Module

3LiteratureReading

PracticeReading

practice

1---

Look

at

thefollowingpictures

and

talk

about

what

you

knowaboutthe

London

of

Victorian

Times到了19世紀(jì)，人口再次膨脹，形成了大片的維多利亞時(shí)期的市郊。由于工業(yè)革命和貿(mào)易迅速增長，人口從1851年的270萬激增至1901年時(shí)的

660萬。倫敦的生活費(fèi)用一年比一年貴，消費(fèi)指數(shù)繼續(xù)暴升，貧富懸殊的情況越趨嚴(yán)重。Reading

and

practice

2----Vocabulary

Readthe

new

words

and

pay

more

attention

totheir

pronunciation.adj:filthy

humbleV.

distributeattainmournchokeaccumulateswallowaccomplishn.

castpipchaptersmog

ragsparrowdustbinseagullnutritionconcernwelfarecompassstarvationtaxpayerscarriersnavyanchor

innpile

paperworkpub

maidpump

fountainmistress

bunch

ambassadorpedestrian

lanternReading

and

practice

3----VocabularyChoose

one

from

the

five

words

“rich,

poor,new,

general,

environmental”

to

fill

ineachblank.Main

ideaPara1

general

relationship

betweenLondon

and

Dickens’

novelsPara2theenvironmental

situation

ofLondon

in

the

middle

of

the

19thcenturyPara3living

conditions

ofthe

poor

inthe

East

EndPara4,5,6places

concerning

life

oftherich

as

well

as

Dickens’

worksPara7

new

London

is

differentfromthe

old

one.Reading

practice

4---

Prediction

Look

at

the

title.What

do

you

expect

the

writer

to

say?London

used

to

be

the

largest

city

in

theworld.Today

London

is

a

clean

city

full

ofskyscrapers

and

broad

avenues.London

in

the

19th

century

used

to

be

a

citywith

both

rich

and

poor

districts.Dickens

felt

at

home

in

London

as

it

is

thecapital

of

England.Open

answerReading

practice

5---Fast

reading

1

Read

thepassage

and

choose

the

sentence

whichbestexpress

its

main

idea.Dickens’

cast

of

characters

live

in

London,the

largest

and

richest

city

in

the

world.Every

chapter

of

his

novels

describesthesights,

sounds,

and

smells

of

the

city,

andprovides

a

social

commentary

of

Londonlife.In

the

middle

of

the

19th

century,

London

wasa

filthy

city

for

rich

and

poor

people

alike.London

is

very

different

today,

and

fewpeople

mourn

the

passing

of

the

old

city.Reading

practice

6---Fast

reading

2

Read

thepassage

quickly

and

decide

what

text

type

thepassage

is.A

narrativeadescriptionanargumentA

narrative:

a

narrated

account,

consisting

of

orcharacterized

bystory-telling.A

description:an

account

telling

you

whatsomebody

or

something

is

like.An

argument:

discussion,

a

paragraph

or

apassage

in

which

disagreement

is

expressed.Reading

practice

7---Careful

reading

1

Readthe

passage

and

decide

where

these

sentencesgo

in

the

passage.Dickens'

favoruite

pub

for

a

pint

of

beer

was

Ye

OldCheshire

cheese.There

are

now

broad

avenues

and

skyscrapers

andthe

atmosphere

iscleaner.As

a

result,

there

were

huge

numbers

ofdesperatelypoor

people.The

men

queued

for

work

every

day

outside

the

docksandwarehouses.Answers:Para

4

after

the

end

of

this

paragraph.para

7

between

“…the

old

city.”

and

“but…”Para

1

between

“…

the

population.”

and“Every

chapter…”Para

3

between

“…port

of

London.”

and“Southofthe

river...”Reading

practice

8---Careful

reading

2

Readthe

passage

and

answer

thefollowingquestions:What

did

Dickens’

novel

describe?Every

chapter

of

his

novels

describesthesights,

sounds,

and

smells

of

the

city,

andprovides

a

social

commentary

of

Londonlife.Was

London

used

to

beclean?No.

It’s

filthy.What

kind

of

place

is

the

East

End?It’s

London’s

poorest

district,

where

childrenwore

rags

for

clothes

and

women

searched

industbins

for

food.How

many

districts

were

London

divided

into,according

to

Dickens?It

was

divided

into

three

districts.Did

he

like

the

West

End?

Why?Yes

he

did.

He

felt

at

home

because

he

thought

hewould

accomplish

more

with

his

drama

than

withhis

novel.Reading

practice

9---Careful

reading

3

Readthe

passage

and

choose

the

correctanswers.Few

people

had

a

good

standard

oflivingbecause

.The

taxpayers

didn’t

care

aboutthem.the

city

waspolluted.(C)

There

were

huge

numbers

of

poor

people.(d)

The

wealth

was

distributed

unfairly

amongthe

population.2.Povertywassoseverethat

.Some

people

were

ill

because

they

didn’t

haveenough

to

eat.Children

wore

rags

for

schoolThe

river

became

polluted

and

caused

diseaseanddeath.It

was

dangerous

to

swallow

the

water

if

youfell

in

theriver.3.TheportofLondonwaswhere

.The

districts

of

East

End

and

southwark

were.the

poorest

people

livedmen

queued

for

work

every

day.ships

came

from

all

over

the

world

to

load

andunload

their

goods.4.TheoldcityofLondonwas

.The

business

and

financial

district

of

LondonWhere

Dickens

livedWhere

the

law

courts

and

many

restaurantsand

squares

were.Dickens

set

his

stories.5.

The

further

west

you

went

in

Dickens’

London

.The

more

Dickens

felt

athome.The

richer

and

more

important

the

peoplewho

lived

there

were.The

safer

it

was

to

walk

at

night.the

less

it

looks

like

London

today.Reading

practice

10---Careful

reading

4Complete

these

sentences

in

your

ownwords.Dickens

provides

a

social

commentary

ofLondon

life

in

the

nineteenth

century

becausehe

writes

about

the

life

of

all

of

the

people

wholivedthere

.London

was

polluted

because

there

was

no

control

on

factory

smoke

or

pouring

waste

into

the

Thames.

.In

the

East

End

people

wore

rags

and

searchedfor

food

in

dustbins

because

they

didn’thave

money

to

buy

their

own

food

.Dickens

wanted

to

be

known

as

a

writer

ofplaysbecause

he

thought

he

would

get

his

message

across

to

people

better

.Few

people

miss

London

in

the

19th

centuryBecause

much

of

it

was

very

unpleasant

to

live

in

.Language

Points1.

In

the

middle

of

the

19th

century,Londonwas

a

filthy

city

for

rich

and

poor

people

alike.alike

adj/adv

①相像，十分相似。我和我妹妹外貌不像。My

sister

and

I

don’t

look

alike.②十分相像地。他們盡量對自己的孩子們一視同仁。They

tried

to

treat

all

their

children

alike.③同樣地。金錢和健康對我們來說同樣的重要。Money

and

health

are

important

to

mealike.2.

Although

on

clear

daysthe

air

was

filled

withsparrows

and

seagulls

flying

high

above,