文档介绍：Unit 22 A tale of two cities
Now read the dialogue silently and find out this information
are the two reved as his masterpiece（代表作） and have been translated into many languages. They have been also translated into Chinese and become favorite books of Chinese readers.
His Fiction
A Christmas Carol A Tale of Two Cities American Notes Hard Times
Bleak House David Copperfield Dombey and Son Great Expectations Oliver Twist The Old Curiosity Shop The Pickwick Papers
Our present text is adopted from a chapter of Dickens”A Tale of Two Cities” It was a novel completed in 1859 .The “two cities” refer to
Paris,the scene of the story, and London,
where the hero of the novel spent his
remaining time .
Read the whole story(Lesson86 and 87)
and find out the main characters:
Who are they?
What do you know about them through
reading?
Watch and say: Who are they?
Mr Manette:
He was the father of Lucie. One day he was called to attend the young peasant and his sister. But after the death of the two , he was put in prison by the Marquis St. Evremonde and his brother so that he would keep silent over the matter. Many years later he was set free. Then he was brought to England where his mental health and strength gradually got better.
Lucie Manette:
She was the daughter of Dr Manette. Her mother died when she was a baby. She was brought up in England. She managed to find her father in Paris and brought him back to England where his mental health and strength gradually got better. Later she married Charles Darnay.
Charles Darnay:
He was the nephew of the cruel Marquis St. Evremonde. He had left France because he hated the crule deeds of the French nobles and the way they treated the peasants. He preferred to give up the fortune that would one day come to him, and went to live in England.
He fell in love with Lucie Manette and married her. During the French Revolution, he was put in prison