Module 8 Unit 1

The written word(Revision)

Liu Jing Wenshu Senior High

Let’s guess

He has a place in literature world.

Many of his works have been adapted into films.

He is the most well- known poet and playwright of all time.

He has a good reputation for his poetry and drama .

One of his best known works is “Romeo and Juliet”.

William Shakespeare

He was England’s most popular novelist.

He was good at writing fiction.

His tomb reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.

He is the author of “Great Expectations”, the theme of which is what is a gentleman.

Charles Dickens

Let’s guess

How well do you remember the story of Great Expectations?

The relationship among the main characters?

Pip

Joe

A desperate criminal

Pip’s sister

Estella

abuseWould rather die than see any harm come to Pipdesperate for

gene

rous

be bent on becoming a gentleman

Theme: Wealth does not buy happiness and friends are more important.

Useful expressions

poetry/ poet be bent on doing drama on the runfiction live up tocharacter has a good reputation for novelist be intended to do/be sthauthor has a place in desperate be desperate forabuse would rather do A than do Bcriminal have been adapted intogenerous be lost tothemeresist playwright

1 This programme is aimed at preventing child _________. (abuse)

2 He said he was innocent of the ________ though he has a ___________ record. (criminal)

3 ----- Mr Anderson is popular with his students, for he is kind, strict and knowledgeable.

---- No wonder he has such a good _________.

A regulation B reputation

C reservation D revolution

Exercises:

abuse

crimecriminal

1 desperate

Pip is _____________for Estella’s love. After receiving the fortune given by the ____________criminal, Pip is ___________to leave for London to begin his new life of a gentleman. desperate/desperately/desperation

desperate: adj 铤而走险的， 拼命的； 非常需要， 渴望

desperate

desperate desperate

be desperate for sth 非常渴望某物be desperate to do 渴望做in desperation in desperation 走投无路走投无路

Fill in the blank :Fill in the blank :

1 He _____ ____ ___________ ____ the job that he would have done anything.

2 _______________________________

all her debts and has to work day and night ( 玛丽急于还清所有债务 )

3 Finally, _____ _______________, we turned to the police for help.

was so desperate for

Mary is desperate to pay off

in desperation

would rather do A than do B = prefer to do A than do B

= prefer doing to doing

I would rather stay in than go out.

= I prefer __ _____ __ than ____ _____.

= I prefer ________ ___ to ________ ___.

to stay in go out

staying in going out

2 As a mother, she would rather starve than see any harm come to her child.

2 would rather do A than do B = prefer to do A than do B

= prefer doing to doing

Would rather sb did Would rather sb had done

rather than 而不是

宁愿某人做某事 宁愿某人已做过某事

Translation:

The parents rather than the children are to blame.

The hero would rather die than submit to the enemy.

didn’t smoke

1 这个英雄宁死不屈。

2 We’d rather you _______________(not smoke) in our home.

3 应该受到责备的是父母而不是孩子。

Multiple choice

1 George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he _____ more on its culture.

A focus B focused C would focus D had focused

2 Most insurance agents would rather you _____ anything

about collecting claims until they investigate the situation.

A do B don’t do C would do D didn’t do

3 ----Does Shelly like shopping?

----Well, she would rather spend time _____ at home than ______ in the street.

A read; wander B reading; wander

C in reading; to wander D reading; to wander

Multiple choice

1 George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he _____ more on its culture.

A focus B focused C would focus D had focused

2 Most insurance agents would rather you _____ anything

about collecting claims until they investigate the situation.

A do B don’t do C would do D didn’t do

3 ----Does Shelly like shopping?

----Well, she would rather spend time _____ at home than ______ in the street.

A read; wander B reading; wander

C in reading; to wander D reading; to wander

3 Pip is bent on becoming a gentleman and winning Estella’s love.

Mo Yan is bent on becoming a novelist, he has a bent for watching lighting fire.

be bent on sth/doing 决心做

have a bent for 爱好某种东西

The poem was _________ to be a song.

I _______ to be admitted to Nan Jing University.

The writer didn’t ________ the reader to read the book until next month.

The flowers were ________ for you.

I have no________ of going to the wedding.

He left England with the ________ of travelling in Africa.

4 intend

intend/ intended/ intention

intended

intend

intend

intended

intention

intention

Pip is intended to win Estella’s love

4 intend

intend: vt ＆ vi 打算 , 计划 , 想要 (n) intentionintend to do sth 打算做

intend sb to do 想要某人做

be intended for sb 为某人准备的

be intended to be/do 目的是成为 / 做某事have no intention to do/of doingwith the intention of

5 However, if you liked the book, you should probably not be too eager to see the film, as it is not likely to live up to your great expectations.

live up to: 达到 , 符合期望1 We hope you can work hard and make progress everyday to _____________________________________.

（达到你父母的期望）2 The bank will be unable to keep its promises because of its financial crisis.

=

live up to your parents’ expectation.

live up toThe bank will be unable to ______________ its promises because of its financial crisis.

live on

live through

live with

以 ... 为生

经历…而幸存

忍受

1 People regard food as their prime want.

=People ______ mainly ______ food.

2 The government hope people can _______ ______ food and clothing, free happy life, and achieve comprehensive development conditions.

3 Mo Yan ______ _____________ the war of liberation.

4 Human beings have to learn to _________ _______ the pain.

Brainstorm:Brainstorm:

Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:

live on

live on

live through live with

Born in 1955 Gao Mi Shandong ProvinceHave a reputation for winning the 2012 Nobel PrizeHis most famous work: “Red Sorghum”

Jiu’er

YU Zhanaoa desperate criminal

Japanese Luo Han

an old man

The owner of a distillery( 酒庄，酒肆）

fall

in lo

ve w

ith

be forced to marrybe bent on making the best wine

live up to their dream

fight against

skin … alive

worker

Mo Yan, born in 1955, Gao Mi city of East China’s Shandong province, have a place in literary world, as he was honored the 2012 Nobel Price in Literature.

Many of his novels have been adapted into films , among which “Red Sorghum” was the most well known. The adaptation is set in Anti-Japanese War(1937-1945). The main character is a woman named “Jiu’er” who was forced to marry an old man owned a distillery( 酒庄，酒肆） with illness.

On the way back home, she came across a desperate criminal named YuZhanao who fall in love with Jiu’er in the field of sorghum. A short time later, the old man was murdered mysteriously and Jiu’er became the boss of the distillery, living with YuZhanao. They were bent on making the best wine, and lived up to their dream occasionally. Good time did not last long. The Japanese army came to this area. They forced the people to work for them and if resisted, they forced a butcher to skin people alive. “Luo Han”, one of Jiu’er’s workers was killed this way. So Jiu’er decided to fight with the Japanese. They would rather die than submit to the Japanese. During the fight, Jiu’er was shorted and died, which came to the end of the film.