Unit3  Short Stories

b： 老師介紹小說中的一些要素。
reading
1. the plot of a story is made up of three main stages: the beginning, the middle and the ending.
2. the plot of a story consists of seven elements, which are setting, characters, conflict, events, actions, climax and ending.
3. the setting, the important characters and the conflict.
4. the conflict is the problem around which all the actions and events of the story take place.
5. the conflict is settled or solved in the context of actions or events which are presented mainly in the middle of a story.
6. some important change finally leads to a real solution of the problem.
7. the solution is usually given at the end of a story. in other words, the climax is the change, the turning point, and the solution is the result of the change or the effect of the turning point.
8. there are three types of endings introduced: a happy ending, a sad ending and no ending.
c.同時擴充學生對文學中不同題材的一些術語。
word bank
title page 封面
date of publication 出版日期
index 索引
table of contents 目錄
bibliography of reference 參考書目
publisher 出版商
preface 序言
appendix 附錄
back cover 封底
fiction 小說
novel 長篇小說
blurb 內容簡介
non-fiction （記實性的）散文文學
short story 短篇小說
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說明：    語法的學習除了教師的精講之外，離不開學生的實際語言練習與運用。創設不同的活動讓學生積極參與，使語法學習不再被動接受、死記硬背。
 讓學生兩人一組，以brainstorming的方法列出后可跟虛擬語氣should+動詞原形的常用動詞：如：insist， order， require， suggest， ask， demand, recommend，require， request, urge，propose， advise，等。
 每一對學生用其中的任何動詞，編一段情景對話，要求能夠恰當地使用虛擬語氣，同另外一對學生做交流。
 最后教師在請幾對學生向全班做對話表演，其他學生做評論。
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說明：
這個話題值得學生們思考與討論，是個人與書的價值觀的體現。在了解了各行業職業特點與個人性格特征、興趣愛好的前提下，探討“如何選擇一本好書”對學生的人生具有一定的指導意義。
1. discussion on the following issues
what do you think of the most important factors in choosing a book?
personal interest, price，quality， content，colour ，
ask the students to recommend a book which you like best and explain why