高级英语(17.1.1)--part1

25--31 32--38 39--46 47--54 55--63 64--75 over 75
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weather forecast
The weather forecast says “cloudy” today, with a strong wind from the northwest, grade five to six on the Beaufort Scale 薄福等级 . The lowest temperature during the daytime will be eight degrees centigrade below zero.
to strike with great force to move violently or suddenly The waves lashed the racks The rain was lashing against the windows.
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pummel --- spelled "pommel" to beat suddenly or attack vigorously to hit with repeated blows
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batten down
batten -a strip of wood used in construction and oft. used in the old days in ship building.
to batten down --- metaphor to secure with battens The elder Koshak is talking about preparing and securing the house for the storm to come.
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The detailed study of the text
August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 days bad --- destructive /devastating / terribly forceful
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lash ---
2 slight breeze
4--7
3 gentle breeze
8--12
4 moderate breeze 13—18
5 fresh breeze
19—24
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the Beaufort scale
6 strong breeze 7 moderate gale 8 fresh gale 9 strong gale 10 whole gale 11 storm 12 hurricane
Lesson One
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
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Aims
1. To know the writing technique of a narrative.
2. To be acquainted with some literary terms
3. To appreciate the language features
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Teaching Contents
1. Background 2. Detailed study of the text 3. Organizational pattern 4. Language features
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Time allocation
1. Background (10 min.) 2. Detailed study of the text (120 min.) 3. Structure analysis (25 min.) 4. Language appreciation (25 min.)
安然度过困难
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Ride ……out
to come out of a difficult situation without being badly affected by it:
• The company managed to ride out the scandal.
The sentence in the text ： We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.
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protagonist --- leading character
antagonist -- the people or forces protagonist fights against
suspense -- a state of uncertainty
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flashback --interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of event of earlier occurrence
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Narration is concerned with action. It goes around people called characters in some kind of struggle or conflict against other people, nature, society or themselves.
climax -- the most exciting, important interesting part on the story,
denouement --- the ending of a story
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Hurricane Camille: The storm lashed Mississippi and Louisiana for two days, Aug.17-18,1969. The death toll was 258 and billions of dollars in damage.
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gale
--- a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property
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wind
scale ，风力等级
0 clam breeze
0
1 light breeze
1--3 mph
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Batten down batten down the hatches 封舱 ( 船只 ) 在暴雨前作好准备 1 to fasten the entrances to the lower
part of a ship using wooden boards 2 prepare for a difficult situation: When you're coming down with flu all
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Background knowledge
A piece of narration is mainly developed in the actual time sequence. The writer tells the readers what happens first , what next.
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The detailed study of the text
hurricane ---
1. strong tropical storm 2. strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph 3. western Atlantic Ocean 4. given a girl's name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter
winds: 190 mph
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The text describes the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane Camille. The story focuses mainly on action, but the writer also clearly and sympathetically delineate( 描绘） the characters in the story.
you can do is batten down the hatches and wait for it to pass.
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ride (out) the storm to manage not to be destroyed, harmed
or permanently affected by the difficult situation you experience: The government seem confident that they'll ride out the storm.
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The title: face to face
Confronting one another The confrontation is generally with
something dangerous, difficult or hard to resolve. Face to face with the enemy Face to face with the tiger Face to face with the problem
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reasons to stay
1. He is a self-employed businessman Magna product -- the name of his company implication: How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed. 2. His present house was in a better condition than his former house.
chronological development
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The essentials of narration: 1. characters 2. plot A good story has a beginning, a middle, an end, even though it may start in the middle or at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier happenings.
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hurricane
whirlwind --- a general term/ circular wind tornado ---visible as a tube-shaped cloud of
dust which moves in a relatively narrow path can be devastating in its destructiveness cyclone -- a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter
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It is succinct and presents the article as vividly and forcefully as possible to attract the attention of readers. The phrase “face to face” connotes a sense of urgency and danger. The would-be readers would not control themselves to finish reading it in a breath.