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Unit 5 What an adventure!
P4 Developing ideas
chapter
relate
helmet
nut
astonish
ray
consume
distinguish
n. 章节
v. 相联系,有关联;讲述
n. 头盔;钢盔
n. 坚果(仁)
v. 使吃惊,使惊讶
n. 光线;光束
v. 消耗
v. 看清;认出
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gradually
surround
wrinkled
shore
carpet
intensity
vibration
adv. 逐渐地,逐步地
v. 环绕;围绕
adj. 有皱褶的
n. 岸,滨
n. 地毯
n. (光、声的)强度
n. 震颤;震动
atom
depth
broad
in broad daylight
beneath
resident
male
n. 原子
n. 深,深度
n. 宽的,阔的
在大白天
prep. 在……之下,在……正下方
n. 居民,住户
n. 雄性动物
Before reading
What do you know about him?
Who is he?
Jules Verne(1828-1905)was a French writer best known for his adventure stories. Often called the" Father of Science Fiction ”, Verne described in his stories technology and inventions years before they became realities. Verne’s most famous books are Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days(1873).
Jules Verne
It's a fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
1. Have you read any stories written by Jules Verne? What are they about?
2. What amazing things do you think you might find in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
Now read the passage and check your prediction.
Read the short introduction to Jules Verne.
While reading
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
Look through the passage and answer the questions.
The passage is an adaptation from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, which tells the story of the author and his friend's adventures in the new underwater world.
2. What is genre of the passage?
It is a science fiction. The submarine is ahead of its time in the passage.
Task
1
Para 1
Words are not enough to relate such wonders!
Para 2
The light, which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, astonished me by its power.
The author intends to tell us the amazing scenery under the sea.
Read the pa