人教修订版 高中三年级 Unit 7

Listening

Homework checking True or False 1. The main character in this novel is Jacob Marley. 2. Ebenezer Scrooge died at the beginning of the play. F F

3. Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley were good friends because their characters were similar to each other. 4. Jacob Marley appeared in Ebenezer Scrooge’s dream because he missed his old friend very much. T F

5. Scrooge had a strong belief in Santa Claus. 6. Marley told Scrooge in his dream that he could be helped by Santa Claus. F T

Pair Discussion 1. During our sleep we often have dreams. What are dreams about? I think our dreams are all about what we are thinking during the daytime. For example, if we are happy we will often dream pleasant dreams. On the other hand, if we are 1. During our sleep we often have dreams. What are dreams about? I think our dreams are all about what we are thinking during the daytime. For example, if we are happy we will often dream pleasant dreams. On the other hand, if we are

worried during the daytime we often dream some terrible dreams. 2. Sometimes writers use dreams in novels. Why would they do that? Some novelists often use dreams in their works because they want to make their novels very interesting and colorful. worried during the daytime we often dream some terrible dreams. 2. Sometimes writers use dreams in novels. Why would they do that? Some novelists often use dreams in their works because they want to make their novels very interesting and colorful.

Listening Task 1 1. What is Jacob Marley’s fate? Jacob Marley is dead and only scrooge mourns for him. What’s more, Jacob suffers much after his death.

2. What does the dream predict? The dream predicts that Scrooge will meet the same fate as Jacob if he goes on living in this way. 3. What does Ebenezer Scrooge have to do to avoid Jacob’s fate? He must change his way of life.

Task 2 1. Although we don’t know much about Scrooge’s character, we can guess that he is not a very being. 2. The reason why Marley appears in Scrooge’s dream to warn him is probably because. Task 2 1. Although we don’t know much about Scrooge’s character, we can guess that he is not a very being. 2. The reason why Marley appears in Scrooge’s dream to warn him is probably because. kind/good he doesn’t want Scrooge to meet the same fate as him

3. Scrooge believes in neither Marley’s nor Santa Claus. 4. The hope and chance that Scrooge is offered is that he can something from Santa Claus. 5. Santa Claus will visit him, by the end of the day. warning learn three times

Listening Text E=Ebenezer Scrooge M=Jacob Marley In 1843, Charles Dickens wrote one of his most famous and loved short called A Christmas Carol. The story is about a selfish, bitter, old man,

who has a dream. In this dream, he is guided past Christmases in his life in the past, the present and the future. It shows him the way he was, the way he is and the way he will become. Before meeting his guide, the old man’s former business partner appears

before him in his dream to warn him. And in the dream, they talk: E: What do you want with me? M: Much. E: Who are you? M: You’d better ask me who I was. E: Who were you then?

M: In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley. E: Can you—can you sit down? M: You don’t believe in me, do you? E: I don’t. Why do you trouble me? Why do you come to me? M: People are social beings. So, in life,

people must spend good times together. lf they do, then they will find rest and happiness in life. lf they don’t, they will never find rest and happiness, not even after death. That is my fate. E: What—what do you mean? Tell me

more. Speak comfort to me. M: I have none to give. I cannot help you. I cannot rest, I cannot stay, I cannot be with you much longer. Listen to me ！ My time is nearly up. E: Yes, yes. I will, but don’t be hard upon me. M: I’m here tonight to warn you, that

you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. E: I knew it. You were always a good friend to me, Thanks! M: You’ll be visited by Santa Claus. E: He’s a fairytale character. Is he the chance and hope you mentioned?

M: He is. E: It’s ridiculous. Is there no other way? M: No, there isn’t. Learn from him. Without his visit, there’s no way you can escape my fate. Expect him tomorrow, by the end of the day.

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Listening Text Nine-year-old Oliver lived in a workhouse where the boys were give three meals of thin porridge a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Sundays. Ten workhouse was run by Mr. Bumble, the headmaster.

The room in which the boys were fed, was a large stone hall. The cook, assisted by one or two women, used a big spoon to pour the porridge into the bowls. One spoonful, and no more — except on holidays, when two spoonfuls and a piece of bread were given.

The bowls never needed to be washed. The boys cleaned them with their spoons till they shone again, and when they had performed this operation, which never took very long, they sat staring at the cook. Oliver Twist and his companions suffered

this slow starvation for three months. At last they got so wild with hunger, that one boy, who was tall for his age, said to his companions, that unless he had another bowl of porridge per day, he was afraid he might some night eat the boy sleeping next to him. He

had a wild, hungry eye and they all believed him. The boys held a meeting, casting lots who should walk up to the cook after supper that evening, and ask for more. The lot fell to Oliver Twist. The evening arrived; the boys took

their seats. The cook served the porridge, and the boys prayed. The porridge was eaten, and the boys whispered to each other, and nodded at Oliver, while his next neighbours pushed him. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and felt

miserable. He rose from the table and advanced to the cook, bowl and spoon in hand, he said: “Please, sir, I want some more.” “What!” shouted the cook. “Please, sir, I want some more.” The cook was a fat, healthy man,

but he turned very pale. Amazed, he stared at Oliver before aiming a blow at his head with the large spoon and screaming for the headmaster. “Mr. Bumble, I beg your pardon, sir! Olive Twist has asked for more!” “For MORE! Calm down, sir, and

answer me clearly. Do I understand that he asked for more, after he had eaten his supper?” “He did, sir?” “That boy will be hung. I know that boy will be hung. I was never more convinced of anything in my life, than that that boy will come to be hung.”

Oliver Twist

Homework Look up some information about Christmas, for example, what do people usually do on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day? What do they usually eat? What songs do they usually sing? How do they dress? Are there any special activities for Christmas? etc.