Unit1ThewrittenwordReading教案（牛津版选修8）.doc

PAGE  PAGE - 5 - It’s based on Dickens’s famous novel “Oliver Twist”. It’s an example of classics. Classics are the antiques of the literary world. In this unit, we’ll have the chance to get more information about classic literature. Resources Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, England. He had a happy childhood after his family moved to Chatham. At the age of 12, Dickens had to leave school because his father was imprisoned for debt. The poverty and adversity Dickens experienced as a child greatly influenced his later views on social reform. Before his death on 9 June 1870, he wrote about 15 major novels and many short stories, most of which are famous for their surprising endings. If you want to learn more about this great novelist, you may visit the following website: http://www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/dickens.htmlStep 2: Fast reading for general ideas Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 2. Just focus on and identify the information needed to answer these questions. Answers A 1 Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written and received. 2 England’s greatest writer. 3 Seven years old.Step 3: Detailed reading for important information 1. Let’s read the passage a second time and complete Parts C1 and C2 on page 4. Answers C1 1 Because they think they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today. 2 She doesn’t think that they are old-fashioned or boring. 3 Joe is a kind and simple man. 4 On his gravestone it reads, ‘By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.’ 5 A stranger. 6 Because he thinks Joe is not clever enough and far from being a well educated gentleman. 7 He learns that wealth does not buy happiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education. 8 An example of characte