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新外研社高中英语必修三
Unit 5 What an adventure
Developing Ideas
Reading
2
Pre-reading
Read the short introduction to Jules Verne and answer the questions.
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.
Have you read any stories written by Jules Verne? What are they about?
Verne’s most famous books:
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
地心游记
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873)
八十天环游地球
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
What amazing things do you think you might find in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
(old use) a unit for measuring distance, equal to about 3 miles or 4,000 metres
海底两万里
submarine
Picture from the movie
Picture from the novel
The ocean is deeper than the sky.
While-reading
Read the passage and underline the key sentences of each paragraph. Find out what the author intends to tell us.
Read for main idea
Background information of the story
Part 1
An introduction to the following passage
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Para.1
Introduce that he walked under the waters
key sentence
Part 2
Para.2
Describe what he saw under the sea
key sentence
Part 2
Part 2
para.1
para.2
Describe what he saw under the sea
Part 1
Introduce that he walked under the waters
Background information of the story
An introduction to the following passage
The author intends to tell us the amazing scenery under the sea.
Read Part 2 carefully and follow biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax to explore the new underwater world.
Adventures under
the sea
actions
feelings
views
While-reading
Read for details
Complete the table with expressions from the passage.
Adventures under the sea
Actions Feelings Views
walked under the waters
________________
________________
________________
________________ no longer felt the weight
__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________ solar rays shone through