Lesson 87.ppt

* * * Lesson 87 A Tale of Two Cities (2) Occupy the Bastille Down with the Bastille! Down with the Bastille! Pre-reading Read the passage to get the answer to the two questions. 1）Why did Charles Darnay return to Paris from London？ 2）Why was Dr．Manette allowed to visit Charles in prison？ Because he wanted to rescue a servant of the family． Because he had been a prisoner before and was a hero of the revolutionaries． Video Program of A Tale of Two Cities (2) Read Comprehension: Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1）Monsieur Defarge, the owner of the wine shop in Paris, used to be a servant to Dr Manette. 2）Lucie, together with an Englishman, had come to Paris because she had learnt that a servant of hers had been put in prison. 3）The Marquis St. Evremonde and his brother had put Dr Manette into prison, for they did not want him to tell what they had done to a young peasant and his sister to other people. T T F 4）While Dr Manette was in prison, he could not live in peace unless his door was locked． 5）Dr Manette’s mental health and strength gradually got better in Paris. 6）Charles Darnay was the nephew of the cruel Marquis St. Evremonde. He had left France because he wanted to marry Lucie. 7）Charles Darnay left for France because he wanted to rescue a servant of his family. T F F F 8）A letter written by Dr Manette was found in the Bastille. In the letter he described the terrible things that the Marquis St. Evremonde and his brother had done to the peasant boy and his sister many years before. 9）Charles was sentenced to death because he was a member of the St. Evremonde family that had done much wrong. 10）Charles asked Sydney to rescue him by changing clothes with him. T T F Language Points 1．The poor of the cities and the peasants in the country, having lived such a hard life for so long, took up their guns and knives and began to kill the rich nobles. 村里的农民由于长期以来过着非常艰苦的生活，拿起刀枪开始杀起富有的贵族来了。 the poor =the poor people(穷苦人们) 形容词前加一个定冠词the，