Reading Tools (阅读方法)
The Otis Family
Other Characters
Vocabulary
Significant Things
100

What reading tool asks you to guess what will happen next before reading, and then check if you were right ?

(在阅读前先猜测接下来会发生什么,然后再核对猜得对不对,这种阅读方法叫什么?)

Predict / 预测  

100

What is the job of Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the head of the family?

The American Minister / 美国大使

100

Who was the original noble owner who sold the house to Mr. Otis and warned him about the ghost?

Lord Canterville

100

闹鬼的

Haunted

100

What product did Mr. Otis give the ghost to stop his rusty chains from clanking?

The Rising Sun Lubricator

200

Using "Clues" from the text and "Connecting" them to what you know to figure out what the author didn't say directly is called what?

(利用文章中的“线索”并“结合”已有的知识,推断出作者没有直接说出的信息,这种方法叫什么?)

Infer (Inference) / 推断

200

What nickname do the younger Otis twins go by?

"The Stars and Stripes"

200

How long had Sir Simon the Canterville Ghost been haunting the house?

300 years

200

盔甲 (骑士穿的金属衣服)

Armour

200

Why did the blood-stain keep changing color (turning red, brown, and even purple/green)?

The ghost was stealing Virginia's paints

300

When you "picture a movie in your mind" while reading the text, which reading tool are you using?

(阅读时在脑子里“放电影/想象画面”,使用的是哪种阅读方法?)

Visualize / 可视化 (脑海构图)

300

What did Mrs. Otis offer the ghost when she thought he was sick?

Medicine

300

Who was the young English nobleman who was in love with Virginia and wanted to stay to help search for her?

The Little Duke (Cecil)

300

预言 (如古老窗户上对未来的预测)

Prophecy

300

What prank did the twins use to scare the ghost into thinking there was another ghost in the hallway?

A fake ghost made of a hollow turnip, a broom, and a bedsheet

400

To analyze a character in a story, what 3 main things should you look at according to your lesson slides?

(根据课件,分析故事人物时主要应该关注哪 3 个方面?)

What they say, what they do, and what they feel / 他们说的、做的和感受的

400

Which Otis family member was deeply distressed by the blood-stain and never laughed at the ghost?

Virginia Otis

400

Who was the old housekeeper at Canterville Chase who fainted when the blood-stain appeared?

Mrs. Umney

400

葬礼

Funeral

400

Where did Virginia go with Sir Simon to pray for his forgiveness and peace?

The Garden of Death

500

Finding the "Message" or big lesson the author wants to teach us through character changes is called finding the what?

(通过人物的变化找出作者想教给我们的“启示”或道理,这叫找故事的什么?)

Theme / 主旨

500

How did Washington Otis first clean the persistent blood-stain off the library floor?

Pinkerton's Champion Cleaner (and Stain Remover)

500

Which relative of Lord Canterville was frightened into a fit by two skeleton hands on her shoulders?

The Dowager Duchess of Bolton

500

一丝不苟的 / 规矩极多的

Punctilious

500

What sign in nature proved that God had finally forgiven Sir Simon?

The old withered almond-tree blossomed