文档介绍：会计学
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新视界大学英语_Unit
Topic preview: Watch a video clip about the greatest stories students have ever read and discuss the HOME-RUN books students need to read.
The Greatest Story Ever Read
For Chinese children, what story or stories are the most popular?
Girls？
Boys？
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➊ Read the first lines of the novels and answer the questions.
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This is a true story but I can’t believe it’s really happening. It’s a murder story, too. I can’t believe my luck.
Martin Amis, London Fields (1989)
An hour and 45 minutes before Nazneen’s life began – began as it would proceed for quite some time, that is to say uncertainly – her mother Rupban felt an iron fist squeeze her belly.
Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003)
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My name is Kathy H. I’m 31 years old, and I’ve been a carer now for over 11 years. That sounds long enough, I know, but actually they want me to go on for another eight months, until the end of this year.
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005)
Excuse me, Sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America.
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007)
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Questions:
Which beginning looks:
1 most traditional?
2 least traditional?
3 most memorable?
4 least memorable?
Now discuss your answers with your partner.
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Reference:
1 The one of Brick Lane seems fairly traditional in the sense that it begins with the birth of someone I guess to be the main character.
2 The last one of The Reluctant Fundamentalist seems rather strange. We aren’t given much help: Someone speaks, but not to the reader; there is some sort of imagined situation.
3 I find the phrase “felt an iron fist squeeze her belly” dramatic and it makes the opening sentence (from Brick Lane) memorable.
4 The third of Never Let Me Go is rather flat – though I am not sure what Kathy means exactly.
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➋ Work in pairs. Tell your partner w