The Man in the Water

1. The Man in the Water Roger Rosenblatt Hong Dan

2. Warm-up Hong Dan

3. Pre-reading questions 1. Do you think ordinary persons like you and me can become heroes under certain circumstances? When something dangerous happens, what will first come to your mind? Hong Dan

4. 2. What’s the motivation behind most heroic behaviors? • to be remembered or honored as heroes • on impulse • sense of justice or readiness to help Hong Dan

5. 长江大学3名“90后”大学生救人牺牲 • http://my.tv.sohu.com/u/vw/3799628 • http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/4LBSaKllWsY Hong Dan

6. Background Information Air Crash in 1982 波托马克河空难 Hong Dan

7. Date: January 13, 1982 • Site: Washington, D.C • Aircraft type：Boeing737-222 • Flight origin：Washington National Airport • Destination: Hollywood International Airport • Passengers: 74 • Crew :5 • Injuries：10 (including 5 on ground) • Fatalities：78 (including 4 on ground) • Survivors：5 • Type: Icing and pilot error Hong Dan

8. Flight 90 Hong Dan

9. Moments After the Crash Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. shuddered At 3:59 the plane ______ as it took off and tried to ___ altitude. It cleared two of the bridges on the Potomac River, but was _____ altitude. The ____ and passengers knew they were in trouble before it ______ the 14th Street Bridge and it ____ in half as it slammed through cars and railings (栏杆) then ______ into the cold, icy, dark waters. gain losing crew struck tore plunged Hong Dan

10. afloat survive Moments later only the tail section remained _____, 79 people were aboard Flight 90, six were to ______ the crash, but only five would live. Huddled together in the cold icy waters, the survivors waited for the ______ helicopter to arrive. Treading water, the survivors ____ on, some ____ broken arms and legs, two with _______ lungs caused from the ______. “We’re all going to die,” someone said. rescue held with collapsed impact Hong Dan

11. safest Aboard Flight 90 was Arland K. Williams Jr., who always sat in the tail section of the plane, “the _____ part of the plane,” he said. Not long before, Williams had just discussed his _____ with the woman he loved, “I think we’re going to marry soon.” It was 4:20 before the helicopter arrived at the _____, dropping the first lifeline ______ Bert Hamilton 100 yards to shore. It would be ten minutes before the helicopter returned, ______the line to Williams. He caught it, but instead of ______ it around himself, he passed the line to flight______ Kelly Duncan, the only crew member to survive. marriage scene delivering dropping wrapping attendant Hong Dan

12. tight She took the line, wrapped it under her arms and held on ___ as she was carried to shore. With room for only one helicopter at a time between bridges, it returned with two lifelines, and again Williams caught it and handed it off to ___ another survivor, Joe Stiley, the most _______ injured passenger. Tirado , who also _____ to Stiley and her life line, however, ________, in pain and shock, soon lost her ___ and plunged back into the cold icy waters of the Potomac. Rescuers again _____ her a life line but she was unable to grasp it to save her own life. yet seriously clung exhausted grip tossed Hong Dan

13. onlooker Upon seeing this and as Tirado was about to go under, an _______, Lenny Skutnik, plunged from the banks of the river into the freezing water and brought her safely to shore. By 4:30 p.m. Williams had been in the ______ water for 29 minutes, and his turn had finally come. The helicopter turned once more toward the ______ tail, its two-man crew eager to meet the man in the water, “to tell him they had never seen such ______ courage.” They strained for ____ of the hero of Flight 90. But the balding man was gone. “He could have gone on the first trip,” pilot Usher wept, “but he put everyone else _____ of himself. Everyone.” freezing sinking selfless signs Hong Dan ahead

14. Text Analysis Hong Dan

15. as disasters go compared with average disaster of this type Examples: As writers go, Oscar Wilde was not the most talented. But he was among the most popular. As businessmen go, he is considered pretty honest. Hong Dan

16. on record: 事实或事件被记载下来的 Translate: • All the important events are on record. 重大事件都有记载。 • 这是历史记载下来最冷的一天。 This is the most coldest day on record. Hong Dan

17. element/elements element: （化学）元素 要素，成分 , 因素 一伙人，一组，一群 • They are the undesirable elements among the employees. 他们是雇员中的不良分子。 the elements: the weather, especially bad weather Hong Dan

18. Presidential Monuments In recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence, George Washington earned the title “Father of His Country”. With this monument, the citizens of the United States show their enduring gratitude and respect for the first President of the United States. Washington Monument Hong Dan

19. Jefferson Memorial Thomas Jefferson—political philosopher, architect, musician, book collector, scientist, horticulturist (园艺学家), diplomat, inventor, and third President of the United States, also author of the Declaration of American Independence, and Father of the University of Virginia Hong Dan

20. Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865). The Lincoln Memorial was built to resemble a Greek temple. It has 36 Doric columns, one for each state at the time of Lincoln’s death. A sculpture by Daniel Chester French of a seated Lincoln is in the center of the memorial chamber. Hong Dan

21. collision V.S. coalition 碰撞，冲突 联盟，同盟，结合体 Hong Dan

22. rise to the occasion/challenge :to deal successfully with a problem or a situation that is especially difficult • Example: It’s not an easy task, but I’m sure John will rise to the occasion/challenge. Hong Dan

23. in the line of duty:as part of one’s duty Examples: The police officer was seriously wounded in the line of duty. 这位警官因公负了重伤。 When asked why he would risk his life to fight in the front, he said: “ It’s all in the line of duty.” 当被问到为什么会冒着生命危险上前线战斗时，他 说： “这是责任所在！” Hong Dan

24. go under • As a result of fierce competition, poorly managed enterprises will go under. • The captain hoped that help would come before the ship went under. 沉没，失败， 破产 Hong Dan

25. antonym, synonym, homonym, pseudonym • anonymity: without name antonym 同形同音异义词 synonym 近义词 homonym 假名，笔名 pseudonym 反义词 Hong Dan

26. in • We all see a promising scholar in her. • I don’t know what she saw in that man. He seemed to be very common. But she loved him. Hong Dan

27. -ess a noun suffix referring to a female • waitress, • actress, • goddess, • hostess, • lioness, Hong Dan

28. owe… to • to be indebted or obliged for • Examples: • She owes her good health to balanced diet and proper exercises. • He owes a lot of money to Mr. Smith. Hong Dan

29. He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. (Para. 7) most important traditional or long established What happened that day was a typical situation in which natural forces and man fought against each other. And when elements begin to show their power, you always find man who will fight back. He is always there. We can always expect to find such a hero. Hong Dan

30. So the age-old battle began again in the Potomac. For as long as man could last, they went at each other, nature and man.(Para. 7) • the traditional idea that human civilization is a record of man’s gradual conquest of nature • fought Hong Dan

31. … the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles, offering no lifelines; the other acting wholly on distinctions, principles and, perhaps, on faith. (Para. 7) Man, on the other hand, has his moral standards of what is right and wrong. He must behave according to the moral principles and beliefs. Nature has no moral standards. It works on no human principles. It cares nothing about the individual life of man. Hong Dan

32. In reality, we believe the opposite, and it takes the act of the man in the water to remind us of our true feelings in this matter. (Para. 8) Paraphrase: Actually, the death of the man did not mean that human beings had lost the battle. In a moral sense, man had won because man’s courage to defy death was also a tremendous power. Therefore, what happened to this man in the water should fill us with pride rather than sadness. Hong Dan

33. on behalf of appeals on behalf of the disadvantaged 为社会底层的人/弱势群体所作的呼吁 • A solicitor issued a statement on behalf of the • family. let go of • Never let go of your beloved. • 不要放开你所爱的人。 Hong Dan

34. If the man in the water gave a lifeline to the people grasping for survival, he was likewise giving a lifeline to those who watched him. (Para. 8) • The author is giving the man’s action a symbolic meaning. • When the man was giving a lifeline to the people grasping • for survival, we might say that he was also giving the • chance to live to everyone of us. He was showing by his • own example the meaning of life, the dignity of human • existence, the power of human character. Hong Dan

35. Ralph Waldo Emerson 爱默生 • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882) is one of the most famous American essayists, poets and philosophers. • Known as a transcendentalist, his main themes are individualism, independentthinking, self-reliance, idealism and the worship of nature. His works include Nature, Self-reliance, American Scholar, Overload and many other essays and poems. Hong Dan

36. set oneself against 坚决反对 • set oneself against the people 与人民为敌 Hong Dan

37. Theme The man in the water did not have to give his rings to others; he did not even know these people. He was extraordinary precisely because he was ordinary. He showed what everyone of us could do at that critical moment. The display of his heroism was a song to the beautiful human character. Hong Dan

38. Further Discussions Question  Who are the heroes in the story? Two police rescuers and, a young passerby and the man in the water. Question  Who is the greatest hero? Why? The man in the water. Ordinary as he was, he could rise to the challenge when the test came. He displayed courage and noble character in human nature at its best. Hong Dan

39. They feel proud because man defeated the indifferent natural forces. Question  In the author’s view, do people feel proud or sad about the disaster? Why? • QuestionWhat is referred to as one of man’s natural powers according to the passage? • Sacrificing his life for the life of others’. Question  The fight between the man in the water and the natural forces ended up with the death of the man. Why does the author say he is not a loser? • He was the best we can do to fight against the indifferent natural forces. What’s more, he never dies in people’s heart. Hong Dan

40. Extension Hong Dan

41. Quiz distinct:清楚的, 明显的, 截然不同的 distinctive: 与众不同的, 有特色的 distinguished:卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的 distinguishable : 可区别的,可辨别的 嘉宾： distinguished guest, honored guest 1. There is a ______ smell of cigarettes every time he comes into the room. 2. In the evening, we were treated to a __________ performance by this very fine actor. 3. Jerusalem has a ________ Middle East flavor. 4. On the beach the British were ____________ from the Spanish by their paleness and general lack of clothes senses. distinct, distinctive, distinguished, distinguishable distinct distinguished distinctive distinguishable Hong Dan

42. capacity 容量, 容积 容纳能力；吸收力，接受力 职位；地位；身份；资格 She worked here in the capacity of nurse. 她在这里当护士。 ability, capability, capacity 1. He has the _____ to swim like a fish. 2. He has the ________ of solving practical problems. 3. The theater has a seating _______ of 300 people. 4. The book is within the reading _______ of young readers. ability capability capacity capacity Hong Dan

43. crash:is the action of high speed object colliding with each other or running into each other. clash:is to collide with a loud, harsh, usually metallic noise;or means to be in opposition crash是高速撞击或陷入，常理解为粉碎； clash是冲突、猛撞或者发出撞击声，强调对立和声音，不强调速度 crash, clash 1. Their swords ______. 2. The two armies ______ outside the town. 3. I ______ with him at the meeting. 4. Their car _______ into a guardrail. (护栏） 5. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it ______ into the courtyard below. clashed clashed clashed crashed crashing Hong Dan

44. Writing We find heroes in all societies and cultures and at all times. Many people think that heroes are “made of special materials”, but others argue that everyone of us has the capacity to be a hero. What do you think of these views? Hong Dan

45. Thank you！ Hong Dan