英语选修6外研版MODULE 2课件：同步复习（8张）.ppt

1、成才之路 英语路漫漫其修远兮 吾将上下而求索外研版 选修6 Fantasy LiteratureModule 2背 景 e 站 链 接Module 2Fantasy LiteraturePhilip Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946,and educated in England,Zimbabwe,and Australia,before his family settled in North Wales.After he received his secondary education,Philip Pullman went to Exeter Coll

2、ege,Oxford,to read English,though he never learned to read it very well.Philip Pullman found his way into the teaching profession at the age of 25,and taught at various Oxford Middle Schools before moving to Westminster College in 1986,where he spent eight years involved in teaching.His only real cl

3、aim to anyones attention lies in his writing.He has published nearly twenty books,mostly of the sort that are read by children,though hes happy to say that the natural audience for his work seems to be a mixedone in age,that is，though the more mixed in every other way as well,the better.His first ch

4、ildrens book was Count Karlstein(1982).That was followed by The Ruby in the Smoke(1986),the first in a quartet(四重奏)of books.He did a great deal of research for the background of these stories,and he doesnt intend to let it lie unused,so there will almost certainly be more of them.He has also written

5、 a number of shorter stories which he calls fairy tales.This is a kind of story he finds very enjoyable,though difficult to write.However,his most wellknown work is the trilogy His DarkMaterials,beginning with Northern Lights in 1995,continuing with The Subtle Knife in 1997,and ending with The Amber

6、 Spyglass in 2000.These books have been honoured by several prizes,including the Whitbread Book of the Year Awardthe first time in the history of that prize that it was given to a childrens book.When he is not writing books he likes to draw and to make things out of wood.He also likes to play the piano.Hed like to play it well,but he cant,so the rest of the family has to put up with his playing it badly.知识点击：where引导非限制性定语从句修饰Westminster College。claim(依据权利的)要求；声称；声明that is也就是说trilogy 三部曲honour给予荣誉put up with忍耐；忍受