Reading and vocabularyPPT专用课堂实录内容

Reading and Vocabulary I. Introduction of Frankenstein Answer the questions:

1. When was the film made? 2. Say what you know about the story.

Describe the monster using the words below:

huge, human being, lip, monster, ugly, frightening, horror, resemble, wrinkled II. Pre-reading

Are you interested in horror films?

What horror films have you ever seen? III. Reading

1. fast reading Part1.

Scan this part and complete the sentences.

1. When Frankenstein studies at university, he ____________________________. 2. He creates the monster by_________________________________________. 3. The monster is like a human being because______________________________. 4. The scientist decides to destroy his creator because _______________________. 5. At last, ___________________________________. Answers: 1. discovers the secrets of how to give life to a lifeless matter

2. using bones from a dead body 3. it has learnt to speak, is intelligent and has human emotions 4. the monster murders his brother, his best friend and his wife.

5. the monster disappears into the ice and snow to end his own life.

Part 2: Extract from Frankenstein. Give the right order. a. Frankenstein had worked for nearly two years with one aim only to give life to a lifeless body. b. Frankenstein threw himself on the bed in clothes and had terrible dreams. c. He ran out of the room and hid in the garden, regretting what he had done.

d. The monster opened his eyes and came to the world. e. His fiancée appeared in his dream. f. The monster stood by the scientist’s bed, watching him. He wanted to say something.

a

d

b

e

f

c

2. Intensive reading

Answer the questions according to the two parts.

a. What do we learn about the monster’s appearance?

He is very ugly, with wrinkled yellow skin and black lips.

b. Why was the young scientist so disgusted when he first saw the monster? Because he had wanted to create something beautiful, but this one was ugly.

c. What had Frankenstein wanted more than anything in the world? To give life to a lifeless body. d. Why did Frankenstein wake shaking with fear? Because he had terrible dreams.

e. Why did the monster come to Frankenstein’s bedroom?

Because it wanted to talk with him. f. What did Frankenstein do after running out of the room for the second time? He hid in the garden because he was terrified by the monster and regretted having created him. 3. Post reading

Discuss the following questions.

What do you think of creating a creature? Are you for or against cloning? IV. Vocabulary

1. Find words in the passage which mean:

a. a terrifying dream b. your blood moves through these in your body c. the most northern part of the world d. the thing that everything is made of

e. very different from answers: nightmare, veins, Arctic, matter, contrast