1、Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema,Reading,哈克贝里费恩历险记通过白人小孩哈克跟逃亡黑奴吉姆结伴在密西西比河流浪的故事,不仅批判封建家庭结仇械斗的野蛮,揭露私刑的毫无理性,而且讽刺宗教的虚伪愚昧,谴责蓄奴制的罪恶,并歌颂黑奴的优秀品质,宣传不分种族地位人人都享有自由权利的进步主张。作品文字清新有力,审视角度自然而独特,被视为美国文学史上具划时代意义的现实主义著作。 海明威曾以这样一句话概述他的地位:“(马克吐温的)哈克贝利芬历险记是我们的文学的最佳典范,所有的美国作品都源于此,可以说是前无古人,后无来者。”,Words you
2、 may use,adventure Mark Twain teenage companion black slave sail raft Mississippi River,Reading and vocabulary,Guess . (look at the picture) Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing? What is the boy pointing at? What will they do?,Reading (Fast reading:),Main idea of the passage:The whole p
3、assage tells us one of the stories that happened while Huck and Jim were sailing down the Mississippi River on a raft. It describes what Huck and Jim saw and what they did.,Read the text and number the events in the order they happen(5minutes),e. Huck and Jim take away the mens boat.,d. Huck and Jim
4、 see the steamboat.,b. Huck and Jim climb onto the steamboat.,g. Jim runs back to the raft.,a. Huck sees three men in a cabin.,f. The tall man is pointing a gun at the man on the floor.,c. The short man suggests leaving the man on the floor,h. Huck has a plan.,Keys:,Reading(Careful reading:),Read th
5、e passage carefully again. Finish Activities 4-6 and answer the following questions:,What was the weather like after midnight? 2.Who do you think is braver? 3.Can you guess why the two men wanted to kill the other man? 4.What was Hucks feeling after they stole their boat?,Reading (sample answers:),T
6、here was a big storm after midnight and the rain poured down. 2.I think Huck is braver than Jim. 3.Maybe the man knew some important things, but the two men didnt want others to know. 4.He began to feel bad about what they had done. He didnt want all three men to die.,Find words in the passage which
7、 mean:,1.to rain heavily 2.something which protects you from bad weather3.a sort of flat boat usually made from tree trunks4.to lose control because you are frightened5.the feeling of being interested in something and wanting to know more6.to tell someone you are going to cause them harm,pour down,a
8、 shelter,a raft,panic,curious,threaten,Reading Answers to Activity 5:,1.The stream is only two meters wide. I can _ across it. 2. Youre out of breath. Why have you been _. 3. Ive never _ in my life. Im afraid of aeroplanes. 4. Youve got plenty of time to get to the lesson. You can _.,climb crawl fly
9、 jump paddle run sail walk,jump,running,flown,walk,Reading Answers to Activity 5:,5. I _ onto the rock so that I could see better. 6. The two boys _ slowly upstream in their canoe. 7. It took Columbus two months to _ across the Atlantic in 1492. 8.jimmys 10 months old. He cant walk yet, but he can _
10、.,climb crawl fly jump paddle run sail walk,climbed,paddled,sail,crawl,Reading Answers to Activity 6:,How did Huck and Jim get to the sinking steamboat?A. They swam. B. They jumped. C. They paddled 2. How did they get on it?A. thy jumped. B. They climbed.C.They crawled.,Reading Answers to Activity 6
11、:,3.What did Jim do when he was frightened?A. He ran. B. He swam. C. He jumped 4. How did Huck get back to the raft?A. He crawled.B. He walked.C. He ran.,Questions for paragraph 1,1.What was the weather like that night?2. What did they see as they were sailing down the river?3.What did they do then?
12、Where di d they stay?,The rain_,steamboat,They _ straight towards the steamboat.,sailed,poured down (=rained heavily),They stayed inside the_ they had built.,shelter,Questions for paragraphs 2-5,1.what did Huck want to do?2.What did they hear after they got on the steamboat?,He wanted to_ over and c
13、limbed on to the steamboat.,“ Oh please boys, dont kill me! I wont tell anybody”,paddle,Questions for Paragraphs 6-8,1.What did the men on the steamboat do with another man?2.How did they decide to kill him?,The tall man,The short man,They left him in the steamboat which will _ in a couple of hours.
14、,sink,Questions for Paragraph 9-11,1.what did Huck decide to do after he heard they would leave the man on the steamboat?2.what was the idea Huck told to Jim?3.Why did Huck feel bad about what he had done?,to find their boat and take it away,He _ along the deck, found Jim.,He didnt want all three men to die,crawled,Discussion,What would happen next? Suppose you are one of the boys, what would you do next? Why?,Homework,According to the discussion, write a passage to add your end to the story.,Bye!,