Lesson 86
Lesson objectives:
1．Help the Ss. to have a good understanding of the relationship of the characters.
2．Develop the Ss' abilities of analyzing the relationship of the characters.
Teaching aids: a recorder, a computer and VCD, etc.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1．Pre-reading
1．Revision
Daily report. (Every day there is a student who gives a daily report about some interesting topics, such as sports, films, stories, and so on.)
2．Presentation
You may wish to lead in your lesson like:
Do you know the capitals of the U. K. and France? (Yes. They are London and Paris.) Today we are going to read a tale which happened between the two cities in the 18th century, A Tale of Two cities. Do you know the author of this story? (Charles Dickens. Yes.) (Show a portrait of Charles Dickens and his works, including Oliver Twist, The Old Curiosity Shop, David Copperfield, Hard Times, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.)
Step 2．While-reading
1．Ask the Ss to skim the text to find the answers to the following questions: How many persons are mentioned in this story? (Six) / Who are they? (Dr Manette, Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Monsieur Defarge and Marquis St Evremonde)
2．Let the Ss get information about Dr. Manette. Let the Ss discuss it in pairs.
Possible answers:
Dr. Manette
*Father of Lucie Manette.
*His wife died when Lucie was a baby.
*He attended a peasant boy and a girl, both of whom died.
*He knew that they had been badly treated, so he was put in prison to keep silence.
*He spent many years in the Bastille in Paris, where he used to make shoes.
*While in prison he became mentally disturbed, and his hair turned white.
*He returned to England and got gradually better and stronger.
3．Let the Ss put the events in good order, SB Page57 part 4.
4．Let the Ss analyze the relationship between the main characters.
You may wish to say: We know there are six persons in this tale, Could you like to analyze the relationship between them according to some parts of the films? And finish the following form (Ex. Ⅱ in AB). (Show several parts of the film with the computer.)
H&W: husband and wife F: friend
F&D: father and daughter O: opponents in love
M&S: master and servant E: enemy
U&N: uncle and nephew
5．Note explanations
1) Match words
(1)disturb A．great sum of money
(2)mental B．break the quiet, calm or order of; put out of the right or usual position
(3)fortune C．give care; look after
(4)attend D．feel or have pain, loss, etc.
(5)suffer E．of or in the mind
Answers: (1) -B (2) -E (3) -A (4) -C (5) -D
2) Fill in blanks according to the meanings of the following sentences (Ex. Ⅲ in AB)
(1)Since childhood I have heard many tales of cunning foxes and clever monkeys.
(2)They stayed up very late last night. Now they are still asleep. Don't disturb them.
(3)He dreams of making a big fortune, but he doesn't want to do anything.
(4)Tom, could you attend to the customers, please?
(5)He doesn't often get colds, but when he does he really suffers.