(Book 2)

1. CONTEMPORARY College English Lesson 11 You Have to Get Me Out of Here －byLissa Halls Johnson 创 作 单 位：辽东学院外语学院本单元作者：齐家媛 (Book 2)

2. Lesson 11 You Have to Get Me Out of Here －by Lissa Halls Johnson Contents Part One: Background InformationPart Two: Text AppreciationPart Three: Text in Details

3. Background Information • Lissa Hall Johnson (1955- ) • Rocky Mountains • Ophir Wall • Altitude Illnesses • Mountaineer's Essentials Home

4. 1. Lissa Hall Johnson (1955- ) • Lissa Hall Johnson(1955- ) is a well-established writer for young adults and the general American public. The text is adapted from an article carried in Reader’s Digest in October, 1990. Home

5. 2. Rocky Mountains • Rocky Mountains, major mountain system of W North America and easternmost belt of the North American cordillera, extending more than 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from central N.Mex. to NW Alaska; Mt. Elbert (14,431 ft/4,399 m) in Colorado is the highest peak. The Rockies are located between the Great Plains on the east (from which they rise abruptly for most of their length) and a series of broad basins and plateaus on the west. • The mountains form the Continental Divide, separating rivers draining to the Atlantic and Arctic oceans from those draining to the Pacific. The major Atlantic-bound rivers rising in the Rockies include the Rio Grande, Arkansas, Platte, Yellowstone, Missouri, and Saskatchewan. Those draining to the Arctic include the Peace, Athabasca, and Liard rivers. Flowing to the Pacific Ocean are the Colorado, Columbia, Snake, Fraser, and Yukon rivers. Home

6. 3. Ophir Wall Ophir Wall, a 700 foot wall of red and gray, conglomerate granite. Home

7. 4. Altitude Illnesses • What Causes Altitude Illnesses? 1) At sea level: • The concentration of oxygen: about 21% • The barometric pressure: averages 760 mmHg. 2) As altitude increases, the concentration remains the same but the number of oxygen molecules per breath is reduced. 3) At 12,000 feet (3,658 meters) the barometric pressure is only 483 mmHg, so there are roughly 40% fewer oxygen molecules per breath.  Home

8. 4. Altitude Illnesses • How to prevent Altitude Illnesses? 1) If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. 2) If you do fly or drive, do not over-exert yourself or move higher for the first 24 hours. 3) If you go above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters), only increase your altitude by 1,000 feet (305 meters) per day and for every 3,000 feet (915 meters) of elevation gained, take a rest day. 4) Eat a high carbohydrate diet (more than 70% of your calories from carbohydrates) while at altitude. 5) The acclimatization process is inhibited by dehydration（脱水）, over-exertion（用力过度）, and alcohol and other depressant drugs（镇静药物）. 6) "Climb High and sleep low." This is the maxim used by climbers. You can climb more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) in a day as long as you come back down and sleep at a lower altitude. 7) If you begin to show symptoms of moderate altitude illness, don't go higher until symptoms decrease 8)If symptoms increase, go down, down, down! 9) Keep in mind that different people will acclimatize at different rates. Make sure all of your party is properly acclimatized before going higher. Home

9. 5. Mountaineer's Essentials 1) AT LEAST ONE COMPLETE CHANGE OF CLOTHING including extra for such contingencies as rain & cold weather. 2) EXTRA FOOD. Include extra rations in your minimum. This is your insurance policy in case something goes really wrong. 3) SUNGLASSES. Every time you set out for a strange area it's good to have a pair along.If you are planning on desert, alpine or winter camping, it's a rare occasion that you will not need them. Even Eskimos worry about snow blindness. 4) A KNIFE. A substantial pocket-knife is the order of the day. A good Swiss army knife is excellent or a Buck for bigger job. 5) FIRE STARTERS; jelly, ribbon, tablets or impregnated peat bricks. There are emergencies where a fire is both necessary and difficult to start. Every kit MUST include a supply of starters of one kind or another. 6) EMERGENCY MATCHES. Fire starters alone don't a fire make. You need matches. Long wooden ones are best & soaked in wax to make them weather proof and keep them in a waterproof container. 7) A FIRST AID KIT. 8) A FLASHLIGHT. Everyone should carry his own and add extra batteries & bulbs just in case. 9) MAPS. You should have a map when going to all but the most familiar places. It's not only a safety factor but can add a lot of enjoyment to your trip, helping you to find the best spots and sights. 10) A GOOD QUALITY COMPASS even two might help in case the first one goes berserk. 11) A SPACE BLANKET.Today it's an invaluable safety precaution. Weighing only 2 ounces it opens up to a full 56"X84".It reflects up to 90% of a sleeper's body heat while at the same time keeping out rain, rain and snow. Home

10. Home Text Appreciation • Structure of the text • 2. Writing techniques Home

11. Structureof the text • Part 1 (Paras. 1— 3 ): Katie, paired with Ric, was ready for the climbing of Ophir Wall. • Part 2 (Paras.4-27): After severely hurt, Katie firmly and successfully directed her rescue. • Part 3 (Paras.28-38 ): Katie got her chance of using the leg again and the experience bound Ric together with her in their life. Home

12. Writing Technique 1 • Narration • means telling a story, or a single event, in this case, Katie Kemble’s rescue. Narration is powerful in convincing readers of what you say. As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words. In recounting the accident and rescue, the writer shows what kind of person Katie is, and conveys a central point and share with the reader her view of what happened. Home

13. Writing Technique 2 • Action verbs • The writer uses a large number of action verbs in describing what happened. For example: • bump, land, leap to one’s feet, struggle down the trail, stagger, speed down the road, pound on the door, etc. • More exercise on action verbs (read the paragraph with action verbs) • Shortly before 9 a.m., American Airlines' Flight 11 from Boston, hijacked by suspects with knives, slammed into one trade center tower. Eighteen minutes later, a second hijacked jet crashed into the other tower. By midmorning, the south tower had exploded and collapsed , rainingdebris and • sendingchoking dust and smoke across lower Manhattan. Within half an hour, the second tower cavedin. As that scene unfolded, a third hijacked jet crashed into the Pentagon. The side of the building caved in, with secondary explosions burstingin the aftermath and huge billows of smoke rising over the Potomac River. Home

14. Text In Details Home

15. Text in Details 1. take (time) off: to have a period of time as a break from work, e.g. • I’m going to take a week off as soon as this semester is over. • I’d like to take Friday off to help my parents move house. Home

16. 2.  pair sb. off (with sb.) /pair A with B: to put people or things into groups of two, e.g. • In the oral class, I’m paired with Xiao Li. • The teacher paired off the children in the game. • Each girl is paired off with a boy in the research. Home

17. 3.  a matter of sth.: a little more or less ; a situation that involves sth. or depends on sth., e.g. • It’s only a matter of (a few) dollars. • Language learning isn’t just a matter of memory work. • Sooner or later they’ll agree. It’s just a matter of time. • The injured should be taken to the hospital at once. It’s a matter of life and death. Home

18. 4. discipline yourself: to control the way you behave and make yourself do the things you believe you should do, e.g. • He disciplined himself to exercise daily. 5. feel (link v.): (of sth.) to give you a particular feeling or impression, e.g. • This material feels nice and soft, just like silk. • The child’s forehead feels hot. He has a temperature. • My legs felt as if they didn’t belong to me anymore. Home

19. 6. all the way/the whole way: the entire distance, from start to finish, e.g. • He ran all the way to school, but was still 10 minutes late for class. • The child cried all the way from home to the day care center. 7. pass out: to lose consciousness, e.g. • One of passengers passed out when the bus ran over a dog. • At the sight of blood, the young man passed out. Home

20. 8. distract sb. (from sth.): to take someone’s attention away from what they are doing or thinking about, e.g. • The noise outside is distracting me form my book. • It seems that nothing can distract him from his experiment. 9. catch up with sb.: to finally start to cause trouble for sb. after they manage to avoid this for some time, e.g. • He is afraid that some day his old wound will catch up with him. • His connections with the underworld in the past are catching up with him. Home

21. 10. wear off: (of a feeling, effect, etc., esp. an unpleasant one) to become less strong, to be reduced until disappear, e.g. • An hour after he took the medicine, his toothache began to wear off. • It was only after the effect of the accident began to wear off that she could think clearly. 11. look sb. in the eye/face: to look straight at sb.’s eyes in a bold and open way, for example, in order to make them realize that your are not afraid of them or you are telling the truth, e.g. • He knew he was wrong and couldn’t look his father in the eye. • Can you look me the face and swear that you will never touch drugs again? Home

22. 12. one: (used for emphasis and always stressed) very, e.g. • That was one tough exam. • Your are one special friend. 13. fashion (v.): (formal) to shape or make, usually with one’s hands or with a few tools, e.g. • The doctor fashioned an artery out of a vein in her right leg. • The children learn how to fashion clay into cups, vases, or whatever. Home

23. 14. hold in: not to express how one really feels, e.g. • He managed to hold in his anger at the insulting question. • At the funeral, she could no longer hold her grief in and burst into tears. 15. hit: to have a bad effect on sb./sth., e.g. • His mother’s death hit him hard. • Repeated failures didn’t hit him in the least. Home

24. 16. be stuck: to be in an unpleasant situation or place that one cannot escape from, e.g. • She was stuck at home looking after her baby. • On their way to the airport, they got stuck in a traffic jam and missed the flight. 17. turn: a change from an existing situation or condition, e.g. • On the last day, the talks took a dramatic turn, and an agreement was signed. • The patient’s condition took a turn for the worse during the night. Home