内容正文:
Let’s follow the video to visit the Yellow Stone Park.
Lead in
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An Encounter With Nature
Developing ideas
UNIT
Encounter: a meeting, especially one that is sudden or unexpected or violent.
What does the man hold in his hand?
Camera.
What is his occupation?
Photographer.
What is he doing?
Taking pictures.
What’s his feeling when taking pictures?
What happened between the man and the bear?
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
What’s the genre( 体裁) of this passage?
Argumentation 议论文
Narration 记叙文
Exposition 应用文
Description 说明文
While-reading
Read the passage, divide it into three parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Para 1-2: The introduction of the author and Yellowstone.
Para 3: The experience in Yellowstone.
Para 4: A view on animals.
While-reading
Read para1 and answer the following questions.
What’s the man’s profession?
A nature photographer.
As a nature photographer, I have to brave the elements.
But despite the wind and the rain, I still enjoy working outside in the wild.
passion for job
While-reading
Read para2 and answer the following questions.
Why does the author prefer to take photos in Yellowstone?
Because Yellowstone is famous for the variety of its wildlife.
Find out the sentence about the description of bears.
These huge, strong animals can live for 30 years. Despite a weight of up to 300 kilograms, they can run at a speed of around 64 kilometers per hour and are also excellent swimmers.
despite = in spite of
While-reading
Read para3 and find out the story elements.
when
where
who
last spring
Yellowstone National Park
a nature photographer
what
an encounter with a bear
While-reading
Read para3 and number the events in the correct order.
I felt I was being watched.
I admire the landscape.
I took a photo of the bear.
Th bear ran away.
I walked through a forest.
I saw a bear.
While-reading
Read para3 and number the events in the correct order.
when
while
slowly
a second
later
I walked through a forest.
I admire the landscape.
I felt