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Period 1 About English Literature English literature is produced in England, from the introduction of old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present. the works of those Irish and Scottish authors who are closely identified with English life and letters are also considered part of English literature. 5. misery (a) great anger (b) great unhappiness 6. hang someone (a) to put someone in prison (b) to kill someone by pulling a rope tightly around his/her neck √ √ astonishment companion courage desperate eager employ reward seize support whisper Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in the box. 3 Page 32 1. He tried to find work, but no one wanted to ______ him. 2. The boy______ the bowl of soup and started to eat it. 3. When Mr. Bumble returned to the room, the boys started __________ to each other. seized employ whispering 4. Oliver and his __________ had very little to eat. 5. When he told them what had happened, their faces showed ____________. “I don’t believe it!” one man said. companion astonishment * * * Introduction Reading and Vocabulary Introduction 在英国文学史上，十九世纪是群星灿烂的小说鼎盛时代。而在这些伟大的小说家中，狄更斯则是一颗最为光彩照人的明星。从小饱尝人间艰辛的狄更斯最同情劳苦人民和孤苦无依的孩子。狄更斯是高产作家，他凭借勤奋和天赋创作出一大批经典著作。他又是一位幽默大师，常常用妙趣横生的语言在浪漫和现产中讲述人间真相，以至于马克思也不得不赞叹地称他为“杰出的小说家”。 Charles Dickens David Copperfield A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Oliver Twist Oliver Twist, it is one of most popular novels of Charles Dickens’s.Oliver is a poor orphan boy who lives with other children in a large house called a workhouse. Vocabulary novelist scene cruel workhouse n.小说家 n.场景，场面 adj.冷酷的 n.(英国昔日的)济贫院，贫民习艺所 1. a child whose parents are dead 2. a Victorian home for poor people 3. to happen orphan workhouse take place 1 Page 29 4. to be extremely hungry and week 5. a very long story 6. a person who writes novels novel novelist starve Reading and Vocabulary Vocabulary feed pot warden serve eager appetite whisper nu