Reading11.Lookattheseliterarygenres.Whichdoyouenjoymost?Why?Warming-upFictionNon-fictionpoetrynovelsessaysshortstoriesreportsrecountsdescriptions2.Doyoulikeclassicormodernliterature?Whatfamousliteraryworkshaveyouread?3.Whichdoyoulikebetter,EnglishnovelsorChinesenovels?WhatEnglishnovelshaveyouread?4.Canyousaysomethingofthestoryyoulikebest?Whydoyouenjoyreadingit?GeorgeEliotMaryAnnEvans(GeorgeEliot)wasborninChilversCoton,Warwickshire.Herfatherwasacarpenterwhorosetobealandagent.Whenshewasafewmonthsold,thefamilymovedtoGriff,a‘cheerfulred-brick,ivory-coveredhouse’,andthereEliotspent21yearsofhislifeamongpeoplethathelaterdepictedinhernovels.Shewaseducatedathomeandinseveralschools,anddevelopedastrongevangelicalpietyatMrs.Wallington’sSchoolatNeneaton.However,laterEliotrejectedherdogmaticfaith.Whenhermotherdiedin1836,shetookchargeofthefamilyhousehold.In1841shemovedwithherfathertoCoventry,whereshelivedwith

himuntilhisdeathin1849.DuringthistimeshemetCharlesBray,afree-thinkingCoventrymanufacturer.Hiswife,Caroline(Cara)wasthesisterofCharlesHennel,theauthorofaworkentitledAnInquiryConcerningtheOriginofChristianity(1838).ThereadingofthisandotherrationalisticworksinfluenceddeeplyEliot’sthoughts.Afterherfather'sdeath,EliottravelledaroundEurope.ShesettledinLondonandtookupworkassubeditorofWestminsterReview.ThethreeBrontesistersCharlotteBronteAnneBronteEmilyBronteWutheringHeightsJaneAustenPrideandPrejudiceGone

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WindMargaretMitchellCharlesDickensAgnesGreyGonewiththeWindTessofthed’UrbevillesDavidCopperfieldPre-readingCanyoumatchthetitlesofthesefamousnovelstotheauthors?MargaretMitchellAnneBront?CharlesDickensThomasHardyJaneEyrePrideandPrejudiceWutheringHeightsJustsostoriesTokillaMockingbirdJaneAustenCharlotteBront?HarperLeeEmilyBront?RudyardKiplingReading1.Canyoubelievethatthereusedtobeaconsensusinsocietythat

opposedtothewritingofnovelsbyauthoresses?(1)thereusedtobe…曾經(jīng)有…e.g.Thereusedtobeabridgeover thatriver.Explanation(2)consensusn.agreementinopinion;collectiveopinion意見一致

reachconsensuson在…方面達成共識

Thereisagrowingconsensusofopiniononthisissue.

對這個問題的看法日趨一致。2.Clearlythisrestrictionmusthaveoperatedatatimewhentherewasnoequalityofopportunityforwomen.

很明顯這種局限性在男女不平等的時代必然存在過。(1)“musthave+過去分詞”表示對過去事情的肯定的猜測。

e.g.Itmusthaverainedheavilylastnight,forthegroundisstillwetthismorning.昨天晚上肯定下過大雨,因為今天早上的地面還是濕的。(2)whentherewasnoequalityofopportunityforwomen為定語從句,先行詞為atime.(3)equalityn.stateofbeingequal平等e.g.Allthreechildrenhaveequalityinourfamily.在我們家三個孩子都是平等的。3.Perhapsyouthinkthatdiscriminationofthiskindwasinforceaverylongtimeagobecause,afterall,itisaveryold-fashionedidea.或許你會認為這種類型的歧視只會在很久以前才有影響,因為畢竟這是一種很落伍的想法。(1)beinforce有效,有影響e.g.Thenewsafetyregulationsarenowinforce.新的安全規(guī)則現(xiàn)已生效。(2)afterall終究,畢竟e.g.Ithasturnedouttobeanicedayafterall.天終歸轉(zhuǎn)晴了。PeoplemayhavedifferentopinionsaboutKaren,butIadmireher.____,sheisagreatmusician.A.afterallB.AsaresultC.InotherwordsD.Asusual4.Thosewho

gotround

thisbanwere:…,andthewriterknownasGeorgeEliot.(1)whogotroundthisban是定語從 句,先行詞為those.(2)getround避開,繞開;說服,爭取(某人)e.g.Youcannotgetroundthetaxlaws.你不能鉆稅法的空子。

Youcangetroundhimeasily.你可以很容易地說服他。(3)knownasGeorgeEliot為過去分詞短語作定語修飾thewriter,相當于whowasknownasGeorgeEliot.5.Sheproducedsixcompletednovels,allofwhich

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theproblemsandlimitationsofwomen’schoices.她創(chuàng)作了六部完整的小說,這些作品都涉及到女性選擇權的問題及其局限性。(1).allofwhich…為非限制性定語從句,先行詞為sixcompletenovels.

Luckily,we’dboughtaroadmapwithout____wewouldhavelostourway.

A.itB.thatC.thisD.which(2).dealwith

關于,論及;處理;對待;與…相處e.g.Thebookdealingwiththefilmstarssellswell.Howshallwedealwiththisproblem?What’sthebestwaytodealwiththieves?Themaniseasytodealwith.6.Atthistimetheonlyrespectablecareerforawomanwastomarry,sothedilemmaofherheroines’wasalsotomarrybutforlove.