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Lesson 4 Sea Stories. Step 1 Pre-reading. P14 Ex1. 1) Discussion: Have you seen some film in which the sea is important? What did you think of it?.
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Lesson 4 Sea Stories
Step 1 Pre-reading P14 Ex1 1) Discussion: Have you seen some film in which the sea is important? What did you think of it? Titanic: I’ve seen Titanic. It’s a wonderful film. When the ship sank into the sea, Jack and Rose thought of love as the most important thing. The pictures and the music are also very beautiful. Jaws: I’ve seen Jaws. It’s about a dangerous killer shark. It is very frightening. 2)Fast reading: more background about films
On April 10, 1912, Titanic set sail from Southampton to New York. At that time, she was the largest and most luxurious(豪华的) ship ever built. At 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912, she struck an iceberg about 400 miles off Newfoundland, Canada. Less than three hours later, the Titanicplunged into the bottom of the sea. Although she was originally designed to carry 42 lifeboats, the ship carried only 20 lifeboats. Of 2,227 people on board, only 705 people were rescued; 1523 drowned or froze to death in the icy water. most of those who drowned were Americans.
In the year 2500, the world is covered with water. The earth is rare. People there dreamed of the world we have today. On a girl’s back, there’s a map, from which you can find the land. So the pirates(海盗) want to get it. So there’re fights between the pirates and the girl’s protector. At last, the girl won and they got to the land, but they didn’t think it’s their ideal land.
It tells us a story which happened in a town by the seashore. The town is very small, but in summer it attracts lots of travelers to swim here. But this summer, when a young man and a young woman went to swim, the young woman never came back. Do you know why? 1975 A big white shark attacks swimmers.
look for the treasure fight between the kind people and the pirates.
3) The course of a shark attacking a person The shark is attacking the ship.
Step 2 Reading 1)Look at the pictures and try to put them in right order, paying attention to the linking words. e.g. one day, suddenly, in the end— B A C 2) Read the text for the first time and do Ex : English weekly 22期第3版 lesson 4 reading task—课堂活动
3)Read the story again and answer these questions. 1. Why did the writer’s younger brother fall overboard? 2. Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool? An enormous wave washed him overboard. • 4. Why didn’t his brother do the same? • 5. Why did his old companions not recognize him The wind and waves were taking it there. 3. Why did the writer tie himself to a barrel? Heavier objects went down into the whirlpool quickly. The barrel was lighter. He was terrified. • Because his hair was white, not black.
One day when Suddenly then Afterwards in the end Step 3 Post-reading 1) P15 Ex 6 Complete the sentences below with these words from the text.
Terrifying uncommon length dead unsafe luckily unable unclear scientists 2) Vocabulary: terrified/ terrible terror safe save attrac-tively attractive attract unattractive Answers
3)speaking: Ex 10 eg: I tie myself to something light If I were on a boat going towards a big whirlpool, I would tie myself to something light. 4) Extensive reading: English Weekly: 22期第1版 Whirlpool in a bottle
Useful phrases and expressions: • all at once • be covered with sth • scream out the terrifying words • with the wind and waves • in the direction of the whirlpool • be on the edge of whirlpool • moment after moment • go round in circles at great speed • tie oneself to a barrel • make sb do sth • bring sth to a conclusion
1. cover sth with sth----be covered with/by *冬天, 大地被大雪覆盖. In winter, the ground is covered with heavy snow. *请用布将电脑盖好. Please cover the computer with a piece of cloth. is covered with/by Ex: Much of the country _________________ (被…覆盖) forest. The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket __________ the desert. A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover A
2.survive vt. & vi. surviving adj. survival n. survivor n. survive sb/sth 在…中幸存, 比…活得长 *在唐山大地震中,很少有人能活下来. Only few could survive (in) the earthquake in Tangshan. *根据报告,女性比男性活得长. It is reported that women can survive men. * “9.11.”事件的幸存者们对那段记忆充满恐惧. The survivors from “September 11th” were terrified about the memories of that event. *Few of houses survived the war. *Of the wounded, only three survived . 周报22期第3版练习
3. terrified adj.可怕的terror n. terrible /terrified adj. terrify v. horrifying 令人恐怖的 horror n. horrible adj. horrify v. horror 令人毛骨悚然的恐怖 terror 感到身受危险的恐惧
介词+名词的用法 4.in the direction of 朝……的方向 in all directions 各方面 under the direction of 在……指导下 directions for use 用法说明 on the edge of 在…的边缘 over the edge moment after moment 一刻又一刻 year after year 一年又一年 time after time 再三, 常常 go round in circles at great speed 找本文用过的介词 tie oneself/sb to sth
5.As you can see, I did escape. did在这里起强调作用,对谓语进行强调。 I did come here yesterday. 在祈使句中,也借用助动词do强调说话人的祈使语气。如：Do give her my regards. *驾驶时务必系好安全带. *务必记得按时到达. 周报第3版 Do tie yourself to the safety belt. Do remember to arrive on time. *人类的确做过毁坏自然的行为,但现在的确已经认识到 自己的错误. Human being did destroy the nature, but now they do realize their mistakes.
6. recognise …by/from recognise sb/sth as—sb be recognized as 周报第3版 Exercises: 周报第三版 checking corner
Writing practice • What sea animals do you like best? Why ? • 用上形容词或副词的级别 • 2) Recall your terrifying experience or a story • which you have read about risking.
