Charles Dickens and his works

Have you heard of Charles Dickens?

In this module, we will mainly study the works written by Charles Dickens.

Oliver Twist

David Copperfield

A Tale of Two Cities

Great Expectations

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This period, we mainly study Oliver Twist , Let’s see a brief introduction of Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist, it is one of most popular novels of Charles Dickens’s.Oliver is a poor orphan boy who lives with other children in a large house called a workhouse.

This is the workhouse.

Oliver is the hero of the story.

Oliver is waiting for having dinner with the other little partners in the workhouse.

A .The boys in the workhouse decided that they needed more food. Oliver Twist said that he would ask the warden for more to eat. The workhouse managers decided that Oliver must be hanged.B .The boys in the workhouse were starving and chose Oliver Twist to ask for more food .When Oliver did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and locked Oliver in a room. C .The boys in the workhouse chose Oliver Twist to ask for more food. When he did this, the workhouse managers were very angry and sent Oliver out to work.

Choose the best summary

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

1.Why did the boys sit staring at the pot when they had finished eating their soup?( )

A.Because they wanted to clean the bowls. B.Because they waited there for more food. C.Because they were so hungry that they wan

ted to eat more. D.Because they wanted to practice cooking.

C

Scanning

2.How did Oliver feel when he asked for more food?( )

A.Exitced B.Desperate. C.Hopeful D.Brave 3.How did the manager of the workhouse

think of Oliver’s asking for more food?( ) A.Thoughtful B.Interesting C.Unthinkable D.Amusing

B

C

4.What can we infer from the text?

( ) A. The tall boy’s father had kept a small

cook shop. B.Oliver was chosen to ask for more foo

d. C.When Oliver asked for more,he was im

mediately locked in a room. D.The poor suffered a lot and had no rig

ht in the old society.

D

Language Points1.need washing=need to be washed 某物需要被…… need/want/require doing =nee

d/want/require to be done2.stare at 3.have excellent appetites 胃口很好4.became quite wild with hunger be desperate with hunger and misery5.be tall for his age6.pick out 7.in complete astonishment /in great excitement8.hold on to =hang on to 抓住不放9.hit/ strike/ beat/ seize/ catch sb. on/ in/ by the

+ 身体部位 10.disgree with sb’ opinion/sb.

Sentence pattern

No until at least thirty seconds had passed,was the man able to speak.

No sooner had the boy spoken these words than the warden hit him on the head with the soup spoon.

Never have I heard anything like it. Note: 以含有否定意义的词语 hardly,never ,sel

dom,little,nor,neither,not,not until not only…but also ,no sooner…than 等开头的句子要用倒装。