Unit 1The written word 閑读一阅读美文，开启快乐学习之旅Fantasy literature has been distinguished from other forms of literature by its style and its freedom of expression; an author has the ability to use any story-telling element to strengthen the narrative①.Stories involving mysterious magic and terrible monsters have existed in spoken forms before the appearance printed literature. Homer f s Odyssey satisfies the definition of the fantasy genre® with its magic，gods，heroes， adventures and monsters. Fantasy literature^ as a distinct type，emerged in Victorian times. Symbolism plays a huge role in fantasy literature.J. R. R. Tolkien played a large role in the popularization③ and accessibility④of the fantasy genre with his highly successful publications The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954—1955). Rarely does one consider modern fantasy without thinking of the image of Tolkien and his creations. Tolkien was largely influenced by an ancient body of Anglo-Saxon myths，particularly Beowulf^ as well as modern works such as The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison. It was after the publication of his work that the genre began to receive the name u fantasy^. Tolkien!s close friend C. S. Lewis,author of The Chronicles of Narnia and a fellow English professor with similar interests^ also helped to publicize the fantasy genre. Authors such as John Flanagan^ J. K.Rowling，Terry Brooks，George R. R・ Martin，David Kier，Steven Erikson，Robert Jordan，Rick Riordan^ Scott Lynch，and partly Laurell K. Hamilton，and Angie Sage are maintaining the genre's popularity.Though it is not uncommon for fantasy novels to be ranked on The New York Times Best Seller list，to date the only fantasy novelists whose works have debuted⑤at number one on the list are Robert Jordan，George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman^ Terry Goodkind andPatrick Rothfuss.©narrative n. ©genre n. ©popularization n. ©accessibility n.⑤ debut v.［多积词汇］类型大众化，普及易接近，易受影响首次推出Section I Welcome to the unit & Reading — Pre-reading读橫——课文注译，扫除读文障碍............ ［原文呈现］............Appreciating literatureWhat is classic literature? Classics are the antiqlies①of the literary②world. They are novels, plays and poems 垃贸匹©理wHttCU a long time ago and were so well written that people still read themnowadays......... ［读文清障］①antique/aenti:k/zz•古董，文物©literary何/.文学的literature n.文学，文学作品③that were written a long time ago是that引导的定语从句，修饰先行poems o 词novels，plays and［原文呈现］I They are examples of great :I writing and wisdom, and even !can !I those written centuries ④I I I still be found in bookshops and \ III libraries today.: Because a lot of classics⑤:III I were written so long ago, their :characteristics ⑥ are : I languageII quite different from those of :! modern works.［读文清障］........... ©written centuries ago 是过去分词短语作定语，修饰those o⑤classic n.［C］名著，经典作品还可用作形容词，意为“典型的，经典的”。
⑥characteristic/ kaa^okla'rl stlk/w. 特征，特点“妙典型的，独特的，特有的［原文呈现］ This makes them difficult for some people to read, so they are often left to gather dust on shelves. Many people do notread them ，because they think classics are old and boring and have nothing to do with® life today. However^ if this is tme ，why do we still find these classics in bookshops andlibraries? They have not disappeared and still have a place in® the world. Why else would many films 辿血卩如 from them® be T ........................... ［读文清障］:⑦ have nothing to do \ with •••与 .... 没有关系 ! ©have a place in 在 ......\ 占有一席之地 I\ ⑨adapted from them 是i 过去分词短语作后置 \ 定语，修饰films o! ■:adapted from 意为 I “由……改编” osuccessful?［原文呈现］In 1995，an award-winning ⑩film b理浜d aL Jmuj Austell's novel Emma⑪ came out ⑫•Three years later，in 199& a modern adaptation ⑬of Charles Dickens1s novel Great Expectations appeared in cinemas. Nobody would bother to ⑭ make these classic novels into films if they had nothing to do withcontemporary⑮ life.［读文清障］........... ⑩award-winning 获奖的⑪based on Jane Austen's novel Emma是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰film。
⑫come out推出，发行，出版⑬adaptation兀・改编本（也作adaption）⑭bother to do费心去做，通常用在否定句中, 表示“懒得做”⑮contemporary °龙•当代的文学欣赏［第1〜3段译文］什么是经典文学？经典文学作品是文学世界里的古董。
占 "门是很久以得如此之| 游以至于今天人们仍然在阅读它们。
经典文学是杰出的创作应］智慧的典范，即使是几世纪前写的那些作品，现在依然可以詰］书店和图书馆里找到。
| 因为许多经典文学作品创作如此久远，它们的语言特色身孰代文学作品的语言特色有相当大的区别。
这使得一些人阅禎粗来有困难，因此经典文学作品常常被遗忘在书架上，落满玮纶。
许多人不读经典文学作品是因为觉得它们太古老，枯燥乏| |味，与今天的生活没有任何联系。
但是，如果这种观点是正确的，为什么我们今天仍然可以在书店和图书馆里找到这些经典文学作品呢？它们并没有消失，在当今世界仍占有一席之地。
还有，为什么许多根据经典文学作品改编的电影可以大获成功呢？1995年，一部根据简噢斯丁的小说《爱玛》改编的获奖影片问世。