Additional Reading

Enjoy the Classics

Unit 7

(period one)

1. To make Students have a general understanding of the passage

2.To practice reading skills by some reading strategies.

3.Emotion Aim: To arouse students’ interests in classics

Teaching Objectives

Task 1

Decide whether each of the following is true (T) of false (F) according to the passage.

1.When you read a classic again, you see more in the book than you did before. (please read it and give your answer to it)

( F).Supporting sentence/points: line 2-3 When you read a classic , you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than you did before

2.A classic gives the reader wonderful feelings and enables him to uncover what life means.

( T).Supporting sentence/points: line 15-16 A classic is a book that gives you wonderful feelings, and enables you to uncover part of the meaning of life.

3.A classic can give you insights into yourself and lifts you up high.

( T ).Supporting sentence/points: line 28-29A classic can give you insights into yourself and …once you go deep into it ,lifts you up high!

4.So far less then 100 books in the world in the world can be called classics.

( F ).Supporting sentence/points: line 19-22Considering all the books that have been produced, classics account for only a small share of the total-less than 0.001 percent. That’s a just a few thousand books. Of those ,under 100 make up the solid core.

5.When you read a classic, you must work hard and read it very carefully.

( T).

Supporting sentence/points: line 31-32When you read classics, don’t just dip your toe into the deep waters of the classics. Plunge in!

Task 2

Read again and answer some questions for further understanding

Read and answer ( from line 1-9)

Which skills does the writer learn at school?

Which book did the teacher assign the writer to read?

Did he like to read it?

Questions:

------ How to read

------ Pickwick Papers

------ No, he disliked it.

Pickwick Papers《匹克威克外传》是狄更斯的第一部长篇小说，也是他的成名作。这部既富于浪漫奇想又紧贴社会现实的幽默与讽刺小说，主要讲述的是天真善良、不谙世事的有产者匹克威克带领其信徒们在英国各地漫游的奇趣经历与所见所闻。

Charles Dickens

(1812-1870) British

Masterpieces:

Read & Answer (from line 10-18)What did “few books” ( in line 11) refer to?

What does “cost” (in line 10) mean?

Realizing the benefits brought by the classics, what did the writer do?

What has he discovered with each reading?

------ the Classics

------ make ... lose

------ He came back to Pickwick Papers.

------ a new level of pleasure

Task 3 Pair Discussion Work out an outline:

Enjoy the classics

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

What is a classic ？

Why should we read a classic ？

How to read a classic ？

Read from line15- 18 and try to fill in the blanks:

What is a classic?

A classic is a book __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

A classic is a book __________________________________

A classic is a book __________________________________ __________________________________

that gives you wonderful feelings and enables you to uncover part of the meaning of life.

that has stood the test of time.

that men and women all over the worldwant to keep all their lives.

(Discuss with your partner and translate the sentences above into Chinese)

Read from line 23- 30and try to fill in the blanks:

Why should we read a classic?

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________ _____________________________________

A classic opens your mind.

A classic helps you grow.

A classic helps you understand your life,

your world and yourself.

(Discuss with your partner and translate the sentences above into Chinese)

Read from line 23- 30 and try to fill in the blanks:

How to read a classic?

1.Don’t ____________________________________

____________________________________

2. Do ______________________________________

just dip your toe into the deep water

of the classics.

plunge in.

(Discuss with your partner and translate the sentences above into Chinese)

Task 4 文中代词的指代关系的正确理解

It refers to _____________

1.(line 1). What’s a classic? It can be put in the following way: when…

A classic

1) It refers to _____________2) It refers to _____________3) It refers to _____________4) It refers to _____________5) It refers to _____________

2.(Line 7-9). It has happened to us all-with assignment reading! It happened to me. The teacher assigned Pickwick Papers. I didn’t want to read it. So I fought it. I disliked it. I thought I won.

(discuss with your partner and give the answers to the following blanks)

3.(Line19-22). Not many books can only a very small stand such a test. Considering all the books that have been produced, classics account for a very small share of the total – less then 0.001 percent. That’s just a few thousand books. Of those, under 100 make up the solid core.such refers to _____________in line 17: A classic is a book that has stood the test of time ,…

those refers to _____________

Conclusion We have learnt what’s a classic and we are e

ncouraged to get close to the classics ,read them, enjoy them, because a classic will open your mind, help you grow, help you understand your life, your world and yourself, especially can give you insights into yourself and lift you up high.

亲近名著，阅读名著，是我们了解历史，了解社会，了解自然，了解人生的一次旅行，是我们超越时空、与大师们的一次思想碰撞和心灵沟通，更是我们思索人生、完善自我、塑造品格、净化灵魂的一次精神洗礼和锤炼。

Homework1. Read the text for 3 times ;2. Underline some important or difficult

language points;3. Group work : to make a PPT including

the summary of a classic book and an introduction to the writer before Friday.

Thank you!