Some people hold the idea that they are out of date because of their strange and difficult language characteristics .Besides, (4)____________ related they are not (5)________ to life today. The auther argues that classics something still have(6)________ to do with contemporary life, and that’s why many films adapted from them enjoy great popularity.
2. What kind of person is Joe?
Joe is a kind and simple man
3. Who gives Pip a lot of money? A stranger.
4. What kind of person does Pip become after he moves to London?
1.Still sold in bookshops 2.Many films adapted from them and wellreceived by people
Detailed reading
A 1. The writer wrote the passage mainly to __.
A. convince us to change our attitude(态度) to classics B. introduce Charles Dickens’ novels to us C. suggest that we should read more classics D. make a summary of Great Expectations
Multiple choice
2. Some people think that classics are oldfashioned because of the following statements D except __________. A. they were written a long time ago. B. their language characteristics are quite different from those of modern works. C. they are difficult for people to understand. D. They can only be found in bookshops and libraries.
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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812. He had a happy childhood. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school because his father was in prison for debt. He wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprise endings. He died in 1870. His tomb reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
5 characters
a. mist b. what it means to be a gentleman c. England in the early 1800s d. Pip, Joe, Estella e. a stranger gives Pip a lot of money, then Pip moves to London and becomes a snob
Homework:
1. Read the text again and try to retell the story of Great Expectations. 2. Finish the reading comprehansion about Charles Dickens in the evening exercise on page 76.
/Concept/ Meaning
novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were so well written that people still read them nowadays.
Different (3) attitudes ________ towards classics
Post reading:Group work Write a brief book report
1. 2. 3. 4. Writer ( ... be written by...) Settings (... be set in... ) Main characters Events ( attributive clause/ compound sentence/non-finite verb) 5. Resons( The reason why I love the ... is that ....)
Today, we’ll focus on the novel Great
Expectations written by Charles Dickens, an example of ___________. classics
1.The main elements of the novel
1. setting 2. symbol 3. plot 4. theme
Do you think it is worth appreciating the classic literature ?reasons?
1.Different language characters 2.Old and boring
3.Have nothing to do with our life
3. Which of the following is Not true according to the text? C A. Classics are also worth reading today. B. We can find the value of writing and wisdom in classics. C. Classics have nothing to do with life today. D. Some classics have been adapted for movies.
6. What does Pip learn by the end of the novel? He learns that wealth does not buy happiness and that friends are more
important than a fancy education.
Introduction to Charles Dickens and Great Expectations
greatest One of the (7)________ Charles writers in England, who Dickens was born in 1812, wellknown for his masterpieces Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. His death is a great loss to the literary world.
He becomes vain and ashamed of his background
5. Why is Pip embarrassed by his friend Joe?
Because Joe does not fit his rigid ideas of what it means to be civil and to be a gentleman.
How does the author try to convince the reader to read a book?
change our minds
give interesting facts but not enough to give away the story
want to read the book
Introduction Great to Charles Expectations Dickens and Great Expectations
Setting: England, in the early 1800s Main(8)___________: characters Pip; his older sister and her husband, Joe; Estalla Symbol: Mist Twist in the plot: Pip is offered a large fortune. Theme : What’s a (9)__________ gentleman? Character development: Changestake place to Pip in (10)________ the end, who has come to know the importance of friends and that money is not everything.