Reading & Vocabulary

1. Reading & Vocabulary

2. Introduction Stephen Edwin King 世界公认的恐怖大师, 畅销小说作家

3. Works:《黑暗塔》(The Dark Tower);《枪手》(The Gunslinger);《三张牌》(The Drawing of the Three);《荒原》(The Waste Lands);《巫师与玻璃》(Wizard and Glass);《卡拉之狼》(Wolves of the Calla);《苏珊娜之歌》(Song of Susannah);

4. 《暗塔》 第一部:《枪手》 The Gunslinger

5. 第二部： 《三人素描》 The Drawing of the Three

6. 第三部:《荒原》 The Waste Lands

7. 第四部： 《魔法师与玻璃杯》 Wizard and Glass

8. 第五部:《卡拉之狼》 Wolves of the Calla

9. 《1421中国发现世界》 作者孟席斯花了14年时间研究郑和率领的中国舰队先于欧洲那些耳熟能详的伟大航海家发现新大陆的传奇旅程。

10. Mark Twain (l835～1910) 马克·吐温 美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人，世界著名的短篇小说大师。

11. Works: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) 《哈克贝里·芬历险记》 Running for Governor (1870)《竞选州长》 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) 《汤姆·索亚历险记》 The Prince and the Pauper (1882) 《王子与贫儿》

12. Match the types of book with their meanings. adventure biography crime fantasy history thriller 1. the story of somebody’s life _________ 2. a story which has no connection with reality _________ 3. a story in which there is lots of action _________ biography fantasy adventure

13. Match the types of book with their meanings. adventure biography crime fantasy history thriller 4. an extremely exciting story, which is often frightening ______ 5. a story in which a detective tries to solve a problem, such as identifying a murderer ______ 6. a true account of the past ______ thriller crime history

14. Read the passage on P21 and say what type of book it describes. Use the words in Activity 2. Adventure.

15. Language points 1. fantasy n.想象, 幻想 live in a fantasy world 生活在幻想世界里 fantastic adj.了不起的，极好的 You passed your test? Fantastic! 你测验及格了? 太棒了!

16. 2. have connection with 和……有关系 in connection with 关于, 有关, 和…有关 be connected with 与……有联系, 有关 His dismissal has no connection with the quality of his work. 他被解雇一事与他工作好坏无关。 The police are interviewing two men in connection with the robbery. 警方正在查问与劫案有关的两个人。

17. 3. identify v.识别、认出、辨别 (身份, 物体) identify the criminal 认出罪犯 e.g. I can identify that watch as mine by the scratches on the back. His accent was difficult to identify. She identified the man as her attacker.

18. identity n. 身份 The police are still uncertain of the murderer's identity. 警察尚未证实杀人犯的身份。 He had lost his identity card and was being questioned by the police. 他遗失了身份证, 正在被警察查问。

19. 4. account n.叙述，报道，描述；帐户 She gave him a full account of her conversation with the doctor. Why didn’t you write your own account of what happened? account for解释、说明; 导致，引起 Bad weather accounted for the long delay. She could not account for her mistake.

20. Reading

23. 《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》通过白人小孩哈克跟逃亡黑奴吉姆结伴在密西西比河流浪的故事，不仅批判封建家庭结仇械斗的野蛮，揭露私刑的毫无理性，而且讽刺宗教的虚伪愚昧，谴责蓄奴制的罪恶，并歌颂黑奴的优秀品质，宣传不分种族地位人人都享有自由权利的进步主张。 作品文字清新有力，审视角度自然而独特，被视为美国文学史上具划时代意义的现实主义著作。

24. Number the events in the order they happen. A. Huck sees three men in the cabin. ___ B. Huck and Jim climb onto the steamboat. ____ C. The short man suggests leaving the man on the floor. ___ D. Huck and Jim see the steamboat. ___ 4 2 6 1

25. E. Huck and Jim take away the men’s boat.____ F. The tall man is pointing a gun at the man on the floor.____ G. Jim runs back to the raft.____ H. Huck has a plan.____ 8 5 3 7

26. Retell the passage according to these sentences. Think over and tell what will happen next.

27. Find words in the passage which mean. • to rain heavily __________ • 2. something which protects you from bad weather __________ • 3. a sort of flat boat usually made from tree trunks __________ pour down a shelter a raft

28. 4. to lose control because you are frightened ________ 5. the feeling of being interested in something and wanting to know more ________ 6. to tell someone you are going to cause them harm ________ panic curious threaten

29. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box. clime crawl fly jump paddle run sail walk • The stream is only two metres wide. I can _____ across it. • 2. You’re out of breath. Why have you been _______? • 3. I’ve never _____ in my life. I’m afraid of aeroplanes. jump running flown

30. 4. You’ve got plenty of time to get to the lesson. You can ____. 5. I _______ onto the rock so that I could see better. 6. The two boys _______ slowly upstream in their canoe. 7. It took Columbus two months to ____ across the Atlantic in 1492. 8. Jimmy’s 10 months old. He can’t walk yet, but he can _____. walk climbed paddled sail crawl

31. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. 1. How did Huck and Jim get to the sinking steamboat? A. They swam B. They jumped C. They paddled 2. How did they get on it? A. They jumped B. They climbed C. They crawled

32. 3. What did Jim do when he was frightened? A. He ran B. He swam C. He jumped 4. How did Huck get back to the raft? A. He crawled B. He walked C. He ran

33. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. Paragraph 1 1. What was the weather like that night? 2. What did they see as they were sailing down the river? 3. What did they do then?

34. Paragraph 2-5 1. What did Huck want to do? 2. What did they hear after they got on the steamboat? Paragraph 6-8 1. What did the men on the steamboat do with another man? 2. How did they decide to kill him?

35. Paragraph 9-11 1. What did Huck decided to do after he heard they would leave the man on the steamboat to die? 2. What was the idea Huck told to Jim? 3. Why did Huck feel bad about what he had done?

36. Read carefully and fill in the blanks. • There was a big storm after midnight and the rain ____________. (大雨倾盆而下) • 2. We stayed inside the shelter and let the raft ________________. (沿河漂流) • 3. _____________ (借着……的光) the lightning, we saw something in the middle of the river. poured down sail down the river By the light of

37. started crying 4. The frightened man ____________. (开始哭了) 5. It had hit a rock and was __________ __________________. (一半沉在水中一半露在水面上) 6. It looks ____ (好像仿佛) It’ll go under soon. 7. I don’t want to ___________________. (上正在下沉的船) half in and half out of the water as if board a sinking ship

38. 8. We ___________ (划过去) and climbed onto the steamboat, _______ ______________ (像耗子一样悄无声息的) 9. __________________ (令我们吃惊的是), there was a light in one of the cabins. paddled over keeping as quiet as mice To our astonishment

39. 10. I could see a man _______________ _______________ (被绳子捆着,躺在在地板上） 11. I’ve had _____________. (受够你了) I’m going to _________. (毙了你) 12. He sounds as if he’s going to ___________. (吓死了) lying on the floor, tied up with rope enough of you shoot you die of fright

40. Language points 1. The rain poured down. It is pouring（倾盆而下）outside. It never rains but it pours. 不雨则已，一雨倾盆。 Tears poured down her face.泪流满面

41. He stood in the pouring rain.站在倾盆大雨中 The crowd poured out of the theatre. Shall I pour you a cup of tea?给你倒杯茶 2. by the light of借着……的光 Can I reach you by phone? I sent the letter by airmail.

42. 3. as if/ as though 好像，仿佛 It looks as if we’ll be late.好像我们会迟到。 He walked slowly as if he had hurt his leg. He described the town as if he ___ it himself. A. had seen B. has seenC. saw D. sees A

43. 4. I don’t want to board a sinking ship. board n.木板 v.乘船 board a plane (上飞机) Go aboard a ship/ a plane (adv./prep.) aboard 在船/飞机… 上/ abroad 在国外 5. To our astonishment(令我们吃惊的是), there was a light in one of the cabins. (much) to one’s surprise/joy/relief (放心) /regret/disappointed

44. 6. I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope. 被绳子捆着，躺在地板上 The British Isles is a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe. Mexico lies to the south of Texas. 墨西哥位于德克萨斯州南边。

45. The snow lay thick in front of the door. 雪在门前堆积得很厚 His success lies in hard work. 他的成功在于勤奋的工作 Don't lie to me! 不要和我撒谎！ tell a lie撒谎 a white/ black lie善意的/ 恶意的谎言

46. 总结lie/lay的不同含义和动词形式

47. tie v.（用绳﹑带等）系, 结, 缚, 绑, 捆, 拴（某物） tie— tied — tying In the back of the flower garden, we found the little girl lying with both hands tied up with a rope. The thief was brought in with his hands tied behind his back.