选必二unit4群文阅读Jack London

TheStunningBeauty

betweeniceandsnow———JackLondon&hisnovels重庆十一中李晓静LearningObjectivesBytheendofthisclass,studentsareableto:1.havesomeinformationofJackLondon'slifestory.2.understandhowhisnovelswereinfluencedbyhislifestory.3.appreciatethebeautyofhiswritingandlanguage.

JackLondon

JackLondonwasarenownedAmericannovelistandjournalist,apioneerofcommercialfictionandAmericanmagazines.HewasoneofthefirstAmericanauthorstobecomeaninternationalcelebrityandmakealargefortunebywriting.Hewasalsoaninnovatorinthegenre(体裁)thatwouldlaterbecomeknownassciencefiction.Avastlandinthenorth----CanadaandAlaska"JackLondonthoughtofhistimeinthenorthasoneofhislife'sgreatestadventures."选必二

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JourneysbyDogSled1.Pleasereadthepassageandtrytogetthemainidea.IttellsthelifestoryofJackLondonandintroduceshismostfamousnovel:TheCalloftheWild.2.ReaditagainandcompletetheflowchartbelowLine1:thelifestoryofJackLondon:Agoldrush_______intheYukonRiver.YoungJackLondonjoineditandsaw________howdogswerevitalinthefarnorth.HereturnedtoCalifornia,________.Hewroteaboutdogsinthefarnorthtoshowtheir_________and__________TheCalloftheWild_______andhasneverbeen_________.JackLondondied______buthisworksgot___________afterhisdeathwasstartedfirsthandjobless/outofjobnoblenessloyaltywasprintedoutofprintyoungmorepopular2.ReaditagainandcompletetheflowchartbelowLine2:thestoryofthedogBuckinTheCalloftheWild:Buckwasaspoileddogwhose_______wasJudgeMiller'splace.HisfatherhadbeentheJudge's_________companion,sohesurely________inhisfather'sway.Livingingoodconditions,hewasadogwith_______andhadafine______inhimself.Buckwas______and______toCanadawherehebecamea_______dog.Hetravelledinthe______winterbutwasn'tbeaten.Thebeastinhim_____whenfacinghisrival.Afterhismasterdied,Buck______intotheforestandjoinedthewolves,trulydiscovering___________realminseparablesledstolenharshroaredescapedfreedom&independencefolloweddignitypridetakenTheCalloftheWildQuestions：

1.Fromyourpointofview,whatmakesBucksoadoredbythereaders?2.Whatrelationshipscanyouseeinthepassage?3.Canyoufindsomeimpressivelanguageusagesinthepassage？Suggestedanswers:1.ThewriterdescribedBuckmorelikeahumanthanadog:notonlydoeshehavethequalitieshumansrecogniseindogs,butalsoanemotionalcomplexitythathumansalsorecognizeineachother.2.Inthispassage,wecanseerelationshipsbetweenmanandnature,manandanimals,animalsandnature,andthelasttwodominateTheCalloftheWild.3.Theusagesoflanguage:a)travelledtherefromaroundtheworldinthehopeofmakingtheirfortune

inthehopeofdoing…=inordertodo

makeone'sfortune=makealargeamountofmoneyb)thewinterweatherwastooharshforhorses--theywoulddieinthecold.Dogs,ontheotherhand,thrivedinthecoldbecauseoftheirthickfur.

harsh:aharshwinter=abitterwinter

thrive:becomeandcontinuetobesuccessfulandstrong

e.g：Newbusinessesthriveinthisareabecauseoffriendlypolicies.c)thisdogseemedparticularlytoughandhealthyandservedasinspirationforthemaindogcharacterin…

serveasinspirationforsth:e.g.HisexperienceinVietnamservedasinspirationforhisnewmovie.d)whichwasstillisolatedandcutofffrommuchoftheAmericaneconomy.WithAlaskafreshinhismind