【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 end the meeting is to find a partner. Keys: adventure, romance, humor, gentle, attitude, focus, survived, style, motive Activity five: Read and find T: Look at exercise 3 and read the two descriptions, then answer the questions. Sample answers: Sa: I believe description B is correct. Sb: I prefer adventure story because it is full of exciting adventures and experiences. Besides, the plot is always attractive. Sc: I like romance stories. This kind of stories deals with our emotional world and they make people clear about what we think and how we feel. Activity six: Word study Ask students to plete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box of activity 2 on page 2 and get familiar with the words in the passage and know the words in advance. Step Ⅲ Reading Activity one: Scanning T: Go through the following questions carefully and try to get a clear picture of the text by answering these questions. Show the following. 1. Who is Elizabeth? Who is Darcy? 2. Why was Elizabeth so surprised when Mr. Darcy asked her to dance? 3. Did Mr. Darcy talk a lot when they were dancing? 4. In what way did Mr. Darcy surprise Elizabeth in Extract 2? 5. What was Elizabeth’s reaction then? 6. How did Elizabeth feel when she heard Darcy had chosen her as his partner? 7. In what way did Elizabeth want to punish Darcy? 8. According to the dialogue, how did Elizabeth laugh at Darcy? 9. Why did Elizabeth greet Darcy with cold politeness? 10. What prevented Darcy from winning Elizabeth’s heart? Sample answers: 1. Elizabeth is the heroine of the story and Darcy is the hero of the romance. 2. Because Elizabeth never expected Darcy who she didn’t like would ask her for a dance. 3. No, he didn’t talk much because he was an unsociable and silent person. 4. Darcy asked Elizabeth to marry him. 5. Elizabeth didn’t like him and refused him. 6. She felt surprised and thought it was unbelievable. 7. She forced him to speak to amuse him. 8. She laughed at his unsociable and silent character. 9. Because his insult at her family prejudiced her against him. 10. His proud and arrogant manners. Activity two: Detail check T: Read the passage again and answer the questions in activity 3. Sample answers: 1. It refers to the fact that the two single men rent a house and came to live in their neighborhood. 2. Though Darcy is very proud, at that moment he may want to please Elizabeth and say something that is pleasant. 3. Yes, she accepted his answer, but not to her 100 percent satisfaction. 4. She would talk to her partner when she was dancing. 5. Because she didn’t want to speak more about her character. And Darcy should judge himself. 6. Darcy spoke very quickly. 7. Darcy wanted to make sure about his plicated feeling: to love or not to love Elizabeth. 8. When I feel shy or ashamed I blush. 9. Elizabeth caused Darcy pain by refusing his request. Activity three: Check understanding T: Do exercise 4 and 5 without reading back. In this way you can check how well you understand the reading materials. Step Ⅳ Post reading Activity one: Questions and answers Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions in activity 6. Sample answers: 1. Elizabeth has the Prejudice and Darcy has the Pride. 2. I think sentence (1) is the beginning of Pride and Prejudice. Because from the introduction we can see: when two single, wealthy young menBingley and Darcy rent a house nearly, the whole neighborhood sees it as an opportunity for their daughters to find a rich husband. 3. We can also see Elizabeth is sociable, quick in reaction, talkative and expressive. 4. He will fell disappointed and leave the room, frustrated. 5. I think Darcy is really very proud. Maybe it is his social background and his unsociable character that make him form such a resistant character. 6. Their language is very formal. Activity two: Language feature analysis Ask students to give examples to show the formal language in the dialogue between Darcy and Elizabeth. Sample sentences: 1. Elizabeth was amazed that Darcy had chosen her as his partner. 2. Elizabeth decided that it would punish Darcy more if she forced him to speak. 3. She made a remark about the dance. 4. He smiled and assured her that he would say whatever she wanted him to say. 5. That answer is acceptable. 6. It’s not right for me to ment on my character. T: Judging from the use of these big words and formal language, what conclusion can we arrive at about Jane’s writing style? Ss: We can conclude that Jane is skillful at using words to make her novel expressive. No wonder her novels are still very popular worldwide. Activity three: Discussion T: Work in pairs. Imagine you are a friend of Darcy’s and decide what advice you would give him. You can use the following expressions. Sa: I would explain that it was his pride that isolated him from Elizabeth. And he should change his attitude a little. Sb: I would tell him that he should take more chances to municate with Elizabeth and try to approach her. Besides, he should try to diminish Elizabeth’s prejudice against him. Step Ⅴ Homework 1. Ask students to review the words and recite the phrases below. Show the following. 1. acknowledge the truth 2. live in fort 3. make a fortune 4. a goodlooking young man 5. a large sum of ine 6. a charming personality 7. in possession of a large house 8. universal entertainment 9. an upset story 10. adventure experiences11. positive attitude 12. focus one’s attention on sth 13. gentle character 14. raise one’s motive 15. a romance world 16. a brilliant style 17. survive the war 18. assure sb 19. ment on one’s character 20. insult one’s family 21. make a remark about one’s dress 22. be unwilling to do sth 23. whisper to sb 24. an unsociable person 25. a respectable neighbor