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1、,Reading Comprehension,Part II,Book 3-Unit 8,Pre-reading TaskComprehension WorkLanguage Work,Reading Comprehension,Book 3-Unit 8,Return to Menu,Discuss 1.Cite some examples of sex discrimination in our society.2.Why do some parents/teachers show particular preference for boys/girls?Learn about the B
2、ront sisters,Book 3-Unit 8,Pre-reading Task,Cultural Information about the Three Sisters of the Bronts,Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights,Agnes Grey,Charlotte Bront,Emily Bront,Anne Bront,Book 3-Unit 8,The Bront Sisters,Charlotte Bront:born on 21 April 1816 in Thornton,Yorkshire,England.She died on 31 Marc
3、h 1855 from complications during pregnancy.Her most famous work is Jane Eyre.Emily Bront:born on 30 July 1818 and died on 19 December 1848 from tuberculosis.Her best-known work is Wuthering Heights.Anne Bront:born on 17 January 1820 and died on 28 May 1948 from influenza.Her best-known work is Agnes
4、 Grey.,Book 3-Unit 8,Comprehension Work,Text SummaryText Organization Question DiscussionStory Reproduction,Book 3-Unit 8,The text presents a tragic story of the consequences of _ through describing the tragic fate of three gifted girls:_ in the history of English literature.They _ much of their lit
5、erary talent,youth and energy for their brother who turned out to be _.,Listen to the text and fill in the blanks to complete the summary of the text.,sex prejudice,sacrificed,Anne,Emily,and Charlotte Bront,a failure,Book 3-Unit 8,Text Summary,Book 3-Unit 8,Para.1,Para.9-Para.10,The writer gives his
6、 opinion“we should not judge children by sex”,The writer concludes his argument which present the lesson that we can learn from the story and reiterates his point.,Para.2-Para.8,Para.2-Para.5,Para.6-Para.8,The writer backs up his opinion with a story about the Bront sisters.,Mr.Bront invested all hi
7、s hopes and the familys in the boy while the gifts of the three girls were left unattended to.The son was sent to the best art school and later given intellectual work as a tutor.In spite of the selfless sacrifices of his three sisters,he turned out to be a failure both in his career,and in life.,Th
8、is section is about the three girls sustained efforts at literary creation,their remarkable achievements despite their initial setback and the prevalent sex discrimination of society,and their early death as a result of their years of sacrifice for their brother.,Text Organization,1.Why did farmers
9、traditionally prefer sons to daughters?Farmers believed that boys were better at heavy farm work than girls.2.How did the boy,Branwell,disappoint his family?His father and family put all their hopes on him.The family saved money to send him to study art in London.But the boy soon hightailed it home,
10、a penniless failure.Then the family found a job for him as a private tutor in the hope that he would develop his literary skills and achieve fame and success.But again,he turned out to be a failure.,Book 3-Unit 8,Question Discussion,3.What became of the boy when he suffered failures one after anothe
11、r?After repeated setbacks,the indebted boy turned to alcohol,then opium and eventually died as he had lived a failure.4.What did the three sisters do to support their brother?To support their brother,the three intelligent girls squelched their own goals,farming themselves out as teachers and governe
12、sses for years.,Book 3-Unit 8,5.What did the three sisters keep doing in their spare time?And what difficulties did they encounter?They worked hard in their spare time,late at night by candlelight,writing poems and novels.But they could not get support anywhere and had to publish a book of poetry at
13、 their own expense.Besides,they had to use a pseudonym for fear of the reviewers bias against females.,Book 3-Unit 8,6.What great contributions did the three sisters make to 19th century literature?What are their literary merits?The three sisters literary works,especially the three novels,Annes Agne
14、s Grey,Emilys Wuthering Heights,and Charlottes Jane Eyre,transformed the19th century literature.These novels which are about women in conflict with natural desires and social condition enabled the three sisters to win recognition on their own merits as they wrote of what they knew best,poured out th
15、eir pent-up emotions and made use of their own life experiences.,Book 3-Unit 8,7.What was the tragic fate of the three sisters?Why?The three sisters all died young because of the years of sacrifice for their brother.They died at the age of 29,30 and 39 respectively.8.What lesson does the tragic fate
16、 of the three sisters teach us?The tragic short lives of the Bronte sisters tell us that in modern society,we must value children not for their physical strength or gender,as we would any mere best of burden,but for their integrity,strength,commitment,courage spiritual qualities abundant in both boy
17、s and girls.,Book 3-Unit 8,9.What would Patrick Bronte do were he alive today?Were he still alive today he would urge us to abandon the old prejudices and avoid the tragic and irrevocable error of putting all of his eggs in one male basket.,Book 3-Unit 8,Story Reproduction,Retell the story using the
18、 clues on page 111.,Book 3-Unit 8,Language Work,Difficult SentencesIn Other WordsWork with Sentences Word Study,Book 3-Unit 8,现在美国的农业人口仅占总人口的百分之三，脑力劳动已取代了仅仅只靠体力的劳动.,brawn:physical strengthbrain:intellectual powerbrain and brawn is a case of alliteration,With only 3%of Americans in agriculture today,
19、brain has supplanted brawn.,Sometimes,the two words in alliteration are antonymous or synonymous in meaning e.g.-friend and foe-weal and woe-penny wise,pound foolish,-He is all fire and fight.,supplant:vt.to take the place of a person or thing so that they are no longer used,no longer in a position
20、of power,Difficult Sentences,Book 3-Unit 8,如果说艺术是他的目的地，那么他搭错了车。,He believed that art was to be his path in life,but thewriter believes that this choice was wrong.,2.But if art was his calling,he dialled a wrong number.,Book 3-Unit 8,Fearless of the difficulties,Undaunted,they continued in their spar
21、e time,late at night by candlelight,to pour out their pent-up emotion,writing of what they knew best,of women in conflict with their natural desires and social condition:in reality,less fiction than autobiography.,They released their restrained feelings with pens.If you pour out your thoughts,feelin
22、gs etc,you tellsomeone everything about them,especiallybecause you feel very unhappy,the books they wrote were more like stories of their own experiences and life(i.e.autobiography),then made up stories about imaginary people and events(i.e.fiction),但是她们并没退怯，在空余时间里仍笔耕不辍甚至挑灯夜战挥洒她们积蓄的热情，记录下了现实生活中她们熟知的
23、事物和挣扎于自身欲望与社会现状中的女性而这些更象是她们的自传而非虚构的小说。,Book 3-Unit 8,如果他还活着，他必定会敦促我们摈弃成见，避免像他那样一心只望子成龙的悲剧和无法更改的错误重现。,If he were alive today,Were he alive today he would surely urge us to put away our pass prejudices and avoid his won tragic and irrevocable error of putting all of his eggs in one male basket!,puttin
24、g all his hopes on his son Branwell.,old,past(French),Book 3-Unit 8,commitment,anonymous,hoard,integrity,pent-up,nurture,psedonynm,autobiography,sacrifice,dismiss,The poem is written by a/an _ writer.The secretary shouted at the manager,releasing her _ rage.As a man of _,Mr.White was respected and a
25、dored by all the people in the community.Participation in social work can _ the students sense of responsibility.The success of the huge project calls for the _ of all parties involved.When a destructive flood struck the area,local farmers began to _ food and firewood for fear of famine.,In Other Wo
26、rds,Put the following expressions from the text in the blank.(page 112),Click the word,Book 3-Unit 8,sacrifice,pseudonym,autobiography,7.Shared parenting makes it possible for professional women not to have to _ their careers to care for children at home.8.For the sake of national security,the Prime
27、 Minister _ the suggestion of cutting down on the military budget.9.In his _,the former president reveals many details of his first visit to China.10.Samuel Longhorn Clemens wrote many stories under the _ of Mark Twain.,dismiss,Book 3-Unit 8,ed,Work with Sentences(page 112),Rewrite the following sen
28、tences using the expressions below,take ones toll warn of/about preferto hinge on turn to cry out for fear of at ones own expense in conflict with,The problem of the ageing population cries out to society that certain products and services in future must meet the needs of the elderly.My father is a
29、little vain and he prefers publicity to a quiet life at home.The girl is waiting for her boyfriends call with such anxiety that it seems as if her fate hinged entirely on the ringing.,Book 3-Unit 8,is an urgent warning,loves publicity more than,depended totally on,Having failed to make a living out
30、of the small business,he turned to working as a taxi-driver.Years of political upheavals in this country were beginning to take their toll:the nations economy was on the verge of bankruptcy.6.The explorer traveled across the great desert at his own expense.7.His suggestion was novel to us.It was als
31、o in conflict with the conventional idea.8.Yes,you are free to choose whether to have cosmetic surgery or not,but I have to warn you of the dangers involved.9.I did not have enough courage to say what was on my mind,for fear of starting trouble.,Book 3-Unit 8,changed his occupation and began to work
32、,have a serious effect,used his own money to travel across the great desert.,completely the opposite of,caution you against,fearing this would start trouble.,Study the five expressions in Exercise a together with the example sentences in Exercise b.Give English interpretations of the term based on t
33、he example sentences.Then try to translate the example sentences into Chinese.Try to finish Exercise b:work on one sentence out of the prompts.,Word Study(page 113),Book 3-Unit 8,1.This would free him to achieve the success and fame that he deserved.,这能让他有时间去取得他应得的成功和名利。,deserve+nouns forattention/p
34、raise/treatment/punishment2.deserve+to do/be etc.(forpraise/positive meaning),1.a.He was not working hard in the company and was finally laid off.He deserved what he got!b.The farmer deserves recognition for his generous donation to the school.c.The teacher told the class that the books on the list
35、deserved to be read carefully.,Book 3-Unit 8,2.If only they had been nurtured instead of sacrificed.,要是她们受到的是栽培而不是被牺牲就好了。,1.if only+clause in subjunctive mood(要是 就好了)2.if only+for/because/to do(仅仅就 原因而做)e.g.-We must respect him if only for his honesty.-We must respect him if only because he was hone
36、st.,2.a.If only she had had the opportunity to go to university in those years.b.If only Patrick Bronte had valued his three daughters as much as he did his son.c.We must respect him if only for his wisdom.,Book 3-Unit 8,3.But the Bronte sisters tragically short lives teach us even more of life than
37、 of literature.,但是布朗特姐妹的英年早逝给了我们更多生活中而不仅仅只是文学中的启示。,3.a.The reason why solar energy is not in widespread use is more economic than technical;the equipment is too expensive.b.Many patients suffer more from the stress caused by worrying about an illness,than from the illness itself.c.My father was more
38、 like a friend than a parent to me.,Book 3-Unit 8,4.We must value children not for their physical strength or gender but by their integrity,strength,commitment,courage.,我们在衡量孩子的时候不应以他们的体力，性别为标准，而是以他们正直的品质，坚韧的毅力，奉献的精神和无畏的勇气为准.,4.a.Some people dont value their health until they are ill.b.If we had onl
39、y three more days to live,we would value every minute of our life.c.Jerry valued his two pups as close friends after the accident.,1.value+noun2.value+noun+as(把 看作有价值的)e.g.-They valued the house for auction.-We valued her very much as a colleague.,Book 3-Unit 8,5.We must valve children by spiritual
40、qualities abundant in both boys and girls.,我们在衡量孩子的时候应该以女孩和男孩同样拥有饱满的意志品质为标准。,5.a.The country is abundant in natural resources.b.Green grass and colorful flowers are abundant on the campus in spring.c.It is reported in some research papers that self-centeredness is a characteristic abundant in todays generation.,1.abundant+noun2.be abundant3.be abundant in e.g.-The land is abundant in minerals.-Farmers celebrated the abundant harvest.,Book 3-Unit 8,Book 3-Unit 8,Return to Menu,
