新北師大版高中英語必修二Unit5HumansandNature

Lesson1ASeaStoryDoyouknowanystoriesaboutpeopleandthesea?《老人與?！贰逗５變扇f里》《少年派的奇幻漂流》ActivateandShareLookatthepicturesbelow.Usethewordsandphrasesbelowtodescribethepictures.ActivateandShare

afisherman afishingboat awhirlpool wavestoescape tosurviveastorm tofloat wild

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Afishermanistryingtosurviveastorm.Youaregoingtoreadatextadaptedfromtheshortstory“ADescentintotheMaelstr?m”.Readthefactfilefirst.Thenanswerthequestions.ReadandExploreFactFileMaelstr?m:apowerfulwhirlpoolintheseaorocean.Moskoe-strom:alsoknownasMoskstraumen,isasystemoftidalwhirlpoolsintheNorwegianSea,whichisoneofthestrongestintheworld.ThetermwasfirstintroducedintotheEnglishlanguagebyEdgarAllanPoein1841throughhisshortstory“ADescentintotheMaelstr?m”.EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)wasanAmericanwriter,bestknownforhispoetryandshortstories,particularlyhismysterytales.ReadandExplore1Whatisa“Moskoe-strom”?

ItisasystemoftidalwhirlpoolsintheNorwegianSea.2Whowrotethestory?

EdgarAllanPoewrotethestory.3Whatdoyouthinkwillhappeninthestory?

Youaregoingtoreadatextadaptedfromtheshortstory“ADescentintotheMaelstr?m”.Readthefactfilefirst.Thenanswerthequestions.Aboutthreeyearsago,somethingterriblehappenedtome.Thatwasthedaywhenittookonlysixhourstobreakmybodyandsoul.YouthinkIamaveryoldman－butIamnot.Ittooklessthanasingledaytochangemyhairfromblacktowhite.Readthetext.Discussthequestions.ReadandExploreReadthetext.Discussthequestions.ReadandExploreWiththewindandwaves,weweregoinginthedirectionofthewhirlpool.Wewerehopeless.Nothingcouldsaveus.Ifeltsick,asifIwasfallingfromamountaintopinadream.Wewentroundandround,nearerandnearertothehorribleedgeofthewhirlpool.Itmayappearstrange,butatthatmoment,whenwewereontheedgeofthewhirlpool,Ifeltcalmerthanwhenweweremovingtowardsit.Ibegantothinkhowamazingathingitwastodieinsuchaway,andhowwonderfulitwastoseethepowerofnature.Suddenly,wewentovertheedge.Ithoughtmylifewasover.Butmomentaftermomentpassed,andIwasstillsafe.Readthetext.Discussthequestions.ReadandExploreTheboatwasontheinsideofthehugewhirlpoolandweweregoingroundincirclesatgreatspeed.Isawclearlythattherewereotherobjectsinthewhirlpool—treesandbarrels.Afterawhile,Ibecamecuriousaboutthewhirlpoolitself.Ithenmadethreeimportantobservations.Thefirst,thelargerthebodieswere,themorerapidlytheyfell;thesecond,betweentwoobjectsofequalextent,roundobjectsfelldownlessrapidly;andthethird,betweentwoobjectsofthesamesize,objectsshapedlikeatubefelldownmoreslowly.SoItiedmyselftoabarreltohelpmefloat.Itriedtomakemybrotherunderstand,buthewastoofrightenedandstayedintheheavyboat.Withoutwaiting,Ijumpedintotheseatotryandescape.Readthetext.Discussthequestions.ReadandExploreAsyoucansee,thereasonwhyI’mheretotellthestoryisthatImadetherightdecision.SometimeafterIlefttheboat,withmybrotherinit,itwaspulledintothebottomofthewhirlpool.Soonafterthat,thewhirlpoolbecamelesswild.Thentheskywasclear,thewindcalmer,andthemoonwasshining.Iwasstilltiedtothebarrelandthewavessooncarriedmetoanareawheretheotherfishermenwere.Intheend,aboatpickedmeup.Iwasverytired.Thefishermenweremyoldfriends,buttheywereunabletorecogniseme.WhenItoldthemmystory,theydidnotbelieveit.NowIhavetoldyou,andIcannotexpectyoutobelievemeanymorethanthefishermendid.ReadandExplore1Whoarethemaincharactersinthestory?

Themaincharactersarethefishermanandhisbrothers.2Whoistellingthestory?

Thefishermanistellingthestory.3Whenandwheredidthestoryhappen?

Thisstoryhappenedaboutthreeyearsagointhesea.Readthetext.Discussthequestions.4Whateffectdidtheterribleexperiencehaveonthestoryteller?

Itbrokehisbodyandsoul.(Ittooklessthanasingledaytochangehishairfrom

blacktowhite.Readthestoryagain.Completetheinformationintheboxes.Thenaddthestoryteller’sfeelingsduringeachsituation.ReadandExploreThestoryteller’sfeelings:wascoveredwithdarkcloudscoveredourboatfellintotheseacriedoutfrightenedThewindandthewavescarriedus________________________________.Then,wewere______________it.Suddenly,we__________________.Thestoryteller’sfeelings:towardsthedirectionofthewhirlpoolontheedgeofwentovertheedgehopelessReadthestoryagain.Completetheinformationintheboxes.Thenaddthestoryteller’sfeelingsduringeachsituation.ReadandExploreTheboatwasontheinsideof__________________andweweregoinground______________________.AfterImadethreeimportantobservations,Itiedmyselfto______________________.Itriedtomakemybrother________________,buthewas_____________________.Soonafterwards,thewhirlpool________________.Thewavessooncarriedmeawayandfinallyaboat_______________.Thestoryteller’sfeelings:Thestoryteller’sfeelings:thehugewhirlpoolincirclesatgreatspeedabarreltohelpmefloatunderstandtoofrightenedtogetitcalmbecamelesswildpickedmeuptiredCompletetheillustrationabouthowthestorytellerovercamehisfearandstruggledtosurvivefromthewhirlpool.Thenusethetimewords(when,suddenly,then,finally)totellthestory.ReadandExploreTheboatwentinthedirectionofthewhirlpool,WhentheMoskoe-stromcame,Atthatmoment,whentheywereontheedgeofthewhirlpool,hefeltcalmerthanwhentheyweremovingtowardsit.Suddenly,theywentovertheedge,hethoughthislifewasover.Whentheboatwasontheinsideofthehugewhirlpool,hebecamecuriousaboutthewhirlpoolitself.Then

hebecamemuchcalmer.Hemadethreeobservations.Hetiedhimselftoabarreltohelphimfloat.Withoutwaiting,hejumpedintotheseatotryandescape.Luckily,hemadearightdecision.Soonthewhirlpoolbecamelesswild.Thenthewavescarriedhimtoanareawheretheotherfishermenwere.Intheend,aboatpickedhimup.Hewasverytiredandfeltrelieved.hefeltfrightened.hewashopeless.ReadandExplore1Whatwerethethreeobservationsthestorytellermade?

Thethreeobservationswere:thelargeobjectsfellintothewhirlpoolquicker;andtheroundobjectsandtube-shapedobjectsdidnotgointothewhirlpoolasquickly.2Whydidthestorytellersurvivewhilehiselderbrotherdidn’t?

Thefishermansurvivedbecausehewascalminthewhirlpoolandmadeclearobservations.Basedontheobservation,hesavedhimselfbytyinghimselftoabarreltohelphimfloatandjumpedintothesea.GroupWorkThinkandshare.ReadandExploreGroupWorkThinkandshare.4Whatlessonshaveyoulearntfromthestory?Giveyourreasons.

Fromthisstory,welearnthatstayingcalmisveryimportantevenwhenweareinanextremelydangeroussituation.Atthesametime,weshouldobservewhatishappeningandtrytofindoutwaystoescapefromthedanger.3Whatdoesthestorytellermeanby“ittookonlysixhourstobreakmybodyandsoul”?

TheMoskoe-stromlastedsixhours.Thisbrokehisbodyasthestormbatteredhimabout.Itbrokehissoulashelosttwobrothersinthattime.Theterrorofthemaelstr?mhashadaverynegativeeffectonhismindandbody,whichhedoesn’tthinktheywilleverrecoverfrom.ReadandExploreGroupWorkThinkandshare.PairWorkInEnglishyougetwordswithsimilarmeanings(synonyms)orwordswithoppositemeanings(antonyms).Findmorepairsofsynonymsandantonymsinthestory.Discusswhysuchwordsareused.ReadandExploreSynonymsAntonymsterrible—horribleblack—whiteamazing—wonderfulcriedout—shoutedfrightened—scaredless—moretop—bottomold—youngsingle—doubledark—lightedge—centrecalm—wildCompletethesummarywiththeinformationfromthestory.ReadandExploreThestorytellerexperiencedaMoskoe-stromwhichbrokehis1____________.Oneday,hewasoutfishingwithhistwobrotherswhentheskysuddenlycloudedoverandtheywerein2_____________.Ahuge3_____coveredtheboatandhisyoungerbrother4_______thesea.Theboatwentovertheedgeintothe5________andtheywentroundincircles.Thestorytellerfelttherewasnoescapebutobservedthatroundand6_____shapedobjectsof7___________felldownmoreslowly.Sohe8___________________tohelphimselffloat.Hetriedtomakehiselderbrotherunderstand,buthewastoo9_________________________________.Finally,thestoryteller10__________thestorm.bodyandsoulaterriblestormwavefellintowhirlpooltube-equalextenttiedhimselftoabarrelfrightenedandstayedintheheavyboatsurvived1.survive

vi.&vt.活下來；幸存【教材】tosurviveastorm在風(fēng)暴中幸存 survivesth在……中幸免于難，挺過……survive(fromsth)(從……中)存活下來/留存下來surviveonsth(靠……)存活從心臟病中存活下來從事故幸存下來從更早些時候流傳下來surviveheartdiseasessurvivetheaccidentsurvivefromearliertimes重點(diǎn)詞匯拓展LanguagePoints單句語法填空：①_________(survive)oftheaccidentwererushedtothenearesthospitalinnotime.②Determiningwhereweareinrelationtooursurroundingsremainsanessentialskillforour________(survive)．SurvivorssurvivalLanguagePoints2.curious

adj.好奇的

【教材】Afterawhile,Ibecamecuriousaboutthewhirlpoolitself.

過了一會兒，我對漩渦本身產(chǎn)生了好奇。佳句：It'swidelybelievedthatbeingcuriousabouttheworldisthegreatestmotivationinlearning.人們普遍認(rèn)為，對世界的好奇是學(xué)習(xí)的最大動力。becuriousabout...對……感到好奇becurioustodosth渴望做某事withcuriosity好奇地outofcuriosity出于好奇心LanguagePoints單句語法填空：①Inherchildhood,Lucywascurious______everythingintheuniverse.②Itisnotforeveryone,butifyouare________(curiosity),youmightfindthatyoulikeit.③_________(curious),thisisnotwhatotherpeopleseemtolikeaboutinsurance.aboutcuriousCuriouslyLanguagePoints3.equaladj.相等的；相同的；勝任的；vt.與……相同或相等【教材】...thesecond,betweentwoobjectsofequalextent,roundobjectsfelldownmorerapidly...……第二，在兩個同等面積的物體之間，圓形物體落得更快……beequalto(doing)sth(in...)(在……方面)與……相等equalsb/sthin(doing)sth在(做)某事上比得過某人/物equaln．能力(或地位、權(quán)利)相當(dāng)?shù)娜?或物)withoutequal無與倫比LanguagePoints單句語法填空①Youmusthaveagoodeducation,butpracticaltrainingis________(equal)important.②Noneofusisequal__her,eitherinbeautyorasadancer.③I_______________theposition,soIdon'tapplyforit.我不能勝任這個職位，所以我沒有申請它。④Hispaintingsare_____________intheWesternworld.他的畫作在西方世界里是無與倫比的。equallytoamnotequaltowithoutequalLanguagePoints4.frightened

adj.受驚的，害怕的【教材】Itriedtomakemybrotherunderstand,buthewastoofrightenedandstayedintheheavyboat.我試圖讓我哥哥也明白，但他太害怕了，留在了那條沉重的船上。befrightenedat...(聽到……)嚇了一跳 befrightenedofsb/sth害怕某人/某事frighteningadj.令人驚恐的；駭人的frightenvt.使驚恐，使害怕frightensbinto(outof)doingsth嚇得某人(不)做某事frightenaway嚇跑；嚇走LanguagePoints單句語法填空①Theyfrightenedtheoldladyinto_______(sign)thepaper.②Don'tbe__________(frighten)ofmakingmistakeswhenyouspeakEnglish.③Hewavedhistorchto_______________somewildanimal,probablyawolf.他揮舞火把，想把某頭野獸，很可能是一頭狼嚇跑。signing

frightenedfrightenawayLanguagePoints句型轉(zhuǎn)換：④AlthoughElliandIwerefrightened,wetooksomepicturesofthemadbear.→_____________________ElliandItooksomepicturesofthemadbear.(狀語從句省略)AlthoughfrightenedLanguagePoints5.escape

vi&vt.逃離；逃避

【教材】Withoutwaiting,Ijumpedintotheseatotryandescape.我沒繼續(xù)等，就跳進(jìn)了海里，嘗試逃走。escapefrom/to逃離/逃往escape(doing)sth逃脫(做)某事escapeone'sattention/notice逃過某人的注意escapen．逃跑，逃脫，逃避anarrowescape死里逃生，九死一生LanguagePoints單句語法填空/補(bǔ)全句子：①Heescaped____prison，butwasrearrestedbypoliceamonthlater.②Thenaughtyboywasluckytoescape______________(punish)．③Thefact___