Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone 学案(人教版高三英语下册教师随笔)

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Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone

Listening

1. Fill in the blanks with the missing words

Dialogue 1:

Conversation during dinner between Rachel and an older male guest.

M=male guest R=Rachel

M: Miss Verinder, my _________ to you on your birthday gift. The _______ is beautiful and it looks very ______on your dress.

R: Thank you. It is lovely, isn’t it?

M: Yes, but may I give you some _______? If you go to India, do not take your _______.

R: Why not?

M: You know that it came from India. Well, many people in that country would like to have it back and they would do anything to get it---even kill someone . You must be very _______of your _____, even in England. I _______ you put it into a safe at the bank and do not wear it.

R: But it seems a pity to lock it away where nobody can see it. I want to show it to everyone!

Dialogue 2:

Conversation between Rosanna and another female servant during the service of dinner.

R=Rosanna S=Servant

R:(dreamily to herself) And he has such lovely rich brown hair---

(Sound of plates clattering)

S: Rosanna, _________ ! What ‘s the matter with you tonight? Why do you keep looking at Mr Blake?

R: Oh, I can’t help it!

S: Rosanna, listen to me . You must stop ______.It is no good falling in love with Mr Blake. You are a ______girl and he could never marry you. Besides he seems to be very ______of Rachel.

R: I know and she is so ______, buy maybe---

S: (sternly) No, is can never happen. You must face the _____. Now go and get the meat from the cook---

Dialogue 3:

Conversation during dinner between Franklin and Mr Candy.

F=Franklin C=Mr Candy

F: I ______ smoking last week, but since I stopped I haven’t been able to sleep.

C: Ah, yes. Well, allow me to ______ a medicine that can make you fall asleep, Mr Blake.

F: Ha! You doctors ! Most of the time you just _______which medicine to use.

C: (Angry) Sir, you are talking about my ________!

F: Profession? No, you medical people are not _______; you don’t really know what you are doing. You cannot help me. I must just wait until get better.

C: (Very angry but trying to control it) You are wrong, Mr Blake. You are making a mistake. You should go to see a doctor.

2. Listen to the three dialogues and answer questions A and B in the following chart.

3. In each dialogue one person gives a piece of advice. Listen to each dialogue again and answer question C.

Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3

A Which people in the picture are talking?

B What are they talking about?

C What advice is given ?

Reading

Brief introduction :

Wilkie Collins was born into an _______family in 1824 and died in 1889.In his _______, he wrote 25 novels, more than ______ short stories, at least_______ plays. Wilkie Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens’. He was a ________ of Victorian fiction. Now he is also being given _____and _______ attention. His _______ stories are famous for the ________suspense. His novel The ______ is ___________as the first detective story in the history of England.

1.Find the characters mentioned in the text and pay attention to the relationships between them

Sergeant Cuff:_________________________

An Englishman(stole the Moonstone):__________________

The strange Indians(entertain the guests):____________________________

Rosanna:______________

Franklin:____________________________

Dr. Candy(A local doctor:______________________

Godfrey(A guest of the party):_______________________

2.Main ideas of the four parts:

Part one(para 1):___________________________________________________________________.

Part two(para 2---5):________________________________________________________________.

Par three(para6---9):________________________________________________________________.

Par four(para 10):________________________________________________________________.

3.True or false statements:

( )1.The story really began in 1848 in England.

( )2.Rachel’s uncle left the diamond to her because he liked her.

( )3.The diamond was cursed and the man who stole the diamond would live a sad and lonely life.

( )4.Godfrey was Rachel’s childhood friend and he painted the door for her.

( )5.Franklin had an argument with Dr Candy.

( )6.Godfrey was an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admirers. He asked Rachel to marry him ,and she accepted.

( )7.Some Indian entertainers were very skilled and behaved strangely.

( )8.The servant Rosanna was very fond of Godfrey.

( )9.At the end of the party everyone left except for Franklin and Godfrey.

( )10.The Moonstone was gone the next morning.

( )11.Sergeant Cuff only suspected Indians.

( )12.Sergeant Cuff had one vital clue.

4.Summary:

The Moonstone is a huge yellow __________that was once part of a _________of the moon god in India. An Englishman, after __________three holy men, _______the diamond and brought it back to London. His sister was angry with him about his act. The man, in an act of _________left the Moonstone to his sister’s _________Rachel , a beautiful and __________young lady, intending to pass on his bad _________to her. And Rachel would receive the Moonstone on her ____________birthday.

From the moment Rachel ________the diamond

to her dress, many unhappy and strange things

___________ at the party. At the end of the party, all the guests left except for _________and ________. The following morning Rachel found the _________ was gone. Her mother _________ the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the . As the story , the detective discovered some________ about the people in the house that night, and the why they might have stolen the diamond. He even Rachel and Franklin. Finally, however, he found a ______ in the wet paint on the door of Rachel’s sitting room that was not there during the party. He thought it was a ________clue.

Integrating skills:

1. Who did the detective suspect?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why didn’t Rachel answer Sergeant Cuff’s questions?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why didn’t Franklin remember taking the diamond?

4.Sergeant Cuff didn’t find the Moonstone or prove who murdered Godfrey, but the passage gives some clues about who might have done it. Who do you think was guilty? What clues can you find?

Clues:

①:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________②:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Language points:

1. The novel the Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years later.

Set: 设置（书本，戏剧，电影等）背景。如：

__________________________________________________.这部书是以18世纪的法国为背景的。

__________________________________________________. 这部小说是以淘金热为背景的。

Set 其他意思：

__________________________________________. 他把手放在我的手上。

___________________________________________. 请摆好餐桌准备就餐。

____________________________________________.你们把开会时间定下来了吗？

_______________________________________.太阳从东方升起在西方落下。

______________________________________.他把一块宝石镶嵌在戒指上。

2. curse n. 诅咒, 咒语, 祸根, 祸因 vt. 诅咒, 咒骂, 降祸, 使受罪

__________________________________________.我们的部族正遭天谴。

__________________________________________.我们有必要来评断电视到底是福还是祸。

3. an act of revenge报复行为

Act 做动词的用法：

______________________________________ 三思而后行。

___________________________________________________.药已经服了很长时间，但还未见效。

Act 与action 区别：

Action做可数名词时，常与act 同义。如：

A kind act/action. 仁慈的行为,但act 多指具体的，短时间的行为或行动；action 多指复杂的持续的行为或行动。

在一些固定用法中。如：__________________ (残忍的行为)，____________________（战争行为） , _______________________（仁慈的行为）等中，不能用action 又如___________________ (采取行动)也是固定搭配。

４.But from the moment Rachel fastens it to her dress, things start going wrong.

Fasten to 把---系在---

_______________________________________________. 这个书架是固定在墙壁上的。

_____________________________________________________________. 我们去看她时她不在，我们只好写了张便条钉到门上。

Go wrong 出毛病，不对头如：

___________________________________________________. 我的自行车出了点问题。

__________________________________________________________. Mary 来之前晚会开的很成功，可后来一切都不对了。

５.as the story develops …

As 意思是“随着”。

____________________________________________________________.随着时间的推移，她开始意识到他本该好好学习的。

As 其他用法（作为连词）

象---一样

_____________________________________________________________________________________. 他不象以前那么喜欢滑冰了。

照---的方式

___________________________________________________________. 我已如实讲了这件事。

因为，既然

_________________________________________. 既然你反对，我就重新考虑一下这个计划。

虽然，

__________________________________________________.尽管我很喜欢这本书，可我买不起。

６.to …degree达到---的程度

_______________________________________________________________________.他对工作如此感兴趣，以致于他从来不想别的事情。

_____________________________________________________.在某种程度上他喜欢他的工作。

７.guilty 惭愧（about），有过失的，有罪责的(of)

_______________________________________.我因没有常去看望父母而感到内疚。

_____________________________________________.John脸上显出惭愧的表情。

8. resist 抵制，阻挡

_________________________________________________.银行强烈反对降低利率。

(用于否定句)忍住，抵挡

______________________________________________.他忍不住炫耀起了他的新车。

9.stainvt. 沾污，染污，染色，玷污，败坏。n. 污点，污渍

__________________________________________.浆果汁把他们的手指染成了红色。

________________________________________________. 先把标本染成红色，再放到显微镜下观察。

10. convince 说服,，使确信，使相信~ sb / yourself (of sth)

______________________________________.你要使他们相信你殷切希望得到工作。

____________________________________________________.我一直劝他去看病。

引申：convincing: 令人信服的，有说服力的

________________________________________ 有说服力的论点／解释／事例

_________________________________________.我觉得她的话很有说服力。

Convinced 坚信，确信（~ (of sth / that ... )

______________________________________________. 我坚信她清白无辜。

11. assume 假定，假设，（呈现。。。的样子，假装）

______________________________________________________. 咱们假设计划成功。

__________________________________________________普遍认为，紧张系工作过重所致。

____________________________________________________________.我本以为他是比利时人。

12. meanwhile adv./n. 同时，其间，（两方面）对比之下

______________________________________________________.压力对你的健康非常有害，而锻炼会减少这种害处。

________________在此其间，与此同时

_________________________________________________________________________. 我希望最终能上医学院，这其间我打算学化学。

13.In all my years as a detective, I have never heard of a thief having such a loss of memory.

这里a thief having …是动名词的复合结构。

高考题：

( )Victor apologized for ___ to inform me of the change in the plan.

A his being not able B him not to be able C his not being able D him to be not able

14. accuse 控告，谴责~ sb (of sth)

to accuse sb of murder / theft She accused him of lying.

The government was _______________________incompetence

15.desperate 冒险的，绝望的

The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.

非常需要，渴望~ (for sth)| ~ (to do sth)

He was so ______________________ a job he would have done anything.

I was absolutely ___________________see her.

16.nothing but to do