高级英语第1课 Face to Face with Hurricane CamillePPT格式课件下载.pptx

1、Lesson One,Face to Face with HurricaneCamille,Aims,To know the writing technique of a narrative.To be acquainted with some literary termsTo learn to use words to describe disasters and violenceTo learn appreciate the language featuresTo learn to write a story about disasters.,Teaching Contents,1.The

2、 literary style of narration2.Detailed study of the text3.Organizational pattern4.Language features5.Exercises,Time allocation,The literary style（narration）（15 min.）Detailed study of the text（120 min.）Structure analysis（15 min.）Language appreciation（15 min.）Exercises（15 min）,The literary style,A pie

3、ce of narration is mainly developed in the actual time sequence.The writer tells the readers what happens first,what next.,the chronological development,The literary terms,narration-story tellingextended narration-novels histories biographiesautobiographies travelogues,The literary terms,The essenti

4、als of narration:#charactersplotA 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.,The literary terms,Narration is concerned with action.It goes around people called characters in some

5、kind of struggle or conflictagainst other people,nature,society or themselves.,The literary terms,protagonist-leading character antagonist-the people or forcesprotagonist fights againstsuspense-a state of uncertainty,The literary terms,interposition-a passage which is put between the actionThe purpo

6、se is to add more informationto create suspense,The literary termsflashback-interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of event of earlier occurrenceclimax-the most exciting,important interesting part on the storydenouement-the ending of a story,climaxfalling action,crisis,denouement,cri

7、sis rising actionconflict,beginning,suspense,ending,The theme of the story,Man vs NatureIt tells us a story of how human beings are brought face to face with the hurricane and how they are fighting against it.,The detailed study of the text hurricane-,strong tropical stormstrong fast wind which spee

8、ds more than 75 mphwestern Atlantic Oceangiven a girls name;#named alphabetically/ordered according to the initial letter,The detailed study of the text,typhoon-A tropical wind storm occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans,whirlwind,-a general term/circular wind,tornado-visible as a tube-s

9、haped cloud of dust which moves in a relatively narrow path,which can be devastating in its destructiveness.,*image-1*,cyclone a circular wind,usually hundreds of miles in diameter,*image-2*,gale-a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property,wind,The Beaufort

10、 scale，蒲福风力等级（英国海军将领 Francis Beaufort1774-1857拟订,分0-12级）,defines wind as:#,clam breezelightbreezeslight breezegentle breezemoderate breezefresh breeze,01-3 mph4-78-1213181924,the Beaufort scale,strong breezemoderate galefresh galestrong galewhole galestormhurricane,25-3132-3839-4647-5455-6364-75over

11、 75,the Beaufort scale,The Beaufort Scale defines a storm as a wind having velocity of between 64 and 75 miles an hour.,Weather forecastThe 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

12、be eight degrees centigrade below zero.,The detailed study of the text,http:#/www.maritimemuseum.org/camille/Para 1-6August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 daysbad-destructive/devastating/terribly forceful,lash-to strike with great forceto move violently or suddenly The waves lashed the racks

13、The rain was lashing against the windows.,pummel,pummel-spelled pommelto beat suddenly or attack vigorously to hit with repeated blows,Map,Reasons to stayHe is a self-employed businessman Magna product-the name of his companyImplication:#How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed.His

14、present house was in a better condition than his former house.,a 10-room house,all of Magna Productsall of:#every one,every bit of,every piece ofMagna Products:#name of the company owned by John Koshak Jr.,Blends,motel（motor+hotel）,boatel（boat+hotel）,Blends,（breakfast+lunch）（channel+tunnel）运河地下,brun

15、ch chunnel 道 slurbsslanguage,（slum+suburbs）（slang+language）,Blends,cafetorium talkthon filmusical,（cafe+auditorium）（talk+marathon）（film+musical）,comsat（communications+satellite）,Blendscomint（communications+intelligence）通讯情 报sportscasters（sports+broadcaster）体育节目广播员masscult（mass+culture）平民文化,Were a go

16、od 250 yardsWere at least 250 yards distant from the sea.a good-at least,full,batten down,batten-a strip of wood used in construction and oft.used in the old days in ship building.to batten down-metaphorto secure with battensThe elder Koshak is talking about preparing and securing the house for the storm to come.,scud,-move swiftlyThe 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,sit out the st