Welcome to my class of literature reading 永春僑中 鄭清南 Literature Spot 5 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green KnightA scene of the tale Literature Spot 5 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Read: Sir Gawain Sir Gawain and the Green Knights knights The Knights of the Round Table The Knights of the Round Table King Arthur 中世紀(jì)的歐洲English gradually became dominant and thus literature was flowering . 13-14 世紀(jì)的中國A very great and powerful country, stronger than ever before. In pairs, discuss the questions. 2. Who is the writer of the tales of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?3. What happened in China during that period? 1. Why the 14th century was an important period for the English language? Listening Listen to the story and fill in the table Basic info Suggested AnswersWhenWhereWhoWhatResult /Ending At Christmas / In the new yearAt the court of King ArthurSir Gawain, the Green knight , KingQueen, knights of the Round TableLots of things happened Sir Gawain was sad because he was dishonest, not a perfect knight. Read the text fast and order the sentences according to the time of the events.Do Ex. 2 G awain went back to Camelot, Unhappy. G awain and the lord agreed to exchange all they received. G awain cut off the G reen K nights head. Ten months later, G awain went to look for the Green Knight When King Arthur was celebrating Christmas, a strange Knight arrived. The Green Knight picked up his head and got on the horse. Sir G awain stayed with the lord of a castle. The Green Knight didnt cut off Sir G awains head The lady of the castle visited G awain and kissed him. The last day she gave him a belt but Sir G awain said nothing to the lord.12345678910 Read the text again and answer these questions:1.Why did the Green knight want to play this “game” at the court of King Arthur? Because he wanted to test the bravery of the knight. 2. What were the conditions (requirements) of the game?If any of the knights cut off the Green knights head, hell try to do the same to that knight the following year. 3. Who was the Lord of the castle? The Green Knight .4. Why did Gawain not give the lord the belt? Because he thought it might protect and save his life. 5. Why did the Green knight use his axe three times?Because the knight had been honest for two days but had not told the truth on the third day.6. Why was Sir Gawain unhappy at the end? Because the knight had not been honest. What was the real purpose of the “game” ?Discussion Voice your opinionsTo test the honesty of the knight. What does the story show us about medieval attitudes to violence and honor? Possible answer: Appreciated bravery when threatened with violence and cherished honor. Read aloud with Emotion While listening to the record of the text again, read after it with emotion ,energy, emphasis and expression, imitating the tone and intonation. How do we sense beauty? seehear feeltaste smell 1. remarkable adj. 異常的；引人注目的卓越的；顯著的；非凡的 It was a remarkable (great /grand ) achievement.2. medieval adj. 中古的，中世紀(jì)的 ( 中世紀(jì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)) ( 了解 )(指公元476年西羅馬帝國滅亡至公元1500年左右這段時(shí)期) 3. attitude n. 態(tài)度 ，人們的觀念Ones attitude his life, work and study is of great importance.4. magnificent adj. 壯麗的；偉大 的；華麗的；高貴的；瑰麗的If something or someone is mag-nificent, they are extremely good, beautiful, or impressive.to/towards 5. arrogant adj. 傲慢的；自大的； 驕慢的Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people. 6.perfect adj. 完美的；正確的；優(yōu)秀的；極好的Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧 7.gradually adv. 逐步地，漸漸地I remember her being a dominant figure. 我記得她是一個(gè)舉足輕重的人物。e.g: Gradually we learned to cope with different situations. 8.dominant adj. 占優(yōu)勢(shì)的；統(tǒng)治的支配的White clouds drift over and disappear. A. constantly B. continuously C. gradually D. gratefullyc 1. Reform and open to the outside world great changes in our country.Sentence pattern：（擬人化句式）the late fourteenth century saw a remarkable flowering of English literature. 2. 1949 the liberation of the PRC.saw/witnessed/foundwitnessed 短文填詞 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight describes how Sir Gawain, a of Arthur, accepts a c from a mysterious Green Knight who challenges any knight to strike him with his axe he will take a return blow in a year. Gawain accepts and cuts his head, at which the Knight stands up, p it up and reminds Gawain the appointed time. To keep his promise, Gawain demonstrates （勇敢）and （忠誠） until his honor is suspected by a test of a kiss from the lady of the Green Knight. He realizes he is not h , far from a p knight.knightchallengeif officksof braveryloyalty onesterfect Result Why What Who WhereWhenWhat should we focus on when reading a tale? The six elements:Tales(stories)When? Where? What? Why?Who? How? 1. Read the text till fluently, appreciating its beauty while reading; 2. Write a composition of a tale or a book summary about “K nights”.