Period1:Reading—TheCatThatVanishedObjectives●Tolearnaboutfantasyliterature●TolearntoreadwithstrategiesFocusWordsvanish，blink，shape，doubt，bend，hesitate，shine，dream，awake，revenge，marry，punish，possessExpressionsbehavestrangely,standstill，knowwithoutanydoubtthat…,know…asstronglyas…,climbthroughtheholeinthewalls,standunderalineoftalltrees,havethescentofflowers,lookaroundcarefully,shinedownover…,dreambutawakeatthesametimePatterns1.ShecameoutofagardentowhereWillwasstanding．2.Stillwatching，Willsawthecatbehavestrangely.3.Thensheleaptback，withhertailheldup．4.Whenithadgonepasthecrossedtheroad,keepinghiseyesontheplacewherethecathadvanished.5.Itlookedasifsomeonehadcutapatchoutoftheair,abouttwometresfromtheedgeoftheroad.ProceduresWarmingupbylearningabout“fantasy”▇Hello,class!WehavecometoModule2FantasyLiterature—PhilipPullman.Butwhatisfantasy?WhoisPhilipPullman?Fantasyisagenreofart,literature,film,television,andmusicthatusesmagicandothersupernaturalformsasaprimaryelementofeitherplot,theme,setting,orallthree.Thegenreisgenerallydistinguishedfromsciencefictionandhorrorbyoveralllook,feel,andthemeoftheindividualwork,thoughthereisagreatdealofoverlapbetweenthethree(collectivelyknownasspeculativefiction).Initsbroadestsense,fantasycoversworksbymanywriters,artists,andmusicians,fromancientmythsandlegends,tomanyrecentworksembracedbyawideaudience用心爱心专心today.Aswithotherformsofspeculativefiction,actionsandeventsinfantasyveryoftendifferfromthosepossibleinconsensusreality.Inmanycases,especiallyinolderworksoffantasybutinmanymodernworksaswell,thisisexplainedbymeansofdivineintervention,magic,orothersupernaturalforces.Inothercases,mostfrequentlyinworksofmodernfantasyinthehighfantasysubgenre,thestorymighttakeplaceinafantasyworldthatiswhollydifferentfromourown,completewithdistinctlawsofnaturethatpermitmagic.Warmingupbylearningabout“▇PhilipPullman”PhilipPullmanwasborninNorwichon19thOctober1946.Theearlypartofhislifewasspenttravellingallovertheworld,becausehisfatherandthenhisstepfatherwerebothintheRoyalAirForce.HespentpartofhischildhoodinAustralia,wherehefirstmetthewondersofcomics,andgrewtoloveSupermanandBatmaninparticular.Fromtheageof11,helivedinNorthWales,havingmovedbacktoBritain.Itwasatimewhenchildrenwereallowedtoroamanywhere,toplayinthestreets,towanderoverthehills,andhetookfulladvantageofit.HisEnglishteacher,MissEnidJones,wasabiginfluenceonhim,andhestillsendshercopiesofhisbooks.AfterheleftschoolhewenttoExeterCollege,Oxford,toreadEnglish.Hedidanumberofoddjobsforawhile,andthenmovedbacktoOxfordtobecomeateacher.Hetaughtatvariousmiddleschoolsfortwelveyears,andthenmovedtoWestminsterCollege,Oxford,tobeapart-timelecturer.HetaughtcoursesontheVictoriannovelandonthefolktale,andalsoacourseexamininghowwordsandpicturesfittogether.Heeventuallyleftteachinginordertowritefull-time.Hisfirstpublishednovelwasforadults,buthebeganwritingforchildrenwhenhewasateacher.Someofhisnovelswerebasedonplayshewroteforhisschoolpupils,suchasTheRubyInTheSmoke.用心爱心专心PhilipstilllivesinOxford,andhewritesinashedatthebottomofhisgarden.Theshedcontainstwocomfortablechairs(oneforwritingin,oneforsittingatthecomputerin),severalhundredbooks,asix-foot-longstuffedratwhichtookapartinhisplaySherlockHolmesandtheLimehouseHorror,aguitar,asaxophone,aswellasthecomputer,decoratedwithdozensofbrightlycolouredartificialflowe...
