Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. The short story writer is the first-ever Canadian, and the 13th woman, to win the prize. She has been called “the master of the modern short story”.
Alice Munro was born on July 10, 1931, just outside Wingham, Ontario, which has appeared in her stories many times.
Munro said that she began to escape into books when she was only ten years old. After her mother was diagnosed(诊断)with a serious disease, she started to throw herself into the world of books to make herself feel better.
Munro was a late bloomer(大器晚成) as a writer. She produced her first collection when she was 37 and didn’t get known outside Canada until the 1970s.
In fact, Munro works with an easy-to-read writing style, which is often described to be “practically perfect”. Her story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain, was made into a movie called Away From Her.
The 83-year-old author is often compared to Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the greatest short story writers in history.
Munro lived for many years in the small town of Clinton, Opt, but she was so shy that many people in the town didn’t know who she was. Munro said she was trying to be more social and accept invitations and go out to see people.
【小题1】Who is Alice Munro?
【小题2】How old is Alice Munro?
【小题3】Why did she escape into books?
【小题4】Can readers find any information about Wingham in Munro’s stories?
【小题5】What is the film Away From Her based on?
【小题6】What kind of person do you think Alice Munro is? Tell us your impression of her in TWO to THREE sentences.

Name Introductions

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An actor

Played the part of Harry Potter

Celina Dixon Born in Montreal, Canada in 1968

A singing star

In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA

Made over 1,000 inventions

Died in 1931

Bill Gates Born in 1955 in the USA

Wrote Business@ the Speed of Thought

Owns Microsoft Company

Mark Twain Born in 1835 in the USA

A writer

Wrote Tom Sawyer

Died in 1910

1. Who is the youngest of the people?

A. Daniel Radcliff.       B. Celina Dixon. 

C. Bill Gates.        D. Mark Twain

2. ________ people of the five people come from the USA.

A. Five     B. Two     C. Three     D. Four

3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ________.

A. film     B. book     C. story     D. song

4. Thomas Edison died at the age of ________.

A. 81     B. 82     C. 84     D. 85

5. Who wrote Tom Sawyer?

A. Thomas Edison.       B. Bill Gates.  

C. Celina Dixon.        D. Mark Twain.

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　　Look at this picture. Here is a bus. The bus is 1 a bus-stop.

　　The door of the bus is 2 . An old woman is 3 on the bus. What are the two girls doing? They are 4 the old woman. One girl is taking her left 5 , the 6 is holding her right hand.

　　There are many people in the bus. They're 7 the old woman and the girls.

　　Who is the old woman Is she the 8 aunt? No, she isn't. Is she 9 grandmother? No, she isn't, 10 . The girls do not know her at 11 . She is a stranger 12 them.