西安石油大学外语系：《大学英语 College English》精品课程教学资源（PPT课件）Unit3 Unit 1 Section A：The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams

New Horizon College English BookⅢ Unit 1 Section A: The Expensive Fantasy of lord wiliams

New Horizon College English Book Ⅲ Unit 1 Section A: The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams

Contents . Background Information l. Pre-reading Activities I. Text Analysis- Structure IV Intensive reading V Writing skill V Exercises

Contents I. Background Information II. Pre-reading Activities III. Text Analysis– Structure IV. Intensive reading V. Writing skill VI. Exercises

Background Information 1.Lord(男爵)“Lord/ady" itself is a title;the child of a duke or the heir of a count/earl Was titled. the term is also used to denote the noble lord of a manor (a subdivision of land). These lords rarely hold land directly from the monarch, holding it instead from some other noble

I. Background Information l 1. Lord( 男爵)“Lord/lady” itself is a title; the child of a duke or the heir of a count/earl was titled. The term is also used to denote the noble lord of a manor (a subdivision of land). These lords rarely hold land directly from the monarch, holding it instead from some other noble

2. Scotland- the Highland

2. Scotland---the Highland

3. Scotland yard -- the metropolitan Police n% specially the division dealer with serious crimes The Greater London police is known as the metropolitan Po 0ce

3. Scotland Yard --- the Metropolitan Police, specially the division dealing with serious crimes. The Greater London police is known as the Metropolitan Police

Scotland yard Return nte中enc∈ Resourc →rram The UK Intelligence Agency

The UK Intelligence Agency Scotland Yard Return

l. Pre-reading Activities Listen to the short passage twice and answer questions Q1. Why initially did some villagers not trust Lord Williams"? Reference key: Williams only visited it on weekends For another, people of the small village were not quite sure about him Q2. At a later date why did many villagers suspect he was not the person he claimed to be? Reference key: buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back in the future Q3. Why do the villagers still drink to their Lord"? Reference key: this man invested so much money in the small village that used to be lifeless, and the villagers really benefited a lot from his generous investment

II. Pre-reading Activities Listen to the short passage twice and answer questions Q1. Why initially did some villagers not trust “Lord Williams”? Reference key: Williams only visited it on weekends For another, people of the small village were not quite sure about him. Q2. At a later date why did many villagers suspect he was not the person he claimed to be? Reference key: buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back in the future. Q3. Why do the villagers still drink to their “Lord”? Reference key: this man invested so much money in the small village that used to be lifeless, and the villagers really benefited a lot from his generous investment

Script n a small village in Scotland the locals still drink to their lord williams some of the people in this beautiful village never quite trusted this rich stranger, who only visited on weekends, right from the beginning. Later many suspected he was not really a wealthy lord after he had spent great sums of money in the village buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back in the future. However all agree that he and his"money helped the village back onto it's feet Where his money came from and why he spent it on their village would only be revealed at a later date back

Script In a small village in Scotland the locals still drink to their “Lord Williams”. Some of the people in this beautiful village never quite trusted this rich stranger, who only visited on weekends, right from the beginning. Later many suspected he was not really a wealthy lord after he had spent great sums of money in the village buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back in the future. However all agree that he and “his” money helped the village back onto it’s feet. Where his money came from and why he spent it on their village would only be revealed at a later date. back

l. Text Analysis-- Structure o Part 1( Paras. 1-5): General background of the story Part 2( Paras. 6-8): The villagers' reactions to Mr wiliams'case o Part 3( Paras.9-14): The major crimes Mr. Williams committed and how he spent the money o Part 4(Paras. 15-17): The final result of Mr Williams spending such a large sum of money

III. Text Analysis-- Structure l Part 1 ( Paras. 1-5): General background of the story l Part 2 ( Paras. 6-8): The villagers’ reactions to Mr. Williams’ case l Part 3 ( Paras. 9-14 ): The major crimes Mr. Williams committed and how he spent the money l Part 4 (Paras. 15-17): The final result of Mr. Williams spending such a large sum of money

IV Intensive reading Part 1( Paras. 1-5) Questions: OWhere and who? -What did he do? o- What is the truth? What was the result?

IV. Intensive reading Part 1 ( Paras. 1-5): Questions: l -Where and who? l -What did he do? l - What is the truth? l - What was the result?