Unit 9 Book 4 Unit 9 I. Text I II. Text II III. Guided Writing IV. Dictation V. Workbook Text I The Pearl I. About the Author II. Pre-reading Activities III. Text IV. The Main Ideas V. Questions for Discussion VI. Comments VII. Vocabulary VIII. Notes XV. Paraphrases Text I About the Author John Steinbeck (1902-1968) , American novelist and short story writer with strong working-class sympathies. He is known for his realistic studies of life among the exploited classes of the United States, especially the migrant farm laborers of California. His works include : In Dubious Battle (1936) which deals with a strike staged by migrant fruit pickers; Of Mice About the Author And Men (1937); and The Grapes of Wrath(1939), the saga of a farming family, refugees from the Oklahoma “dust bowl” who struggle vainly against the inequitable conditions of the California they once regarded as their “promised land”. More detailed: 1.http://www.hit.net/mhenry/steinbeck/Home.html 2.http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html 3.Steinbeck and His Works The text is an excerpt from The Pearl (1947) ,a novella. 4.http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/steinbeck/the pearl.html 5. the summary of the novella Pre-reading Activities Think about the following questions before you read the text. 1.How do people usually think of pearl? As an ordinary piece of jewelry? A thing of great value? A useless ornament? Give reasons for your answer. 2. What might happen if a very poor person came into possession of a very large pearl of great value? Think of two or three possibilities. Text I Kino, a poor fisherman, has just found a very large and valuable pearl and is going to the nea...
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