高中英语 话题导入（Module3 Literature）教学素材 外研版选修7

1 ModuleModule 3 3 LiteratureLiterature 话题导入话题导入 狄更斯是英国批判现实主义作家 他出生于贫苦的职员家庭 幼年时期就承担起繁重 的家务 还当过童工 曾先后担任律师事务所的缮写员和报社记者 通过这些途径他广泛 地了解了社会生活和政治活动的弊端 狄更斯的作品很早就被介绍到我国 他的描写对象 多数是中下层社会的小人物 形象个性鲜明 他的创作具有浓厚的浪漫主义色彩 对我国 现代小说的创作有很大的影响 背景知识背景知识 19 世纪的英国 在一个寒冷的深夜 英国伦敦的平民区里 一个婴儿刚刚出世 他的 母亲便离开了人世 谁也不知道那产妇是谁 她遗下的儿子便成了无名的孤儿 孤儿被本 地教会收留 由女管事抚养 给他起了一个名字叫奥利弗 奥利弗九岁的时候 不能像有 钱人家的孩子那样进学校念书 女管事还把他送进工厂 和其他童工一起 日夜干力不胜 任的苦活 并且不让他吃饱 性格倔强的奥利弗被大家推为代表 提出增加粮食的要求 工厂的职员大惊失色 便不愿继续收留奥利弗 怕他影响其他童工 当时 殡仪馆的老板 森亚比利正需要学徒 便花了五个金镑把他领了出去 奥利弗换了个新环境 生活过得稍 好了一些 他参加出殡行列 行动规矩 合乎礼仪 老板很满意 但遭到年长学徒的妒忌 故意讥笑 侮辱他过世妈妈的人格 奥利弗忍无可忍 拔拳搏斗 老板夫妇将他毒打 他 悲愤填胸 星夜出走 一连步行了七天 才到达伦敦 举目无亲 饥寒交迫 在绝望中他 遇到了少年亚狄 亚狄带他到一栋破败的屋子里 这里原来是窝藏匪盗的窟 贼首弗根见 奥利弗聪明伶俐 很是喜欢 便要他和亚狄一起上街去偷窃 不料亚狄失手被发现 奥利 弗心虚 拔腿逃跑 结果被人抓进了警局 贼首弗根听说奥利弗被抓 痛责亚狄无用 又 担心奥利弗在警局招认 便和另一贼首皮利商议 决定由皮利的妻子南珊出面 冒充奥利 弗姐姐 将他保释领回 但是 警局审批时 书店老板证明 他看到当时扒窃的小贼并非 奥利弗 被窃的主人是伦敦富翁罗勃特 因自己冤枉奥利弗很感歉疚 又见他可爱又可怜 便将他领回家去 奥利弗到罗勃特家后 受到老人的宠爱 既不愁吃穿 还能上学读书 不料 罗勃特有个名叫孟斯的亲戚 追究奥利弗的身世 发现原来他是罗勃特的外孙 那 罗勃特的全部家产便要由他继承 孟斯企图谋夺这笔财产 便将此事严守秘密 还和贼首 皮利勾结 企图谋害奥利弗 某日 皮利和他妻子南珊在街上寻访 遇见奥利弗 立即把 他绑回贼窟 弗根将他毒打 几乎丧命 南珊从孟斯处探听到奥利弗的身世后 十分同情 为了救他出险境 让他们祖孙团圆 便暗暗去把消息告诉了罗勃特 答应下次带奥利弗同 来 不料事情被皮利发现 和弗根一起 将南珊活活打死 罗勃特在家等候南珊 到了约 定之期 不见南珊到来 忽然听到街上传说南珊惨死 便报告警局 随同警察直捣贼窟 市民们也纷纷参加捉贼 声势浩大 弗根和皮利最终难逃法网 奥利弗死里逃生 被罗勃 特领回 祖孙团聚 2 引入型阅读引入型阅读 Charles Dickens and his family lived at 48 Doughty Street between April 1837 exactly a year after his marriage to Catherine and December 1839 This coincided 符合 相符 相巧合 with a period of increased prosperity for the young novelist The serialization 连载 of The Pickwick Paperswas such a success that the move from the rather cramped chambers of the Furnival s Inn Holborn was made possible Doughty Street was at that time a private street sealed off at both ends by gates which were manned by porters Although his period of residency at number 48 was relatively short compared to his other homes he published and completed some of his most famous works there including The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twistand NicholasNichleby It was an extremely busy and productive period of his career Lord Birkenhead opens the Dickens House Museum on June 9th 1925 The front of 48 Doughty Street Dickens s family expanded with his fame and after his third child was born in October 1839 he began looking for more spacious accommodation which by then he could easily afford A letter describes A house of great promise and great premium undeniable situation and excessive splendor is in view This was 1 Devonshire Terrace Regents Park to which the family moved at the end of 1839 It was demolished in 1959 The Doughty Street house itself came under threat of demolition in 1923 but was saved by the Dickens Fellowship founded in 1902 who raised the mortgage and bought the freehold The house was renovated and the Charles Dickens Museum then the Dickens House Museum was opened under the direction of an independent trust Read the passage and answer the following questions 1 Where did Dickens live between April 1837 and December 1839 2 Was his novel The Pickwick Papera success 3 Who opened Dickens House Museum 4 Could you tell us several novels written by Dickens 5 Have you ever read a novel w