Unit 1 Nature in the Balance主题语篇读后续写Continuous Writing课件 2023-2024学年高中英语译林版必修第三册

Step 1: Free and talk Do you like animals? If you come across a snake,what would be your reaction? scary, frightened, excited or happy? Step 2: Read and think Setting Characters Plot when/ where who what/ why/ how Revision:How to read a story? There was a time when my favorite thing to do in the entire world was to play in the woods near our house. A river ran through them, so not only could I climb branches, but I could turn over rocks on the riverbank and find baby eels (鳗鱼).My favorite book was called Guide to Reptiles (爬行动物). My father had given it to me for my birthday, and I read every page over and over, looking at the pictures of colorful animals. Some of the snakes were the most beautiful creatures I had ever seen, and some were described as poisonous but still an important part of the ecosystem. Little did I know that my book would end up saving a life.My family moved to Virginia into a new house. The houses were so new that no one had lived in them before. In fact, woods had been there first, and almost all the trees had been cut down to make room for houses and driveways. Inside our new house, everything smelled like fresh paint. Outside, no lawns had been planted, but my father tossed out grass seed, and baby seedlings grew. My brother Patrick and I could not walk on them. We had to play in the driveway.All the same, I liked our new house. One of the best things about living near the woods were the animals that would come into our yard. Rabbits and turtles came over every night. It seemed as if they were only trying to go home, and instead, what they had found was a big new land where their old homes used to be. Besides playing in the driveway, we spent time in a sandbox, which my father built right next to the driveway. One day before dinner, I ran to the sandbox to build a castle but found there in the sandbox was a snake.It was lying very still, and it was beautiful. The snake had rings of color around it — red, then white, then yellow, then black.