SeaStories教案

Unit 7 The Sea
Lesson 4 Sea Storie教案
Step 1 Pre-reading
1>Have you seen some film in which the sea is important?
What did you think of it? Tell the class.
2>Show some pictures in Jaws，Titanic. Free Willy, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island.
3>Look at the key words and find them in the pictures.
barrel, cloud, fisherman, fishing boat, horizon, moon, wave, whirlpool
Step 2 Reading
Look at the pictures and try to put them in right order.
1>Read each paragraph, paying attention to the linking words. e.g. one day, suddenly, in the e—nd
2>Decide a possible order for the paragraphs.
3>Read them in that order to see if the story makes sense.
Step 3 Post-reading
EXERCISES
True or False
1>Writer can keep calm in time of danger
2>In the whirlpool, only the writer survived. Both of his two brothers died.
3>The three brothers first met the whirlpool and then were caught in the storm.
4>It was the barrel that carried me to an area where the other fishermen were.
5>The writer ' s brother stayed in the heaovayt b ecause he thought it was better to stay there. Keys: TTFFF
Use the Strategies to put the paragraphs A,B and C in the correct order.
Keys: BAC
Read the story again and answer these questions.
1>Why did the writer ' s younger brother fall overboard?
2>Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool?
3>Why did the writer tie himself to a barrel?
4>Why didn ' t his brother do the same?
5>Why did his old compa nions not recog nize him?
Keys:
1>A n eno rmous wave washed him overboard.
2>The wind and waves were tak ing it there.
3>Heavier objects went down into the whirlpool quickly. The barrel was lighter.
4>He was terrified.
5>Because his hair was white, not black.
Complete the sentences below with these words from the text.
afterwards, in the end, one day, sudde nly, the n, whe n
(1) ________ in 1964, Robet Le Serrec was sailing near the Australian coast ( _ he decided to
stop n ear an isla nd. (3) __ , he saw a huge creature resti ng beside his boat. He took a photograph, and (4) ____ the creature swam away. (5) _______ ,he showed the photograph to scientists,
but(6) ___ ,nobody believed him.
Step 4 Lan guage points
at that mome nt 在那一时刻
the mome nt —•…就
I was deeply moved and tears run dow n my cheeks at that mome nt.
The mome nt Tom went off the taxi he ran towards the hospital.
at great speed以非常快的速度移动
也可以写成：with great speed
make sb. do 让某人做某事
The teacher made Xiao Hua help me.
terrified形容词，可怕的。

terror n. terrible/terrified adj. terrify v.
survive vi.活下来，幸存
Few of houses survived the war.
vt.(经过---- )活(保存)下来
Of the woun ded, only three survived.
horrifying令人恐怖的
horrible adj. horrify v. horror n.
the differe nces betwee n horror and terror
horror令人毛骨悚然的恐怖terror感到身受危险的恐惧
in the direct ion of 朝--- 的方向
in all directi ons 各方面un der the direct ion of 在-- 指导下directi ons for use 用法说明
As you can see, I did escape.
did在这里起强调作用，对谓语进行强调。

I did come here yesterday.
在祈使句中，也借用助动词do强调说话人的祈使语气。

如：
Do give her my regards.
EXERCISES
Find words in the story that the writer uses to describe his feelings.
Keys: terrified horrifyi ng calmer exhausted
You can often make different forms from one word. Complete the table with words from the story.
Keys: terror( n.) terrified/terrible(adj.)
to save(v.) safe(adj.)
to clear(v.) clear(adj.) clearly(adv.)
Make new words from the words in brackets to complete the gaps. Use a dictionary to help you.
⑴__ (terror) experiences at sea are not (2) _______ (common). In 1977, Japanesefishermen caught a (3) ___________ (mystery) sea creature in their nets. It ' s
(4) _____ (long ) was ten meters and, (5) _____ (fortune) for the fishermen, it was
(6) _____ (death). It smelled very bad and they thought it might be (7) ______ (safe), so they threw it overboard. Because the photographs are(8) ___ (clear),
(9) ____ (scie nee) have bee n un able to (10) _ (ide ntify) the creature.
Step 5 Homework
Write a compositi on
Imagine his brother didn ' t died, one day they met and his brother talked about his story.。