A TALE OF TWO CITIESA TALE OF TWO CITIES ----Written by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

(1812-1870)

Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》 (1838) Dombey and Son 《董贝父子》 (1848) David Copperfield 《大卫 · 科波菲尔》 (1850 ） Hard Times

《艰难时代》 (1854) Great Expectations 《远大前程》（ 1861)

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Dr. Manette Lucie Manette

Sydney Carton

Charles Darnay

Monsieur Defarge

Madame Defarge peasant boy

peasant girl

Marquis St Evremonde

I. Say something about Dr. Manette.

1.Who was Dr. Manette?

2. What happened when Lucie was a baby?

3.Where had Dr Manette been kept a prisoner?

4.For what reason had he been sent to prison?

5.How was Dr Manette when he was set free?

Bastille /for no good reason / mentally disturbed

*for this/that reason

for no reason

for some reason

for a simple reason

for the reason of health

She had to give up teaching for

the reason of health.

无正当理由

为此无缘无故为某种原因为一个简单的理由为健康的理由

1.When and where did this story happen?It happened in 1775 in a poor district in Paris.

They had come from England, having heard the news that Dr Manette, Lucie’s father, was still alive and living in Paris.

She felt very sad, having learned the death of his mother.

Having broken his glasses, he couldn’t read the newspaper.

* be pleased at/about/with

be pleased to do sth.

We were pleased at the good news.

We are pleased to know the result.

3. Was Defarge happy? Yes, he was pleased at their arrival.

2.Why did Lucie and the Englishman call at the wine shop? What news did Lucie hear?

=She felt very sad, as she had learned the death of his mother.

=As he had broken his glasses, he couldn’t read the newspaper.

*having been done

The boy, having been wounded by the noble, died a few days later.

=After he had been wounded by the noble, the boy died.

* 以 s 结尾的专有名词的所有格 Paris’s/Paris’ prison

Charles’s/Charles’ father

Engel’s/Engles’ works

Dr Manette, having been kept a prisoner in the Bastille, Paris's most important prison, for many years, had recently been set free, and this news had reached Miss Manette in England.

Having been encouraged by the director, the actors acted wonderfully in the play.=As they had been encouraged by the director, the actors acted wonderfully in the play.

*work at 致力于，在 ... 上下功夫You have to work at your pronunciation if you want to improve your spoken English.

*as he had done in prison=as he had worked at making shoes in prisonWhen at Rome,do as Romans do.

The teacher told us to do as he did.*in peace=peacefully in silence=silently

Dr Manette had been mentally disturbed by his long years alone in prison and his hair had turned white. All day long he worked at making shoes, as he had done in prison. Now he could not live in peace unless his door was locked. Lucie was able to make her father trust her and her friend, and together they brought him back to England where his mental health and strength gradually got better.

The government is still working hard at improving the living conditions of the teacher.

*be put into/in prison

be sent to prison

be in prison

Law-breakers are put into/in prison.

The thief was sent to prison for a year.

He has been in prison for three years.

*keep silent over sth. over 在 ... 问题上，对 ...

They had a good laugh over this matter.

Dr Manette had been put in prison for no good reason. One day he had been called out to attend a young peasant and his sister. Dr Manette realized that the sister must have been very badly treated. Her brother had been wounded 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 over this matter.

Mrs White went to the prison to visit her son.

1.What happened to Lucie after her father returned to England?

2.What did Sydney promise to do for her?

Two men fell in love with Lucie Manette,Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton . Lucie married Charles Darnay.

Sydney promised Lucie Manette that he would always do anything he could for her to make sure of her happiness.

*make sure of sth/doing sth. make sure that...

You’d better make sure of the time and place.Can you make sure of getting a ticket?Please make sure that the lights are turned off.

*suffer vt./vi. 遭受，忍受

suffer from

*fortune n. fortunate adj. fortunately adv. fortuneteller n.

*under an English name.He suffered a great deal from cold and hunger in the old days.

under the name of 用 ... 的名字 . by the name of 名字叫… in the name of 以 ... 名义

Though Charles's name looked English, his family was in fact French. He was the nephew of the cruel Marquis St. Evremonde. Charles had left France because he hated the cruel deeds of the French nobles and the way they treated the peasants. The peasants had to pay heavy taxes and suffered greatly from hunger. So he left France, preferring to give up the fortune that would one day come to him, and went to live in England. However, an English spy told the Defarges in Paris that the nephew of the old marquis was living in England under an English name.

He suffered pain.

She often suffers from headaches.

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In July, 1789, the Revolution started in France.The poor of the cities and the peasants in the country,having lived such a hard life for so long, took up their guns and knives and began to kill the rich nobles. In the country the revolutionaries set fire to the nobles' castles and burnt them to the ground. *the poor/ the rich/ the young/ the old/ the deaf/ the blind/ the new/ the ordinary/ the unusualThe young respect the old;the old love the young.

Which apples do you want, the red or the yellow?

* 同源宾语 live a hard life=live hard die a heroic death=die heroicallydream a sweet dream=dream sweetlylive a happy life=live happily smile a bitter smile=smile bitterly*set fire to the house=set the house on fire*burn…to the ground=burn…to ashes

Some time later, Charles Darnay found at a bank in London a letter from France addressed to him, or rather to the Marquis St. Evremonde, for his father and uncle were now dead. On reading it, he found that a servant of the family in France had been put in prison, through no fault of his own. So he returned to France to try to rescue him. However, on his arrival in Paris he was recognized as a noble and thrown into prison. Dr Manette and his daughter Lucie had followed Charles to Paris, and Dr Manette, because he had been a prisoner and was a hero of the revolutionaries, was able to visit Charles in prison.

* address to sb. 把（信）写给某人This package is addressed to you.*on reading=as soon as he read the letter

on/upon doing sth. on/upon sth. on his arrival in Paris=as soon as he arrived in Paris *through no fault of his own. 并不是由于他本人的过错 through + n.

-ing由于I lost my keys through my carelessness.The boy became ill through eating too much.

*doubt vt./n. 否定与疑问句中： doubt+that 从句 I don’t doubt that he is honest./There is no doubt that he is honest.

do right do good do harm*sentence v. 判处，宣判 be sentenced to…

He was sentenced to death by the court.He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

*have sth. done She had her money stolen./I have your medicine prepared now.

When the people in the court heard this, there was no doubt in their minds that the St. Evremonde family had done much wrong. Charles was sentenced to death and would have his head cut off the next day.

Can you doubt that she will win?

有害处

I felt I had done wrong.

You did quite right to give it up.You should do good all your life

Pollution will do harm to health.

You’ve done me great wrong*do wrongdo sb. wrong=do wrong to sb.

I doubt whether it is true.肯定句中： doubt+if/whether 从句做错事，做得不对

做得对做好事，有好处

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

我所做的，是我所做过的最好、最最好的事情；我所得到的，是我知道的最安祥、最最安祥的休息。

Present Participle:This film is very exciting.China is a developing country.I saw a boy playing under the tree.The students ran out, talking and laughing.

doing sth. & having done sth. As adverbial clause:Charles Darnay left France, preferring to give up his fortune.Being a brave man, Charles returned to France.The poor of the cities,having lived such a hard life, took up their gunsHaving brought her father back to England,Lucie helped him to get better.

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