A Tale of Two Cities阅读材料 高中英语高三英语.docx

1、A Tale of Two Cities阅读材料 高中英语 高三英语A Tale of Two Cities教学案教学目标：1） 阅读小说A Tale of Two Cites部分节选（有改编）,理解小说的背景、主要人物、关系及故事梗概,掌握一定的文学常识；2） 帮助学生在小说阅读过程中掌握一些技巧；3） 培养学生对小说阅读的兴趣并养成一定的阅读习惯。教学重点： 小说阅读的技能训练。教学难点：在上下文背景资料缺乏的情况下如何根据节选部分提供的信息充分理解阅读内容。预习作业：1） 通过网络了解Charles Dickens的生平、所属文学流派、写作风格及主要作品。2） 复习牛津英语第八模块第一单

2、元的Reading部分,巩固对Classical literature的印象。3） 阅读下面一则关于Charles Dickens的补充阅读材料。Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic（批评家）. He created some of the worlds best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era（维多利亚时代）. Hi

3、s works enjoyed great popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was put in prison for fa

4、iling to pay back debts. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas（中篇小说）, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, and fought actively for childrens rights, education, and other social reforms.Dickenss literary success be

5、gan with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humor, satire（讽刺）, and keen observation of character and society. Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas

6、Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known

7、 work of historical fiction. 教学过程：一、 导入二、小说阅读六要素： A_ S_It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch（纪元）of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the s

8、pring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other wayin short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,

9、 for good or for evil, in the superlative（最高级的）degree of comparison only. 1. What figure of speech（修辞）does the author employ here?A. Repetition. B. Simile（明喻）. C. Comparison. D. Oxymoron（矛盾语）.2. The author think of the present _ the past.A. as good as B. as bad as C. the same as D. completely differ

10、ent from 3. This novel is set in the _. A. the Industrial Revolution B. the American Civil War C. the French Revolution C_ and R_Main characters: Monseiur Defarge; Madame Defarge; Dr. Manette; Lucie Manette; Charles Darney; Sydney Carton; Marquis St. Evre MondeDr. Manette writes a letter to disclose

11、 all the terrible sins（罪恶）that Marquis St. Evre Monde and his brother have done to destroy a poor boys family but is put into the Bastille for 18 years. Monseiur Defarge and Madame Defarge house him and then he settles down in London with his beautiful daughter Lucie. On the way to London, Lucie mee

12、ts Charles Darney, the nephew of Evre Monde. They fall in love with each other and get married. Several years later, when the French Revolution broke out, Darney returns to Paris to save an innocent gentleman. He is caught by the revolutionaries and accused by Madame Defarge, the only member alive o

13、f the poor boys family. Sydney Carton, an English lawyer, who loves Lucieso much that he is ready to sacrifice anything for her. Darney and Carton look very much alike, and Carton manages to get Darney out of prison and flee to London. Calmly, Carton walks onto the guillotine（断头台）. His final words a

14、re, “It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” P_A“You work hard, madame,” said a man near her.“Yes,” answered Madame Defarge; “I have a good deal to do.”“What do you make, madame?” “Many things.”“For instance”“F

15、or instance,” replied Madame Defarge, calmly, “shrouds（裹尸布）.”The man moved a little further away, as soon as he could.4. What is Madame Defarge like? A. Mild. B. Humorous. C. Strong. D. Easy-going. BThe poor boy died and I sadly laid him down on the ground. The Marquis with his brother then appeared

16、 with a smile. “He died eventually,” he said with relief. He had before offered me money, which I had postponed taking. He now gave me a rouleau（一小卷） of gold. I took it from his hand, but laid it on the table. I had considered the question, and had decided to accept nothing. “Please excuse me,” said

17、 I. “Under the circumstances, no.” They exchanged looks, but bent their heads to me as I bent mine to them, and we parted without another word on either side.5. What of the following best describes Dr. Manette? A. Calm. B. Silent. C. Just. D. Greedy. I_“Is he（Dr. Manette）alone?” Mr. Lorry whispered.

18、“Alone! God help him, who should be with him?” said Defarge, in the same low voice.“Is he, always alone, then?”“Yes.”“He is greatly changed?”“Changed!”Defarge stopped to strike the wall with his hand, and mutter a tremendous curse. No direct answer could have been half so forcible. Mr. Lorrys spirit

19、s grew heavier and heavier, as he and his two companions climbed.At last, they reached the top and Defarge took out a key.“The door is locked then, my friend?” said Mr. Lorry, surprised.“Ay. Yes,” was the grim reply of Monsieur Defarge.“You think it necessary to keep the unfortunate gentleman so ret

20、ired?”“I think it necessary to turn the key.” Monsieur Defarge whispered it closer in his ear, and frowned heavily.“Why?”“Why! Because he has lived so long, locked up, that he would be frightened rave（胡言乱语） tear himself to pieces die come to I know not what harm-if his door was left open.”6. What ca

21、n we infer from this part?A. Dr. Manette lives alone. B. Dr. Manette is locked in the room.C. Defarge is a very rude person. D. Dr. Manette once suffered a lot. P_“Marquis,” said the boy, turned to him with his eyes opened wide, and his right hand raised, “in the days when all these things are to be

22、 answered for, I summon（召唤）you and yours, to the last of your bad race, to answer for them. I mark this cross of blood upon you, as a sign that I do it. In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon your brother, the worst of the bad race, to answer for them separately.” 7. What

23、 do you think may happen in the latter part of the novel?A. the boy will forgive the Marquis B. the bad race will answer for what they have done三、巩固练习“What has gone wrong?” said Monsieur, calmly looking out.A tall man in a nightcap had caught up a bundle（捆）from among the feet of the horses, and had

24、laid it on the basement of the fountain, and was down in the mud and wet, howling（嚎叫） over it like a wild animal.“Pardon, Monsieur the Marquis!” said a man in rags, “it is a child.”“Why does he make that abominable noise? Is it his child?”“Excuse me, Monsieur the Marquis it is a pity yes.”The founta

25、in was a little removed; for the street opened, where it was, into a space some ten or twelve yards square. As the tall man suddenly got up from the ground, and came running at the carriage. Monsieur the Marquis clapped his hand for an instant on his sword-hilt（剑柄）.He took out his purse.“It is extra

26、ordinary to me,” said he, “that you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. One or the other of you is forever in the way. How do I know what injury you have done my horses? See! Give him that.”He threw out a gold coin for the servant to pick up, and all the heads craned forward tha

27、t all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. The tall man called out again with a most unearthly（可怕的）cry, “Dead!”He was arrested by the quick arrival of another man, for whom the rest made way. On seeing him, the miserable creature fell upon his shoulder, sobbing and crying, and pointing to the

28、fountain, where some women were stooping over the motionless bundle, and moving gently about it. They were as silent, however, as the men.“I know all, I know all,” said the last comer. “Be a brave man, my Gaspard! It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live. It has died in a m

29、oment without pain. Could it have lived an hour as happily?”“You are a philosopher, you there,” said the Marquis, smiling. “How do they call you?”“They call me Defarge.”“Of what trade?”“Monsieur the Marquis, vendor（小摊贩）of wine.”“Pick up that, philosopher and vendor of wine,” said the Marquis, throwi

30、ng him another gold coin, “and spend it as you will. The horses there; are they right?”Without bothering to look at the crowd a second time, Monsieur the Marquis leaned back in his seat, and was just being driven away with the air of a gentleman who had accidentally broken some common thing, and had

31、 paid for it, and could afford to pay for it; when his ease was suddenly disturbed by a coin flying into his carriage, and ringing on its floor.“Hold!” said Monsieur the Marquis. “Hold the horses! Who threw that?”1. We can learn from the first half of the story that the child _.A. is hurt deeply B.

32、has died C. is howling wildly D. knows the Marquis2. The following can describe Monseiur except _.A. merciless B. doubtful C. mean D. cruel3. We can infer from the underlined part that _.A. the child used to be happy B. the child is unhappy nowC. the child hates the world D. its a terrible thing to bring a child into