内容正文:
1,What is your impression of the Sea?
2,What appears in your mind when it comes to Sea?
blue
vast
endless sunshine
beach
sand
seashell
Part 1—Warm-up
A Sea Story
Unit 4
Lesson 1
Sometimes it can be …
violent / dangerous
There may be ________________________in the sea.
storms, icebergs or whirlpools
Titanic
When a wonderful ship---Titanic was sailing to America, it sank into the sea because of hitting the iceberg. Most of the people in the ship died at last.
A famous but tragic sea story
The Old Man and the Sea
“Man is not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed , but not defeated.”
A story of an old man fighting with storm and sharks on the sea
Objectives
♦ learn some new words and phrases;
♦ understand the story fully;
♦ retell the story with the help of the time words;
♦ learn some valuable qualities from the main character
By the end of this lesson, we will be able to:
Part 2—Lead in
Background of the story
The story was adapted from the short novel “A Descent into the Maelstrom”.
1 What is a “Moskoe-storm”?
2 Who wrote the story?
3 What do you think will happen in the story?
Read the fact file on the right. Answer the questions.
《大漩涡底余生记》
a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea
Edgar Allan Poe
Part 3—Reading comprehension
Read and think
Skim the first two paragraphs quickly, answer the following questions.
1 Who are the main characters in the story?
2 Who is telling the story?
3 When and where did the story happen?
4 What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?
Read and think
Let’s check the answer.
1 Who are the main characters in the story?
2 Who is telling the story?
3 When and where did the story happen?
4 What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?
The fisherman and his brothers.
The fisherman.
Three years ago in the sea.
It broke the storyteller’s body and soul.
Detailed reading
Read the story . Complete the informa