Unit7 Lesson4 Sea Stories

1. Unit7 Lesson4 Sea Stories

2. Have you seen any other films about the sea? What did you think of them? Tell your classmate.

3. Have you seen the movies about the sea ? The Day After Tomrrow

5. Titanic

7. Treasure Island

8. vocabulary barrel ba-rrel n. 圆桶 whirlpool whirl-pool n. 漩涡 horrible hor-ri-ble adj. 可怕的，令人厌恶的 terrify ter-ri-fy v. 令人感到恐惧的 terror ter-ror n. 恐怖，恐惧 escape es-cape v. 逃脱，逃跑 survive sur-vive v. 幸存，生存下来 recover re-co-ver v. 痊愈，康复

9. vocabulary unable un-able adj. 不能的，不会的 recognise re-cog-nise v. 辨认出 Oceania O-ce-a-nia n. 大洋洲 opposite op-po-site n. 对立的人（物）;反义词 all at once 突然，忽然 pick up 取，接载

10. float v. 浮，漂 soul n. 灵魂 scream v. 尖声喊叫，惊呼 sink v. 下沉，沉没 net n. 网 leak v. 渗漏，泄漏

11. whirlpool 漩涡

12. The horizon was covered with a cloud .

13. The ship was covered by an enormous wave.

14. Reading: 1).Fast reading: use the strategies to put the paragraphs A,B and C in the correct order. 2).Listen or Read the story again and answer the following questions: B------ A ------C

15. 1.Why did the writer’s younger brother fall overboard? An enormous wave washed him overboard. 2.Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool? 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. 4. Why didn’t his brother do the same? He was terrified. 5. Why did his old friends not recognize him? Because his hair was white, not black.

16. Please find out the phrases about time sequence in the text. • Text B: about three years ago, one day, all at once • Text A: at that moment, suddenly, moment after moment • Text C: some time after, soon afterwards, then, in the end

17. Pair work: Suppose you are a reporter, interview the victim about his experience, using the following words to help you: … years ago, …… one day, ……all at once, … survive,……. recover,…. …in the direction of, ……on the edge of, ……moment after moment, ……at great speed,……tie… to,…… as you can see,… escape, …in the end, …pick up, …tired, … recognize.

18. Complete the sentences with the words from the text afterwards, in the end , one day , suddenly , then , when. One day ________in 1964, Robert le Serrec was sailing near the coast of Pacific Island of Oceania______ he decided stop near an island. _______, he saw a huge creature resting his boat. He took a photograph, and _________ the creature swam away. __________, he showed the photograph to scientists, but ___________, nobody believed him. when Suddenly then Afterwards in the end

19. terror safety attraction • Noun • Verb • Adjective • Opposite • Adverb attract save terrify terrifying terrified safe attractive terrible unsafe unattractive terrifyingly safely attractively

20. Speaking: • e.g. If I were on a boat going towards a big whirlpool, I would tie myself to something light. • You are in a room with a tiger and you can’t go out. • You are in a dark room alone but you hear an unknown woman’s voice. • You get lost in a terrifying forest. • You meet an attractive French boy.

21. Language points: 1. It took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white.(B) less than = not more than 少于，不到，不超过 e.g. 我的新发型不到三个钟就搞好了。 My new hairstyle is finished in less than three hours. = My new hairstyle is finished in not more than three hours.

22. 2. the sky was covered with dark storm be covered with 被……覆盖(B) e.g. 田野上一片积雪。 The field is covered with snow. 3.I was trying to recover when …(B) 正要…,突然… when相当于at that time, at that moment, (suddenly) e.g. 我正要冲凉,突然电话响了. I was about to have a shower when the telephone rang.

23. 4. Survive : v. 幸存下来； vt.活过… survival [n] Survivor: n. a person who has continue to live, in spite of coming close to death. 1). 她父母死于车祸, 但她却幸免于难. Her parents died in the accident, but she survived. 2). 这次火灾中没有几所建筑物幸免于难. Few buildings survived the fire/big earthquake. 3).这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者. There was only one survivor from/ of the plane crash.

24. 5. edge : on the edge of… at the edge of… 1.不要太走进悬崖边缘. Don’t go too near the edge of the cliff. 2. 他觉得快要发疯了. He felt he was on the edge of madness. 3.他已经营了这个公司好几年,但他们想方设法排挤他. He’s been running the company for years, but they’re trying to edge him out now.

25. 6.moment after moment “单数名词+after +单数名词” , 表示一个接一个地, 接连地 (=one following the other or another). 1.他一次又一次地犯错误. He made mistake after mistake. 2.他们一次又一次地失败, 但仍然坚持着干,最后成功了. They met with failure after failure, but they persisted, and finally succeeded. 3.我等了一天又一天, 但没有得到答复. I waited day after day, but no reply came.

26. 7. So I tied myself to a barrel to help me float.(A) tie A to B 把A捆、绑、系在B上 e.g. 那个小偷把钱绑在脚上了！ The thief tied the money to his leg! 8.Without waiting, I dived into the sea. 刻不容缓(A) e.g. 我不辞而别。 I left without saying goodbye.

27. 9. As you can see, I did escape. I will bring my story quickly to a conclusion. (C) do/did 强调动词,加强语气 e.g. She does enjoy playing piano. They did attend the meeting last night. bring …to a conclusion 对…作出结论

28. 10. The whirlpool became less violent.(C) violent 修饰人时，表示暴力、粗暴；也可修饰风暴、漩涡等，指猛烈、剧烈。 11.I cannot expect you to believe me more than the fishermen did.(C) expect sb. to do sth. 期望某人做某事 e.g. 我们都期望Mary取得好成绩。 We all expect Mary to get a good result.

29. Homework: Writing Write a short passage according to the time sequence phrases of the text. about three years ago, one day, all at once at that moment, suddenly, moment after moment some time after, soon afterwards, then, in the end