on London in the middle of the 19th century? It was the largest and richest city in the world but was very filthy . 5. What kind of place is the East End? It’s London’s poorest district, where children wore rags for clothes and women searched in dustbins for food.
In the 19th century London was a _______ filthy city
Part 2
Para2 Para3
poorest district － the East End London’s ________
Southwark , the Georage Inn
Para London’s ________ rich district. The old city of London, Somerset House, Law Court, Covent Garden market 4,5
Part Para. Main idea
Part 1
Para1
Relationship between London and Dicken’s novels. Dickens’ novels describe the city and social ___________ commentary of London life. provide a ________
language points
1.distribute...among...把.....分配给... distribute...to... distribution n. 分配，分发，分送，分布 2.a social commentary 社会评价 3.attain an acceptable standard of living达到可以接 受的生活标准 4.suffer from遭受 5.a lack of缺乏 6.be of concern (n.)=be concerned (adj.)
Look at the following pictures and talk about what you know about the London of Victorian Times.
Regent Street
Covent Garden柯芬园广场
The old City of London伦敦老城
The Old City of London
柯 芬 园 广 场
The West End
萨 默 塞 特 宫 南华克 乔治 旅馆
The East End
8.Why did few people miss London in the 19th century ? Because much of it was very unpleasant to live in
Para 6 The west End
Part 3 Para7
theatre district the ________ferent London is very ___________ today.
Group work
Retell the whole paras1-3 according to the following words: The largest and richest; wealth; distribute ;unfairly Filthy ;air;the River Thames;pollute ;causing disease and death The poorest;children; women ;port ;coaching stop
be concerned about/for/that. . . 担心…… be of no/great concern to sb. 对于某人来说不/非常重 要 have no concern with 和……无关
7.further west 再往西 8.from all points of the compass来自世界各地的 9.accumulate enormous wealth积累了大量的财富
Somerset House萨默塞特宫
the Law Courts皇家法庭
Fast Reading
Choose one from the five words “rich, poor, new, general, environmental” to fill in each blank.
Main idea general _______relationship between London and Dickens’ novels environmental the _____________situation of London in the middle of the 19th century poor in the East End living conditions of the _____ rich as well as Dickens’ places concerning life of the ____ works new London is different from the old one _____
6. How many districts were London divided into, according to Dickens? It was divided into three districts.(the East End; the old City of London; the West End) 7. Did he like the West End? Why? Yes, he did. He felt at home because he thought he would accomplish more with his drama than with his novels.
10.Close by are the Law Courts 11.at market在市场 12.feel at home感觉自在 13.accomplish more tasks 完成更多工作 14.mourn the passing of the old city哀悼古城的流逝 15.light-lit-lit点燃(v) 16.feel-felt-felt感觉(v) 17.fall-fell-fallen vt. 砍倒；击倒 vi. 落下；变成；来临；减弱