B R _ main0,B R _ main,Warm-up Questions,Listening Comprehension,Blank Filling,Background Information,B R _ Warm-up Questions1,Warm-up Questions,You have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be I had a Mother who read to me. Strickland Gillilan,B R _ Warm-up Questions2,Warm-up Questions,Did your parents ever read stories to you in your childhood? Can you recall any of them now?Do you love reading? What kind of books do you like to read, science fiction, non-fiction, thrillers or love stories?Write a short essay about your first favorite book and exchange your essay with your classmates.,1.2.3.,Listening Practice,a lot of reading, read to a lot someone else had picked out learn from one teacher, think for themselves, form their own opinion books, software,B R _ Blank Filling1,Blank Filling,Directions:,Open your text books and turn to Page 10, you can see a long list of famous writers, their works and the names of their heroes. Fill in the following blanks with the proper names in the list. The more you know about western literature, the higher your score is.,B R _ Blank Filling2,In 1806, published his first dictionary. His great dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language, appeared in two volumes in 1828. This works included 12,000 words and 40,000 definitions that had never before appeared in a dictionary. Mr. Rochester and fall in love and are about to marry when she discovers that he already has a wife, who is mentally ill. Years later the lovers meet again and marry, although Rochester has by this time been badly injured in a fire.,1.2.,Noah Webster,_,Jane Eyre,_,B R _ Blank Filling3,is supposed to have been a freed slave from Thrace. His name became attached to a collection of beast fables long transmitted through oral tradition. The beast fables are part of the common culture of the Indo-European peoples and constitute perhaps the most widely read collection of fables in world literature.is a character in traditional British stories. He often wore clothes made of a material called Lincoln green, and held a bow. He robbed rich people and gave money to poor people. There are many stories about him and many films have been made about his adventures.,3.4.,Aesop,_,Robin Hood,_,B R _ Blank Filling4,is best known for his famous childrens adventure stories Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but he also wrote poetry for children and the well-known adult psychological novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.,5.,Robert Louis Stevenson,_,B R _ BI_ main,Hans Christian Anderson,Gullivers Travels,Mark Twain,B R _ Mark Twain1,Mark Twain,Name at Birth,Samuel Langhorne Clemens,B R _ Mark Twain2,Origin of the Pseudonym,In 1857, Clemens went to New Orleans on his way to make his fortune in South America, but instead he became a Mississippi River pilot hence his pseudonym, “Mark Twain,” which was the river call for a depth of water of two fathoms.,B R _ Mark Twain3,Chronology of Mark Twains Life,Born in Florida, Missouri. Father dies, leaving family in difficult circumstances. Begins work as a journeyman printer with the Hannibal Gazette. Publishes first sketches. Becomes a cub-pilot for Horace Bixby. Spends next two years “learning” the river, later described in Life on the Mississippi. Travels around Nevada and California. Takes job as reporter for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. Takes a trip to Hawaii as correspondent of the Sacramento Alta Californian. Reports on shipwreck of the Hornet. Gives first public lecture.,1835 1847 185118571862 1866,B R _ Mark Twain4,Chronology of Mark Twains Life,Marries Livy in Elmira. Her father buys them a house in Buffalo, New York. Son Langdon is born. Daughter Clara is born. Moves into fanciful Nook Farm house in Hartford. Publishes Tom Sawyer. Publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in London, American edition comes out the next year. Founds own publishing company, Charles L. Webster & Co. Leaves Hartford to live in Europe because of financial difficulties. Goes on worldwide lecture tour to restore finances. Dies at Stormfield, buried in Elmira.,1870 1874 1976 1884 18911895 1910,B R _ Hans Christian Anderson1,Hans Christian Anderson,Hans Christian Anderson was born in 1805 in Odense, Denmark. His father made shoes and his mother was a washer woman for wealthy people. In his fairy tales you will find lots of themes showing the differences between the poor and the rich. You will also find the occasional shoemaker.,B R _ Hans Christian Anderson2,Even as a kid he always loved the arts, and he left home when he was 14 to make his fortune. He was an artist, a singer and an actor but he was not a success as a star. He grew even poorer and almost died of hunger. He received some money and could afford to continue his education thanks to the person who supported the arts, the director of the royal theater. He went to the university in Copenhagen and began his writing. Here are some of Andersons works:The Emperors New ClothesThe Ugly DucklingThe Princess and the Pea,