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Unit8 Literature
Lesson3 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Have you ever read any science fictions?
Who are the writers? What are the stories about?
The Three Body Problem (2006)
《三体》
(by Liu Cixin)
Starship
Troopers (1959)
《星船伞兵》
(by Robert Anson Heinlein)
Nineteen
Eighty-Four
(1949)
《一九八四》(by George Orwell)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
《海底两万里》(by Jules Verne)
Now let's read an extract from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and learn what the story is about.
· Stories that take place in a future setting and usually
include advanced scientific elements that the writer
thinks will be possible.
· A kind of story, like a romance story or a comedy story.
Have you ever read any science fiction? Who are the writers? What are the stories about?
Jules Verne (1828-1905), a French novelist, was called the “Father of Science Fiction”. He wrote a widely popular series of science fictions, including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
《海底两万里》写于1870年,是凡尔纳著名的三部曲中的第二部。这部作品叙述法国博物学家阿龙纳斯教授在海洋深处旅行的故事。故事发生在1866年,当时海上发现了一只被断定为独角鲸的大怪物。教授接受邀请搭乘林肯号战舰参加追捕,在追捕过程中不幸落水,泅到怪物的脊背上。其实这怪物是一艘当时尚不为人所知的构造奇妙的潜水艇。潜艇是船长尼莫在大洋中的一座荒岛上秘密建造的,船身坚固,利用海洋发电。尼莫船长邀请阿龙纳斯作海底旅行。他们从太平洋出发,经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、地中海,进入大西洋,看到许多罕见的海洋动植物和水中的奇异景象,又经历了搁浅、土著人围攻、同鲨鱼搏斗、冰山封路、章鱼袭击等许多险情。最后,当潜艇到达挪威海岸时,阿龙纳斯不辞而别,把他所知道的海底秘密公布于世。
Careful reading
Read the extract again. Order the events (a-f).
( ) a The professor sank and swam towards the boat,
crying for help.
( ) b The professor learnt that he was above a metal
“island” and then he was drawn into it by eight
men coming from inside.
( ) c Conseil supported the professor and stopped the
professor from drowning.
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Read the extract again. Order the events (a-f).
( ) d The professor’s chest collapsed, but then he woke
up and saw his friend Ned, the Canadian.
( ) e There was a crash and the professor, who was the
narrator, fell from his boat.
( ) f A hard body struck the professor. He held onto it
and felt that he was being drawn up.
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so...that...如此…以至于…,引导结果状语从句
①The crash was so violent that I have no clear recollection of falling from the boat. Might I hope to be saved? The darkness was intense. I saw a black mass disappearing in the east. It was the boat! I was lost.
hope to do 希望做
fall from... 从…掉下
撞击如此猛烈以至于我记不清如何从船上掉下来的。我能期望自己获救吗?海下黑沉沉一片。我看到一团黑东西在东方消失了。那是我们的船!我被丢下了!
to do 被动:to be done
see sb/sth doing 看见某人/某物正在...
记不清
②“Help, help!” I shouted, swimming towards the boat in desperation. I was sinking! I couldn’t breathe! “Help!” My mouth filled with water; I struggled against being drawn deeper, deeper down. Suddenly I felt myself quickly drawn up to the surface of the sea; and I heard these words:
充满
...的表面
feel+sb/sth+done 感到某人被...
与...作斗争
“救命啊,救命啊!”我大喊着,绝望地朝船游去。我正在往下沉!透不过气了!“救命啊!”嘴里灌满海水,我挣扎着不被拖得更深。突然,我感觉自己被快速地拉出水面,我听见有人说:
绝望地
非谓语:表主动
draw—drew—drawn
“If master would be so good as to hold onto my shoulder, master would swim with much greater ease.” I grabbed my faithful Conseil’s arm with one hand.
更
so good as to do 请做某事
“如果主人能抓牢我的肩膀,主人会游得轻松很多。”我用一只手抓住忠仆康塞尔的胳膊。
紧紧抓住
轻易地
⑦Conseil was cool and calm. Nevertheless, our situation was no less terrible. Near one o’clock in the morning, I suddenly felt terribly tired. Conseil had to keep me up, and our preservation depended on him alone. “Leave me! Leave me!” I said to him.
仍然,同样
leave me (alone)
别管我
使…不下沉
康赛尔很冷静。不过,我们的处境仍旧很糟糕。将近凌晨一点,我突然感到非常疲惫。康塞尔不得不托着我,维持我们两个人生命的重担全落在他一人身上。“放开我吧!别管我了!”我对他说。
adj.糟糕的,极度的
adv. 极度地
依靠
⑧“Never!” replied he. “I would drown first.”
“不行!要沉下去也是我先沉。”他答道。
I shouted, swimming towards the boat________________.
I was sinking! I couldn’t _____________ !
My mouth______________ water; I _________________ being drawn deeper, deeper down.
I felt myself quickly _________up to the surface of the sea;
"I"
How did"I" behave before "I" was saved?
in desperation
breathe
filled with
struggled against
drawn
⑨“Help! Help!” cried Conseil. It seemed to me as if a cry answered him. There was no mistake! A human voice responded to ours! Then, I know not why, the thought of the strange, terrible animal came into my head for the first time!
respond to 回应, 答复
as if =as though 好像,似乎
why 引导宾语从句
...的念头
come into one’s head 出现在某人的脑海中
第一次
“救命啊!救命啊!”康塞尔喊道。我似乎隐约听到有人回应。没错!是有个人在回应!然后,不知道为什么我第一次想到那个奇怪的、可怕的动物!
It seemed to sb as if... 对某人来说似乎…
But that voice! I had almost no strength left; my fingers could hardly move; my mouth, opening and closing, filled with salt water. I became colder and colder. I raised my head for the last time, then I sank.
raise one’s head
抬头
比较级 and 比较级: 越来越...
最后一次
have the/no strength to do sth.
有/没有做某事的力量
可是那人声不假!我的力气已经消耗殆尽,手指变得僵硬;我的嘴一张一合,灌满了又咸又苦的海水,我越来越冷。我最后一次抬起头来,之后便沉了下去。
充满
⑩ At this moment a hard body struck me. I held onto it; then I felt that I was being drawn up, that I was brought to the surface of the water, that my chest collapsed—my eyes closed, unconscious. I soon woke up, and half opened my eyes. I saw a face (which I immediately recognised.) “Ned!” I cried.
在这时
三个that 引导并列的宾语从句
strike 的过去式
wake up 醒来
which引导的定语从句,修饰先行词 a face
过去进行时的被动语态: 正在被拉拽上去
紧紧抓住
v.塌陷
⑪“The same, sir!” replied the Canadian.
⑫“Were you thrown into the sea when the boat crashed?”
⑬“Yes, Professor, but more fortunate than you, I was able to find safety almost immediately upon this island in the sea. Or, more correctly speaking, on this large whale.
⑭ “Why, Ned, why?”
比
正是; 一样; 同上
be able to do 能够做
更准确地说
throw—threw—thrown v.扔
比较级:更幸运
⑮ “Because that creature is made of steel.” I moved myself quickly to the top of the being, and kicked it. It was evidently a hard, solid body. The black back that supported me was smooth, polished, nothing like an animal.
be made of 由…制成
...的顶部
一点也不像
that引导定语从句, 修饰先行词the black back
因为这个生物是钢铁做的。我迅速地爬到了它的上面,踢了一脚。显然,这是一个坚硬、结实的物体。在我脚下黑色的背脊精光溜滑,一点也不像动物。
The blow produced a sound of metal; and, (incredible though it may be), it seemed as if it was made of metal plates. This monster was a human construction. We were lying upon the back of a sort of underwater boat. I searched all over the outside for an opening, a hole, but found nothing.
v.吹 n.撞击
撞击时,这东西发出金属的声音;虽然听起来不可思议,但它似乎就像用铁板做成的。这个怪物是人造的。我们正躺在一只潜水船的背上。我在外面找遍了,试图找到开口、气孔,但什么也没有。
though引导的让步状语从句,
且是一个部分倒装句
好像:引导表语从句
be made of 由…制成
金属板
lie—lay—lain—lying
一种
search for 寻找
At last this long night passed. Daybreak appeared. Suddenly a noise came from inside the boat. One iron plate was moved, a man appeared, uttered an odd cry, and disappeared immediately. Some moments after, eight strong men, (their faces covered), appeared noiselessly, and drew us down into their incredible machine.
最终,终于
come from 来自
adj.奇怪的,奇数的
“名词+过去分词” 构成的独立主格结构
Read again and take notes. Then tell the story to your partner.
Task 4
A violent crash happened. The professor _____
_____________.
Suddenly, he felt himself ______________________________. He grabbed _____________.
Around one o'clock in the morning, ________
______________________________________.
At this moment, ______
_____________________.
The professor woke up, and saw Ned.
The professor moved himself ___________
_________. It was a __________________.
At last, this long night ______. Daybreak ________. Suddenly, a noise ______________
_____________.
One iron plate was moved, a man _________, _________________, and _______________________.
Some moments later,
________________________________________________.
fell from the boat
drawn up to the surface of the sea
Conseil's arm
he felt terribly tired and he sank into the ocean
he hit a hard object in the water
to the top of the object
human construction
came from inside the boat
passed
appeared
appeared
uttered an odd cry
disappeared immediately
eight men appeared and drew them into the machine
The professor was thrown from the boat when it (1)__________ crashed. He had no recollection of falling in but, Conseil (2)_______ him and saved him from (3)_______. In (4)__________, Conseil cried for help and a human voice (5)_________ a cry back, just as the professor became (6)___________. He started to (7)______ but was struck by a hard body which drew him up to the surface. He came across Ned, who had also been thrown into the sea. The professor could see the “whale” (8)________ was a hard, iron body and was smooth and (9)_____ concluding it to be of human (10)___________. At daybreak a man opened the door and they were drawn down into the machine.
solid responded evidently grabbed desperation
drown construction unconscious violently sank
Complete the summary with the words below.
violently
grabbed
sinking
desperation
responded
unconscious
drown
evidently
solid
construction
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