Unit 12 The Wonderland of Literature Oral Communication 课件 2025-2026学年英语仁爱科普版英语八年级下册

Unit 12 The Wonderland of Literature Oral Communication ★学习目标： •掌握本课核心句型，能介绍著名作家、评价其作品。 •能进行小组讨论并做简短口头汇报。 •了解中外文学名人，提升阅读兴趣。 Warming up Which famous writers do you know? •Who wrote this poem? •What’s the poem about? Li Bai Missing one’s hometown. •Who wrote this book? •What’s the book about? It tells the story of Prince Hamlet. His father dies suddenly, and his uncle marries his mother. Hamlet is very sad and angry. He wants to find out the truth and punish the bad man. William Shakespeare Listen to the conversation and put the sentences in order. ( ) I know his play, Hamlet. ( 1 ) Still Night Thoughts is about missing one’s hometown. ( ) We can read around one thousand of his poems. ( ) Not all his plays are sad stories. ( ) Almost everyone knows the poem. 4 3 5 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks. •He was one of the best ____________ in Chinese history. •Most of his poems are about __________ and nature. •Some of his poems express his ___________. poets friendship loneliness Listen again and fill in the blanks. •He was a poet and playwright. •His early plays are mostly ___________ stories. •His later plays are mostly ___________ stories. happy sad Read the dialogue in roles. (Michael and his Chinese teacher, Miss Wang are at a Book Fair.) Michael: Look, this is a picture of Li Bai. His poem Still Night Thoughts is about missing one’s hometown. Almost everybody knows the poem. Miss Wang: Yes, he was one of the best poets in Chinese literature. He wrote a lot of poems and we can now read around one thousand of his poems. Michael: What are most of his poems about? Miss Wang: Most of them were about friendship and nature. Some of his poems expressed his loneliness. Read the dialogue in roles. Michael: Thanks, Miss Wang. Here are some books by William Shakespeare. My father told me Shakespeare was a poet as great as Li Bai. Miss Wang: Yes. Shakespeare was a poet as well as a playwright. Michael: I know his play Hamlet. It is quite famous. It is such a sad story. Are all his plays sad stories? Miss Wang: Not all his plays are sad stories. His early plays are mostly happy stories, but his later works, like Hamlet, are mostly sad stories. LuXun (1881-1936) known for his novels Hometown Mark Twain (1835-1910) famous for his novels The Million Pound Note Bing Xin (1900-1999) famous for children’s works To Young Readers Aesop (about 620 BCE-about 560 BCE) known for his fables Aesop’s Fables Group work. Discuss the writers and their works. Choose the one you like best and report your group discussion in class. Our favorite writer is Lu Xun. He is famous for his great novels. His famous work is Hometown. It tells the changes of people and places in an old Chinese hometown. The story shows people’s true feelings and the changes of the times. It is famous because it is very meaningful and makes us think a lot. We can learn much about old Chinese life from his writing. 例： Exercise 单项选择 1. Shakespeare was a poet ________ a playwright. A. as well as B. as good as C. as much as D. as old as 2. —Do you know Shakespeare? —Yes. His _______ Hamlet is very famous. A. poem B. play C. song D. lesson 3. Mark Twain’s stories are _______. Many children love them. A. awful B. interesting C. surprised D. tired A B B 根据中文补全句子 1. 莎士比亚不只是诗人，还是剧作家。 Shakespeare is a poet ____________________ a playwright. 2. 这部小说如此有趣，人人都喜欢它。 The novel is _________________ that everyone likes it. 3. 李白是中国最优秀的诗人之一。 Li Bai is _______________ the best ___________ in China. as well as so interesting one of poets Homework Need to do: •Review the writers, works, and key phrases of this lesson. •Write a short essay introducing a writer based on the group discussion. Choose to do: •Search for more information about some famous writers and briefly introduce them to your partner. Homework Thanks! 21 2025 Blues 165467.92 $