2. Have you at least read the back of the book to see what it’s about? 至少你已经读过书的背面，了解了它的 大致内容吧？
此句中的动词see表示“(通过查看、打 听等)弄清、了解；查看、发现(信息或 事实)”。作这种用法时，see常接how, what, when等引导的宾语从句。
《小妇人》
___ Treasure Island 《金银岛》
___ Olive Twist 《雾都孤儿》
___ Robinson Crusoe ___ Tom Sawyer 《鲁滨逊漂流记》 《汤姆·索亚历险记》
Let’s learn the new words.
1. treasure n. 珠宝，财富 （不可数名词）；珍藏品（可数名词） e.g. They went to there to look for
run towards → run to land n. 陆地，大地（不可数名词）
on land 在陆地上
Read the passage and answer
3a
the following questions.
1. What does Robinson Crusoe wait for? Another ship.
gun n. 枪（可数名词）— guns; with a gun 用枪
sand n. 沙滩，沙（不可数名词）
else adv. 其他的，别的 — something else 别的东西, what else 别的什么
cannibal n. 食人肉者（可数名词）
— cannibals towards prep. 朝，向，对着
Amy: Yes, I know… 是的，我知道…
1) due adj. 预定；预期；预计 后边引出预期的时间、地点等，还常 常构成短语be due (to do something) 或be due (for something)。
e.g. Our plane is due at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 12:30. 我们的飞机预计于12：30降落在上海虹 桥国际机场。
1b Listen and complete the chart.
Book Name Have they
Title
read it?
Treasure Nick
×
Island Judy
√
Robinson Sandy
×
Crusoe Alan
√
Little Kate
√
women Harry
×
What do they think of it?
Sentences: 1. Have you ever read Little Women yet?
你曾经看过小妇人吗？
2. What’s it like? What’s it about? 它是关于什么的？
3. Oliver Twist is about a boy who goes out to sea and finds an island full of treasures.《雾都孤儿》是一个男孩去海 边发现一个充满珍宝的岛的故事。
e.g. A: He lives in the countryside but works in the city during the week.
他住在乡下，但工作日在城里上班。
B: Oh, I see. 哦，我知道了。
Phrases: hear of 听说 be like 像……一样 go out 出去 full of 充满 finish doing sth. 做完某事 be about 关于 grow up 长大 put +代词+ down 把……放下 hurry up 快点
3. You should hurry up. 你需要加快速度。
hurry up 赶快；(急忙)做某事 e.g. Hurry up, or we cannot get to the
railway station on time. 快些，否则我们不能按时赶到火车 站了。
4. Steve: …The book report is due in two weeks.
2. Why does Robinson Crusoe call the man Friday? Because that was the day he met the man.
five days.
5. There are some big __i_s_la_n_d_s__ (岛) in our country.
6. My father has a box full of _t_r_ea_s_u_r_e_s__ (珠宝).
Learn the new words and expressions by heart.
exciting
wonderful fantastic
1c Practice the conversation. Then talk about the other books in 1a.
A: Have you read Little Women yet? B: No, I haven’t. Have you? A: Yes, I have already read it. B: What’s it like? A: It’s fantastic.
Have you ever read these books? What’s it about?
2d Role-play conversation.
1. Oliver Twist is about a boy who goes out to sea and finds an island full of treasures. 《雾都孤儿》是一个男孩去海 边发现一个充满珍宝的岛的故事。 full of 满是……的；(有)大量的 e.g. The area is full of beautiful lakes and rivers. 这个区域有大量美丽的湖泊和河流。
treasure. 他们去那儿寻宝。 This museum has many art treasures. 这家博物馆收藏了许多艺术珍品。
2. island n. 岛（可数名词） e.g. an island 一个岛屿 Treasure Island 宝岛
3. classic n. 名著；经典著作（可数名词） e.g. I like reading classics. 我喜欢阅读名著。
e.g. He agreed to go with me to see what was wrong. 他同意跟我去了解一下毛病出在哪里。
First of all, we need to take some time to see how it works. 首先，我们需要花些时间了解一下它 是如何运作的。
Look at the picture. Have you read these books?
1a Have you read these books? Check (√) the ones you know.
___ Alice in Wonderland ___ Little Women
《爱丽丝梦游仙境》
4. page n. 页（可数名词） e.g. five pages 5页 on page 5 在第五页上
5. hurry v. 匆忙，赶快
词组：
in a hurry (n.) 匆忙地
hurry to do sth. 匆忙地做某事；
hurry to+地点 匆忙地赶到某地；
hurry up
快点 赶快
1. I hear some of us like reading _c_la_s_s_ic_s_ (名著).
2. How many _p_a_g_e_s (页) have you read? 3. It’s already 7 o’clock. Let’s _h_u_r_r_y__u_p
(赶快). 4. The book report is _d_u_e__ (到期) in
(F)
2. Robinson Crusoe is a classic. ( T ) 3. Tina thinks that Treasure Island is a
fantastic book.
( T)
4. Tom Sawyer is about a boy who lives in
the United Kingdom.
(F )
2c Use the information in 2a and 2b to talk about the books.
A: Has Tina read Treasure Island? B: Yes, she has. She thinks it’s fantastic. A: What’s it about? B: It’s about…
4. Steve, have you decided yet which book to write about for English class? 史蒂文，你决定为英语课写哪本书了吗？
5. The book report is due in two weeks. 读书报告两周后必须完成。
根据所给汉语填空。
Robinson Crusoe
《的现实主义回忆录式冒险 小说。作者受一个苏格兰水手海上遇险的经历启 发写成的。
《鲁滨逊漂流记》是一部流传很广，影响很 大的文学名著。它表现了强烈的资产阶级进取精 神和启蒙意识。作者用生动逼真的细节把虚构的 情景写得使人如同身临其境，使故事具有强烈的 真实感。小说主人公鲁滨逊也成为欧洲文学史上 一个很著名的文学形象。