Unit 1 Face values Writing & Presenting ideas课件 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 1 Period 5 Writing & Presenting ideas 新 课 导 入 What do you know about The Picture of Dorian Gray? 课 堂 学 习 1 Read the introduction to the novel and answer the questions. The Picture of Dorian Gray This book by Oscar Wilde tells the story of Dorian Gray, a very handsome young man who spends his life only concerned with his own pleasure, regardless of the suffering he brings to others. The story starts with young Dorian having his portrait painted. His friend Lord Wotton talks about beauty and pleasure being the only important things in life. Fascinated by his words, Dorian wishes he could remain young and good-looking always, with his portrait growing old instead of him. Soon afterwards, Dorian is surprised to find his wish has come true, after he meets Sybil, an innocent actress who falls in love with him. Dorian heartlessly abandons her just because she performs poorly one night. When he learns that Sybil has killed herself, Dorian finds his face in the painting has taken on a cruel look. He hides the painting away so that no one else may see it. For the next 18 years, Dorian engages in various evil deeds. His portrait ages and reveals his inner ugliness. One day, he suddenly comes to be fearful of his past crimes and wants to start a new life. But his portrait remains the same and reminds him of everything he has done. Feeling desperate, he tries to destroy the portrait with a knife, but it is he who is killed. His body is discovered, old and awful, while his portrait is young and handsome once again. In the story, what matters most to Dorian Gray is that he is good-looking, not that he has a good heart. He sacrifices his true self in pursuit of physical beauty and pleasure, which leads to his destruction in the end. 1 What kind of person is Dorian Gray? 2 What message do you think the novel conveys? Dorian Gray is handsome, but selfless, cruel, heartless, dangerous, poisonous, stupid, vulgar, and immoral. The message conveys that outside beauty sometimes