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Lesson86 A Tale Of Two Cities

Lead-in

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Reading

Language points

Group work

Home work

It was the best of Times. It was the worst of Times.

Background

A Tale of Two Cities is a novel written by the English author Charles Dickens. It tells us of a tale of action. of adventure (冒险 ) that happened in London and Paris at the time of French Revolution. So the cities in the title referred to London and Paris.

The story dealt with the fate of a small group of characters(人物 ) who were drawn (卷入 ) into the events of the Revolution. One of the main characters was Dr. Manette, who was a French doctor. After having been in prison for 18 years, he was set free. Then he settled (定居 ) in London with his beautiful daughter Lucie. She fell in love with Charles Darnay, a noble heir (后裔 ) of the bad Evremonde family of French Then she got married to him.

Several years later, when Darnay returned to Paris, he was caught by the revolutionaries. At this time there was another young man named Sydney Carton, an English lawyer, who loved Lucie so much that he was ready to be sentenced to death instead of Damay, who was very much like Darnay. Only by this means could Darnay escape death shortly before his execution (死刑 ). Around this center was the exciting life of revolutionary Paris.

Think over:

1. Do you know about Charles Dickens? What was he?

2. Can you name the books he wrote?

3. What did he usually describe in his books?

Watch the video(Answer)

1.When and where did this story happen?

___________________________________.

2. Where had Dr Maneete been kept as a prisoner?_____________________________.

3. How many main characters are there in this story? Who are they?

____________________________________________________________________________

in 1775, in Paris and London

in Bastille

six, Dr Manette, Charles Darnay, sydney Carton, Monsieur Defarge, Marquis St.Evremonde.

Dr Manette

Marquis St.Evremonde

Lucie

Charles Darnay Sydney Carton

Monsieur Defarge

Watch again (choose the best answer)

1.Dr Manette had disappeared _____.

A. a short time before his wife’s death

B. long before his wife’s death

C. long after his wife’s death

D. when his wife was dead

A

2. Charles was thrown into prison because _____.

A. he was trying to rescue his servant

B. he was recognized as a nobleman

C. he was against the revolution

D. he was Lucie’s husband

B

3. What does the passage of Lesson 87 mainly tell us?_____

A. The glory scene of the 1789 Revolution in France.

B. The struggle of the poor in France.

C. Why Charles was thrown into prison and how he was saved.

D. Sydney's death.

C

4.The last sentence in the text suggests ______.

A. Sydney’s final thoughts

B. Sydney s promise to Lucie

C. Sydney’s regretful thoughts

D. Sydney’s faithful love to Lucie

D

5. Why Dr Manette was put into prison according to the passages?______

A. He knew a terrible thing that the Marquis St. Evremonde had done to a boy and his sister.

B. He was a bad doctor.

C. He couldn't cure the boy and his sister.

D. He did bad things to the Marquis St. Evremonde.

A

6. Why did Sydney want to die instead of Charles?______.

A. Only because he loved Lucy.

B. Charles was his brother.

C. He felt it no meaning to live any longer.

D. Lucy begged him to do so.

A

ReadingMain idea of the text.

Part1 (paragraph ) __________________________________ __________________________________. Part2 (paragraph ) __________________________________ __________________________________. Part3 (paragraph ) __________________________________. Part4 (paragraph ) __________________________________ __________________________________.

Having heard her father was alive in Paris. Lucie Manette came from England

What had happened to doctor Manette and her daughter.

Two men fell love with Lucie Manette.

Charles was in fact the nephew of the cruel Marquis St. Evremonde.

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2--4

5

6

New words and phrases

call at: drop in at

work at: put effort into sth./doing sth.

attend: look after, care for

give up: stop having sth

Fill in blanks In a poor district in Paris, in the year 1775, there was a ____shop, the owner of which was Monsieur defarge. One day, an Englishman and an English woman, Luie Manette, called ___the wine shop. They had come from England, _______heard the strange news that DrManette, Lucie’s father, was _____and was ______in Paris. Defarge was ________at their_______. Before, he had been a servant to Dr Manette.

wine

at

having

alive livingpleased arrival

Fill in blanksDr Manette had been mentally disturbed by his long years ______in prison and his hair had ______white. All day long he worked ___making shoes, as he had done in prison. Now he could not live _____peace unless his door was_____. Lucie was able to make her father ______her and her friend , and together they brought him back to England where his mental health and strength ________got better.

aloneturned

at

locked

trust

gradually

in

Fill in blanksCharles had left France because he hated the cruel deeds of the French nobles and the way they _______the peasants. The peasants had to pay heavy taxes and _______greatly from hunger. So he left France, ________to give ____the _______that would one day come ____him.

treated

sufferedpreferring

up fortuneto

Fill in blanksDr Manete had been put in prison for __good reason. One day he had been called out to ________a young peasant and his sister. Dr Manette _______that the sister must have been very ______treated. Her brother had been _________in a fight by the Marquis st. Evremonde’s brother. Both brother and sister died within a few hours. Dr Manette had been put in prison so that he would keep silent _______this matter.

no

attendrealized

badlywounded

over

Group Work:

There are six main characters in the text: Divide the class into several groups. Each member choose a character and say sth about the character, then report as a group. The teacher can give the mark.

Homework

Do Ex.3 and Ex4 on page57 to know them more clearly.

Retell the text and prepare the following questions.