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Section ⅠWarming_Up_&_Reading_—_PrereadingJane Austen (1775～1817)She was born in a Steventon, Hampshire, where her father was a rector. She was the sixth child in a family of eight. She never received formal education but only had been sent to a boarding school with her sister at the age of 9. Her elder sister Cassandra was her best friend in her life, whereas her foundation education was more attributed to her father. Austen was fond of reading and writing, and had begun to take writing as joy since she was 11 or 12. Her heroines are determined to marry wisely and well. Virginia Wolf called her “the most perfect artist among women.”The BrontesThe Brontes, Charlotte, Emily and Anne lived most of their life in an isolated parsonage in Yorkshire. From these quiet surroundings the three sisters spun passionate, romantic novels of powerful emotional energy that are still popular today. They began writing under the pen names of Cuter, Ellis, and Acton Bell, and after their work on publishing poems failed, they began working on novels.Charlotte was the only one of the three to become a successful novelist in her own lifetime. Her famous works: Jane Eyre. Emily Bronte, perhaps the greatest writer of the three sisters, published only one novel, Wuthering Heights (1847), a story of the doomed love and revenge. The novel didn’t gain immediate success as Charlotte’s Jane Eyre. But it has acclaimed later fame as one of the most intense novels written in the English language.True (T) or False (F)1．Jane Austen received formal education when she was young.( )2．Jane Austen was called “the most perfect woman artist” because that the heroines in her books were determined to marry wisely and well.( ) 3．The Brontes were all famous for their novels.( )答案：1.F 2.T 3.TⅠ.高频单词点击1．literary (adj.)文学的→literature (n.)文学；文学作品2．prejudice (n.)偏见；成见3．consensus (n.)共识；共同意见4．equality (n.)同等；平等→equal (adj.)相等的；平等的 (v.)等于5．twist (n.)扭曲；歪曲 (vt.&vi.)拧；缠绕；扭曲→twisty (adj.)扭曲的6．contradiction (n.)反驳；矛盾→contradictory (adj.)相矛盾的；相抵触的7．limitation (n.)限制；局限性→limit (n.&v.) 限制；限定→limited (adj.)有限的；受限的8．hopeless (adj.)没有希望的；绝望的→hopeful (adj.)充满希望的9．approval (n.)赞成；承认→approve (v.)赞成；批准10．explicit (adj.)直率的；明确的；清楚的→explicitly (adv.)清楚地；明白地→explicitness (n.)清楚；明白11．outspoken (adj.)坦率直言的12．growth (n.)生长13．premier (adj.)第一的；首要的 (n.)总理；首相14．ambiguous (adj.)含糊的；模糊的→ambiguously (adv.)暧昧地；不明确地→ambiguousness (n.)暧昧；含糊15．injustice (n.)不公平；非正义→unjust (adj.)不公平的；非正义的16．possess (v.)拥有；占有→possession (n.)拥有；占有；财产17．sponsor (n.)担保人；发起人；赞助者Ⅱ.重点短语必记1．in force 有效的；在实施中2．get round 顺利应付；克服3．under the name of ... 用……的名字；在……的名字下4．see through 看穿；识破5．struggle against 与……做斗争6．stand out 杰出Ⅲ.常用句型必备1．Can you believe that there used to be a consensus in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses?2．Clearly this restriction must_have_operated at a time when there was no equality of opportunity for women.3．It is making fun of those mothers whose only wish is to marry their daughters well.4．These_women_having_produced_works_of_the_highest_quality,_ any survey of the 19th century English literature must include them.Ⅳ.课文大意理解1．Which is WRONG according to the first paragraph?A．There was no equality of opportunity for women in the 19th century.B．The discrimination of this kind was not in force for a very long time.C．There was a twist to this consensus.D．In a contradiction, there were five authoresses getting round this ban.2．Jane Austen’s novels mainly deal with ________.A．the problems and limitations of women’s choicesB．revealing the women’s inner feelingsC．the morally ambiguous concessionsD．the hardships of poor people3．How many authoresses are referred to in this passage?A．Three.B．Four.C．Five.D．Six.4．Why did Mary Ann Evans use the name of George Eliot to publish her works?A．Because she liked the name of George Eliot.B．Because her book could be sold well under the name of George Eliot.C．Because the publish house asked her to use the name.D．Because it is hopeless to publish novels under their own names.5．What is the purpose of the writer?A．To tell us some writers and some works of theirs.B．To arouse the readers’ sympathy to these writers.C．To let us know the social background of that society.D．To tell us not to read any English novels of that period.答案：1～5 BACDAⅤ.课文缩写填空There ed (use) to be a consensus in society that opposed the writing of novels by authoresses. 2.Even so there is another twist to this story.In a strange 3.contradiction (contradictory), this period produced five of the most courageous and gifted authoresses who got 4.round this ban.Jane Austen was the first of these great women writers.Her novels deal with the problems and 5.limitations (limit) of women’s choices.Charlotte Brontё was the most famous of the three Brontёsisters.Her novels described women 6.struggling(struggle) against their restricted roles in society.Jane Eyre was a 7.revelation (reveal) after the more reserved feelings expressed in Jane Austen’s novels.George Eliot’s novels examined the morally ambiguous concessions people make in their lives in order to succeed.8.Among some excellent male authors, Charles Dickens 9.stands out as a literary critic of the injustices of his society.His novels describe the hardships of poor people 10.who/that did not possess money or a sponsor to smooth their path.。
