高中英语选修八：M8U1 Word Power 课件

1. The majority__a_r_e_ for the budget.
2. The majority of students _a_r_e_hard-working.
3. The majority of the damage__is__ easy to repair. 4. 这次会议年轻人占多数。
【注】means单复数相同，观察下列句子， 注意其谓语动词的用法。 All possible means have been tried. Every possible means has been tried. The quickest means of travel is by air.
(1) Today an airship is used as _a_m__e_a_n_s_o_f_a_d__v_er_t_i_si_n_g_ (一种广告工具)．
different races of people 5._m__e_a_n_s__(n.) a way of achieving or doing something 6. _p_e_r_c_e_n_ta_g_e__(n.) an amount expressed as if it is part
of a total which is 100
4. Thirty percent of water in our city __h_a_s_b__ee_n__p_o_l_lu_t_e_d_ (被污染了)．
6. occur vi. 发生；出现
(1) Suddenly a good idea occurred to me. =Suddenly a good idea struck me.
“发生、产生”，多指事情已经发生了，但 还不知道为什么，常用于疑问句和否定句

What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To promote a famous novel. B. To introduce a film. C. To let the readers know about Dickens . D. To persuade the readers to appreciate literature.
PartII：Charles Dickens: England’s greatest writer.
para(4-5)
PartIII：Great Expectations
parቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ(6-11)
Part I :
According to this part, some people don’t like classics for three reasons:
Part III: 1.Read and fill in the form
Main elements 要素of the novel
Correct examples
characters
Pip, Joe, Estella
setting 背景 England in the early 1800s
symbol theme
mist
what it means to be a gentleman
plot
a stranger gives Pip…,then
he moves … and becomes a snob 势利的人
Part III: 2. Read and fill in the blanks
Great Expectations, which was written by Charles Dickens is one of the greatest classic novels. The main(1)ch__a_ra_c_t_e_r_ of the story is called Pip. One day Pip is in a (2)m_is_t_y__ field of tombs when a man appears and frightens him. Mist is a (3)s_y_m_b_o_l_ of danger and uncertainty in the novel. There is also a twist in the plot when a very(4)ge_n_e_r_o_u_s_ stranger gives Pip a lot of money. Since then Pip has changed a lot.

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions
▪ 1. Why wasn’t Burns any richer after he was famous as a poet overnight?
▪ _B_e_c_a_u_s_e_h_e__c_o_n_ti_n_u_e_d_t_o_e_a_r_n_h_i_s_li_v_in_g_____ ▪ _b_y__fa_r_m_i_n_g_. ______
▪ 2. Why did Burns die at a young age? ▪ _B_e_c_a_u_s_e_h_e__li_v_e_d_a__h_a_rd__lif_e_a_n_d___________
h_a_d__a_w__e_a_k_c_o_n_s_ti_tu_t_ion.
3. How many people attended the first exhibition of Burns’ statue in George Square? What did this show? _3_0_,_0_0_0_p_e_o_p_le__a_tt_e_n_d_e_d_t_h_e_f_ir_st_e_x_h_i_b_it_io_n_,___ __w_h_ic_h__s_h_o_w_e_d__h_o_w_w__e_ll_lo_v_e_d__a_n_d_i_m_p_o_r_ta_n_t_ __B_u_r_n_s_h_a_d_b_e_c_o_m__e_t_o_t_h_e_S__co_t_ti_s_h_. ________ 4. What are the usual themes of the Romantic Movement? ____L_o_v_e_,_d_r_e_a_m_,_n_a_t_u_re__a_n_d_c_o_u_r_a_g_e_. _____ 5. How does Burns present imagery? _C_o_m_p_a_r_is_o_n_,_e_x_a_g_g_e_r_a_ti_o_n_a_n_d__p_a_ra_l_le_li_s_m_._ublicly exhibited.

Consolidation
Match Exercise I
a. treat a person or an animal in a cruel way
antique b. difficult to change
chapter c. a valuable thing from the past
soap opera d. too proud of your appearance, abilities
This is an example of character development in Great Expectations, that is, it is the change in Pip from be_in__g_c_o_n_c_e_r_n_e_d__o_n_ly__w_i_th__m_o_n_e_y__ to_s_e_e_in_g__t_h_a_t _m_o_n__ey__is__n_o_t_t_h_e_m__o_s_t__ __i_m_p_o_r_t_a_n_t _th_i_n_g__in__li_fe_.
abuse tension vain rigid
or achievements e. a TV story about the lives and problems
of a group of people f . the feeling of fear and excitement
2. What’s the writer’s point of view in 3. Hthoiws edsosaeys?the author try to convince
the reader?
1. What does a persuasive essay try to do?