1. Who is the writer of The Lord of the Rings?___________________________________________

2. Where does the story take place? ___________________________________________________

3. Who are the characters in the story? _________________________________________________

Task 3: Scanning

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

1. In what ways is Middle Earth different from our world?

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2. Explain how the Ring is important to the story?

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3. Do you know a Chinese story about a ring with magic powers? If you do, what is the story about?

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Task 4: Post-reading

Read the passage carefully and complete the chart below.

Parts Paragraphs Contents the beginning the middle the end 阅读延伸:

Read the passage on P99 in the WORKBOOK and complete the 8~10 activities.

Homework:

课时作业（4）on P17.