Unit7AChristmasCarol

Briefintroduction

ThisunitintroducesBritishliterature,whichismainly

aboutCharlesandhissomeworks,suchasOliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,ATaleoftwoCities.Especially,intheReadingandIntegratingSkillsparts,thetwopassagesgiveusa

descriptionofawholestory—AChristmasCarol.What’smore,languagestudyisconnectedwiththestoryclosely.Inthe

writingpart,thestudentsneedtowriteacommentonthe

storyAChristmasCarol.

Teachingaims:

LearnaboutCharlesDickensandhisworks.

Talkaboutsocialresponsibilities.

ReviewtheAdverbial

Writeareviewofaplay

Teachingmethods:

Introductivemethod;Analyzing;Practice

Teachingaids:

ARecorder;Ablackboard

Reading

Teachingaims:

Graspthekeywords,expressionsandsentencepatternsby

readingtheplay.

Graspthemainplotsoftheplayandknowaboutmaincharacters.

Teachingimportantpoints:

Graspthemainplotsoftheplayandknowaboutmain

characters.

Retelltheplay

Talkaboutsocialresponsibilities.

Teachingdifficultpoints:

Howtoappreciatethebeautyofaplay.

MaketheSsunderstandhowselfishandmeanScroogeis.

Teachingmethods:

Analyze;SkimmingandScanningAsking-and-answeringmethod;HeuristicmethodTeachingaids:

Arecorderandablackboard

Teachingsteps:

I.Lead-in

LeadtheSsinthenewlessonbyguessingapuzzle.HeisprobablythebestknownandmostpopularBritish

novelistofthe19thcentury.Heiswidelyknownforattractinghumorsandcarefulanalysis,connectingrealism

withromanticismproperly.Inallhislife,hewrotemany

novels,shortsketches,essaysandplays,someofwhichwere

edited

in

Pickwick

Papers《匹克威克外傳》

.Pleaseguesswho

heis.

ItmustbeCharlesDickens.

II.BriefIntroductionofCharlesDickens

DoyouknowsomethingaboutCharlesDickens?Pleasefillintheformafterdiscussingwithyourpartner.

CharlesDickens

WhenOnFeb.7,1812

WhereLandport,Portsmouth

NationalityBritish

WorksOliverTwist,DavidCopperfield,AChristmasCarol,

ATaleofTwoCities,HardTimes,PickwickPapers,ect.

WritingAttractinghumorsandcarefulanalysis,

Styleconnectrealismwithromanticismproperly

Hewasasympathizertothepoor,thesuffering,the

Assessmentoppressed;andbyhisdeath,oneofEngland’sgreatest

writerstotheworld.

Todaywe’regoingtoreadthepassageAChristmasCaroladaptedaccordingtothesamenameAChristmasCarolwrittenbyCharlesDickens.

III.Background

Thispartnotonlyintroducesbackgroundbutalsobringsinnewkeywords.

CharlesDickens’worksdisplayhisdeepsympathyandloveforthepoor.Inhistimemanypeopleearnedverylowwage

theycouldhardlylive

on.Therichonlyoccupied

themselves

withmakingmoney,andhadnoeyefortheneedsandwelfare

oftheir

works.

Opportunities

tofind

well-paid

jobs

werefar

fromabundant.

DickenswroteAChristmasCarolin1843.Whenthebook

appeared,

It

was

an

immediate

success.

Several

of

the

charactersinthebookareverystriking.ThereisBob,who

worksfor

Scroogeasaclerk,

wearing

anold

andwornovercoat.

andwarminghis

frozen

handsover

acandle

asthe

windowsare

coveredwithfrost.

Andthen

thereisFred,Scrooge’snephew,

whoinviteshisuncletoadinner.FinallythereisSanta

Clause,whobringsScroogebacktohisolddaystomakehim

admitthefactthatheonlycaresformoney.Andofcourse

Scrooge,

acold,

meanold

man,

is

always

commenting

on

everythingbysaying

“Humbug”—anexpressiontypicalof

Dickens’times.

IV.Skimming

AChristmasCarolisaplay,whichismadeupoftwoparts

(ReadingandIntegratingskills),soweshouldreadtheplayasawhole.Pleaseskimtheplayandtellmethemainplotsoftheplay.

PlotsoftheplayContents

Prologue

Outset

Risingaction

Climax

Outcome

InScrooge’soffice

Bobtriestowarmhishands—Fredleaves.

Scroogefallsasleep

ChristmasDay:ScroogegoestoBob’sCratchit

’shouse

Epilogue

V.Carefulreading

AChristmasCarol

In

Bob

toocoldtowrite,warminghishands

Outset

Scrooge’s

overthecandle.

office

Scrooge

tellsBobtocontinueworking

Bobtries

Bob

AsksScroogeforadayoffonChristmasDay.

towarm

Scrooge

unwillingtopromiseBob.

Rising

hishands

Scrooge’snephew,inviteshisuncletohave

action

---Fred

Fred

dinner,describestheimportantmeaningof

leaves.A

ChristmasDay.

gentleman

Bob

applauds

comes.

don’tunderstandhimatall,laughingathis

Scrooge

beingpoor.

Gentleman

asksScroogetohelpthepoor.

Scrooge

refusestomakeanycontribution.

Climax

Scrooge

Santa

showsScroogeintoadream,leadshiminto

falls

Clause

hispast,present,andfuture.

asleep

Scrooge

Admitshiserrorinvaluingmoneyover

Climax

People;promisestochangehisways.

Outcome

Christmas

Day:

Scrooge

Scrooge

OnChristmasmorning,ScroogeawakesaMan,hegoestoBob’shouseandhasaMerryChristmasDaywiththem.

VI.Postreading

Pleasescanthepassageandanswerthequestionsinthepost

readingpart.

HowdoesEbenezerScroogetreatpeopleworkingforhim?

Canyougivesomeexamples?

Hetreatspeoplebadly.Forexample,hisnephewFredinvites

him

to

have

Christmas

dinner

with

them.

He

doesn’t

understandhimatall,laughingathisbeingpoor.What

worse,herefusestohelpthepoor.

CharactersinstoriesbyCharlesDickenscanoften

recognizedbysometypicalbehavior.

’s

be

(1).

What’s

typical

of

Scrooge?Whatdosehemeanbysaying

it?

Scroogealwayssays

“Humbug”,which

meansnonsense.

(2).What’stypicalofSantaClause?Whatdoseitmean?

SantaClausegivesakindofvoice

“Ho,Ho,Ho

”,which

isawayoflaughing.Itreallymeans

“He,He,He

”.

What’sthetruespiritofChristmasaccordingtoFred?AccordingtoFred,thetruespiritofChristmasistostop

onlythinkaboutyourself,buttoopenyourheartfreelyandthinkofotherpeople.

Scrooge’slastvisitor

’s

saysheis

concerned

with

welfare.

Whatismeantbythat?

Scrooge’slastvisitor,SantaClausesaysheis

concerned

withScrooge’swelfare.ItmeansthatheisworriedaboutScroogebecauseheisselfish,meanandcold,neverthinksaboutothers.

SantaClausetakesScroogeonajourneythroughtime.What’shisrole?Isheaguide,doctororjudge?Explainyouranswer.

SantaClause’sroleisthatofaguide.HeshowsScroogesomescenesfromhisownpast,presentandfuture,alittlebitlikeatourguide.

Scroogesaysthathedoesn’twanttowatchthescenesSantashowshim.Whynot?

Scroogesayshedoesn’t

wanttoseethescenes,

maybebecause

henowseesclearly

whataterrible

andselfish

hehasalways

been.

Animportantscene

in

AChristmas

Carolis

whenScrooge

watcheshisyoungerselftalkingwithhisgirlfriend.

(1).What’sthetalkbetweenyoungScrooge

andthegirl

about?

ThegirlwantstobreakupherrelationwithyoungScrooge.

(2).Whatdoesshemeanby“thegoldenidol”?

“Thegoldenidol”ismoney.

(3).Whydoesn’tsheloveScroogeanymore?

Shedoesn’tloveScroogeanymorebecauseheisselfishandonlythinksaboutmoney.

(4).Whatdoesitmeanifpeopleweigheverythingbygain?Weighingeverythingbygainmeansthatpeoplewillonlydo

somethingforthemselves,andbuttheydon’thelpothers.

8.WhydoesMrsCratchitnotwanttodrinkatoasttoMr

Scrooge?

MrsCratchitdoesn’twanttodrinkatoasttoMrScrooge

becauseshehateshimandblameshimforTinyTim’sbad

health.

What’swrongwithTinyTim?WoulditbeScrooge’sfaultifTinyTimdiedinthefuture?

TinyTimisaverysmallandweak,littleboywhohassome

problemswith

hislegs.

That’swhyhehastousesomesupport

orbecarriedbyhisfather.Tim’sdeathwillgetworse

unlesshisfamilycanbuyhimsomethemedicineheneedsand

improve

his

diet.

Sincetheproblemof

TinyTim’shealth

is

causedbythefactthathisfatherdoesn

’thisfatherearn

enoughmoney，youcouldsaythatScroogeisresponsiblefor

TinyTim’sdeathinthefuture.Thestorysuggeststhatif

Scroogewereagoodman,heshouldmakeithisresponsibility

tocareforhisemployees.

VII.Cloze

Theshortpassageisthegeneralideaofthisplay.Pleasereadthepassagecarefullyandquickly,thenfillinthe

blankswithproperwordsandphrases.

Verycold,soheiswarminghishandsoverthecandle.But

his

bossScrooge,

whoiscold,

mean,andselfish

man,orders

himtocontinue

working.

ThenBobasksScroogeto

haveaday

off

in