Unit 5 Period Ⅰ　单元预习课

1、Unit 5Enjoying novelsPeriod 单元预习课著名小说家简·奥斯汀是英国女作家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活。对于她你了解多少？Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Stevention, Hampshire, on December 16，1775，and died on July 18，1817.She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her book

2、s published anonymously(匿名地)But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors.She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home.Her deep knowledge of the city is fully

3、 seen in two of her novels，Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath.The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well­ordered world that she described so well in her novels.Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen'

4、s Bath can be enhanced(增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street.Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of memb

5、ers of the Jane Austen Society.After your visit to the Center, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts.Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy. You can also have walking tours of Ja

6、ne Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath.The tour lasts about one and a half hours.The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.1Why Jane Austen published her books anonym

7、ously?2Which books are set in Bath?【答案】1.Because there were prejudices in her times.2Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.根据英语释义写出相应单词1 adj. of or concerning literature2 na detailed account3 nunfair and often4 nstate of being equal5 nsaying sth.that conflicts with (sth.said or written) by (sb.)；disagreem

8、ent6 nlimiting；being limited7 nthing which stands in the way and prevents progress8 adj. having no hope9 adj. clearly and fully expressed10 adj. saying openly and exactly what one thinks；frank11 adj. first，in important position, etc.12 nfact of not being just；unjust act；unfairness【答案】1.literary2.rec

9、ount3.prejudice4equality5.contradiction6.limitation7obstacle8.hopeless9.explicit10.outspoken 11.premier12.injustice根据所给短语完成句子in force，struggle against，after all, in want of，stand out，get round，see through，under the name of1He lived abroad for years White.2The ban has been for a year.3It is difficult

10、 for him to without a stick.4I have you and won't be dictated to any more.5What is the use of trying to the system?【答案】1.under the name of2.in force3get round4.seen through5.struggle against背诵下列教材中出现的句型，体会黑体部分的用法1Can you believe that there used to be a consensus in society that opposed the writi

11、ng of novels by authoresses?你能相信从前社会上存在着反对女子写小说的舆论吗？2Clearly this restriction must have operated at a time when there was no equality of opportunity for women.很明显，这种限制在妇女没有平等权利的时期肯定会起作用的。从三个选项中选出最佳选项1Why were English women writers most famous in literature in the 19th century in the world?AWomen wri

12、ters could not publish their works.BWomen were proud of getting married.CWomen writers produced works of the highest quality.2Who was one of the five famous English women writers in literature in the 19th century in the world? ACao Xueqin.BCharlotte Brontë.CMark Twain.3Who wrote the famous nove

13、l Jane Eyre? AJane Austen.BCharlotte Brontë.CGeorge Eliot.4What did Charles Dickens describe in the novel? AThe hardships and sufferings of the poor people.BThe marriage of the poor people.CThe love of the poor people.5Why couldn't the women writers have their novels published under their r

14、eal names? ATheir novels were too difficult.BThere was nothing but love in their novels.CThere were no equality for women.【答案】15CBBAC完成下面表格(每空不超过3词)【答案】1.limitations2.heroines3.obstacles4explicit5.struggling against6.was hailed as7for example8.concessions for9.stands out as10injustices用所给单词或短语的正确形式完

15、成课文缩写regard，have great impact on，that，marry，use，which，under one's own name，hope，even so，discriminationOne hundred years ago, people in England commonly held an idea 1. the only respectable career for women was 2. and the whole society opposed the writing of novels by authoresses.3. ， authoresses

16、 tried hard to fight against this 4. Jane Austen published her Pride and Prejudice, 5. describes five sisters' successful stories to overcome obstacles to their happiness and marriage.After Jane Austen, authoresses found it 6. to publish novels 7. So the three Brontë sisters and Mary Ann Evans chose to publish their novels 8. men's names.As the