1. 人教修订版 高中三年级 Unit 10

2. Extensive reading & Writing

3. Revision penny, grocery, bakery, pale, anyhow One day, the owner of a grocery complained that he had been cheated by a baker. He said he had paid the baker fifty pennies to buy three pounds Possible Story 1

4. of bread from his bakery, but it was less than three pounds. So the judge asked the baker: “Why did you do such a thing? You have broken the law and will be punished.” “But sir,” said the baker, “after buying three pounds of butter from his grocery, I

5. put it on one side of my balance, then I put the bread which was the same weight on the other side. Anyhow, if the bread was short of weight, so was the butter.” Hearing this, the grocer’s face turned pale and escaped from the court.

6. Possible Story 2 shabby, mailbox, bell, rare, jewel Jane was a poor girl who lived alone in a shabby house. She had little money but was very kind. Whenever she got a chance, she would try her best to help others. shabby, mailbox, bell, rare, jewel Jane was a poor girl who lived alone in a shabby house. She had little money but was very kind. Whenever she got a chance, she would try her best to help others.

7. The day before Christmas, Jane heard someone ringing the bell. However, she found nobody outside but a small parcel in the mailbox. “It’s really rare that I get a parcel,” she thought. She opened it and found some beautiful jewels in it. A card

8. read: “You’ve done many good deeds, you will be happy forever. Thank you. This is a present from Father Christmas.” Jane smiled.

9. Extensive Reading on P221 Please tell the story briefly in your own words. Miss Aurélie is fifty in the story. She lived alone without marriage and she had never regretted it. Once her neighbor asked her to help look after Please tell the story briefly in your own words. Miss Aurélie is fifty in the story. She lived alone without marriage and she had never regretted it. Once her neighbor asked her to help look after

10. her kids while she was away, she agreed and tried her best to take good care of them. Then she came to love to live with the lovely kids, when the children’s mother came back. The last sentence really means she felt really regretful and cried loudly. I think

11. she is independent but lonely. She has love in her heart but she hasn’t noticed that. Once she finds out her inner desire, she becomes regretful.

12. What is the theme of the passage and what can we learn from it? When she was old and had experienced the happiness with lovely children, she regretted at last. From the text we can learn that everybody needs affectionateness and love, true love. What is the theme of the passage and what can we learn from it? When she was old and had experienced the happiness with lovely children, she regretted at last. From the text we can learn that everybody needs affectionateness and love, true love.

13. Finish the exercises on P223

14. Writing

15. The writer is Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the representative of Waste Slave Principle ( 废奴文学 ). Some other books written by Stowe: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. It tells the story of a dramatic attempt at slave rebellion.

17. Ernest Hemingway, who is the representative of Realism ( 现实主 义 ), whose famous works are A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.

19. The third one may be about Western ( 西部文学 ). The book Hondo is written by Louis L’amour. And Shane is another book about Western written by Schaefer. It is the story of a stranger who helps settlers in Wyoming deal with land-hungry ranchers.

21. It is Sister Carrie, whose writer is Theodore Dreiser, who’s the representative of Naturalism ( 自然 主义 ). Another naturalist writer is Stephen Crane. His work is The Red Badge of Courage.

22. Write a short essay about a writer and his/her works as well as how their experiences influenced their writings.

23. Writing-line 1. name 2. works 3. their experiences 4. compare the experiences with their works 5.put them together using your own ideas 1. name 2. works 3. their experiences 4. compare the experiences with their works 5.put them together using your own ideas

24. Possible Passage 1 Harriet Beecher Stowe is an American writer and philanthropist, best known for the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Stowe was born on June 14th, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was brought up Harriet Beecher Stowe is an American writer and philanthropist, best known for the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Stowe was born on June 14th, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was brought up

25. with puritanical strictness. When she was 11 years old, she entered the seminary at Hartford, Connecticut, kept by her elder sister. Four years later she was employed as an assistant teacher. In Cincinnati Stowe had come in with puritanical strictness. When she was 11 years old, she entered the seminary at Hartford, Connecticut, kept by her elder sister. Four years later she was employed as an assistant teacher. In Cincinnati Stowe had come in

26. contact with fugitive slaves. She learnt about life in the south from her own sister there and saw how cruel slavery was. These experiences led Stowe to compose her famous novel, the National Era, and later in book form, which was first published in anti- slavery newspaper.

27. Possible Passage 2 Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a great literary giant of America, whom H.L. Mencken considered “the true father of our national literature”. When he was young, he had to earn his living

28. by himself and did all kinds of jobs and made all kinds of friends. So his stories were often about common people worked outside the door, close to nature, active and lively. The typical motif in Clemens’ writing was the narration of a story by himself and did all kinds of jobs and made all kinds of friends. So his stories were often about common people worked outside the door, close to nature, active and lively. The typical motif in Clemens’ writing was the narration of a story

29. by a young or native person or a story in which the main character was an Easterner unaccustomed to frontier life. In his stories the over-refined Easterner was usually outwitted by Westerners. When he wrote from a youth’s perspective, the youth was

30. usually wise beyond his years but remained an idealism which Clements contrasted with the hypocrisy and cruelty of the adult world.

31. Homework Revise the whole unit.