Unit 7
Additional Reading
Enjoy the Classics
(period one)
Teaching Objectives
1. To
make Students have a general
understanding of the passage
2.To practice reading skills by some
reading strategies.
3.Emotion Aim: To arouse students’
interests in classics
Task 1
Decide whether each of the following is
true (T) of false (F) according to the
passage.
1.When you read a classic again, you see
more in the book than you did before.
(please read it and give your answer to it)
( F).
Supporting sentence/points:
line 2-3
When you read a classic , you do not see
more in the book than you did before; you
see more in you than you did before
2.A classic gives the reader wonderful
feelings and enables him to uncover what
life means.
( T).
Supporting sentence/points:
line 15-16
A classic is a book that gives you
wonderful feelings, and enables you to
uncover part of the meaning of life.
3.A classic can give you insights into
yourself and lifts you up high.
( T ).
Supporting sentence/points:
line 28-29
A classic can give you insights into yourself
and …
once you go deep into it ,lifts you up high!
4.So far less then 100 books in the world in
the world can be called classics.
( F ).
Supporting sentence/points:
line 19-22
Considering all the books that have been
produced, classics account for only a small
share of the total-less than 0.001 percent.
That’s a just a few thousand books. Of
those ,under 100 make up the solid core.
5.When you read a classic, you must work
hard and read it very carefully.
( T).
Supporting sentence/points:
line 31-32
When you read classics, don’t just dip your
toe into the deep waters of the classics.
Plunge in!
Task 2
Read again and answer some
questions for further understanding
Read and answer ( from line 1-9)
Questions:

Which skills does the writer learn at
school?
------ How to read

Which book did the teacher assign
the writer to read?
------ Pickwick Papers

Did he like to read it?
------ No, he disliked it.
Pickwick Papers
《匹克威克外传》是
狄更斯的第一部长篇
小说，也是他的成名
作。
这部既富于浪漫奇想
又紧贴社会现实的幽
默与讽刺小说，主要
讲述的是天真善良、
不谙世事的有产者匹
克威克
带领其信徒们在英国
各地漫游的奇趣经历
Charles Dickens
(1812-1870)
British
Masterpieces:
Read & Answer (from line 10-18)
What did “few books” ( in line 11) refer to?
------ the Classics
What does “cost” (in line 10) mean?
------ make ... lose
Realizing the benefits brought by the
classics, what did the writer do?
------ He came back to Pickwick Papers.
What has he discovered with each reading?
------ a new level of pleasure
Task 3 Pair Discussion
Work out an outline:
Enjoy the classics
Step 3
Step 1
What is a
classic？
Step 2
Why should we
read a classic？
How to read a
classic？
Read from line15- 18 and try to fill in the blanks:
What is a classic?
A classic is a book __________________________________
that gives you wonderful feelings and
__________________________________
enables you to uncover part of the
__________________________________
meaning of life.
that has stood the test of time.
A classic is a book __________________________________
that men and women all over the world
A classic is a book __________________________________
want to keep all their lives.
__________________________________
(Discuss with your partner and translate the sentences
above into Chinese)
Read from line 23- 30and try to fill in the blanks:
Why should we read a classic?
A classic opens your mind.
1. _____________________________________
A classic helps you grow.
2. _____________________________________
A classic helps you understand your life,
3. _____________________________________
your world and yourself.
_____________________________________
(Discuss with your partner and translate the
sentences above into Chinese)
Read from line 23- 30 and try to fill in the blanks:
How to read a classic?
just dip your toe into the deep water
1. Don’t ____________________________________
of the classics.
____________________________________
plunge in.
2. Do ______________________________________
(Discuss with your partner and translate
the sentences above into Chinese)
Task 4文中代词的指代关系的正确理解
1.(line 1). What’s a classic? It can be put
in the following way: when…
It refers to
A classic
_____________
2.(Line 7-9). It has happened to us all-with
assignment reading! It happened to me.
The teacher assigned Pickwick Papers. I
didn’t want to read it. So I fought it. I
disliked it. I thought I won.
(discuss with your partner and give the
answers to the following blanks)
1) It refers to
2) It refers to
3) It refers to
4) It refers to
5) It refers to
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________
3.(Line19-22). Not many books can only a
very small stand such a test. Considering
all the books that have been produced,
classics account for a very small share of
the total – less then 0.001 percent. That’s
just a few thousand books. Of those, under
100 make up the solid core.
such refers to _____________
in line 17: A classic is a book that has stood the
test of time ,…
those refers to _____________
 Conclusion

We have learnt what’s a classic and we are
encouraged to get close to the classics ,read
them, enjoy them, because a classic will
open your mind, help you grow, help you
understand your life, your world and yourself,
especially can give you insights into yourself
and lift you up high.

亲近名著，阅读名著，是我们了解历史，了解社
会，了解自然，了解人生的一次旅行，是我们超
越时空、与大师们的一次思想碰撞和心灵沟通，
更是我们思索人生、完善自我、塑造品格、净化
灵魂的一次精神洗礼和锤炼。
Homework
1. Read the text for 3 times ;
2. Underline some important or difficult
language points;
3. Group work : to make a PPT including
the summary of a classic book and an
introduction to the writer before Friday.

Thank you!