Unit 1 Reading Unit 1 Reading

Appreciating Appreciating

literatureliterature

• Important phrases:• 1. 欣赏文学• 2. 推荐什么给某人 P1

• 3. 印刷书 P1• 4. 尘封在书架上无人问津 L8

• 5. 与什么毫无关系 L9

• 6. 有一席之地 L12

appreciate literature

recommend sth. to sb.books in print

be left to gather dust on shelves

have nothing to do with

have a place in sth.

• 7. 把 B 改编成 A L13

• 8. 一部获奖电影 L13

• 9. 以什么为基础 L14

• 10. 出版 / 问世 L14

• 11. 费心做某事 L16bother to do sth.

an award-winning film

be based on

come out

adapt A from B

• 11. 每一次 L21• 12. 肥皂剧 L23• 13. 他的墓碑上写着 L23

• 14. 以什么为背景 L26• 15. 宁愿做 A 不愿做 B L29

at a time

soap opera

be set in

would rather do A than do B

his tomb reads

comparisoncomparison

at times

at one time

at a time

in ancient times

in modern times

曾经一次有时在现代在古代

• 16. 是什么的标志 / 象征 L31

• 17. 给什么增添什么 L32• 18. 给某人一大笔财富 L35

• 19. 渴望做某事 L37• 20. 不久以后 L38

a symbol of

add A to B

give sb. a large fortune

be eager to do sth.

before long

add to

add…to…

add up to

in addition

in addition to

把…加上 ..

增进 , 增加此外 (conj.)

合计 , 总共此外 (prep.)

ComparisonComparison

【练习】Working in Shenzhen for years, she

has made a big _________ and has

started a company of her own.

A. fortune B. money

C. wealth D. treasure

[ 拓展 ] 常见短语有：a large fortune 一大笔钱make a fortune 发财 , 赚钱try one’s fortune 碰运气enjoy good fortune 交好运

21. 变得虚荣 L38

22. 以、为耻 L38

23. 古板的思想 L39

23. 因、感到羞愧 L40

24. 专心致志于某事 L41

25. 华而不实的教育 L46

become vainbe ashamed of

rigid ideas

be embarrassed by

a fancy education

be bent on sth

• Important sentences:• 1.(L2)They are novels, plays and

poems _______ were written a long time ago and were _______well-written ______ people still read them nowadays.

• 2. Because a lot of classics were written so long ago, their language characteristics are quite different from _______ of modern works. (L6-7)

thatso

that

those

• 3. This makes them difficult for some people _______ read, so they are often left to gather dust on shelves. (L7)

• 4. In 1995, an award-winnig film based _____ Jane Austen’s novel Emma came ______. (L14)

to

onout

• 5. (L23)His tomb reads, “_____ his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost ______ the world.

• 6. _______ _______ his parents, Pip lives with his older sister and her husband Joe. (L27)

• 7. Pip’s sister often abuses him, ____ Joe is a kind and simple man ______ would rather die than see any harm come______ Pip.(L28)

By

toHaving lost

butwho

to

• 8. Pip, _____ is seven years old ______ the story begins, is in a foggy cemetery ______ a desperate criminal appears and frightens him.(L30)

• 9. There is a twist in the plot _______ a very generous stranger gives Pip a large fortune. (L35)

• 10. Pip dislikes _____ ______ Joe comes to visit him in London.(L38)

who when

when

when

it when

根据句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语注释，写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。1. Can you recite the first c______ of that

book?2. The t_____ of the poem is love and

peace.3. I am very pleased to make your

a____________.

hapter

heme

cquaintance

4. I had not yet had the opportunity of

reading many of the famous w______ of

Lu Xun.

5. We feel some t______ before we take an

exam.

6. The play has a very complex p___.

7. The actor’s new film will be r______

next month.

orks

ension

lot

eleased

8. One percent of the people owned

more than fifty percent of the w_____.

9. It was Chaucer who really turned

English into a l______ ( 文学的 )

language.

10. I think in the end it’s not really an

a________ ( 改编 ) of the book — it’s a

response to it.

ealth

iterary

daptation

11. London is one of the important

f_______ ( 金融的 ) centers of the

world.

12. They accused him of having a

p________ ( 偏见 ) against his female

employees.

13. Experience is the father of w______

( 智慧 ) and memory the mother.

inancial

rejudice

isdom