本单元教学特色

1. 本单元教学特色 • 1、用图表和术语全面介绍叙述文的写作技巧和方法， • 2、篇章结构分析，抓住关键点将课文有机的串起来，使学生迅速掌握课文。 • 3、独特的语言赏析角度，帮助学生把握分析语言的方法。

2. Lesson One • Face to Face with Hurricane Camille

3. Aims • To know the writing technique of a narrative. • To be acquainted with some literary terms • To learn to use words to describe disasters and violence • To appreciate the language features • To learn to write a story about disasters.

4. Teaching Contents • 1. The literary style • 2. Detailed study of the text • 3. Organizational pattern • 4. Language features • 5. Exercises

5. Time allocation 1. The literary style (narration) (15 min.) 2. Detailed study of the text (120 min.) 3. Structure analysis (15 min.) 4. Language appreciation (15 min.) 5. Exercises (15 min)

6. Lesson One Theme ---- man vs nature

7. The literary style A piece of narration is mainly developed in the actual time sequence. The writer tells the readers what happens first , what next. chronological development

8. The Literary terms narration --- story tellingextended narration --- novels histories biographies autobiographies travelogues

9. The Literary terms The essentials of narration:1. characters2. plotA 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.

10. The Literary terms 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.

11. The Literary terms protagonist --- leading character antagonist -- the people or forces protagonist fights against suspense -- a state of uncertainty

12. The Literary terms interposition --- a passage which is put between the action The purpose is to add more information to create suspense

13. The Literary terms flashback --- interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of event of earlier occurrence climax -- the most exciting, important interesting part on the story, denouement --- the ending of a story

14. climax falling action denouement rising action conflict beginning suspense ending

15. The detailed study of the text hurricane ---1. strong tropical storm2. strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph3. western Atlantic Ocean4. given a girl's name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter

16. The detailed study of the text typhoon ---1. Western Pacific Ocean or China Sea2. numbered

17. 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.*image-1* cyclone -- a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter*image-2*

18. gale --- a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property

19. wind the Beaufort scale，蒲福风力等级(英国海军将领Francis Beaufort[1774-1857]拟订,分0-12级), defines wind as: 0 clam breeze 0 1 light breeze 1--3 mph 2 slight breeze 4--7 3 gentle breeze 8--12 • moderate breeze 13—18 • fresh breeze 19—24

20. the Beaufort scale 6 strong breeze 25--31 7 moderate gale 32--38 8 fresh gale 39--46 9 strong gale 47--54 10 whole gale 55--63 11 storm 64--75 12 hurricane over 75

21. the Beaufort scale The Beaufort Scale defines a storm as a wind having velocity of between 64 and 75 miles an hour.

22. weather forecast The weather forecast says "cloudy" today, with a strong wind from the northwest, grade five to six on the Beaufort Scale. The lowest temperature during the daytime will be eight degrees centigrade below zero.

23. The detailed study of the text • (*链接1net-1*) August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 daysbad --- destructive /devastating / terribly forceful

24. lash --- to strike with great force to move violently or suddenlyThe waves lashed the racksThe rain was lashing against the windows.

25. pummel pummel --- spelled "pommel" to beat suddenly or attack vigorously to hit with repeated blows *image-3 Hurricane Camille 图片*

26.  reasons to stay 1. He is a self-employed businessman Magna product -- the name of his companyimplication: 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.*1image-8 a 10-room house*

27. 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.

28. Blends motel (motor+hotel) *1image-9*boatel (boat+hotel) *1image-10* brunch (breakfast + lunch)chunnel (channel + tunnel) 运河地下道slurbs (slum + suburbs)slanguage (slang + language)

29. Blends cafetorium (cafe + auditorium) talkthon ( talk + marathon) filmusical ( film + musical) comsat (communications + satellite)

30. Blends sitcom (situatin + comedy )情景喜剧 narcokleptocracy (narcotic麻醉剂的) + (kleptomania 偷窃癖+ cracy 统治阶层) 官贩毒 magalog ( magazine + catalog) 杂志目录

31. Blends comint ( communications + intelligence) 通讯情报 sportscasters ( spots + broadcaster) 体育节目广播员 masscult (mass + culture) 平民文化

32. scud -- move swiftly The speed of these clouds is an indication of the swiftness with which the storm is approaching. The boat scudded before the strong west wind came. • scud missiles

33. disintegrate -- collapse, crumble. fall apart break into many small pieces and is destroyed • Is society beginning to ~ ? • Since the Soviet Union ~ed, the cold war came to an end.

34. blast 1. (an explosion) burst, explosion 2. ( a loud sound) roar, bang, noiseunexpected quick strong movement of wind or rain 一阵；一股 • a blast of wind • wintry blast

35. shove -- push with a quick, rather violent movement • He dragged her out to the door and shoved her into the street. • The car won't start. Can you give it a shove?

36. douse -- immerse, soak, submerge, drench • He doused the clothes in soapy water.

37. on the verge of --- very near to the action • She was so unhappy that she was on the verge of (committing) suicide. • The country is on the verge of disaster. • The child is on the verge of tears. • The company is on the verge of insolvency.

38. to the verge of The attack brought the country to the verge of war. The old man had been driven to the verge of despair.

39. crushing --- devastating / defeating /people feel upset or shocked • The final lecture was interrupted by the crushing news of president Kennedy's death. • It was a crushing result for the Labor Party.

40. ferocity --- the quality of being violent / strength/ intensity 凶猛程度 u • Violence broke out in greater amount and ferocity. • He had never heard such ferocity in a man's voice.

41. maroon --- v. (uau. p.p.) to leave one or more people alone, with no means of getting away. If one is marooned, he is left in a place, which is difficult or impossible to escape from. • Five fishermen were marooned on a rock in a gale.

42. grade -- classify by grades • Apples are graded according to size and quality. • Poultrymen grade their eggs from small to extra large.

43. mph -- mile per hour rpm -- revolutions per minutegpm -- gallons per minutefps -- feet per second

44. spectacular -- very impressive, dramatic, breathtaking壮观的，引人注目的，激动人心 • The man gave a spectacular display of horse riding. • He made a spectacular jump from the burning building. • Some films present spectacular scenes like battles, processions, storms, races etc,

45. vantage point(s) point of vantage -- a good position from which you can see a lot of things • The TV tower will provide a vantage point from which we can have a bird's eye view of the city. • They fired upon the enemy from behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.

46. para 19 ~ 20 Two paras were put in to provide further official account to show how strong and forceful the hurricane was. They were convincing.

47. Dear Lord, give me.... Why no quotation marks? The writer wants to make his account smooth. He purposely omits quotation marks. The action is quickened and smooth.

48. frustrate -- cause sb to have feelings of annoys and disappointment If sth frustrates you, it makes you feel upset and angry because you are unable to deal with the difficulties and problems it gives you.

49. frustrate • Giving a child problems he can't solve will only frustrate him. • He was frustrated by his poverty. • The lack of money and facilities depressed and frustrated him. • There must be nothing more frustrating than having a job you don't like .

50. frustration u. • Without public support our efforts will end in frustration.