外研版　　　 初三 ( 上 )Module 2

Unit 2 It’s still read and loved.

广东 张佳望广东 张佳望

Talk something about the pictures.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Work in pairs. Look at the words in the box and answer the questions.

adventure behaviour cave freedom funeral hero nineteenth centuryoutsider pretty social theme treasure

Reading and vocabulary

1. What did Betty suggest at the end of the conversation in Unit 1?

2. What book did Mr Jackson choose?

They should write the first article on “Great Books”.

Mark Twain’s “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.

3. What do you think happens in the

book?

4. What do you think are the main

ideas of the book?

students’ own answers

Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Read the passage again and complete

the table with the information about

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Your favourite book

Write

Place

Story

Favouritescene

Character

Theme

Reason for its greatness

Answer the questions.1. What kind of boy is Tom? He is a lively and clever young boy.2. Why do you think Tom wants to go to his own funeral? Because everyone thinks he is dead.3. Why do you think people still read Tom Sawyer? Because it is a great book. Twain wrote it in the everyday English

of the southern states of America in the

19th century, so it sounds very real.

4. Which of the scenes in the text do

you like best?

My favourite scene in the book is when

everyone thinks Tom is dead. He

decides to go to his own funeral. He

hides and watches for a time, and then

suddenly he appears.

Important and difficult points

1. The themes of the story are to do with

children growing up and becoming mo

re serious.

故事的主题和孩子们的成长以及变得成熟稳重有关。

be/have to do with sb. / sth. 表示 :“ 和某人 / 某事、有关”。如：

My question has to do with yesterday’s homework.我的问题和昨天的作业有关。In the evening he likes to read books. These books have nothing to do with work. 晚上他喜欢看书 , 这些书都与他的工作无关。

Speaking and writingWork in pairs. Would you like to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Why/ Why not?Think of your favourite great book or choose a book you’d like to read. Use an encyclopaedia or the Internet to help you if necessary.Now complete the table in Activity 3 with details about your favourite great book.

Write a passage about your favourite great book. Use the passage in Activity 2 and your notes in Activity 6 to help you.My favourite great book is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. It’s a story about a young boy…Work in pairs. Talk about your favourite book.

Learning to learnNoticing words that are similar or repeated will help you to understand the theme of passage or a book. There are many words and phrases about adventure in the description of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, for example: exciting adventures, runs away, goes looking for treasure, gets lost. These words show us that the story will be exciting.

英语的语态是通过动词形式的变化表现出来的。英语中有两种语态：主动语态和被动语态。主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者。例如： Many people speak Chinese.谓语： speak 的动作是由主语 many people 来执行的。

Grammar

被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者，即行为动作的对象。例如： Chinese is spoken by many people.

主语 English 是动词 speak 的承受者。被动语态由 “助动词 be ＋及物动词的过去分词”构成。人称、数和时态的变化是通过 be 的变化表现出来的。一般现在时的被动语态构成：

am/is/are ＋ p.p. （过去分词） eg : 1. Shakespeare’s plays are seen by millions of people every year.2. Confucius’ works are still read by many people today.3. Mark Twain isn’t known as a great thinker.4. Parents are respected by Chinese people.5. Many trees are planted along the two banks of the river.

Wb. Ex. 6, 7 &8