新世纪高等院校综合英语1第10单元课件

1、UNIT 10A DEBT TO DICKENS By Pearl Buck 1. Have you ever heard of Pearl Buck of do you happen to know some experience of her? 2. Have you ever read any novels by Charles Dickens? Say something about Dickens. 3. Is there any writer to whom you have owed a heavy debt in your reading experience?Warming

2、up Pearl Buck was known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu(赛珍珠) , was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 for her translation of the book “Water Margin”. Pearl Buck and ChinaOne does not live half a life in Asia withou

3、t return. When it would be I did not know, nor even where it would be, or to what cause. In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. The friendly country of China, the home of my childhood and youth, is for the time being forbidden country. I refuse to call it enemy country. The peopl

4、e in my memory are too kind and the land too beautiful. 大地北京来信帝国女性龙子的故事巨浪圣诞节的早晨one of the most famousworks of Charles Dickens, which reflects the tragiclife of a lonely orphan . Fast reading Text comprehension( Page 194).mean idea.T or FalseIntensive readingOrganization and development of the text S

5、ection 1 (para. 1): Stating the writing purpose: to express a feeling of warm gratitude to Charles Dickens Section 2 (para. 2-3): Explaining factors that contributed to her feeling of loneliness and alienation Para. 2: living environment of the seven-year-old child Para. 3: her feeling of being fore

6、ign, and her longing to know more about her own folk Section 3 (para. 4-7): Explaining how she had benefited from reading Dickens Para. 4: an extraordinary accident the discovery of Dickens works and thus the discovery of her playmates Para. 5: the discovery meant to that small, lonely child: she en

7、tered into her own heritage by reading Dickens Para. 6-7: The reading program, which lasted for about ten years, has taught her a lot.Language pointsperch voracious treacherous heritage unctuous undiluted gruff Comprehension Questions1.In what way is her life experience unusual ? (para.1)2.How would

8、 you describe Bucks childhood? （para. 2-3）1.A: from a missionarys family, brought up in China.2.A:Intensely solitary (alien from her own culture, not accepted by the Chinese culture either)“solitary”, isolated, lonely, alien, foreign “wonder” about her own folk, how they live, play etc.(pay attentio

9、n to the literary descriptions about the childhood)3.How did Buck come across Dickens works?4.Why did Dickens novels appeal so much to Buck?5.Why is Buck so grateful to Dickens, regarding herself owing to Dickens a great debt?3.A:One August afternoon, (paragraph 4, detailed, vivid descriptions)4.A:I

10、n reading Dickens, she found her way into her heritage. She was able to identify herself with her culture, to regain her identity5.A:She has been reading Dickens for about 10 years (para 6)“opened my eyes to people, taught me to love all sorts of people”“give me the zest for life, that immense joy i

11、n life and in people” So we can say Dickens not only satisfy her longer for her own culture, but also taught her Christian faith and shaped her morals.Topics for further discussion 1. In what sense has Charles Dickens rendered Buck an “inestimable service” both in her childhood and in her adult life?2. Why does Buck use third person narration when describing her lonely child