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课件网) Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet To read a student’s book report about the The Old Man and the Sea To talk with a partner about a book you have read To learn some new words and expressions 满是……的；(有)大量的；(有)丰富的 长大；成熟；成长 放下 至少 赶快；急忙(做某事) 读书报告 full of grow up put down at least hurry up book report A: Have you read … yet B: No, I haven’t. Have you A: Yes, I have already read it. B: What’s it like A: It’s … A: Have / Has … read … B: Yes, ... think(s) it’s ... A: What’s it about B: It’s about… fisherman n. 渔民；钓鱼者 pull v. 拉；拖 shark n. 鲨鱼 bone n. 骨头 title n. 名称；标题；题目 Have you read the book The Old Man and the Sea Or have you ever heard of it If you have, what do you know about this story Who is the main character How old is he How does the story begin What happened next Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American journalist, writer, and sportsman. After high school, he was a journalist before enlisting as an ambulance driver in the First World War. He was seriously wounded and returned home in 1918. His experiences of war formed his novel, A Farewell to Arms (1929). His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926. He was later a journalist during the Spanish Civil War, writing For Whom the Bell Tolls based on his experience. The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for it in 1953, and also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. His works are considered classic of American literature. Can you use your words to describe the main character What does he do for a living Can you imagine how he felt at the beginning of the story Where can a fisherman get a big fish What do you think may happen to the fisherman, his boat and the big fish Read a student’s book report about The Old Man and the Sea. Then answer the questions. 1. What is the story about 2. Would you like to read it It’s a story about an old fisherman who catches a huge fish. Yes, I would like to read it. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Focus on the structure of the book report and list the main points of each paragraph based on the text. the book title, the writer’s name, its importance a summary of the story (events) what the reader has learnt, recommendation Read the book report again and complete the chart. Book title: _____ Writer When the writer wrote it Prize Main character Events in the story What the student has learned The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize hasn’t caught anything for months catches a huge fish fights for days to kill it succeeds in killing the fish sharks eat the fish, leaving nothing but bones in 1952 a fisherman not to give up A man can be destroyed but not defeated 最喜欢的书 变得流行 获得普利策奖 主要角色 必须战斗 在他回来的路上 教会我不要放弃 可以被摧毁但不能被打败 1. He finally succeeds, but he can’t pull the fish onto his boat. ... ...
