Unit 5 Lesson 1课件-（2022）新北师大版《高中英语》必修第二册.ppt

1、Unit 5 HUMANS AND NATURE1 To read and talk about a sea story2 To read for general understanding3 To read for specific information and understand words in context4 To learn about and practise synonyms and antonyms Do you know any stories about people and the sea?Do you know who live by the sea and wh

2、o 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 wildA fisherman is trying to survive a storm.n.旋涡旋涡n.海浪；波涛海浪；波涛n.浮；漂浮；漂You are going to read a text adapted from th

3、e 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，卷宗档案，卷宗Read the t

4、ext.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 te

5、rrible 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 storytellers feelings during each situation.When we were coming back from the islands,th

6、e sky _.Then a huge wave _ and my younger brother _.My elder brother _“Moskoe-storm!”was covered with dark cloudscovered our boatfell into the seacried outThe storytellers feelings:_frightenedThe wind and waves carried us _.Then,we were _ it.Suddenly,we _.The storytellers feelings:_towards the direc

7、tion of the whirlpoolon the edge ofwent over the edgehopelessThe 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 storytellers feelings:_the huge whirlpoolin the circles at great speeda b

8、arrel to help me floatunderstandtoo frightened to get itcalmn.桶桶n.观察观察Soon afterwards,the whirlpool _.The waves soon carried me away and finally a boat _.The storytellers feelings:_became less wildpicked me uptiredComplete the illustration about how the storyteller overcome his fear and struggled to

9、 survive from the whirlpool.Then use the time words(when,suddenly,then,finally)to tell the story.1 What were the three observations the storyteller made?The three observations were:the large objects fell into the whirlpool quicker;and the round objects and tube-shaped objects did not go into the whi

10、rlpool as quickly.tube n.圆管，管子圆管，管子2 Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didnt?The fisherman survived because he was calm in the whirlpool and made clear observations.Based on the observation,he saved himself by tying himself to a barrel to help him float and jumped into the sea.

11、3 What does the storyteller mean by“it took only six hours to break my body and soul”?The Moskoe-storm lasted six hours.This broke his body as the storm battered his about.It broke his soul as he lost two brothers in that time.The terror of the maelstrom has had a very negative effect on his mind an

12、d body,which he doesnt think they will ever recover from.4 What lessons have you learnt from the story?Give your reasons.From this story,we learn that staying calm is very important even when we are in an extremely dangerous situation.At the same time,we should observe what is happening and try to f

13、ind out ways to escape from the danger.5 What is the story trying to say about the relationship between humans and nature?The story shows the following relationships between humans and nature:Humans depend on nature.Human power is so small compared with nature.Humans may be destroyed by nature under

14、 certain circumstances.In English you get words with similar meanings(synonyms)or words with opposite meanings(antonyms).Find more pairs of synonyms and antonyms in the story.Discuss why such words are used.terrible horribleamazing wonderfulcried out shoutedfrightened scaredSynonyms Antonyms black w

15、hite single doubleless more dark lighttop bottom edge centreold young calm wildComplete the summary with the information from the story.Storyteller experienced a Moskoe-storm which broke his 1_.One day,he was out fishing with his two brothers when the sky suddenly clouded over and they were in 2_.A

16、huge 3_ covered the boat and his younger brother 4_ the sea.body and soula terrible stormwavefell intoThe boat went over the edge into the 5_ and they went round in circles.The storyteller felt there was no escape but observed that round and 6_ shaped objects of 7_ fell down more slowly.So he 8_ to

17、help himself float.He tried to make his elder brother understand,but he was too 9_.Finally,the storyteller 10_ the storm.whirlpooltube-shapedequal extenttied himself to a barrel terrified and stayed in the heavy boatsurvivedn.相等的相等的all at oncebe covered withon the edge ofpick up突然间，刹那突然间，刹那被被覆盖覆盖在在边缘；某事快边缘；某事快要发生要发生接载，搭载接载，搭载Write a short paragraph to describe how you would feel in a storm on the sea.