1. away the story.

Step 3: Fast reading

1)With the reading strategy above, let's do our Reading. Read it quickly and try to grasp the main idea of the text and finish Part A on Page 2

Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 2.

　Suggested answers

A 1 Classics are the antiques of the literary world including novels, plays and poems that were written a long time ago and were well written and received.

　2 England's greatest writer.

　3 Seven years old.

Step 4: Detailed reading

1) Second reading to complete Parts C1 , C2 and D

　Suggested answers

C1 1 Because they think they are old-fashioned and boring, and have nothing to do with life today.

2 She doesn't think that they are old-fashioned or boring.

3 Joe is a kind and simple man.

4 On his gravestone it reads, 'By his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world.'

5 A stranger.

6 Because he thinks Joe is not clever enough and far from being a well educated gentleman.

7 He learns that wealth does not buy happiness and that friends are more important than a fancy education.

8 An example of character development is the change in Pip from being concerned only with money to seeing that money is not the most important thing in life.

C2 1 d 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 e

D 1 c 2 d 3 e 4 a 5 g 6 f 7 h 8 b