Unit1ThewrittenwordWelcomeReading学案（牛津版选修8）.doc

Unit 1 The written word Section 1 Welcome Reading 一、先学前测 I. 重要单词 1. 书虫 (n.)________________________ 2. 古董 (n.)__________________________ 3. 特点 (n.)________________________ 4. 小说家 (n.)________________________ 5. 章回 (n.)________________________ 6. 歌剧 (n.)__________________________ 7. 虐待 (v.n.)_____________________ 8. 拼命的 (adj.)______________________ 9. 慷慨的 (adj.)____________________ 10. 暴力的 (adj.)_____________________ II. 重要短语 1. 肥皂剧_________________________ 2. 决心做__________________________ 3. 躲避，奔波_____________________ 4. 达到，符合______________________ 5. 古典文学_______________________ 6. 现代作品________________________ 7. 与 无关_______________________ 8. 有一席之地______________________ 9. 当代生活_______________________ 10. 背景设在_______________________ 二、当堂检测 I. 阅读策略 Reading a persuasive essay In a persuasive 1________, the author tries to 2__________ the reader to adopt a certain point of view. In this essay, the author wants us to 3____________ classic literature. At the start, she asks us to change our 4__________ about classic literature. She tells us that although we may think classic literature is old and 5___________, it is still relevant today. You can find 6___________ in bookshops and libraries and many 7___________ are even made from them. The author gives us interesting 8________ about Charles Dickens and his book “Great Expectations”. She gives us enough 9__________ to make us interested, but not enough to give away the story. If by the end of the essay, we want to read the book, then the author has written a good 10__________ essay. II. 综合技能 Appreciating literature Classics are the 1________ of the literary world. They are novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were so 2__________ written that people still read them nowadays. Their language characteristics are quite 3____________ from those of modern works. This 4__________ them difficult for some people to read. But they have not disappeared and still have a 5___________ in the world. Many films