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Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Lesson 1 A Sea Story
蓝溪中学 余巧丽
Warm-up
A Sea Story
1.What is the text type of the passage?
A. Narration (记叙文)
B. Argumentative Essay (议论文)
C. Expository Writing (说明文)
D. Practical Writing (应用文)
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2.It took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white.
1.That was the day when it took ony six hours to break my body and soul.
Background of the story
The story was adapted from the short novel “A Descent into the Maelstrom”.
1 What is a “Moskoe-strom”?
2 Who wrote 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
Whilereading
Listen to the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1 brief introduction of the storyPara.2 went into the whirlpoolPara.3 met the stormPara.4 escaped and survivedPara.5 struggled inside the whirlpool
Read Paragraph 1-2 quickly and complete the form.
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Sea Story
why
About three years ago
My two brothers and I
on the sea
When
who
where
met the whirlpool
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Read paragraph 2. pay attention to the time words and fill the blanks,then think about the storyteller’s feelings in each scene.
Scene One (__________)
One day, my two brothers and I 1._________________ from the islands.
All at once, the sky 2.______________ dark clouds and in less than a minute we 3.______________________.
Then a huge wave 4._______ our boat and my younger brother 5.______________. My elder brother 6.___________ close to my ear and 7._________“Moskoe-strom!”
were coming back
was covered with
covered
fell into the sea
put his mouth
cried out
were in a terrible storm
Frigntened
Scene Two (_________)
The wind and the waves carried us towards _________________________ .
Then we were 1._____________ . Suddenly, we 2.__________________.
Hopeless
on the edge of the whirlpool
the direction of th