人教修订版高中三年级

Unit 10

Extensive reading &

Writing

Extensive reading &

Writing

Revision Revision

penny, grocery, bakery, pale, anyhow

One day, the owner of a grocery comp

lained that he had been cheated by a bak

er. He said he had paid the baker fifty p

ennies to buy three pounds

Possible Story 1

of bread from his bakery, but it was

less than three pounds. So the judge

asked the baker: “Why did you do

such a thing? You have broken the

law and will be punished.” “But sir,”

said the baker, “after buying three

pounds of butter from his grocery, I

put it on one side of my balance, then

I put the bread which was the same

weight on the other side. Anyhow, if

the bread was short of weight, so was

the butter.” Hearing this, the grocer’s

face turned pale and escaped from the

court.

Possible Story 2Possible Story 2

shabby, mailbox, bell, rare, jewel

Jane was a poor girl who lived alone

in a shabby house. She had little

money but was very kind. Whenever

she got a chance, she would try her

best to help others.

shabby, mailbox, bell, rare, jewel

Jane was a poor girl who lived alone

in a shabby house. She had little

money but was very kind. Whenever

she got a chance, she would try her

best to help others.

The day before Christmas, Jane

heard someone ringing the bell.

However, she found nobody outside

but a small parcel in the mailbox. “It’s

really rare that I get a parcel,” she

thought. She opened it and found some

beautiful jewels in it. A card

The day before Christmas, Jane

heard someone ringing the bell.

However, she found nobody outside

but a small parcel in the mailbox. “It’s

really rare that I get a parcel,” she

thought. She opened it and found some

beautiful jewels in it. A card

read: “You’ve done many good deeds,

you will be happy forever. Thank you.

This is a present from Father

Christmas.” Jane smiled.

read: “You’ve done many good deeds,

you will be happy forever. Thank you.

This is a present from Father

Christmas.” Jane smiled.

Extensive Reading on P221 Extensive Reading on P221

Please tell the story briefly in your o

wn words.

Miss Aurélie is fifty in the story. She

lived alone without marriage and she h

ad never regretted it. Once her neighb

or asked her to help look after

Please tell the story briefly in your o

wn words.

Miss Aurélie is fifty in the story. She

lived alone without marriage and she h

ad never regretted it. Once her neighb

or asked her to help look after

her kids while she was away, she

agreed and tried her best to take good

care of them. Then she came to love to

live with the lovely kids, when the

children’s mother came back. The last

sentence really means she felt really

regretful and cried loudly. I think

her kids while she was away, she

agreed and tried her best to take good

care of them. Then she came to love to

live with the lovely kids, when the

children’s mother came back. The last

sentence really means she felt really

regretful and cried loudly. I think

she is independent but lonely. She has

love in her heart but she hasn’t notice

d that. Once she finds out her inner d

esire, she becomes regretful.

she is independent but lonely. She has

love in her heart but she hasn’t notice

d that. Once she finds out her inner d

esire, she becomes regretful.

What is the theme of the passage an

d what can we learn from it?

When she was old and had experien

ced the happiness with lovely childre

n, she regretted at last. From the text

we can learn that everybody needs aff

ectionateness and love, true love.

What is the theme of the passage an

d what can we learn from it?

When she was old and had experien

ced the happiness with lovely childre

n, she regretted at last. From the text

we can learn that everybody needs aff

ectionateness and love, true love.

Finish the exercises on P223

Finish the exercises on P223

Writing Writing

The writer is Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the re

presentative of Waste Slave Principle

(废奴文学 ). Some other books writte

n by Stowe: A Tale of the Great Disma

l Swamp. It tells the story of a dramati

c attempt at slave rebellion.

The writer is Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the re

presentative of Waste Slave Principle

(废奴文学 ). Some other books writte

n by Stowe: A Tale of the Great Disma

l Swamp. It tells the story of a dramati

c attempt at slave rebellion.

Ernest Hemingway, who is the repr

esentative of Realism (现实主义 ),

whose famous works are A Farewell

to Arms and The Old Man and the S

ea.

Ernest Hemingway, who is the repr

esentative of Realism (现实主义 ),

whose famous works are A Farewell

to Arms and The Old Man and the S

ea.

The third one may be about Weste

rn (西部文学 ). The book Hondo is w

ritten by Louis L’amour. And Shane

is another book about Western writte

n by Schaefer. It is the story of a stra

nger who helps settlers in Wyoming

deal with land-hungry ranchers.

The third one may be about Weste

rn (西部文学 ). The book Hondo is w

ritten by Louis L’amour. And Shane

is another book about Western writte

n by Schaefer. It is the story of a stra

nger who helps settlers in Wyoming

deal with land-hungry ranchers.

It is Sister Carrie, whose writer is T

heodore Dreiser, who’s the represent

ative of Naturalism (自然主义 ). An

other naturalist writer is Stephen Cr

ane. His work is The Red Badge of C

ourage.

It is Sister Carrie, whose writer is T

heodore Dreiser, who’s the represent

ative of Naturalism (自然主义 ). An

other naturalist writer is Stephen Cr

ane. His work is The Red Badge of C

ourage.

Write a short essay about a

writer and his/her works as well as

how their experiences influenced

their writings.

Write a short essay about a

writer and his/her works as well as

how their experiences influenced

their writings.

Writing-lineWriting-line

1. name 2. works 3. their experiences 4. compare the experiences with their

works 5.put them together using your own ideas

1. name 2. works 3. their experiences 4. compare the experiences with their

works 5.put them together using your own ideas

Possible Passage 1Possible Passage 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe is an

American writer and philanthropist,

best known for the anti-slavery novel

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Stowe was born

on June 14th, 1811, in Litchfield,

Connecticut, and was brought up

Harriet Beecher Stowe is an

American writer and philanthropist,

best known for the anti-slavery novel

Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Stowe was born

on June 14th, 1811, in Litchfield,

Connecticut, and was brought up

with puritanical strictness. When she

was 11 years old, she entered the

seminary at Hartford, Connecticut,

kept by her elder sister. Four years

later she was employed as an assistant

teacher.

In Cincinnati Stowe had come in

with puritanical strictness. When she

was 11 years old, she entered the

seminary at Hartford, Connecticut,

kept by her elder sister. Four years

later she was employed as an assistant

teacher.

In Cincinnati Stowe had come in

contact with fugitive slaves. She learnt

about life in the south from her own si

ster there and saw how cruel slavery w

as. These experiences led Stowe to com

pose her famous novel, the National Er

a, and later in book form, which was fi

rst published in anti-slavery newspape

r.

contact with fugitive slaves. She learnt

about life in the south from her own si

ster there and saw how cruel slavery w

as. These experiences led Stowe to com

pose her famous novel, the National Er

a, and later in book form, which was fi

rst published in anti-slavery newspape

r.

Possible Passage 2Possible Passage 2

Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel

Langhorne Clemens, was a great

literary giant of America, whom H.L.

Mencken considered “the true father

of our national literature”. When he

was young, he had to earn his living

Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel

Langhorne Clemens, was a great

literary giant of America, whom H.L.

Mencken considered “the true father

of our national literature”. When he

was young, he had to earn his living

by himself and did all kinds of jobs

and made all kinds of friends. So his

stories were often about common

people worked outside the door, close

to nature, active and lively.

The typical motif in Clemens’

writing was the narration of a story

by himself and did all kinds of jobs

and made all kinds of friends. So his

stories were often about common

people worked outside the door, close

to nature, active and lively.

The typical motif in Clemens’

writing was the narration of a story

by a young or native person or a story

in which the main character was an E

asterner unaccustomed to frontier life.

In his stories the over-refined Eastern

er was usually outwitted by Westerner

s. When he wrote from a youth’s pers

pective, the youth was

by a young or native person or a story

in which the main character was an E

asterner unaccustomed to frontier life.

In his stories the over-refined Eastern

er was usually outwitted by Westerner

s. When he wrote from a youth’s pers

pective, the youth was

usually wise beyond his years but

remained an idealism which Clements

contrasted with the hypocrisy and

cruelty of the adult world.

HomeworkHomework

Revise the whole unit. Revise the whole unit.