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The Man in the Water
Roger Rosenblatt
The Man in the Water Unit 4
W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
• “the sixth man”, “the man in the water”
Background
The Man in the Water
"He was about 50 years old, one of half a dozen surviwenku.baidu.comors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when the first helicopter arrived. To the copter's two-man Park Police crew he seemed the most alert. Life vests were dropped, then a flotation ball. The man passed them to the others. On two occasions, the crew recalled last night, he handed away a life line from the hovering machine that could have dragged him to safety. … and the helicopter pilot, Donald W. Usher, returned to the scene, but the man was gone."
Background The Rescue Site
The Disaster
Background
Responses in the media
• News media outlets followed the story with diligence; it made headlines
• "A Hero - Passenger Aids Others, Then Dies," Washington Post, January 14, 1982
• These stories have immediacy.
• “Soft news” is defined as news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest(人情味) and novelty(新奇) and less immediacy than hard news.
Background
Which category do these fall into?
• flash (快讯) • features (特写) • urgent (急电) • anecdote (趣事；轶事) • brief (简讯) • personal profile (人物特写) • breaking news (突发新闻)
Warming up Objectives
Through this lesson, students will • be able to recap the basic facts of the plane crush and the following rescue efforts, esp. what the man in the water did; • think about the question of heroism and the power of man; • analyze the organization and the language style of the text; • learn the related vocabulary and other useful words and phrases in the text.
Language Style
Journalistic articles: describe the fact with what is seen or heard; sometimes guesses are made, but often with model verbs and continuous tenses to make the description reliable and vivid. Parentheses and short elliptical sentences to make the report vivid.
• “Soft news” can also be stories that focus on people, places or issues that affect readers’ lives. These types of stories are called“feature stories.”
Background
The Disaster
WB TR
Background
The Disaster
Summary of the crash
• Bad weather conditions at Washington National Airport when taking off
• Delays, icing on the wings, poor decisions • Crash onto the 14th Street Bridge • Hampered rescue responses • Unlikely heroes
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis
Text Analysis Theme
What are the possible themes of the article? • heroism • moral power in time of crisis
Text Analysis Structure
Part I: Para. 1-2
• A brief account of the air crash that leads to the thesis – in the air crash, human nature rose to the occasion.
Warming up Check-on Preview
• Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. aesthetic 2. chaotic 3. commitment 4. standoff 5. impact
a. a determination to do what one considers to be his duty b. being central or most important c. a situation in which neither side in a fight can gain an advantage d. the force of one object striking or hitting another e. concerning beauty, esp. beauty in art f. a stop or pause g. in a state of complete disorder and confusion
Background
The Man in the Water
• The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor.
Background
News Feature
• A news feature does not cover all the details a news report has to contain and only focuses on certain aspects of the event on which the reporter has something to say. Though the details about the news event have to be true and exact, the reporter can add his/her own comment and interpretation of the event, which he/she is not allowed in a news report.
– What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the disaster or how people are saved? Why?
Background Category of News
News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news.
• In June of 1983, Williams was awarded a medal by President Reagan.
Background
Genre
– What kind of article do we have for this lesson? Where do we generally find it?
• “Hard news” includes stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases.
Part II: Para. 3-4
• The account given by the living heroes about what happened and about “the man in the water”.
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
•Do you know of any disaster(s) that happened in recent years or recently? •When disaster happens, what do we usually want to know? •We sometimes identify some heroes in disasters. What do you think about them?
The Man in the Water Unit 4
The Disaster
Background
Genre
Background
The Disaster
Aircraft type: Boeing 737-222 Operator: Air Florida Passengers: 74 Crew: 5 Date: January 13, 1982 Type: Crash on takeoff Accident site: Washington, D.C. Fatalities: 78 (4 on ground) Injuries: 10 Survivors: 5
Roger Rosenblatt
The Man in the Water Unit 4
W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
• “the sixth man”, “the man in the water”
Background
The Man in the Water
"He was about 50 years old, one of half a dozen surviwenku.baidu.comors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Potomac when the first helicopter arrived. To the copter's two-man Park Police crew he seemed the most alert. Life vests were dropped, then a flotation ball. The man passed them to the others. On two occasions, the crew recalled last night, he handed away a life line from the hovering machine that could have dragged him to safety. … and the helicopter pilot, Donald W. Usher, returned to the scene, but the man was gone."
Background The Rescue Site
The Disaster
Background
Responses in the media
• News media outlets followed the story with diligence; it made headlines
• "A Hero - Passenger Aids Others, Then Dies," Washington Post, January 14, 1982
• These stories have immediacy.
• “Soft news” is defined as news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest(人情味) and novelty(新奇) and less immediacy than hard news.
Background
Which category do these fall into?
• flash (快讯) • features (特写) • urgent (急电) • anecdote (趣事；轶事) • brief (简讯) • personal profile (人物特写) • breaking news (突发新闻)
Warming up Objectives
Through this lesson, students will • be able to recap the basic facts of the plane crush and the following rescue efforts, esp. what the man in the water did; • think about the question of heroism and the power of man; • analyze the organization and the language style of the text; • learn the related vocabulary and other useful words and phrases in the text.
Language Style
Journalistic articles: describe the fact with what is seen or heard; sometimes guesses are made, but often with model verbs and continuous tenses to make the description reliable and vivid. Parentheses and short elliptical sentences to make the report vivid.
• “Soft news” can also be stories that focus on people, places or issues that affect readers’ lives. These types of stories are called“feature stories.”
Background
The Disaster
WB TR
Background
The Disaster
Summary of the crash
• Bad weather conditions at Washington National Airport when taking off
• Delays, icing on the wings, poor decisions • Crash onto the 14th Street Bridge • Hampered rescue responses • Unlikely heroes
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis
Text Analysis Theme
What are the possible themes of the article? • heroism • moral power in time of crisis
Text Analysis Structure
Part I: Para. 1-2
• A brief account of the air crash that leads to the thesis – in the air crash, human nature rose to the occasion.
Warming up Check-on Preview
• Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. aesthetic 2. chaotic 3. commitment 4. standoff 5. impact
a. a determination to do what one considers to be his duty b. being central or most important c. a situation in which neither side in a fight can gain an advantage d. the force of one object striking or hitting another e. concerning beauty, esp. beauty in art f. a stop or pause g. in a state of complete disorder and confusion
Background
The Man in the Water
• The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor.
Background
News Feature
• A news feature does not cover all the details a news report has to contain and only focuses on certain aspects of the event on which the reporter has something to say. Though the details about the news event have to be true and exact, the reporter can add his/her own comment and interpretation of the event, which he/she is not allowed in a news report.
– What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the disaster or how people are saved? Why?
Background Category of News
News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news.
• In June of 1983, Williams was awarded a medal by President Reagan.
Background
Genre
– What kind of article do we have for this lesson? Where do we generally find it?
• “Hard news” includes stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases.
Part II: Para. 3-4
• The account given by the living heroes about what happened and about “the man in the water”.
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
•Do you know of any disaster(s) that happened in recent years or recently? •When disaster happens, what do we usually want to know? •We sometimes identify some heroes in disasters. What do you think about them?
The Man in the Water Unit 4
The Disaster
Background
Genre
Background
The Disaster
Aircraft type: Boeing 737-222 Operator: Air Florida Passengers: 74 Crew: 5 Date: January 13, 1982 Type: Crash on takeoff Accident site: Washington, D.C. Fatalities: 78 (4 on ground) Injuries: 10 Survivors: 5