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课件网) Unit 5 What an adventure! Period 3 Developing ideas & Presenting ideas Developing ideas 1 Read the short introduction to Jules Verne and answer the questions. Jules Verne(1828-1905) was a French writer best known for his adventure stories. Often called the “Father of Science Fiction”, Verne described in his stories technology and inventions years before they became realities. Verne’s most famous books are Journey to the Centre of the Earth(1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). 1 Have you read any stories written by Jules Verne What are they about 2 What amazing things do you think you might find in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2 Read the passage and underline the key sentences of each paragraph. Find out what the author intends to tell us. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA In 1866, a terrible sea creature is seen by several ships. Biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, join a ship to find and kill the creature. After a long journey into the Pacific Ocean, the creature is finally seen. Wbile attacking from the ship, Aronnax and Conseil, along with the whale bunter Ned Land, fall into the sea, and discover that the“creature”is actually a submarine They are captured and taken inside the submarine, where they meet the man in charge, Captain Nemo. Abead of its time, the submarine is also a secret from the rest of the world. In order to keep this secret, Captain Nemo tells his three newest passengers that they are not permitted to leave the submarine. While Ned Land can think only of escaping, Aronnax and Conseil are fascinated by their adventures in the new underwater world. In this part adapted from a chapter of the book, Aronnax describes the experience of walking on the sea bed... And now, how can I look back upon the impression left upon me by that walk under the waters Words are not enough to relate such wonders! Captain Nemo walked in front, one of his men following some steps behind. Conseil and I remained near each other, as if an exchange of words had been possible through our metal cases. I no longer felt the weight of my clothes. or of my shoes, of my air supply, or my thick helmet, inside which my head shook like a nut in its shell. The light, which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, astonished me by its power. The solar rays shone through the watery mass easily, and consumed all colour, and I clearly distinguished objects at a distance of a hundred and fifty yards. Beyond that the colours darkened into fine shades of deep blue, and gradually disappeared. Truly this water which surrounded me was but another air heavier than the Earth’s atmosphere, but almost as clear. Above me was the calm surface of the sea. We were walking on fine, even sand, not wrinkled, as on a flat shore, which keeps the impression of the waves. This dazzling carpet, really a reflecto ... ...
