Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark (Part 1)

1. Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark (Part 1)

2. Learning Objectives 1.To master the key words , the important phrases and language points in the text. 2.Be ableto understand and read the text. 3.Be ableto speak English and express your own opinions.

3. Lead in life on a desert island

4. CUTTY SARK The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship. Built in 1869, she served as a merchant vessel (the last clipper to be built for that purpose), and then as a training ship until being put on public display in 1954. She is preserved in dry dock in Greenwich, London.

5. New words and expressions 1. impressive adj.给人深刻印象的 典型范例 an impressive ceremony/building/speech 给人以深刻印象的典礼／建筑／演说 链接词汇 impressed adj.留下印象的 2. be impressed by/with对…有深刻印象的 Everyone was very impressed by her English-she made almost no mistakes. 她的英文给大家留下了深刻的印象——她几乎没出错。

6. 3.steer V，控制方向，使开往某处 典型范例Steer your car slowly into the garage. 将车慢慢开进车库。 固定搭配steer for驶向 We turned the car round and steered for home. 我们将车掉过头，朝家开去。

7. 4.temporary adj.临时的，暂时的(反义词为permanent) 典型范例temporary employment/jobs临时工作 This arrangement is only temporary. 这只是暂时的安排。 5 fit v．安装；装上，配上（常和with连用） 典型范例I want you to fit this shelf onto that wall. 我想让你把这个架子装到墙上去。

8. 6. delay /n.耽搁，延迟，延期，迟滯 典型范例Sorry I delayed in answering your letter. 很抱歉答复你这封信迟了。

9. 7. mark v．标志，表现出 典型范例 His silence marked his anger. 他的沉默表现出他的愤怒。

10. 8. tear v.猛地夺走，猛地刮走， 典型范例 The strong wind tore the flag off the pole. 大风把旗帜从旗杆上猛地刮走了。 固定搭配tear…away使勉强离开，使依依不舍地离开，忍痛舍去 The TV programme was really attractive, I could not tear myself away from it． 电视节目的确很吸引人，我不忍离去。

11. Listen to the tape then answer the question below. What piece of bad luck prevented the Cutty Sark from winning the race? Listening

12. -----Her rudder was torn away in a heavy storm.

13. Text Analysis Para1 the Cutty Sark can still be seen at Greenwich. the Cutty Sark was a sailing ship. ships like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea and wool. the race lasted for four months.

14. Text Analysis Para2 1) the Thermopylae reached Java first. 2) the Cutty Sark had a lot of bad luck during the race 3) her rudder was torn away during a heavy storm. 4) the Cutty Sark arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae.

15. One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. Before they were replaced by steamships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. This race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind. It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era. Text learning

16. The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck. In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty. This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was danger that if she travelled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well. Text learning

17. Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead. After crossing the equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead. Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae. Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays. There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily. Text learning Back

18. Language points 1. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. 参考译文：它给人们留下深刻的印象，使人们回忆起历史上的巨型帆船。 结构分析： 简单句。As作为引词或称限定词，引出主语补足语an impressive reminder。 语汇注释：serve as①作…用，权当，起…的作用； ②担某职务、充任 The sofa served as a bed.这个沙发当床用。 Back

19. Language points 2）The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. 参考译文:唯一可以与之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”号帆船。 结构分析:简单句。不定式短语to match her作定语修饰ship. 语汇注释:match sb./sth. in/for：be equal to sb．/sth.和…匹敌，是…对手 They are evenly matched in their knowledge of English. 他们的英语知识不相上下。 Back

20. Language points 3. The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae ,but on the Indian Ocean, ,the Cutty Sark took the lead. 参考译文:比赛开始后，“塞姆皮雷”号率先抵达爪哇岛。但在印度洋上，“卡蒂萨克”号驶到了前面。 结构分析:并列复合句，but连接两个并列句。第一个并列分句中after引导时间状语从句。 语汇注释:take the lead领先，率先 Back

21. 4) It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home ,but during the race she had a lot of bad luck. 參考译文:看来，它首先返抵英国是确信无疑的了，但它却在比赛中连遭厄运。 结构分析:并列复合句 but连接两个并列句。第一个并列分句含有一个主语句that she would be the first ship home，it为形式主语。其结构为：it+系动词+表语+that…（常用系动词有be，seem，prove等，表语可以是名词、形容词、过去分词）。 典型例句: It happened certain that he will come. 看来，他会来是肯定无疑的了。 Language points Back

22. 5.) The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. 参考译文:船身左右摇晃，无法操纵。 语汇注释:from side to side从一边到另一边 联想记忆：from door to door挨家挨户 from house to house挨家挨户 from place to place到处 from A to Z详细地 from cover to cover从头到尾 from general to specific从一般到个别 Language points Back

23. 6) Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed，it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. 参考译文：尽管换装新舵时分秒必争，但“卡蒂萨克”号已经不可能取胜了。 结构分析：复合句。Though引导让步状语从句。 Though she caught a bad cold，she insisted on going to work. 尽管患了重感冒，她坚持去上班。 语汇注释：It is impossible for sb．to do（某人）不可能做 Unfortunately，it was impossible for my girlfriend to come with me. 很不幸，我的女朋友不可能与我一起来。 Back

24. Check and Reflection Choose the correct answers to the following questions. 1  The fame of the Cutty Sark rests mainly upon ___ . a. the number of tourists who come to visit her annuallyb. her likeness to other great sailing ships of the pastc. her being one of the last and one of the fastest of a line of great sailing shipsd. her victory in the race against the Thermopylae c

25. Check and Reflection 2  The race which took place between the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae was _____ . a. a landmark in the history of shippingb. held to celebrate the invention of the steamshipc. held especially for sailing ships on the route from Shanghai to Londond. unusually slow because the Cutty Sark lost her ruddeer en route a

26. Check and Reflection 3  During the race, the most remarkable feat of the Cutty Sark was _____ . a. although last to reach Java, to take the lead on the Indian Oceanb. the fact that she managed to sail into port without a rudderc. the speed at which she was sailing while having a new rudder fittedd. the speed at which she made up the gap between her and the Thermopylae d

27. 1. Review the language points in the text after class. 2. Write an account of the race between the Cutty Sark and the Thermopylae after they set out from Shanghai in not more than 80 words. 3. Do the exercises on P124-125. Homework

28. Thank You!