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课件网) UNIT 5 HUMANS AND NATURE LESSON 1 A SEA STORY LESSON 1 A Sea Story 1 3 2 Describe the pictures in exercise 1. Activate and share whirlpool fishing boat fisherman waves float barrel survive 1 2 3 Predict the order of the pictures. beginning development and climax ending Do you know any stories about people and the sea Do you know who live by the sea and who work on the sea Look at the pictures below. Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures. a fisherman a fishing boat a whirlpool waves to escape to survive a storm to float wild A fisherman is trying to survive a storm. n. 旋涡 n. 海浪；波涛 n. 浮；漂 You are going to read a text adapted from the short story “A Descent into the Maelstrom”. Read the fact file on the right. Answer the questions. 1 What is a “Moskoe-storm” 2 Who wrote the story 3 What do you think will happen in the story It is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea. Edgar Allan Poe wrote the story. n. 档案，卷宗 Read to check and match Paragraph1 Paragraph2 Paragraph3 Paragraph4 Paragraph5 Beginning Development Ending Introduction of the story Climax Read and explore Work in group to complete the mind map Three years ago My brothers and I “Moskoe-strom” fell into the sea were carried towards the direction of the whirlpool whirlpool calmer tied myself to a barrel help me float frightened he stayed in the heavy boat try and escape became less wild other fishermen 1.Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didn’t 2.Why did the storyteller fail to help his brothers 3.How should we treat nature (seriously or not ) Think and share Read the text. Discuss the questions. 1 Who are the main characters in the story 2 Who is telling the story 3 When and where did the story happen The main characters are the fisherman and his brother. The fisherman is telling the story. This story happened about three years ago in the sea. 4 What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller It broke his body and soul. (It took less than a single day to change his hair from back to white.) Read the story again. Complete the information in the boxes. Then add the storyteller’s feelings during each situation. When we were coming back from the islands, the sky _____. Then a huge wave _____ and my younger brother _____. My elder brother _____ “Moskoe-storm!” was covered with dark clouds covered our boat fell into the sea cried out The storyteller’s feelings: _____ frightened The wind and waves carried us _____. Then, we were _____ it. Suddenly, we _____. The storyteller’s feelings: _____ towards the direction of the whirlpool on the edge of went over the edge hopeless The boat was on the inside of _____ and we were going round _____. After I made three important observations, I tried myself to _____. I tried to make my brother _____, but he was _____. The storyteller’s feelings: _____ the huge whirlpool in the circles at great speed a ... ...
