Unit 7 A Christmas Carol
s2:oliver twist,hard times,a tale of two cities and david copperfield.
s3:great expectations,the pickwick papers and the old curiosity shop.
s4:martin chuzzlewit....
s5:...
(while students are saying the names of the books,teacher writes them on the blackboard.)
step ⅲ warming up
t:well done.please look at another two pictures on the screen.these pictures are from books written by charles dickens.discuss each of them and describe what you see.and please guess which books each one is from.now work in groups of four to have a discussion.
(teacher shows two pictures on the screen.)
(1)
(2)
(after a few minutes’ discussion,teacher asks each group to talk about what they see and what they know.)
t:are you ready about the pictures?(ss:yes.)group one,please tell me something about picture 1.
s6:from picture 1,we can see a gentleman.i think he is mr pickwick,for i have read the novel“the pickwick papers”.the story evolves round the adventures of mr pickwick.he is the hero of the novel.he is a retired old merchant,the founder and the chairman of the pickwick club.the story fascinates the reader from beginning to end by its comical episodes.
t:you have much knowledge about the novel“the pickwick papers”.well done.sit down,please.now picture 2.
s7:from picture 2,we can see a girl,a young man and an old man.i’m sure the picture is from a famous novel“a tale of two cities”.the girl is miss manette.she and her friend went to visit defarge,the servant of her family before.he is the owner of a wine shop.miss manette was born in paris.when she was young,her father disappeared and her mother sent her to london.she grow up in that city.later,she heard that her father was still living.she returned to paris to know about something.now she is talking to mr defarge in his wine shop.defarge is very surprised at their arrival and tells them about doctor manette....
step ⅳ pre-listening
t:ok.you’ve talked a lot about what you see and what you know.now let’s do listening.it is about dreams.before listening to the tape,please open your books at page 56.first discuss the two questions in part 1.
(after two minutes,teacher asks some students to talk about their ideas.)
t:what are dreams about?
s8:i think dreams are about sequence of scenes and feelings occurring in the mind during sleep.almost every one of us dreams every night.many people believe what they dream.
t:yes.why would writers use dreams in their novels?
s9:because many people believe what they dream.sometimes some writers make use of what people think in their mind.they use dreams to express what they want and reach their goals.