1、Step 1 lead-in1. Do you know the characters in the picture? ( Harry Potter)It is a fantasy story . Its about events in ones imagination.It is exciting and mysterious. It has magical and make-believe (虚构的)characters like animals that talk and people who can fly.2. Who knows something else that also b
2、elongs to fantasy stories? The Lord of the Rings 指环王Alices Adventures in Wonderland 爱丽丝仙境The Journey to the West 西游记Step 2 Introduction1. Today we will learn a writer of fantasy stories called Phillip Pullman. 菲利普普尔曼,英国当代著名作家,毕业于牛津大学。他的雾中红宝石、北方阴影、井中之虎为少女莎莉洛克赫的冒险三部曲,充满维多利亚时代的惊悚趣味,广受好评。1996发表黑质三部曲第一部黄
3、金罗盘,次年发表第二部魔法神刀,2000年发表第三部琥珀望远镜。黑质三部曲出版后,畅销不衰, 风靡欧美, 皆认为其深度与文学性足堪名列文学史。该三部曲迄今已被翻译成二十几种文字,全球发行量已近一千万套,并为作者获得了诸多重要的奖项;普尔曼更因为这套书被评论界认为是“继魔戒the Lord of the Rings 作者JR托尔金之后最优秀的盎格鲁撒克逊奇幻小说家”。黑暗物质的故事发生在一个和我们的地球很相似的世界里,讲的是一对名叫莉拉和威尔的少年的旅行和冒险经历,不仅围绕孩子,还涉及清白、原罪以及融合了魔幻、科学等元素。His Dark Materials Trilogy:1. Norther
4、n Lights 北方之光 (1995; in USA as The Golden Compass黄金罗盘, 1996) 赢得英国儿童文学最高奖“卫报小说奖” 2. The Subtle Knife 魔幻神刀3. The Amber Spyglass 琥珀望远镜赢得惠特布里德文学奖 In The Golden Compass, young Lyra journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped(被诱拐的) children from terrible experiments by evil scien
5、tists.In The Subtle Knife, Lyra journeys to the shimmering (闪光的), haunted(闹鬼的) other world called Cittgazze, where she meets Will Parry. Together they travel from world to world and discover an object of extraordinary power, and uncover the truth of their own destiny(命运) In The Amber Spyglass, Lyra
6、and Will are in unspeakable(极坏的)danger. With the help from Iorek Byrnison, the armored(安有装甲的)bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank(潮湿的)and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. The Amber Spyglass brings Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials to an astonishing con
7、clusion.2. Read the passage in activity 1 again and answer the questions about the words and expressionsadult bear (n.) creature extraordinary hero heroine philosophical play a part witchWhich of these words or expressions:1. refer to people? adult hero heroine witch2. refers to someone who uses mag
8、ic? witch3. refer to the most important people who have the main part in a story? hero heroine 4. refer to animals? bear creature5. means very unusual or special? extraordinary6. means to have influence in a situation? play a part7. relates to ideas? philosophicalStep 3. Reading1. learn the new word
9、shold out come up to longing turn away pat invisible keep ones eyes on edge shape hesitate be laden with dream awake look around for fix on behave definitely reach out on end stand still sweep over cast about leap bite rub behave tail roughly bush level utterly square slop classical bare bend profou
10、ndly scent vanish exhaustion pad put down paw2. Read the text quickly and match each part with its main ideas.PartsMain ideasPart 1 (para1)a. The cat behaved strangely and vanished.Part 2 (para2-7)b. Will saw a cat.Part 3 (para8-12)c. The new world was beautiful and Will decided not to go back to hi
11、s own world.Part 4 (para13-15d. Will saw “a patch cut out of the air” near the spot where the cat had been investigating and scrambled through himself.1-b 2-a 3-d 4-c3. Read the text quickly and put them in the correct order1. Will came into another new world.2. The cat turned away and padded across
12、 the road and towards the bushes, and there she stopped.3. The cat stepped forward and vanished.4. Will saw a cat when he stood trying to clear his head.5. Will decided not to return to his own world.6. The cat patted the air.7. Will found a hole and climbed through it.8. Will held out his hand, and
13、 the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles.Key: 4 8 2 6 3 7 1 54. Read the text again carefully and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).1. Will cant think clearly because he was exhausted. T2. The cat that vanished was called Moxie. F3. It was Will who had cu
14、t the patch out of the air. F4. The patch, which was completely invisible from most angels, was almost square and less than a metre wide. T5. Will walked into the new world with his shopping bag. F6. The new world was so frightening that Will went back to his own world. F7. The author describe Will
15、as a curious boy. T8. The phrase “be laden with” in the text means “be full of”. T5. Post-reading_with exhaustion, Will stood trying to _ his head, when he saw a cat. Will _ his shopping bag and _ his hand, and the cat _ rub her heads against his knuckles. _ and padding across the road, the cat stop
16、ped and began to behave _. It _ a paw to pat something _ to Will in the air. Then, it leapt back, back arched and fur _, tail held out stiffly. After another few seconds of sniffing, touching, whisker-twitching, _ overcame _. The cat stepped forward and vanished.Following the cat, Will crossed the r
17、oad, keeping his eye on the spot where the cat had been _. It wasnt easy as there was nothing to _. But after _ to look closely, he saw a patch which was roughly square _ and less than a metre _. It was nearly invisible if you were _ it but Will knew without the slightest _ that patch of grass on th
18、e other side was in a different world. It was something so _ alien that it _ him to _ through the hole into another world.Will found himself standing in the centre of a broad _ at the side of which was a line of cafs and small shops _ a sky _ stars. The hot night was _ the scent of flowers and the s
19、alt smell of the sea. Seeing this, Will turned away _. With a dawning _, the feeling that he was dreaming but awake _, he stood up and looked around for the cat, his guide.This story is extracted from Philip Pullmans The _ knife, which is the second book in His Dark Materials trilogy.Step 4. 句子必背1.
20、Will was stupefied with exhaustion, and he might have gone on to the north, or he might have laid his head on the grass under one of those trees and slept; but as he stood trying to clear his head, he saw a cat.威尔累得脑子都木了,他本可以继续向北走,也有可能在某棵树下头枕草地昏昏睡去;但是,正当他站在那儿,试图让头脑清醒些的时候,他看见了一只猫。2. Of course, every
21、cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing to turn for home that tears scalded his eyes.当然,所有的猫都是那样的。尽管如此,威尔还是如此渴望回家,以至于热泪充满了他的双眼。3. She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will.它伸出爪子去拍它面前空气中的某种东西,某种威尔看不见的东西。4. It looked a
22、s if someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two meters from the edge of the road, a patch roughly square in shape and less than a meter across.看上去就像有人在距离路边大约两米的地方将空间切开了一块,它大体呈方形,不到一米宽。5. Then she leapt backwards, back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly.然后它向后一跃,脊背拱起,毛发竖立,尾巴僵直地伸着。6. B
23、ut this was the centre of a broad boulevard, and at the side of the boulevard was a line of cafes and small shops, all brightly lit, all open, and all utterly silent and empty beneath a sky thick with stars.但是, 这是一条宽阔的马路的中央。路的一侧是成行的咖啡馆何小商店,里面灯火通明,还在营业。在布满繁星的夜空下,所有的店铺都静悄悄的,无人光顾。7. If you were level w
24、ith the patch so that it was edge-on, it was nearly invisible, and it was completely invisible from behind.如果你与那块空间处在同等高度,从侧面看你几乎看不到它,从后面看则完全看不见它。8. But Will knew without the slightest doubt that that patch of grass on the other side was in a different world.但是威尔深信不疑, 另一边的那块草地在一个不同的世界里。 doubt that同位
25、语从句9. With a dawning light-headedness, the feeling that he was dreaming but awake at the same time, he stood up and look around for the cat, his guide.带着逐渐出现的眩晕感觉,那种处在半梦半醒之间的感觉,他站起身来环顾四周寻找那只猫-他的向导。Step 5 HomeworkRead the text again and again.Finish the exercises of Part one on the English Weekly.Per
26、iod 5 Grammar: Adverbial Clause with ing1) 时间状语Still watching, Will saw the cat behave strangely.Putting down his shopping bag, Will held out his hand, and the cat came up to him.While walking slowly on the street, Tom met one of his old friends.2). 结果状语Her husband died ten years ago, leaving her wi
27、th three children to look after.3). 伴随状语All night long he lay awake, thinking of the problem.4). 原因状语Being sick, I stayed at home.Not knowing her address, I cant write to her. 注: 分词与主句主语是主谓关系; 副词放在分词之前。5)作方式状语But later, people developed a way of printing, using rocks. 6) 作条件状语Turning to the right at
28、 the crossing, you will see the Post Office right before you. Taking the path that leads out of the town, you will come to a dense wood. 7) 作补充说明The plane leaves at six, arriving in Chicago at ten. (= and will arrive in Chicago.)The visitor expressed his satisfaction with the talks, adding that he h
29、ad enjoyed his stay here. (= and added that he had enjoyed his stay here.)动词ing 形式的独立主格结构现在分词的独立主格结构实际上是指逻辑主语的现在分词结构,该结构在句中可以作时间状语条件状语原因状语伴随状语等,其逻辑主语前边也可以加上with,其中现在分词仍然表示正在进行的动作或主动的动作。1) The baby fell from the cradle, blood coming down from his leg. 独立主格结构作状语,表示结果。2) With his lips still trembling, he couldnt say a word. 独立主格结构作状语,表示原因。3) The policemen made their way into the forest with a hunter leading the way. 独立主格结构作状语,表示伴随。4) With the first ray of the rising sun coming
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