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Unit 4 Exploring literature
Welcome to the unit
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Lead-in
01 Do you like reading?
02 What books have you read?
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Guessing Game
Read the descriptions about a book.
Tell me the name of the book.
Guessing Game 1
Both his parents were killed by an evil wizard.
He has a scar on his forehead.
He made great friends in a magic school
Its theme is about friendship and bravery.
Guessing Game 2
There are four people traveling to the West for Buddhist scriptures.
They beat monsters and overcome difficulties all the way.
Their hard work finally pays off.
Guessing Game 3
It describes the rise and fall of four families.
It is a tragedy(悲剧).
It vividly reflects the life in Qing dynasty.
Guessing Game 4
He is adopted and named by his foster father.
He fell in love with his sister. His sister also loves him.
His sister got married with someone else.
He began his revenge.
Read the excerpts on the book and try to understand the meaning.
My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.
---David Copperfield,by Charles Dickens
Classics can stand the test of time.
我的意思很简单,无论我在生活中努力做什么,我都全心全意地努力做好;无论我献身于什么,我都全身心地献身于它;无论在大的目标还是在小的目标上,我总是非常认真的。
——《大卫·科波菲尔》,查尔斯·狄更斯著
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
—The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
你永远不会拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下入睡,在天空下醒来,在你悲伤的时候,天空会给你安全感。这里有太多的悲伤,没有足够的天空。蝴蝶也太少了,花也太少了,大多数美丽的东西也太少了。尽管如此,我们还是会尽我们所能,好好利用它。
——《芒果街上的小屋》,桑德拉·西斯内罗斯著
What message is conveyed in the two excerpts?
My meaning simply is