Unit 10 American literature

1. Unit 10 American literature 绍兴县鉴湖中学高三英语备课组

2. Teaching Aims: • learning and master the following words: garbage,maid, prince, outcome • Do some listening • Do some speaking to talk about American literature .

3. Teaching important points: • 1.improve the students’ listening ability. • 2. Improve the students’ speaking ability by discussion , talks and so on. • Teaching Difficult Points: • How to improve the students’ listening ability • How to finish the task of Speaking.

4. Warming up

5. Do you know what kind of text is the one you read? Good, better, best! Never have it rest! Till good is better! And better, best! It is a rhyme

6. A limerick People laugh and people cry. Some give up, some always try. Some say hi while some say bye. Others may forget you but never I.

7. Roses are red, Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet, And so are you.

8. Poem

9. Read the text and answer the following questions. 1. What is it about and what does it mean? 2. Can you tell something about the writer? 3. Why is this probably American literature? It is about the way African Americans talk about their ancestors. What the author wants to say is that black people always say that their ancestors were kings, but that cannot be true. Instead, he says black people should be honest and proud of their ancestors, no matter whether they were rich or poor. Yes. The writer is probably African American. Because the experience of slavery has not existed in any other English-speaking country in the same way as in America.

10. 5.Think about the history and life in the United States . What Special themes and sort of stories would you expect to find in American literature? Oh, Captain! My Captain! Enjoy the Poems A Red, Red Rose.

11. 5.Think about the history and life in the United States . What Special themes and sort of stories would you expect to find in American literature? Oh, Captain! My Captain! Enjoy the Poems A Red, Red Rose.

12. Listening

14. Pre-listening 1.Are you a member of any club or taking part in activities that help you practise your English? 2. Have you ever been to an English Corner? What were your experience? 3. What other clubs or activities could you think of to practise English in a way that makes it fun?

15. While-Listening They are organising a Reading Club. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions. • What activity are Ben, Ann and Lily organising? • Why is this activity successful, while the English Corner is not? Give two reasons. 1_____________ 2______________ 3. What are the advantages of their club activities according to Ann, Ben and Lily? No foreigners are needed It has more variation in topics interesting useful can learn about life and literature in foreign countries no foreigners are needed can talk about many topics can read things which are not read in school

16. Speaking

17. Native Americans 印第安人 Pioneers 西进的移民 slavery 奴隶制 the Civil War 美国内战 As we know , the major themes in the literature of a country Reflect important events or periods in the history of that country . Important themes American literature

18. 印第安人 印第安人的文化兴起于欧洲人发现美国新大陆的时候

19. 印第安人在向大自然的斗争中创造了自己的文化，主要是民间口头创作，包括神话传说和英雄传说印第安人在向大自然的斗争中创造了自己的文化，主要是民间口头创作，包括神话传说和英雄传说

20. 早期移民的文化， 开始时文学发展比较缓慢。 西进的移民 最 早 的作品 是游记、日记之 类 的文字

21. 奴隶制 的产生形成了黑人文学  。   美国黑人文学起源于黑人奴隶歌曲，这些歌曲，不论是悲歌还是民歌，倾诉了黑人背井离乡、沦为奴隶的痛苦心情。

22. 美国内战催生了 美国民族文学的形成. 这场斗争产生大量的革命诗歌

23. 美国文学中的民主自由精神，个人主义、个性解放的观念较为强烈 美国文学发展的过程就是不断吸取、融化各民族文学特点的过程 总的特点是开朗、豪放,内容庞杂与色彩鲜明

25. 1.Do you know the Chinese name of the book? who is the writer? 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》Uncle Tom's Cabin 斯托夫人（Harriet Beecher Stowe） 2. What is the book about ? Slavery 3.what kind of contribution does the book make? 1852 废奴文学的丰碑之作。林肯总统在接见斯托夫人时， 称她为“引起一场大战（指美国的南北战争）的小妇人”。

26. Have you read the book yet? What is the background of the book?

28. Period 2 ReadingA Sacrifice For Love 1

29. Teaching Aims: 1.learn and master the following phrases: attend to ,worthy of , do up . • 2.Learn and mater the following sentence patterns: • ….and she had only $ 1.87 with which to buy Jim a present • Down flowed the brown cascade . • With that Chain on his watch Jim might be properly anxious • about the time in any company . 3. Train the students’ reading ability.

30. Teaching important points: 1.understand the passage well. 2.Master the pharases and sentence patterns above

31. Teaching Methods : 1.Fast reading to get the general idea. 2.careful reading to get the detailed information 3. Question-and –answer activity to make students understand Text better.

33. Short summary of O. Henry’s life O. Henry (1862-1910) was originally born William Sydney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. As a young man, he once worked as a bank teller, a newspaper columnist and so on. . Memorial to O. Henry

34. Short summary of O. Henry’s life In 1896, he was charged with embezzling money from the bank where he had worked, and later was put in an Ohio prison for three years. While in prison, he began writing short stories and it is there that he took the pen-name O. Henry for his writings. After his release from prison in 1901, he moved to New York, which is the setting for many of his stories.

35. Short summary of O. Henry’s life He is the author of over250 storiesand is mostfamous for his use ofsurprise or 'twist' endings, especially toThe Last Leaf, The Green Door,and perhaps his most famous story,The Gift of the Magi.And he has contributed to American literaturewith other great stories such asThe Four Million, The Voice andthe CityandCabbages and Kings,etc.

36. Reading

37. Step 1 Lead-in Which day is Christmas day? It’s December 25th. What do you think of when you hear Christmas? Gifts, Father Christmas, Christmas trees and gathering and happiness… Thinking: If you were very poor, how can you Spend your Christmas Day And what will you send to your friend?

38. Step 2 Fast -Reading 1.When does the story take place? 2.What are Jim’s wages? 3.How much is the rent of the flat per week? 4. How much does Della sell her hair? What price does Della pay to buy her present？ 5.What are the couple’s two most precious possessions? The day before Christmas $20 a week $8 per week $20 $21 One is Jim’s gold watch, the other is Della’s hair.

39. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false. • James Dillingham Young was a rich young man. • 2. Della lived in a neighborhood with many trees and flowers. • 3. Jim and Della had two possessions. • 4. Della thought having a haircut will make Jim happy. • 5. Della decided to have her hair cut out of her love for Jim.

40. Careful-reading(1) Para.1 Della wept because she had little money to buy Jim present this Christmas. Para.2 Della and Jim’s living condition. Para.3 Della wanted to buy Jim a Christ mas present, which was worthy of being owned by Jim. Para.4 The young couple owned two precious things, one was Jim’s gold watch, and the other was Della’s hair.

41. Para.5Della’s beautiful hair Para.6Della decided to sell her hair. Para.7 Della got twenty dollars and then she began to buy Jim a Christmas present. Para.8 She spent 21 dollars on a gold watch chain. Para.9 Della decided to sell one of the two precious things-her hair because she loved Jim.

42. Careful reading(2) • What ’s the meaning of the word bargaining in the text? • It means ‘ trying to ask the seller to get the price lower’ • What ’s the meaning of the word expension in the text? • the cost in money • What ’s the meaning of the word hesitation in the text? • It means ‘pause or wait for a while thinking whether one should do something’

43. 1. Why did Della cry after counting the money she had been saving? She wants to buy his husband a good present on Christmas day, but the money she has saved hard is not enough. She is worried and helpless. 2. Why did tears fall form her eyes while Della was standing in front of the mirror? Because her hair is valuable to her family. She has been always taking it in great pride. But there is no other choice. She must give it up for her husband’s present. I mean, for her love.

44. Step 3 Language points

45. 1.Sacrifice 牺牲,献出 祭品 (1)作动词: vt. 作出牺牲；献出 sacrifice one’s life to do sth 牺牲某人的生命做某事 He sacrificed his life to save the child (2) 作名词: n. 牺牲 奉献 make sacrifices for sb 为某人作出牺牲 父母经常为子女作出牺牲. Parentsoften make sacrifices for their children

46. 2.What are Jim’s wages? Wage 常用复数，意思是“工资，薪金，报酬等。 链接：income,pay salary,wages,fee Income “收入，收益” Pay :薪水，工资，常用词 money paid for regular work / pay-day 发薪日 Salary:(非体力劳动雇员)的薪金，薪水，通常按月计 Wages:regular (usu weekly)payment made or received For work or services工资（通常按周记） fee: 服务费，酬金（如付予私人教师，医生等的）

47. 3 Pennies saved one or two at a time by bargaining at the grocery, at the bakery and the butcher’s until one’s cheeks burnt. (Para1) 这些一分分的钱是在杂货店、面包店和肉店每次通过讲价直到争得面红耳赤省下来的。 Time 的词组 • at a time 一次；每次 2. all the time 一直地 • 3. at times 有时候 4. at one time 曾经 过去 • 5. at the same time 在同时 6. at no time 绝不

48. There was an electric bell that did not work, with a card next to itbearing the name “Mr James Dillingham Young” (Para2) bargain vi. [就买卖之事] 讨价还价,议价,讲价 He bargainedwith the salesman about the price. 有一个坏了的电铃， 电铃旁边有张卡片上面写着 “詹姆斯 狄龙汉姆 杨先生” bear 为动词 意思是“负担，承担，忍受，携带” bearing 在此处作 a card 的定语 意思为 “携带 写着， 上面有”

49. Eg. Attend carefully to what she is saying. You must attend to your work. He has a great deal to attend to today. 注意 4.Della finished crying and attended to her cheeks with the power rag.(Para.3 p84.) 专心 处理 attend to: pay attention to, deal with, look after 注意；专心，处理；照料，关照 She has two nurses attending (on/upon) her. attend (on/upon) sb./sth：陪伴，照料，侍候

50. 出席，参加 Did you attend the meeting yesterday? Your attendance at the meeting would be very welcome. The nurse is in constant attendance on the patient. • attend vt. • attendance n. attend school /church /the meeting /the wedding n. =presence 出席，参加 随侍，看护