Reading

1. Reading

2. Sum up Part 1 (para.1) General introduction about Jules Verne. Part 2 (paras. 2-5) Brief introduction of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Part 3 (para. 6) Brief introduction of Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

3. Details reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

5. Questions 1.Why do Dr Aronnax and his followers set out to find the monster? 2. What does the monster turn out to be? How were they on board? 3. What is mentioned about the submarine? 4. What did they do under the sea?

6. 3. What is mentioned about the submarine? Extraordinary → precious furniture → huge glass windows → protected withthick iron plates →Electricity for light, heating,power, to defend against attacks → all that is needed from the ocean. the food aboard is seafood

7. dressed in → walk around 4. What did they do under the sea? → lighted by → surrounded by… (r, f, s, p) waving and moving slowly

8. Ships are disappearing Set out to find the monster An extraordinary ship submarine Precious furnitureHuge glass windowsProtected with thick iron platesElectricity is used for light, heating, power, etc.All that is need for life comes from the ocean

9. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1. How did they begin the journey? 1. find a secret→ decided to

10. →a chimney in an dead volcano

11. →a narrow passage

12. pass through layers of coal and marble 2. What did they do in the center of the earth? → drink water from a boiling underground river → reach a huge lake or underground ocean → go through forests of mushrooms and plants

13. 3. What happened to them in the end? build a raft to cross the sea → are attacked by ancient sea creatures → be drawn into a fast steam → shot out of a volcano

14. Language points 1. … one of his most famous novels, shipsare disappearing all over the world and … be+ v- ing 用进行时表示一般现在时,表经常性动作或状态(常与always, often, all the time 连用);表示一种感情,赞叹,厌烦或是强调情况的暂时性。

15. Don’t believe him. He is always telling lies. She is always helpingpeople. Xiao Ming is doing fine work all the time at school. I’m walking to work because my bicycle is being repaired.

16. 2. After months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, thethree companions… (1) collision “冲突; 相撞” 公共汽车与轿车相撞a collision between a bus and a car = a collision of a bus with a car

17. a head-on collision 正面冲突 come into collision with 和......相撞[冲突, 抵触] in collision with和......相撞[冲突]

18. (2) the three companions: the 表明 “船上总共有三个人” e.g. 这个老人的三个儿子在战争中都丧身了. The three sons of the old man were killed in the war. (老人只有三个儿子)

19. 如不加the, 则说明总数可能不止三个 e.g. 他班上有三个学生正计划着乘飞 机去意大利. Three students in his class are planning to fly to Italy. (班上不止三个学生)

20. (3)companion n.同伴, 共事者 make a companion of与...作伴,与...为友 companion in diversity 患难朋友[之交] companion in arms 战友 a faithful companion 忠实伴侣 companion volume 姐妹篇

21. 3. In their efforts to survive, they findthemselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turn out to be a submarine. (1)in their efforts e.g. 1. He is always in action. 2. We seem to be in agreement on the matter .

22. make an effort to do sth尽力做 spare no efforts不遗余力做 make every effort尽一切努力 do sth. without effort毫不费力做

23. effort /effect / affect /afford 1). Getting a high grate in every subject requires great effort. 2). His stomachache is an effect of overeating. 3). Smoking affects health. 4). Since she lost her job, she cannot afford to have a car.

24. (2) find + O. + OC. 2). When he came back, he found himself ______ (lie) in hospital bed. 3). You will find it _________________. (是本很难的书) 4). We found the text ___________ __________. (很容易理解) lying a very difficult book very easy to understand

25. greatly changed 5). He found the place ______________ (有了很大变化) 6) .We found him _____________(不诚实) 7). He hurried there , but found them ______(都出去了) to be dishonest all out

26. (3). turn out (to be) + adj./n. 结果是; 最后情况是 = prove turn out露面;出席;关;熄灭;生产 turn on /off打开/关上 turn up/down把……调大;出现, 露面/ 把……调小;

27. turn in递交;归还 turn over翻倒;翻身 turn to向……求助;查阅;翻到 turn away转过脸去;开除;驱逐 turn aside闪开;偏离

28. 4. …but make them his permanentguests. permanent adj.永久的, 持久的 a permanent job固定职业 permanent address永久地址 permanent tooth成人齿

29. 5. The food aboard the Nautilus is all seafood. Please differ the four words: board aboard broadabroad 1). This is aboard 10 inches wide. 这是一块10英寸宽的木板。

30. 2). Please board the plane immediately登机 3). a broad road 宽阔的马路 a broad outlook 开放的观念 4). He was already aboardthe ship. 上了船

31. 5). They climbed/went aboard. 他们上了船（或飞机、火车）。 6). She went abroad twice last year. 她去年出国两次。

32. 6.…because he keeps Aronnax and the others asprisoners and destroy ships. keep sb. as a prisoner 把……当成囚犯 keep/hold sb. prisoner囚禁某人 take sb. prisoner俘虏某人

33. e.g. They were taken prisoner. 把某人投进监狱 throw sb. into prison / put sb. in prison / send sb. to prison go to prison入狱 in prison坐牢 out of prison出狱

34. 7. Their guide leadsthem through a narrow passage deep into the earth. lead sb. + prep. 带领某人干某事 e.g 1. The party lead us in building socialism . 2. The kind girl led the blind man across the road .

35. lead sb. to do sth 诱导某人干某事/使某人兴起做某事的念头 e.g What led you to believe that it is true? Her courage led him to do it again .

36. 80 Days Around the Earth

37. Underwater Travel & Space Travel slow under the water a lot of people common food diving suits

38. fast space a few special space food space suits

39. Demand for skills is high. They are both exciting. Tourists must be trained by experts. They are expensive.

40. Climb down into a very deep cave Bring ropes Wear good shoes Bring a torch & extra batteries Matches & candles Take drinking water & food Bring a hammer/pick axe

41. You may lose your way You may fall into a pit A cave may collapse You may be killed by falling rocks You run out of power and then all is dark

42. Assignment 1. Recite the key sentences in the passage. ① Jules spent many hours in Paris libraries studying botany, applied science and many other subjects. ② Many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity.

43. ③ By taking the scientific development of his day one step further, Jules Verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. ④ Ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster.

44. ⑤ In their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. ⑥ Dressed in diving suits, Captain Nemo and his guests walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship.

45. ⑦ But at other moments you will find him gentle and weak, as when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk. ⑧ Walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago.

46. 2. Read one short science fiction story and write a brief introduction.