Unit 1 The written word课件16（牛津高中选修8）.pptVIP

* Unit 1　The written word教材背景链接 名言佳句 A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the water of wisdom and delight. —P.B.Shelley 伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。 ——P.B.雪莱 We must accept finite disappointment，but we must never lose infinite hope. —Matin Luther King 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。 ——马丁·路德·金 Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —Albert Einstein 不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 ——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 　古人云：“书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉。” 其实，对于任何人而言，读书最大的好处在于：它让求知的人从中获知，让无知的人变得有知。下面我们先了解一些基础的文学常识。 类文欣赏 William Shakespeare The great English poet, playwright William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in a small town in the UK. Shakespeare attended Stratford Grammar School in his youth, where he studied theatre and acting, as well as Latin literature and history.His study of literature there had a strong influence on his later works. Although he received a good basic education, but didn’t have university education.Shakespeare worked in many different fields before he began working as a professional playwright.During his lifetime，he wrote thirty-seven plays. William Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two.He was rich and successful.You still can see his plays in English and many other languages today.He is considered as one of the greatest writers in history. Find the words in the passage that fit the following descriptions. 1．____________　a writer of poems(the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) 2．____________　the art of writing and producing plays theatre poet 3．____________　stories，poems and plays，especially those that are cosidered to have value as art and not just entertainment 4．____________　the period of time when someone is alive literature lifetime