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1、高中英语读写校本课程高中英语读写校本课程-“英语美文阅读与欣赏”Part I Myths and Tales神话传说Lesson 1 The Little Match Girl 卖火柴的小女孩 Once upon a time, a little girl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street. It was New Years Eve and the snow clad streets were deserted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle (发出清脆的声响)o

2、f laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little match seller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadnt sold one b

3、ox of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldnt be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic (阁楼) that was her home. The little girls fingers were frozen with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a w

4、aste! Falteringly (迟疑地)she took out a match and lit it. What a nice warm flame! The little match seller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove. She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded.

5、The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver (寒噤) ran through the little girls thin body. After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden

6、 with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little match seller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good

7、things to eat. Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering (闪烁) with ti

8、nsel (金属箔) and colored balls. “Oh. How lovely!” shouted the little match seller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and went out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. “Someone is dying,” murmured the

9、 little girl, as she remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: “When a star falls, a heart stops beating!” Scarcely aware of what she was doing, the little match seller lit another match. This time, she saw her grandmother. “Granny, stay with me!” she pleaded, as she lit one match after the oth

10、er, so that her grandmother could not disappear like all the other visions. However, Granny did not disappear but gazed smilingly at her. Then she opened her arms and the little girl hugged her crying: “Granny, take me away with you!” A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the ic

11、y road. Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches. “Poor little thing!” exclaimed the passers-by. “She was trying to keep warm!” But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a

12、 story about the little match girl written by Anderson.Key Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions deserted, fade, strike, hesitate, deny, exclaim, glimpse, aware, be frozen with, go out, strike a match, catch a glimpse ofSpecial difficulties: 1)

13、to learn Inversion.2) to learn v-ed phrases used as modifiers Teaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach Brief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）Step1 Background information（背景知识）Do you know about the great tale writer Anderson?Can you list some of his m

14、asterpieces? Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read the passage quickly and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) Why didnt the little girl strike a match to keep herself warm?2) What did the little girl see when the last vision appeared?Keys（参考答案）: 1) She was afraid that her father would be angry. 2) She saw her beloved gr

15、andmother who had died.Step3 Careful reading（细读）1. What visions did the little match seller see? What did they mean to her?(a big brightly burning stovewarmth; a fine table laden with foodgood things to eat; a Christmas tree hung with candlesjoy and happiness; her grandmotherlove and care)2. Transla

16、te the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.1) From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.2) Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground.3) Beyond that stood

17、 a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.4) Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.5) There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and colored balls.6)

18、Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.7) If only she could light a match!8) A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road.9) But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.What charac

19、teristics do the underlined parts have? What function? (They are all v-ed phrases, which are used as modifiers.)Step4 Key patterns(主要句型)Analyze the sentence below:From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.This is an inverted sentence. The subject of the sentence

20、is “the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing”, and “came” functions as the predicate.Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.(Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candlesClose by lay the lif

21、eless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.)Step5 Homework（作业） Rewrite the story. (With about 200 words.)Step6 Assessment（评价）Words and expressions（词和短语）1. deserted adj. 冷清清的 2. draughty adj. 漏风的3. vision n. 景象 4. fade v .消逝，消失5. strike vt. 擦（火柴）；击打 6. hesitate v. 迟疑，犹豫 7. glimpse n .v.

22、一瞥 8. deny v. 否定，否认 9. pray v. n. 祈祷 10. aware adj. 意识到，觉察11. exclaim v.呼喊，惊叫 Lesson 2 The Pied Piper of Hamelin哈米伦的吹笛人The piperThey came from the hillsAnd they came from the valleys and the plainsThey struggled in the coldIn the heat and the snow and in the rainCame to hear him playPlay their minds

23、 away*Were all following a strange melodyWere all summoned by a tuneWere following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moonWere following the piperAnd we dance beneath the moon for himAnd we dance beneath the moonThey came from the southFrom the west and the north and from the eastThey waited for the

24、manLike a parish is waiting for the priestLonged to hear him playPlay their minds awayHe gave them a dreamHe seduced everybody in the landThe fire in his eyesAnd the fear was a weapon in his handSo they let him playPlay their minds away吹笛人阿巴合唱团他们来自山坡来自山谷，来自平原他们在寒冷中挣扎在酷热、冰雪、大雨中挣扎只为了听他的演奏来使他们丧失理智我们都跟随

25、着一段诡异的旋律我们都受某种音调的召唤我们都追随着吹笛人在月光下起舞我们都追随着吹笛人在月光下为他起舞在月光下起舞他们从南方来从西方、北方、东方前来他们都在等他像信徒们等待着牧师等着听他演奏来使他们丧失理智他给了人们一个梦境他诱惑着每一个人他的眼里有火在烧恐惧便是他手里的武器于是，人们任他吹奏来使他们丧失理智 这首歌的故事背景取材自格林童话里的哈米伦的吹笛人。一二八四年，哈米伦市鼠患严重，市民公开悬赏，只要有人能除去鼠患，必有重赏。不久，来了一位吹笛人，他吹起梦幻般的音乐，全城的老鼠仿佛被催眠一般，随着笛声通通跳进了河里，鼠患于是宣告解除。 没想到事过之后，哈米伦市民却不愿信守承诺，拒绝付钱给

26、吹笛人。吹笛人一气之下，再度吹起有魔力的笛音，这回跟在他身后起舞的，却是全城所有的小孩，市民眼睁睁看着孩子跟着吹笛人走出城外，从此一去不返，音讯全无，但后悔也来不及了。Once upon a time, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin. The citizens of Hamelin were honest people who lived contentedly in their grey stone houses. The years went by, and t

27、he town grew very rich. Then one day, an extraordinary thing happened to disturb the peace. Hamelin had always had rats, and a lot too. But they had never been a danger, for the cats had always solved the rat problem in the usual wayby killing them. All at once, however, the rats began to multiply.I

28、n the end, a black sea of rats swarmed over the whole town. First, they attacked the barns and storehouses then, for lack of anything better, they gnawed（啃）the wood, cloth or anything at all. The one thing they didnt eat was metal. The terrified citizens flocked to plead with the town councilors（委员会

29、）to free them from the plague of rats（鼠疫）. But the council had, for a long time, been sitting in the Mayors room, trying to think of a plan. “What we need is an army of cats!”But all the cats were dead.“Well put down poisoned food then”But most of the food was already gone and no poison stopped the

30、rats.“It just cant be done without help!” said the Mayor sadly.Just then, while the citizens milled around outside, there was a loud knock at the door. “Who can that be?” the city fathers wondered uneasily, mindful of the angry crowds. They gingerly opened the door. And to their surprise, there stoo

31、d a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.“Ive freed other towns of beetles and bats,” the stranger announced, “and for a thousand florins, Ill rid you of your rats.”“A thousand florins!” exclaimed the Mayor. “Well give you

32、fifty thousand if you succeed!” At once the stranger hurried away, saying, “Its late now, but at dawn tomorrow, there wont be a rat left in Hamelin!”The sun was still below the horizon, when the sound of a pipe wafted through the streets of Hamelin. The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked