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Unit Fact and Fantasy篇一
step ii lead-in
step iii read the new words and expressions and ask the ss to follow
step iv explain the new words
1. fiction (c.) sth. invented or imagined
(u.) stories ,novels or romances
a. the film was very good although it was a fiction.
这部电影虽属虚构，但很好。
b. truth is often stranger than fiction.
事实往往比小说还离奇。
c. science fiction
科幻小说
2. belief n. 信念；信心；相信；信仰；信条
a. i have great belief in his ability to succeed.
我深信他有能力取得成功。
b. the story is beyond belief.
故事令人难以置信。
c. they have their own religious beliefs.
他们有自己的宗教信仰。
do you know how to use believe or believe in?
d. to live, one must have something ________.
a. believe b. to believe
c. to believe in d. believe in
e. do you think it is going to rain over the weekend?
a. i don’t believe b. i don’t believe it
c. i believe not so d. i believe not
3. make a living = earn a / one’s living
a. he make a good living by selling insurance.
b. he earns a living as a writer.
c. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories.
4. apply vt. 应用；运用
vi 申请； 请求
a. in this way they can better apply theory to practice.
这样他们能更好的把理论运用到实践中去。
b. i have applied for a passport.
c. he applied to them for assistance.
他向他们请求援助。
d. he spent many hours in paris libraries studying botany, applied science and many other subjects.
5. servant n 仆人；公务员；雇员
a. they keep two servants: a cook and a gardener.
b. tom’s father is a civil servant.
c. he was a trusted servant of the company.
他是个可靠的雇员。
step vi summary:
in this period, we have learned some new words and expressions. we have known the meanings and usages of them. so you should grasp them and can use them freely. try to make some sentences using the words.
step vii homework
remember the words and expressions
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇二
step i greeting and warming up
step ii revision
check the homework
dictation
step iii read the new words and expressions and ask the ss to follow
step iv explain the new words
1. gentle adj. 温和的；温柔的；有礼貌的；轻轻的
a. mother are always gentle with their children.
b. she was small, and gentle in her voice and movements.
她小巧玲珑，声音温柔，动作文雅。
c. she gave the baby a gentle pat on the back..
2. luggage. n. (总称) 行李 br e
baggage n. am. e
a. he had five pieces of luggage.
b. she was in the luggage office.
3. in public 公开地；公然；当众 in private 私下
a. i do not want to speak about it in public.
我不想当众说这件事。
b. hes not used to making speeches in public; its so embarrassing.
“他不习惯在大庭广众中演讲,因为这太使人窘迫了。”
4. throw / show / cast light upon / on
阐明；帮助把……弄清楚
a. the facts threw light upon the matter.
那些事实已经将那个问题弄得很清楚了。
b. bring the scandal to light.
把丑闻曝光
c. can you throw light on the problem?
你能把问题阐述清楚吗？
5. brilliant adj. 灿烂的, 闪耀的, 有才气的
a brilliant color 鲜明的颜色
a brilliant speaker 一位卓越的演说家
a brilliant artist 一位有才华的艺术家
brilliant achievements 显赫的成就
a brilliant mind 头脑敏锐的人
6. hesitate v. 犹豫, 踌躇
hesitate at/about/over sth 对……犹豫不决
hesitate to do sth 不愿做某事
hesitate at nothing 毫不犹豫地做某事
a. in case you need something, please dont hesitate to ask me.
如果你需要什么东西, 请不客气地对我说。
b. he who hesitates is lost.
[谚]当断不断, 必受其患。
c. embarrassment caused me to hesitate.
窘迫使得我(讲话)吞吞吐吐。
n. hesitation 犹豫
without hesitation 毫不犹豫
7. horror n. 惊骇, 恐怖
the horror of war 战争的恐怖
horror film 恐怖影片
strike horror into sb. 使某人毛骨悚然
he was filled with horror at the sight.
他看见那种情景吓得发抖。
horrible adj. 可怕的, 恐怖的, 讨厌的
a. there was a horrible accident here yesterday.
昨天在这里发生了一起可怕的事故。
b. what a horrible building! 多难看的一座建筑物!
c. what horrible weather! 这鬼天气!
8. cut up 切碎
cut across 取捷径；走近路 ;超越
cut back 剪枝；修剪;减少；缩小；削减
to cut back on industrial production
缩减工业生产
cut down 砍倒；砍伤；砍死 减少；减低
to cut down a tree with an axe 用斧头把树砍倒
to cut down on smoking 减少抽烟
cut in 插嘴; 超车抢挡；（突然）插入
dont cut in while im talking. 我说话时别插嘴。
to cut in on a queue 加塞儿
cut off 切断, 停掉 隔绝, 挡住
cut out 删掉 停止
step vi summary:
in this period, we have learned some new words and expressions. we have known the meanings and usages of them. so you should grasp them and can use them freely. try to make some sentences using the words.
step vii homework
1. remember the words and expressions.
2. preview the text.
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇三
teaching goals
1. talk about science fiction.
2. learn to express beliefs and doubts.
3. learn about word formation (2).
4. practise creative writing.
teaching time: five periods
the first period
teaching aims:
1. learn about some scientific facts by doing a small science quiz.
2. train the students listening ability.
3. develop the students speaking ability by talking about science fiction using the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.
teaching important points:
1. train the students listening ability.
2. master the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.
teaching difficult points:
1. how to improve the students listening ability.
2. how to finish the task of speaking.
teaching methods;
1. free talk to arouse the students interest in science fiction.
2. listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through the listening material.
3. discussion to make the students finish the task of speaking.
teaching aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii free-talk and lead-in
give the ss ten minutes to talk about the topic on science fantasy. then teacher say the following:
today, we are going to talk about science fiction.
step iii warming up
first, lets look at some new words. (the multimedia shows the new words in this period.)
new words;
fantasy / / n.
jules verne / /
league /ii:g/ n.
distance / / n.
balloon // n,
bulb / / n.
fiction / / n.
(teacher teaches the words and explains them, and then says the following, )
now, look at the covers of the two books written by jules verne. (the multimedia shows the two books.) have you read them?
(some say “ yes”, while some say “no”. teacher asks two students who say “yes” to stand up and say something they know about the books. )
have a quiz (teacher uses the multimedia to show the following. )
1. what is the highest mountain on earth and how high it is? (2 points):
2. what is the deepest point in the ocean; and where is it? (2 points):
3. which is the longest river on earth: and how long is it? (2 points);
4. what is the distance from the earth to; the moon? what is it to mars? what; is it to the nearest star? (6 points):
5. how far is it to the centre of the: earth? (2 points):
6. how high are the temperatures near: the centre of the earth? (2 points):
7. what is the longest distance around; the world? (2 points):
8. how fast does a balloon travel? how: about an aeroplane? how about a space shuttle? (6 points)
suggested answers;
1. mount qomolangma; 8848. 13 m
2. mariana trench; in the west of the pacific ocean.
3. the nile river; 6 600 kilometers
4. 380, 000 kilometers; more than 56, 000, 000 kilometers
5. 150, 000, 000 kilometers
6. 7 500 k
7. 40, 000 kilometers
8. about 30 - 40 kilometers per hour; about 500 kilometers per hour; about 7.4-11.2 kilometers per second
step iv listening
t: so much for warming up. now, lets do some listening. look at the listening part on page 9. listen to the tape and write down where, when and what sam and betty saw. then according to the description you hear on the tape, make a sketch of the animal. are you clear about that?
teacher plays the tape for the students to listen. then give the students a few minutes to fill in the chart and make a sketch of the animal as they saw. when they finish, teacher checks their answers and picks out one sketch of the animal drawn vividly by them as an example.
go on with the listening practice. listen to the tape again and then finish exercise 2. before listening to the tape, the ss need to go through the questions and know what to do.
(teacher begins to play the tape for the second time. during this lime, teacher may pause for the students to write down the answers to the questions. at last, check the answers with the whole class. )
step v speaking
page 10. lets look at the speaking part. there are four dialogues about such topics, which are incomplete. work in pairs to create dialogues. when youre making the dialogue, you can use the expressions on the blackboard,
(teacher writes the following on the blackboard.)
i believe……
i suppose……
i doubt……
im sure that……
i’m (not) certain……
i cant imagine……
it could be……
its likely……
it would like……
sample dialogues;
space travel
a: i dont believe people can travel in space.
b: why not? more than 100 years ago nobody thought it was possible for people to travel in the sky by plane from one place to another.
a: in my opinion, space travel is more than a master of time to us, and also a matter of technology. b: i agree with you. but well be able to develop. i believe with the development of science and
technology, space travel is not a dream, and the day is on the way.
life in 3098
a: i doubt whether there is any life on earth in the future.
b: come on. what do you mean?
a; i mean that as the result of human beings role in nature and society, people at present are facing some terrible disasters, like wars, the environmental pollution, the excessively developed resources.
b: yes. these disasters will lead to human beings disappearing in 3098. what should we do?
a: i think we should take some measures to save ourselves from disasters, such as planting more trees, saving our resources, maintaining peace all over the world……
b: what you said is quite right.
young forever
a: do you think there will be a time when we can cure all diseases?
b: i suppose that is only a happy wish for us. because when old diseases are gone, new diseases will occur. everything in the world is changing all the time.
a; doctors may find a way to keep us young forever. medicine is also developing.
b: yes. lets expect that day to come together.
creatures from outer space
a: do you believe there are some creatures from outer space?
b: i dont only believe in it, but also think we can see them some day.
a: do you really think so? can you imagine what star they live in? what do they look like? can they speak any language that we can understand?
b: there are so many stars, im sure there must be a star where they can live. i guess they may be taller and stronger than human beings. they may speak different languages, but they can communicate with us freely,
a: your imagination is very good. but i think it would take us a long time.
b: maybe,
step vi practice and consolidation
ask the students to talk more about what they believe may come true in the future for example, they can imagine chinese astronauts land on the moon successfully in , and he or she is one of them. standing on the moon, what will he or she say to the people on the earth?
step vii summary and homework
t: in this class, weve talked about science fiction and done some listening and speaking practice. when talking about science fiction, we have done a science quiz to help us learn more about some scientific facts. in the speaking part, weve learnt to express our beliefs and doubts freely by making dialogues. besides, we have also talked about an imaginative dream in the practice part. after class, according to what youve said in class, make a dialogue using the useful expressions on the blackboard. at last, dont forget to prepare for the next period.
step viii the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 12 fact and fantasy
the first period
useful expressions:
i believe……
i doubt……
it could be……but……
i suppose……
i’m (not) certain……
its likely……
im sure that……
i cant imagine……
it would take……
the second period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the useful words and phrases.
2. train the students reading ability.
3. let the students learn about the french writer jules verne and his two famous science fictions.
teaching important points;
1. improve the students reading ability.
2. master the useful phrases.
teaching difficult points;
1. how to make the students understand the passage better.
2. how to help the students finish all the exercises in post-reading,
teaching methods:
1. discussion before reading to make students learn more about some scientific facts,
2. fast-reading method to get the general idea of the passage.
3. careful-reading method to get the detailed information in the text.
4. discussion after reading to help the students finish the tasks in post-reading.
teaching aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
teaching procedures
step i greetings and revision
greet the whole class as usual.
in the last period, we learnt some useful expressions used to express beliefs and doubts. now, ill check your homework to see whether you can use them freely. whod like to act out your dialogue?
(two students stand up and act out their dialogue. )
step ii lead-in and pre-reading
show the following pictures on the multimedia.
here are three great inventions. who can say when the inventions in the pictures were made?
s1 : electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century.
s2: thomas edison invented the light bulb in 1879.
s3: steam-powered boat was made in 1807,
teacher shows the following on the screen.
1. when was electricity discovered?
2. how was it used in the following two hundred years?
3. in the early 19th century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
work in groups of four to discuss the questions. choose one of you to act as the leader of your group. record the results of your discussion. a few minutes later, the leader will be asked to report the result.
step iii reading
read the passage quickly to see whether youve grasped the brief meaning of it. then, re-read the passage carefully to further understand it. then answer the questions on the screen. (show the following on the multimedia.)
1. to make a living, what did jules verne have to do?
2. what will many of the instruments in his novels remind the readers of?
3. how did verne lay the foundation of modern science fiction?
4. in his novel “20 000 leagues under the sea”, what kind of person is captain nemo?
5. how does the story “journey to the centre of the earth” begin and end up?
(a few minutes later, teacher asks some of them to answer the questions one by one.)
suggested answers:
1. to make a living, jules verne had to write and sell stories.
2. they will remind the readers of dr benjamin franklins experiment with electricity.
3. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further.
4. he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. he is very cruel because he keeps aronnax and others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moments, he is gentle and weak because he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
5. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document and ends up with them being shot out of a volcano in southern italy with ever increasing speed and temperature.
step iv language points
show the following on the multimedia.
1. make a living ( = earn ones living)
e. g. she made a living by singing in a nightclub,
2. lay the foundation of
e. g. four-year college life laid solid foundations of his career.
3. come true
e. g, the boys wish to become a pla man has come true.
4. set out
e. g. they set out to look for the lost child.
5. turn out (to be) + adj. n.
e. g. the weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely. to everyones surprise, the fashionable girl turned out to be a thief.
6. defend ……against/from
e. g. we should defend our country against attacks.
7. be dressed in
e. g. the girl was always dressed in red.
dressed in uniform, he looks handsome.
step v post-reading
read the passage again. then finish exercise 2 in post-reading on page 13.
suggested answers-
2. during the time they do all they can to continue to live……
3. they realize that they come to the surface of the monster
4. his long-term guests
exercise 4. in jules vernes times, the knowledge about the earth was very limited, and many scientific facts couldnt be explained by people. but jules verne contained a lot of knowledge about the earth in his novel. where do you think he might have got his ideas from? you can use all the knowledge you have learnt to explain the questions. work in groups of four to have a discussion. (after a while, teacher checks their answers. students may have various answers. )
go on with the exercises in post-reading. under water travel and space travel have many things in common. do you know the differences and similarities between them? work in groups of four to finish the chart of exercise 3.
suggested answers:
differences submarine spaceship
speed slow fast
landscape under water landscape space landscape
number for people a lot of people a few people
food common food special space food
clothes spaning suits space suits
similarities demand for skills is high. theyre both exciting. tourists must be trained by experts. theyre expensive.
finish the chart in exercise 5.
(teacher gives them a few minutes. teacher joins them in the discussion and gives some advice if necessary. )
suggested answers;
preparation : tools and things to bring risks: dangerous and things that could happen
food，water, warm clothes, ropes, matches, a knife, a chisel .some medicines losing ones way falling into a hole being injured
step vi summary and homework
t: in this period, weve read a passage about jules verne. by reading, weve learnt more about jules verne and his two novels. weve also learnt some useful expressions and done some concerned exercises. after class, try to make more sentences using them to master them better. besides, read the passage over and over and prepare for retelling it. at last, preview the third period-language study.
step vii the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 12 fact and fantasy
the second period
useful phrases:
make a living
lay the foundation of
come true
set out
turn out (to be) + adj. / n.
be dressed in
defend……against/from
the third period
teaching aims:
1. review the new words appearing in the last periods.
2. learn to use the rules of word formation to guess the meaning of the word.
teaching important points:
1. learn to choose proper words according to the contexts of the given passage.
2. learn to guess the meaning of the words by the meaning of some stems and affixes. teaching difficult points;
1. master the meanings of the following stems and affixes：
mis- = wrong extra-= outside inter = between sub-= under
under-= below over- = too much dis- = not -marine= sea
2. how to guess the meanings of the words according to these stems and affixes.
teaching methods:
1. review method to consolidate what weve learnt.
2. practice to make the students learn and master these stems and affixes, and then guess the meanings of the words using what theyve learnt.
3. inspanidual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
teaching aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
teaching procedures;
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii revision
in the last period we learnt a passage about a french famous writer jules verne. now. whod like to retell the text? (one student stands up and retells the text in his own words.)
step iii word study
page 14 and finish the exercises in word study.
suggested answers t
1. fantasy 2. voyage
3. collision 4. on board
5. voyage 6. collision
7. on board 8. escape
9. fantasy 10. permanent
step iv word formation
as we know, learning the rules of word formation is one of the ways to enlarge our vocabulary. we can guess the meanings of the words using them without looking them up in the dictionary, please look at the screen. (teacher shows the following on the screen.)
rewrite, unhappy, disappear, impossible, invisible, non-smoker, supermarket, worker, illness, movement, useful, action, cooperate, cloudy, musical
get some ss to explain their meanings.
in this class, well go on with some rules of word formation, (teacher uses the multimedia to show the following. )
mis-= wrong extra-= outside inter- = between sub-= under under-= below over-= too much dis-= not -marine=sea
page 12. word study, exercise 1. match the words and the correct definitions. give the ss two minutes to do it.
suggested answers;
l. e 2.f 3.b 4. c 5. d 6. a
go on with exercise 2, guess the meanings of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts, and then translate each sentence into chinese.
1. the word in italics “misbehave” means “behave improperly or wrong1y”. its chinese meaning is“行为不端”the whole sentence means“妈妈告诉我在祖母家不要行为不端／不懂规矩”
2. the word “subtitle“ is formed by adding the suffix ”,sub-“ before the word ”title“. ”sub-“ means “under”，so “subtitle” means “小标题，译文对白字母“．in chinese. the chinese meaning of the. whole sentences is“荧屏底端的中文对白字幕帮助我们理解外国影片”，
3．误解曲解，
不要误解我我只不过是想帮你．
4．互换的。
在许多情况下，单词“fiction”和“novel可互换。
5．地铁。
人们喜欢乘坐地铁，因为它比公共汽车快，又比出租车便宜。
6．超时。
他看上去非常疲倦，因为整个礼拜都在超时工作．
7．衬裤。
如果你穿着衬裤在公共场合走，人们 将会认为你疯了。
step v consolidation
teacher shows the following on the screen.
add a proper affix to each of the follow-jing words to form another word.
1. ____ curricular 2. ____ dependent 3. ____ patient
4. ____ stop 5. ____ judge 6. ____ tired 7. ____ heading
8. ____ clothing 9. ____ advantage
suggested answers
1. extra- 2. in- 3. im- 4. non- 5. mis- 6, over-
7. sub- 8, under- 9. dis-
step vi summary and homework
t: in this class, weve reviewed some new words appearing in the unit by doing exercises. weve also learnt some rules of word formation. by doing so, we can guess the meanings of some words without looking them up in the dictionary. after class, learn the affixes on the blackboard by heart, and look for some reading materials to try guessing the meanings of new words. besides, dont forget to prepare for the next period.
step vii the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 12 fact and fantasy :
the third period
word formation:
mis- = wrong
extra-= outside
inter- = between
sub- = under
under-= below
over- = too much
dis- = not
-marine=sea
misconduct, extraordinary, international,
subsoil, underground, overcharge, disagree, submarine
the fourth period
teaching aims:
1. review the useful expressions learnt in this unit.
2. review some word formation.
3. train the students writing ability by practising creative writing.
teaching important points:
1. consolidate word formation learnt yesterday.
2. help the students finish the creative writing.
teaching difficult points;
1. how to help the students practise creative writing.
2. how to improve the students reading ability.
teaching methods:
1. revision method to help the students consolidate the useful expressions.
2. question-and-answer activity to help the students understand the reading passage better.
3. discussion method to help the students finish the task of writing.
4. inspanidual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
teaching aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
teaching procedures;
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step ii revision
do an exercise to consolidate the rule of word formation.
teacher shows the following on the screen.
1. submarine = +
2. disappear= +
3. overturn= +
1 4. internet= _ + _
5. underwater= _ + _
6. prisoner = _ + _
(after a while, teacher asks one student to do the exercise. then teacher shows the answers on the screen. )
suggested answers;
1. 潜水艇sub +marine sub- = under
2．消失dis- +appear dis- = not
3. 打翻over +turn over-=too much
4. 因特网inter +net inter-=between
5. 在水下的under +water under=below,
6. 囚犯 prison +er -er＝person who carries out the action of the verb
step iii reading
page 15. read the passage quickly and then answer some questions on the screen. (show the following on the screen.)
1. what did dr frankenstein want to do when he was young?
2. after he was sent to university, what did he think of the things taught at university?
3. what attracted his attention?
4. did he discover the cause of life?
5. although he knew how to create life, what remained a difficult work for him?
6. why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height?
(teacher gives them five minutes to read them. after that, check their answers. )
suggested answers:
1. he wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth when he was young.
2. he found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided to pioneer a new way himself.
3. the structure of the human body and any animal that was alive attracted his attention.
4. yes.
5. how to prepare a body for it with aft its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.
6. because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed.
do an exercise. (teacher shows the following on the screen.)
l. the boy ____ becoming a pilot.
2. ____ before you reach the crossroads.
3. he shouted to ____ .
4. the fire ,
5. can you the problem?
6. he meat with a sharp knife.
7, he
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇四
teaching plan of unit 12：fact and fantasy
period 3 & 4: reading comprehension
ⅰ. teaching aims：
1. learn and master the useful words and expressions.
2. train the ss reading ability.
3. let the ss learn about the french writer jules verne and his two famous science fiction.
ⅱ. teaching aids: recorder, computer, multi-media-classroom cai
ⅲ. important points: comprehension about the text
ⅳ. difficult points: learn how to grasp the main details in the paragraph and how to conclude the main idea of the text
ⅴ. teaching hours: one hour
ⅵ. procedure:
step 1. revision: phrases
step 2. lead in
in the last period we talked about science fiction and done some listening and speaking practice. the science quiz helps us learn more about scientific facts. in the speaking part we have learned to express our beliefs and doubts. now, let’s review what we learnt last time.
what is fact? ---thing that is known to have happened or to be true or to exist; thing that is believed or claimed to be true.
what is science fiction? ---science fiction is predicted, often based on present-day results that seem to make such developments possible in the future.
what is a science fiction writer? ---science fiction writer sometimes writes imaginary stories.
step 3. pre-reading
1. introduction to the author and his novels
jules verne (1828-1905), french writer and pioneer of science fiction, whose best known works today are twenty thousand leagues under the sea(1870) and around the world in eighty days (1873).
jules verne published his first novel five weeks in a balloon (1863). soon he started writing novels such as journey to the center of the earth (1864), from the earth to the moon (1866).
in 1876, he bought a large yacht and sailed around europe. his last novel the invasion of the sea appeared in 1905.
jules verne died in the city of amines on march 24, 1905.
step 4. while-reading
task one: fast reading ( read the text quickly and finish the following tasks )
does the passage mainly talk about?
---jules verne---the father of science fiction and his two famous novels:20,000 leagues under the sea and journey to the center of the earth.
many parts can the passage be spanided? ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph. if you are asked to spanide the passage into 3 parts, how will you do your work?
part 1(para1): the brief introduction of jules verne;
part2(para2-5): one of his famous work---- 20,000 leagues under the sea.
part3(para6): another work---- journey to the center of the earth.
3. true or false questions.
make a living ,verne had to study law. ( f )
2. dr benjamin franklin laid the foundation of modern science fiction. ( f )
3. once jules verne died, all his dreams came true. ( f )
4. this text tell us captain nemo died at last. ( f )
5. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. ( t )
6. the story of journey to the center of the earth begins with two men’s decision about traveling to iceland. ( f )
task two: further reading ( read the text again part by part and find out the detail information of each part )
part 1(para1): the brief introduction of jules verne
born in : 1828
died in : 1905
nationality : french
interested in : botany & applied science
remembered as : the father of science fiction
famous novels: 20,000 leagues under the sea and journey to the centre of the earth
part2(para2-5): the main plot of 20,000 leagues under the sea
try to answer the following questions.
1. why are ships disappearing all over the world ?
---it is believed to be caused by a sea monster.
2. who set out to find the monster ?
---dr aronnax ,his servant and a canadian whale hunter .
3. when they try to survive, what happened ?
---they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself , which turns out to be a submarine.
4. when they are taken on board, what’s captain nemo’s decision ?
---not to kill them but make them his permanent guests.
5. what’s the nautilus ? what’s the nautilus like ?
---it’s a submarine . it’s an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows give a view of the underwater world .it’s also very strong and protected with thick iron plates .
6. describe the character of captain nemo ?
--- cruel, gentle and weak .
part3(para6): the main plot of journey to the centre of the earth
about the rout: list what the two men do in the adventure of going to the centre of the earth.
1. travel to iceland
2. enter…through a chimney in a dead volcano
3. through a narrow passage deep into…
4. pass through layers of coal and marble
5. reach a huge lake or underground ocean
6. through forests of mushrooms and plants
7. cross the sea in a raft
8. drawn into a fast stream
9. shot out of a volcano in southern italy
step 5. post-reading
1. finish the post-reading ex on p13.
1. paraphrase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. àhe had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive…àduring the time they do all they can to continue live …
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself. à they realize that they come to the surface of the monster.
4.)his permanent guests à his long- time guests.
2. under water travel and space travel they have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine spaceship
differences
speed slow fast
landscape under water landscape space landscape
number for people a lot of people a few people
food common food special space food
clothes spaning suits space suits
similarities
demand for skills is high
they are both exciting
tourists must be trained by experts
they’re expensive
3. which tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation: tools and things to bring risks: dangers and things that could happen
food, water, warm clothes, ropes, matches, a knife, a chisel, some medicine losing one’s way falling into a hole being injured
step 6. consolidation
has come true from the time jules verne lived ?
submarine movies with sound
helicopters television
modern weapons rockets
new broadcasting
2. why is jules verne called “the father of science fiction”?
--- he laid the foundation of modern science fiction.
step 7. homework:
1. recite the last paragraph.
2. try to retell “20,000 leagues under the sea ” .
3. preview language study.
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇五
教学内容：fact and fantasy
一、学习目标
本单元以谈论“科学与幻想”为话题，使学生了解科学与幻想的区别，认识到学习科学的重要性；同时通过对法国科学幻想和冒险小学家儒勒凡尔纳（jules verne）及其作品的介绍，激发学生探索宇宙奥秘的兴趣。学习英语构词法。在练习写幻想短文“创造一个类似人类的生物”的实践中，培养书面表达能力，同时拓展学生创造性思维。
二、语言点讲解
1. the french writer jules verne wrote famous books, such as 20, 000 leagues under the sea and around the world in 80 days.法国作家儒勒凡尔纳写了很多著名书籍，比如《海底两万里》和《八十天环游地球》。
（1）jules verne 儒勒凡尔纳。法国科学幻想家和冒险小说家。
（2）such as
①like; for example 像；诸如；例如 eg:
wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare.
兰花和报春花之类的野花越来越少了。
②everything that凡是 eg:
such as remains after tax will be yours when i die.
我死后全部财产除了交税以外全部给你。
（3）league [li g] n.
① former measure of distance (about 3 miles or 4.8 km) 里格（旧时长度单位，约3英里或4.8公里）。 eg:
the horse can run 50 leagues a day. 这匹马一天能跑240公里。
②group of people or countries combined for a particular purpose 联盟；同盟 eg:
the league of nations is an international organization.
国际联盟是一个国际组织。
2. try the small science quiz below to see if you know any better. 试试下面的科学小测验，看看你是否了解得多些。
any better 更好
any [′ani] adv. (used with faster, slower, better, etc. , in questions and after if/whether 用于疑问句中，与faster, slower, better等连用；用于if/whether之后)to any degree; at all在任何程度上；丝毫 eg:
i can’t run any faster. 我无法跑得更快了。
is your father any better? 你父亲有所好转了吗？
3. what is the distance from the earth to the moon? 地球到月球的距离是多少？
(1) distance [′dist ns] n. [c, u]
① (amount of) space between two points or places 距离；间距
a good cyclist can cover a distance of over a hundred miles a day.
自行车骑得好的人一天可以行驶一百多英里。
②distant place or point 远处；远方 eg:
at a distance of six miles you can’t see much.
距离六英里以外的东西很难看清。
(2) at a distance （稍）远处，表示一定的距离，近距离或用以说明具体的距离，其不定冠词a有时可以略去或改用some。 eg:
this picture looks better at a distance. 这幅画远看就好些。
(3) in the distance (far away) 在（较）远处，强调距离之远。 eg:
they were expecting to see in the distance some signs of the enemy.
他们期望着发现远处敌人的迹象。
(4) keep sb. at a distance 与某人保持一定距离；不愿与某人亲近 eg:
he always keeps anyone at a distance. 他总是不愿与任何人亲近：
4. how fast does a balloon travel? how about an airplane? how about a space shuttle?
一只气球能走多快？一架飞机呢？还有一架航天飞机呢？
(1)ballon [b ′lu n] ①n. brightly-coloured rubber bag that is filled with air, used as a child’s toy or a decoration（用作玩具或装饰品的）气球 eg:
they bought their son a lot of balloons yesterday.
昨天他们给他们的儿子买了很多气球。
②v. swell out like a balloon 如气球一般膨胀 eg:
her skirt ballooned in the wind. 她的裙子让风吹得鼓起来了。
③go ballooning 乘气球 eg:
they like to go ballooning at weekends. 他们周末喜欢乘气球玩。
(2)how/what about …？……怎么样？常常用来打听消息或提出建议，征求对方意见，后接名词，代词或动名词。 eg:
how about your mother? does she feel better today?
你妈妈怎么样听？她今天觉得好点儿了吗？
(3)space shuttle-spacecraft designed for repeated use, eg between earth and a space station or the moon 航天飞机；太空穿梭机 eg:
i have never seen a space shuttle. 我从未看见过航天飞机。
三、课前准备针对性练习（18分，15分钟）
（一）汉译英（每小题2分，共10分）
1.她能讲很多种语言，例如英语，法语，汉语和日语。
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2.他比你跑得还慢吗？（any）
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3.我们看到了远处的灯光。
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4.咱们到法国去度假好吗？
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5.我喜欢乘气球胜过做其他的事。
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（二）阅读理解（每小题2分，共8分）
in 1901, h.g. wells, an english writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. when the explorers (探险者) landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. they expressed their surprise to the “moon people”they met. in turn, the “moon people”expressed their surprise. “why,”they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”
h.g. wells could only imagine traveling to the moon. in 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. people today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. however, the question that the“moon people” asked is still an interesting one. a growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
underground systems are already in place. many cities have underground car parks. in some cities, such as tokyo, seoul and montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. the “chunnel”, a tunnel（隧道） connecting england and france, is now completed.
but what about underground cities? japan’s taisei corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “alice cities”. the designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping and so on. a solar dome（太阳能穹顶） would cover the whole city.
supporters of underground development say that building down rather that building up is good way to use the earth’s space. the surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. h.g. wells’ “moon people” would agree. would you?
1. the explorers in h.g. wells’ story were surprised to find that the“moon people”______.
a. knew so much about the earth b. understood their language
c. lived in so many underground cities d. were ahead of them in space technology
2. what does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to?
a. discovering the moon’s inner again. b. using the earth’s inner space.
c. meeting the “moon people” again. d. travelling to outer space.
3. what sort of underground systems are already here with us?
a. offices, shopping areas, power stations.
b. tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.
c. gardens, car parks, power stations.
d. tunnels, gardens, offices.
4. what would be the best title for the text?
a. alice cities-cities of the future. b. space travel with h.g. wells.
c. enjoy living underground. d. building down, not up.
ⅱ．听力导读
一、语言点讲解
1. fill in the chart on the next page and make a sketch of the animal as they saw.
填写下一页的图表并按他们看到的动物的样子给那种动物作一个速写。
sketch [sket ] n.
①rough quickly-made drawing, without many details素描；速写；草图
②make a sketch of … 作一个……的速写 eg:
he was good at making a sketch of face. 他擅长作面部素描。
③short account or description, giving only basic details 简短的陈述或素描
④give a sketch of …概述…… eg:
please give a sketch of your plans. 请概述一下你的计划。
2. description [di′skrip n] n. describing; picture in words 描述；描绘
（1）give sb. a brief description of …向某人简要地描述…… eg:
can you give me a brief description of what has happened?
你能向我简要描述一下所发生的事吗？
（2）beyond description 难以描述 eg:
her beauty is beyond description. 她的美貌难以用语言来描述。
（3）give/make a description of …对……加以描述 eg:
he made a description of the thief.他描述了小偷的模样。
（4）describe[di′skraib] v. say what sb./sth. is like; depict sth. in words 描述某人/某事物。常构成describe sb./sth. (to/for sb.) eg:
words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.那景色之美难以言传。
3. why does sam need to know the time? 为什么萨姆需要知道时间？
need的用法小结：
（1）need作情态动词，通常用于疑问句、否定句、条件句、whether/if名词从句或含否定意义的句子中。 eg:
i do not see why we need discuss it further.
我看我们没有必要讨论下去了。
that’s all settled. it needn’t be talked about.
那已全部解决了，没有必要再讨论了。
（2）need又是实义动词，各种变化和用法与普通实义动词相同。 eg:
①they need a rest after a long walk.
长距离行走后他们需要休息一下。
②i need you to work for me, young man! 小伙子，我需要你为我工作！
③i need to consult a dictionary. 我需要查字典。
（3）need接动名词主动形式，表示被动含义，这时动名词和主语之间有动宾关系，need doing可转换为need to be done结构，意思相同。
my hair needs washing badly.(=my hair needs to be washed badly.)
我的头发非常需要洗一洗。
the garden needs watering.(= the garden needs to be watered.)
花园需要洗水。
二、如何听的建议
如何确定听力材料所要求听懂的人物、时间、地点等问题是听力训练中我们常遇到的难题，可以从下面几方面入手：
1.积极进行预测
要利用已知的信息进行分析、加工、归纳、预测，以达到快速、准确理解所接收信息的目的。一定要利用一切可以利用的时间阅读问题和选项，根据题目中的选项进行积极预测。
2.注意抓关键词
捕捉信息重点是听力测试中的重要一环。这种能力要在训练时多加注意，因为说话的人常
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇六
n. 信任, 信心, 信仰
have belief in 相信, 信任
that man has a strong belief in god.
那个男子虔诚地信仰上帝。
beyond belief
无法令人相信；令人难以置信
his story is beyond belief.
他的话难以置信。
2． league n.同盟, 联盟, 盟约, 联合会, 社团
in league (with)
与…同盟；与…勾结
3． make a living 谋生
* earn [gain, get, make] ones living 谋生
they made their living by hunting.
他们靠打猎为生
4． apply vt.申请, 应用
be applied to
适用于, 应用于, 施加于, 用来表示, 与...接触
apply for
申请; 请求, 接洽
apply oneself to
致力于, 集中精力做某事
apply sth. to
把...施于...; 把...运用于..
apply to the consul for a visa
向领事申请签证
apply a theory to practice
把理论应用于实践
applied adj 应用的；实用的
applied mathematics 应用数学 applied art 实用美术
5． foundation n.基础, 根本, 建立, 创立, 地基, 基金, 基金会
slavery provided the foundation for many ancient types of society.
奴隶制为古代社会提供了基础。
he laid the foundations of his success by study and hard work.
他以读书和勤劳奠定了成功的基础。
6． servant n.仆人 雇员 公务员
a politician should be a servant of the people.
政治家应当是人民的公仆。
ministers are called the servants of god.
人们称牧师为上帝的奴仆。
7． hunter n.猎人
hunt v. 打猎 （与after, for连用）搜索；追寻
i hunted for my book everywhere.
我到处找我的书。
8． set out 出发
set out to do something 着手开始一个热切的计划；着手做某事
9． collision n.碰撞, 冲突
a collision between two trains
一次两列火车相撞事件
come into collision with
和... 相撞［冲突， 抵触］
in collision with
和... 相撞［冲突］
the workers came into collision with the manager last night.
工人们昨天和经理发生了冲突。
10. companion n.同伴, 共事者
make a companion of
与...作伴， 与...为友
companion in adversity
患难朋友［之交］
companion in arms 战友
a faithful companion
忠实伴侣
companion volume
姐妹篇
11. overboard adv.自船上落下, 在船外
he fell overboard.
他从船上掉入水中。
12. 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
13. guest n.客人, 来宾, 旅客
guest rooms. 客房
participating as a guest:
客座的作为客人而参与的：
a guest conductor.
客座指挥
14. voyage n.航程, 航空
to make a voyage.
进行航行、旅行
15. aboard adv.在船(飞机、车)上, 上船(飞机、车)
prep.在(船、飞机、车)上, 上(船、飞机、车)
we must not take combustible goods aboard.
我们切不可带易燃物上车。
16. dislike vt.讨厌, 不喜欢 n.
likes and dislikes
爱好和厌恶
17. prisoner 囚犯； 犯人; 俘虏
take sb. prisoner (=take sb. captive)
俘虏某人
he made her hand a prisoner.
他握住她的手不放。
my work kept me a prisoner all summer.
整个夏天我忙得不可开交。
18. gentle adj.温和的, 文雅的
a gentle scolding; a gentle tapping at the window.
温和的斥责；在窗户上轻敲
a gentle wind 和风
19. luggage n.行李, 皮箱
four pieces of luggage 四件行李
20. in public
公开地；公然；当众
i do not want to speak about it in public.
我不想当众说这件事。
hes not used to making speeches in public; its so embarrassing.
”他不习惯在大庭广众中演讲,因为这太使人窘迫了。“
in private 私下
21. throw light upon 阐明；帮助把……弄清楚
the facts threw light upon the matter.
那些事实已经将那个问题弄得很清楚了。
bring the scandal to light.
把丑闻曝光
22. brilliant adj. 灿烂的, 闪耀的, 有才气的
a brilliant color 鲜明的颜色
a brilliant speaker 一位卓越的演说家
a brilliant artist 一位有才华的艺术家
brilliant achievements 显赫的成就
a brilliant mind 头脑敏锐的人
23. labour n. 劳动； 努力
labour force 劳动力
24. hesitate v. 犹豫, 踌躇
hesitate at/about/over sth 对……犹豫不决
hesitate to do sth 不愿做某事
hesitate at nothing
毫不犹豫地做某事
in case you need something, please dont hesitate to ask me.
如果你需要什么东西, 请不客气地对我说。
he who hesitates is lost.
[谚]当断不断, 必受其患。
embarrassment caused me to hesitate.
窘迫使得我(讲话)吞吞吐吐。
n. hesitation 犹豫 without hesitation 毫不犹豫
25. creation n. 创造, 创作物
an artists creation
艺术家的作品
the whole creation
宇宙万物
26. horror n. 惊骇, 恐怖
the horror of war
战争的恐怖
horror film 恐怖影片
strike horror into sb.
使某人毛骨悚然
he was filled with horror at the sight.
他看见那种情景吓得发抖。
27. horrible adj. 可怕的, 恐怖的, 讨厌的
there was a horrible accident here yesterday.
昨天在这里发生了一起可怕的事故。
what a horrible building!
多难看的一座建筑物!
what horrible weather!
这鬼天气!
28. grave n. 墓穴, 坟墓 adj. 庄严的；严重的
faced the grave with calm resignation.
视死如归
a grave wound.
严重的创伤
a grave procession.
庄严行进的队伍
29. cut up 切碎
cut across
取捷径；走近路
超越
a new group of members of parliament that cuts across party lines
无党派议员组成的新团体
cut back
剪枝；修剪
减少；缩小；削减
to cut back on industrial production
缩减工业生产
cut down
砍倒；砍伤；砍死
to cut down a tree with an axe
用斧头把树砍倒
减少；减低
to cut down on smoking
减少抽烟
cut in
插嘴
dont cut in while im talking.
我说话时别插嘴。
超车抢挡；（突然）插入
to cut in on a queue
加塞儿
cut off 切断, 停掉 隔绝, 挡住
cut out 删掉 停止
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇七
高二英语新教材下册（unit12 fact and fantasy）
unit 12 fact and fantasy
pre-reading
do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?(火车，电灯和蒸汽船)
was electricity discovered and how was it used in the following two hundred years?
the early nineteenth century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage below.
jules verne: the father of science fiction
jules verne was born in 1828, in france. his father sent him to paris to study law, but instead verne developed his love for the theatre. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying geology, physics and many other subjects. he used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with electricity. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. he also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. jules verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.
at the beginning of
20,000 leagues under the sea
, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster. after months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, the three men are thrown overboard. in their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. they are taken on board and captain nemo decides not to kill them but makes them his permanent guests. from that day on they start planning their escape.captain nemo takes them on a voyage across the oceans. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. the ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates. all that is needed for life on board comes from the ocean. electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks. the food aboard
the nautilus
is all sea food.
dressed in spaning suits, they walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship. they find themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, shells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.
readers have wondered about the character of captain nemo ever since the book was published. you could say he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. you might think that he is a cruel man because he keeps aronnax and the others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moment you will find him gentle and weak, when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
another wonderful story is that of
journey to the center of the earth
. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. it explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano. their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. they drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. they build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. in the end, their raft is drawn into a fast steam and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern italy.post-reading
be the character of captain nemo.
rase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. àhe had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive… à
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself. à
4.)his permanent guests à
water travel and space travel have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine
spaceship
differences
similarities
about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where jules verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.
1)why would there be a huge underground ocean?
2)why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?
3)how could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?
tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation:tools and things to bring
risks: dangers and things that could happen
language study
word study
choose the right word to complete the following sentences. some may be used more than once.
collision permanent voyage escape on board fiction fantasy
this is not a real story; it is ___________. in 1898, an american writer wrote a novel. in the story, a huge ship called titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from southampton on her first ___________ across the atlantic ocean. it sank after a ____________ with an iceberg, killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.
fourteen years later, in 1912, titanic, which was called the “ship of dreams” or the “ship that cannot sink”, set off from southampton on its first _________. on its way to new york city, it hit an iceberg. three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. it had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.
the story of titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. the disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.
word formation (2)
the meaning of these stems and affixes. match the words and the correct definitions.
mis = wrong extra- = outside inter- = between sub- - under
under- = below over- = too much dis- = not -marine = sea
1. _______ submarine a. do not like
2. _______ underground too hard
3. _______ overwork and reaction between two people or things
4. _______ interaction in the wrong place
5. _______ misplace e.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea
6. _______ dislike the surface of the earth
the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.
1. _______ mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.
2. _______ the chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.
3. _______ don’t misunderstand me; i’m only trying to help.
4. _______ in many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.
5. _______ people like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.
6. _______ he looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.
7. _______ people will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.
intergrating skills
reading and writing
the story of dr frankenstein
no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. instead of children’s play and adventure, i was driven by a desire to learn. i wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. i wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. my father was not scientific, so i had to look for a road without having a map. i entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.
i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters. i studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. at the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. but i found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that i would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.
one of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. i often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. after days and nights of incredible labour i discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
when i found this amazing power placed within my hands, i hesitated a long time how i should use it. although i knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job. i doubted at first whether i should try to create a being like myself, or one of simpler organization. but soon i dreamt of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man.
it was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. as the small size of the parts slowed down my speed, i decided to make the being much larger than man; about eight feet in height. with these ideas, spending some months collecting and arranging materials, i began.
who can imagine the horror of my secret work? i collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies. many of my materials came from butcher shops and hospitals. it was on a night in november that i looked at the result of my work. i collected my instruments around me, with which i would light the flame of life into the dead thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.
i looked at the terrible monster that i had created. he opened the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, looked at me. his hair was black and his teeth as white as snow, but his skin was yellow. when his thin black lips opened, nothing came out some strange sounds. while unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
writing
one of man’s greatest dreams has always been to create life, especially a life form that looks like us to create a man. answer the questions below to help you brainstorm about how that could be done. then name of your own mysterious doctor and write a short story about how he or she would create a human being.
1)how does your doctor create a life form that looks like a human being?
2)describe your doctor’s efforts to do that.
3)create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. add all the words you need.
arms cells hospital butcher fur
body
materials
animals
grow
test tube
robot
human
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇八
作者：佚名
unit 12 fact and fantasy
pre-reading
do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?(火车，电灯和蒸汽船)
was electricity discovered and how was it used in the following two hundred years?
the early nineteenth century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage below.
jules verne: the father of science fiction
jules verne was born in 1828, in france. his father sent him to paris to study law, but instead verne developed his love for the theatre. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying geology, physics and many other subjects. he used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with electricity. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. he also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. jules verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.
at the beginning of 20,000 leagues under the sea, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster. after months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, the three men are thrown overboard. in their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. they are taken on board and captain nemo decides not to kill them but makes them his permanent guests. from that day on they start planning their escape.
captain nemo takes them on a voyage across the oceans. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. the ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates. all that is needed for life on board comes from the ocean. electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks. the food aboard the nautilus is all sea food.
dressed in spaning suits, they walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship. they find themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, shells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.
readers have wondered about the character of captain nemo ever since the book was published. you could say he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. you might think that he is a cruel man because he keeps aronnax and the others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moment you will find him gentle and weak, when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
another wonderful story is that of journey to the center of the earth. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. it explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano. their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. they drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. they build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. in the end, their raft is drawn into a fast steam and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern italy.
post-reading
be the character of captain nemo.
rase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. àhe had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive… à
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself. à
4.)his permanent guests à
water travel and space travel have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine
spaceship
differences
similarities
about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where jules verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.
1)why would there be a huge underground ocean?
2)why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?
3)how could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?
tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation:tools and things to bring
risks: dangers and things that could happen
language study
word study
choose the right word to complete the following sentences. some may be used more than once.
collision permanent voyage escape on board fiction fantasy
this is not a real story; it is ___________. in 1898, an american writer wrote a novel. in the story, a huge ship called titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from southampton on her first ___________ across the atlantic ocean. it sank after a ____________ with an iceberg, killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.
fourteen years later, in 1912, titanic, which was called the “ship of dreams” or the “ship that cannot sink”, set off from southampton on its first _________. on its way to new york city, it hit an iceberg. three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. it had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.
the story of titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. the disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.
word formation (2)
the meaning of these stems and affixes. match the words and the correct definitions.
mis = wrong extra- = outside inter- = between sub- - under
under- = below over- = too much dis- = not -marine = sea
1. _______ submarine a. do not like
2. _______ underground too hard
3. _______ overwork and reaction between two people or things
4. _______ interaction in the wrong place
5. _______ misplace e.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea
6. _______ dislike the surface of the earth
the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.
1. _______ mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.
2. _______ the chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.
3. _______ don’t misunderstand me; i’m only trying to help.
4. _______ in many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.
5. _______ people like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.
6. _______ he looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.
7. _______ people will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.
intergrating skills
reading and writing
the story of dr frankenstein
no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. instead of children’s play and adventure, i was driven by a desire to learn. i wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. i wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. my father was not scientific, so i had to look for a road without having a map. i entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.
i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters. i studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. at the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. but i found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that i would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.
one of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. i often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. after days and nights of incredible labour i discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
when i found this amazing power placed within my hands, i hesitated a long time how i should use it. although i knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job. i doubted at first whether i should try to create a being like myself, or one of simpler organization. but soon i dreamt of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man.
it was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. as the small size of the parts slowed down my speed, i decided to make the being much larger than man; about eight feet in height. with these ideas, spending some months collecting and arranging materials, i began.
who can imagine the horror of my secret work? i collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies. many of my materials came from butcher shops and hospitals. it was on a night in november that i looked at the result of my work. i collected my instruments around me, with which i would light the flame of life into the dead thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.
i looked at the terrible monster that i had created. he opened the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, looked at me. his hair was black and his teeth as white as snow, but his skin was yellow. when his thin black lips opened, nothing came out some strange sounds. while unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
writing
one of man’s greatest dreams has always been to create life, especially a life form that looks like us to create a man. answer the questions below to help you brainstorm about how that could be done. then name of your own mysterious doctor and write a short story about how he or she would create a human being.
1)how does your doctor create a life form that looks like a human being?
2)describe your doctor’s efforts to do that.
3)create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. add all the words you need.
arms cells hospital butcher fur
body
materials
animals
grow
test tube
robot
human
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇九
unit 12 fact and fantasy
pre-reading
do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?(火车，电灯和蒸汽船)
was electricity discovered and how was it used in the following two hundred years?
the early nineteenth century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage below.
jules verne: the father of science fiction
jules verne was born in 1828, in france. his father sent him to paris to study law, but instead verne developed his love for the theatre. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying geology, physics and many other subjects. he used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with electricity. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. he also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. jules verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.
at the beginning of 20,000 leagues under the sea, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster. after months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, the three men are thrown overboard. in their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. they are taken on board and captain nemo decides not to kill them but makes them his permanent guests. from that day on they start planning their escape.
captain nemo takes them on a voyage across the oceans. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. the ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates. all that is needed for life on board comes from the ocean. electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks. the food aboard the nautilus is all sea food.
dressed in spaning suits, they walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship. they find themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, shells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.
readers have wondered about the character of captain nemo ever since the book was published. you could say he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. you might think that he is a cruel man because he keeps aronnax and the others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moment you will find him gentle and weak, when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
another wonderful story is that of journey to the center of the earth. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. it explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano. their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. they drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. they build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. in the end, their raft is drawn into a fast steam and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern italy.
post-reading
be the character of captain nemo.
rase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. àhe had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive… à
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself. à
4.)his permanent guests à
water travel and space travel have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine
spaceship
differences
similarities
about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where jules verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.
1)why would there be a huge underground ocean?
2)why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?
3)how could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?
tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation:tools and things to bring
risks: dangers and things that could happen
language study
word study
choose the right word to complete the following sentences. some may be used more than once.
collision permanent voyage escape on board fiction fantasy
this is not a real story; it is ___________. in 1898, an american writer wrote a novel. in the story, a huge ship called titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from southampton on her first ___________ across the atlantic ocean. it sank after a ____________ with an iceberg, killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.
fourteen years later, in 1912, titanic, which was called the “ship of dreams” or the “ship that cannot sink”, set off from southampton on its first _________. on its way to new york city, it hit an iceberg. three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. it had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.
the story of titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. the disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.
word formation (2)
the meaning of these stems and affixes. match the words and the correct definitions.
mis =wrong extra- =outside inter- =between sub- - under
under- =below over- =too much dis- =not -marine =sea
1. _______ submarine a. do not like
2. _______ underground too hard
3. _______ overwork and reaction between two people or things
4. _______ interaction in the wrong place
5. _______ misplace e.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea
6. _______ dislike the surface of the earth
the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.
1. _______ mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.
2. _______ the chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.
3. _______ don’t misunderstand me; i’m only trying to help.
4. _______ in many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.
5. _______ people like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.
6. _______ he looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.
7. _______ people will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.
intergrating skills
reading and writing
the story of dr frankenstein
no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. instead of children’s play and adventure, i was driven by a desire to learn. i wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. i wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. my father was not scientific, so i had to look for a road without having a map. i entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.
i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters. i studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. at the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. but i found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that i would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.
one of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. i often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. after days and nights of incredible labour i discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
when i found this amazing power placed within my hands, i hesitated a long time how i should use it. although i knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job. i doubted at first whether i should try to create a being like myself, or one of simpler organization. but soon i dreamt of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man.
it was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. as the small size of the parts slowed down my speed, i decided to make the being much larger than man; about eight feet in height. with these ideas, spending some months collecting and arranging materials, i began.
who can imagine the horror of my secret work? i collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies. many of my materials came from butcher shops and hospitals. it was on a night in november that i looked at the result of my work. i collected my instruments around me, with which i would light the flame of life into the dead thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.
i looked at the terrible monster that i had created. he opened the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, looked at me. his hair was black and his teeth as white as snow, but his skin was yellow. when his thin black lips opened, nothing came out some strange sounds. while unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
writing
one of man’s greatest dreams has always been to create life, especially a life form that looks like us to create a man. answer the questions below to help you brainstorm about how that could be done. then name of your own mysterious doctor and write a short story about how he or she would create a human being.
1)how does your doctor create a life form that looks like a human being?
2)describe your doctor’s efforts to do that.
3)create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. add all the words you need.
arms cells hospital butcher fur
body
materials
animals
grow
test tube
robot
human
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇十
do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?(火车，电灯和蒸汽船)
was electricity discovered and how was it used in the following two hundred years?
the early nineteenth century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage below.
jules verne: the father of science fiction
jules verne was born in 1828, in france. his father sent him to paris to study law, but instead verne developed his love for the theatre. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying geology, physics and many other subjects. he used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with electricity. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. he also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. jules verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.
at the beginning of 20,000 leagues under the sea, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster. after months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, the three men are thrown overboard. in their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. they are taken on board and captain nemo decides not to kill them but makes them his permanent guests. from that day on they start planning their escape.
captain nemo takes them on a voyage across the oceans. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. the ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates. all that is needed for life on board comes from the ocean. electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks. the food aboard the nautilus is all sea food.
dressed in spaning suits, they walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship. they find themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, shells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.
readers have wondered about the character of captain nemo ever since the book was published. you could say he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. you might think that he is a cruel man because he keeps aronnax and the others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moment you will find him gentle and weak, when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
another wonderful story is that of journey to the center of the earth. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. it explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano. their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. they drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. they build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. in the end, their raft is drawn into a fast steam and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern italy.
post-reading
be the character of captain nemo.
rase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. he had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive…
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself.
4.)his permanent guests
water travel and space travel have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine spaceship
differences
similarities
about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where jules verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.
1)why would there be a huge underground ocean?
2)why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?
3)how could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?
tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation:tools and things to bring risks: dangers and things that could happen
language study
word study
choose the right word to complete the following sentences. some may be used more than once.
collision permanent voyage escape on board fiction fantasy
this is not a real story; it is ___________. in 1898, an american writer wrote a novel. in the story, a huge ship called titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from southampton on her first ___________ across the atlantic ocean. it sank after a ____________ with an iceberg, killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.
fourteen years later, in 1912, titanic, which was called the “ship of dreams” or the “ship that cannot sink”, set off from southampton on its first _________. on its way to new york city, it hit an iceberg. three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. it had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.
the story of titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. the disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.
word formation (2)
the meaning of these stems and affixes. match the words and the correct definitions.
mis = wrong extra- = outside inter- = between sub- - under
under- = below over- = too much dis- = not -marine = sea
1. _______ submarine a. do not like
2. _______ underground too hard
3. _______ overwork and reaction between two people or things
4. _______ interaction in the wrong place
5. _______ misplace e.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea
6. _______ dislike the surface of the earth
the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.
1. _______ mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.
2. _______ the chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.
3. _______ don’t misunderstand me; i’m only trying to help.
4. _______ in many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.
5. _______ people like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.
6. _______ he looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.
7. _______ people will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.
intergrating skills
reading and writing
the story of dr frankenstein
no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. instead of children’s play and adventure, i was driven by a desire to learn. i wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. i wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. my father was not scientific, so i had to look for a road without having a map. i entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.
i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters. i studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. at the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. but i found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that i would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.
one of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. i often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. after days and nights of incredible labour i discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
when i found this amazing power placed within my hands, i hesitated a long time how i should use it. although i knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job. i doubted at first whether i should try to create a being like myself, or one of simpler organization. but soon i dreamt of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man.
it was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. as the small size of the parts slowed down my speed, i decided to make the being much larger than man; about eight feet in height. with these ideas, spending some months collecting and arranging materials, i began.
who can imagine the horror of my secret work? i collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies. many of my materials came from butcher shops and hospitals. it was on a night in november that i looked at the result of my work. i collected my instruments around me, with which i would light the flame of life into the dead thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.
i looked at the terrible monster that i had created. he opened the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, looked at me. his hair was black and his teeth as white as snow, but his skin was yellow. when his thin black lips opened, nothing came out some strange sounds. while unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
writing
one of man’s greatest dreams has always been to create life, especially a life form that looks like us to create a man. answer the questions below to help you brainstorm about how that could be done. then name of your own mysterious doctor and write a short story about how he or she would create a human being.
1)how does your doctor create a life form that looks like a human being?
2)describe your doctor’s efforts to do that.
3)create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. add all the words you need.
arms cells hospital butcher fur
grow
test tube
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇十一
pre-reading
do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?(火车，电灯和蒸汽船)
was electricity discovered and how was it used in the following two hundred years?
the early nineteenth century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?
down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage below.
jules verne: the father of science fiction
jules verne was born in 1828, in france. his father sent him to paris to study law, but instead verne developed his love for the theatre. to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying geology, physics and many other subjects. he used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books. many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with electricity. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. he also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time. jules verne died in 1905, long before any of his dreams came true.
at the beginning of 20,000 leagues under the sea, one of his most famous novels, ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster. after months of searching they find it and in the collision that follows, the three men are thrown overboard. in their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine. they are taken on board and captain nemo decides not to kill them but makes them his permanent guests. from that day on they start planning their escape.
captain nemo takes them on a voyage across the oceans. the nautilus is an extraordinary ship. the furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. the ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates. all that is needed for life on board comes from the ocean. electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks. the food aboard the nautilus is all sea food.
dressed in spaning suits, they walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship. they find themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, shells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.
readers have wondered about the character of captain nemo ever since the book was published. you could say he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. you might think that he is a cruel man because he keeps aronnax and the others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moment you will find him gentle and weak, when he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
another wonderful story is that of journey to the center of the earth. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book. it explains how to find a secret road to the centre of the earth. two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to iceland, where they enter the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano. their guide leads them through a narrow passage deep into the earth. passing through layers of coal and marble they go deeper and deeper. they drink the water from a boiling underground river and after many days they reach a huge lake or underground ocean. walking along its shores they go through forests of mushrooms and plants that lived on the earth millions of years ago. they build a raft to cross the sea and are attacked by ancient sea creatures. in the end, their raft is drawn into a fast steam and with ever increasing speed and temperatures they are shot out of a volcano in southern italy.
post-reading
be the character of captain nemo.
rase the following sentences or parts of sentences using your own words.
1.)to make a living he had to write and sell stories. he had to write and sell stories to make money.
2.)in their efforts to survive…
3.)they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself.
4.)his permanent guests
water travel and space travel have many things in common. describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.
submarine spaceship
differences
similarities
about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where jules verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.
1)why would there be a huge underground ocean?
2)why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?
3)how could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?
tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? what would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?
preparation:tools and things to bring risks: dangers and things that could happen
language study
word study
choose the right word to complete the following sentences. some may be used more than once.
collision permanent voyage escape on board fiction fantasy
this is not a real story; it is ___________. in 1898, an american writer wrote a novel. in the story, a huge ship called titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from southampton on her first ___________ across the atlantic ocean. it sank after a ____________ with an iceberg, killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.
fourteen years later, in 1912, titanic, which was called the “ship of dreams” or the “ship that cannot sink”, set off from southampton on its first _________. on its way to new york city, it hit an iceberg. three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. it had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.
the story of titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. the disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.
word formation (2)
the meaning of these stems and affixes. match the words and the correct definitions.
mis = wrong extra- = outside inter- = between sub- - under
under- = below over- = too much dis- = not -marine = sea
1. _______ submarine a. do not like
2. _______ underground too hard
3. _______ overwork and reaction between two people or things
4. _______ interaction in the wrong place
5. _______ misplace e.a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea
6. _______ dislike the surface of the earth
the meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts.
1. _______ mum tole me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house.
2. _______ the chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.
3. _______ don’t misunderstand me; i’m only trying to help.
4. _______ in many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.
5. _______ people like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxies.
6. _______ he looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.
7. _______ people will think you are mad if you walk in public in your underpants.
intergrating skills
reading and writing
the story of dr frankenstein
no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. instead of children’s play and adventure, i was driven by a desire to learn. i wasn’t interested in the structure of language or law. i wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. my father was not scientific, so i had to look for a road without having a map. i entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.
i read all the books i could find that threw light upon these matters. i studied maths and physics and the works of many learned author. at the age of seventeen, my parents sent me to university. but i found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided that i would pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature.
one of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive. i often asked myself, where the principle of life came from. after days and nights of incredible labour i discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
when i found this amazing power placed within my hands, i hesitated a long time how i should use it. although i knew how to create life, how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job. i doubted at first whether i should try to create a being like myself, or one of simpler organization. but soon i dreamt of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man.
it was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. as the small size of the parts slowed down my speed, i decided to make the being much larger than man; about eight feet in height. with these ideas, spending some months collecting and arranging materials, i began.
who can imagine the horror of my secret work? i collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies. many of my materials came from butcher shops and hospitals. it was on a night in november that i looked at the result of my work. i collected my instruments around me, with which i would light the flame of life into the dead thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open.
i looked at the terrible monster that i had created. he opened the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, looked at me. his hair was black and his teeth as white as snow, but his skin was yellow. when his thin black lips opened, nothing came out some strange sounds. while unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.
writing
one of man’s greatest dreams has always been to create life, especially a life form that looks like us to create a man. answer the questions below to help you brainstorm about how that could be done. then name of your own mysterious doctor and write a short story about how he or she would create a human being.
1)how does your doctor create a life form that looks like a human being?
2)describe your doctor’s efforts to do that.
3)create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. add all the words you need.
arms cells hospital butcher fur
grow
test tube
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇十二
step i greeting and warming up
step ii revision
1. check the homework
2. dictation
step iii read the new words and expressions and ask the ss to follow
step iv explain the new words
1. set out 动身；出发；开始；表达；陈述
a. half an hour later we set out for town .
(set off)
b. they set out to perform the operation.
(begin to do)
c. he set out his ideas in simple english.
(explain facts, reasons etc.)
d. the moment she came back from work, she ______ to clean the kitchen.
a. set about b. set out
c. set off d. set up
e. dr aronnax, his servant and a canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster.
2. collision n. 碰撞, 冲突
a. a collision between two trains
一次两列火车相撞事件
b. come into collision with 和... 相撞［冲突， 抵触］
c. in collision with 和... 相撞［冲突］
the workers came into collision with the manager last night.
工人们昨晚和经理发生了冲突。
3. companion n.同伴, 共事者
make a companion of 与...作伴， 与...为友
companion in adversity 患难朋友［之交］
companion in arms 战友
a faithful companion 忠实伴侣
companion volume 姐妹篇
4. permanent adj. 永久的, 持久的, 固定的
a permanent job 固定职业
permanent address 永久地址
after doing odd jobs for a week, he got a permanent job.
做了一个星期的零活后，他找到了一份固定工作。
5. voyage n 航海；航行
多指比较长的水上旅行，但有时也指空中旅行
a. we made a voyage to australia.
b. david went on a voyage around the world.
大卫做了环游世界的航行。
c. now he is on the voyage home.
他在返航途中。
6. aboard adv. 在（船，飞机）上，上船，上飞机
prep.
a. the boat is ready to leave. all aboard！.
b. welcome aboard. 欢迎搭乘本航班。
c. all 257 aboard died in the airline crash.
那次飞机失事中，机上的257名乘客全部遇难。
d. they went aboard the ship.
step vi summary:
in this period, we have learned some new words and expressions. we have known the meanings and usages of them. so you should grasp them and can use them freely. try to make some sentences using the words.
step vii homework
remember the words and expressions.
preview the new words and expressions.
Unit Fact and Fantasy篇十三
step 1 lead-in
when were the inventions in the pictures made?
picture 1:it was invented in the early years of the 20th century. electricity is used for light, heating, power, etc.
picture 2:thomas edison invented the light bulb in 1879
picture 3:in 1769 james watt built a steam-powered boat.
who is the father of these inventions?
electric railway:the first electric railway was built by german werner von siemens in 1879.
light bulb:the electric light bulb was invented by thomas alva edison in the united states and sir joseph wilson swan in england in 1879.
steam-powered boat:the first successful steam-powered ship was developed and produced by john fitch in 1785.
step 2 reading
who is the father of science fiction? jules verne
do you know about him? how much?
if not, read the first passage of the text and fill in the chart to understand his life.
jules verne
born in:1828 died in:1905 nationality: french interested in: theatre
studied : botany, applied science
famous novels:20,000 leagues under the sea, journey to the center of the earth, the children of captain grant, the mysterious island, 80 days around the world .
step 3 listen to the tape carefully:
answer the questions below correctly.
do dr aronnax set out with his followers?
2. what does the monster turn out to be?
3. is nautilus an ordinary ship?
4. what do you think of nautilus? can you describe it?
5. how do you like the captain nemo?
6. how does he treat his guests?
step 4 fast reading:
was jules verne born and when did he die
he was born in 1828 and died in 1905.
many science fictions are mentioned in the text?
there are two: 20,000 leagues under the sea and journey to the centre of the earth.
step 5 find the main idea for the following paragraphs:
para. main idea
para.1 the life of jules verne
para.2-5 the film “20,000 leagues under the sea
para.6 the film “journey to the center of the earth
step 6 true or false:
1. verne had to sell newspaper to make a living when he was in paris.(f)
2. verne died at 77, with his dreams realized.(f)
3. the furniture on the nautilu is precious and the food aboard is all sea food.(t)
4. captain nemo is a very cruel man and no one likes him.(f)
5. the story journey to the center of the earth is a science fiction. (t)
step 7 tick out the right answers:
1. what did they see in the centre of the earth?
( ) a. layers of coal and marble
( ) b. boiling water from underground river
( ) c. a huge lake or underground ocean
( ) d. forests of mushrooms and plants
( ) e. ancient sea creatures
( f) f. an ancient document in an old book
( f) g. some modern ships
2. what is mentioned in the novel 20,000 leagues under the sea?
( f ) a. ships are disappearing is caused by a real monster.
( f ) b. captain nemo decides to kill the three men.
( ) c. electricity is used for heating and power.
( f ) d. they walk around under the sea without clothes
step 8 have a quick read of the paragraphs(2-5).
find the answer to these questions:
ships sinking then?
many people set out?
they meet some dangers during the voyage?
4. what’s their means of transportation?
5. who drives it?
do dr aronnax and his followers set out to find the monster?
does the monster turn out to be?
does nautilus look like? precious furniture ; huge glass windows protected with thick iron plates
20,000 leagues under the sea
1. how were they on board the submarine
disappear---set out---find ---be thrown overboard ---survive--turn out--- on boar--permanent guests
is mentioned about the submarine?
extraordinary--precious furniture--huge glass windows-- thick iron plates-- all that is needed-electricity-- the food aboard
3. what did they do under the sea?
dressed in-- walk around--lighted by-- surrounded by… (r,f,s,p)waving and moving slowly
journey to the centre of the earth
did they begin the journey
decided to-- a narrow passage-- a chimney in an extinct volcano
did they do in the center of the earth?
pass through layers of coal and marble--
drink water from a boiling underground river--
reach a huge lake or underground ocean-
go through forests of mushrooms and plants
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
step 9 list what the two men do in the adventure of going to the centre of the earth.
to iceland
…through a chimney in a dead volcano
h a narrow passage deep into…
through layers of coal and marble
a huge lake or underground ocean
h forests of mushrooms and plants
7cross the sea in a raft
into a fast stream
out of a volcano in southern italy
first reading:
what do the two men do in the adventure of going to the centre of the earth?
pick out the main verbs in the description of the story. retell the story in groups according to the given verbs.
main verbs:
…enter…lead through…pass through…drink…reach…walk along…go through…build…cross…be attacked…be shot out
step 10 further understanding:
describe the character of captain nemo :sympathetic? clever? brave? selfish? warm-hearted? greedy? cruel?
what do your think of the character of captain nemo? captain nemo is the kind of person of whom it is difficult to say whether you like him or not. you may think he is hard and cruel, but he also has a soft and gentle side.
step 11 fill in the blanks according to the text
jules verne was born in (1828) in france. his father sent him to paris to study (law), but instead verne developed his love for the (theatre). to make a living, verne had to (write) and(sell) stories. jules spent many hours in paris libraries studying(geology), (physics and many other (subjects). he used the (latest) ideas and (technical)(inventions) of his day in his books. many of the(instruments) in his novels will remind the reader of dr benjamin franklin’s experiments with(electricity). by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, jules verne laid the foundation of (modern)(science)(fiction). he also suggested how inventions could be used (in)(the)(future) to allow man to do things that were considered(impossible) in his own time. jules verne died in(1905), long before any of his dreams ((came) (true).
step 12 test yourself on some linguistic knowledge:
(use your own words to paraphrase)
1. “ to make a living, verne had to write and sell stories” .
verne had to …in order to make a life/ make money.
d science theoretical, not practical
taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction. (translation通过将他所处时代的科学发展向前推进一步，儒勒.凡儿纳奠定了现代科幻小说的基础
4. it is believed to be caused by a sea monster.
people believe that it is caused by a sea monster.
5. set out to do set about doing
their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out (to be) a submarine.
to be known; prove to be sb/sth
尽管今早看起来要下雨，但结果却是晴天。
(1)though it looked like rain this morning, it turned out (to be) fine.
结果那个会议很没意思。
2)the meeting turned out to be a boring one.
8. all that is need for life on board comes from ocean.
what is needed for life in the ship are all from the ocean.
d in spaning suits, captain nemo and his guests walk around in the magic world. because they are dressed in spaning suits, captain nemo walk around in the magic world with his guests.
permanent guests ：his long-term guests
what does the inside of the earth look like?the earth on which we live is a big ball of very hot rock, which consists of three parts: the earth’s crust, the earth’s mantle and the earth’s core.
the temperature inside is very high. it’s hot inside but cold outside. it has a shell just like an egg. there are some cracks in the shell of the earth in some places.
hot water shoots into the air through those cracks and steam comes up from pools of hot water.
step 13 discussion:
what can we learn from jules verne and his novels about fact and fantasy?fact? fantasy?
step 14 homework:
the exercises on page 13.
e a journey to some place in the future and write a composition about it. prepare a role card in groups of three first.
first, how do you begin the journey?
first, how do you begin the journey?
first, how do you begin the journey?
integrating skills
the story of dr frankenstein
shelley, mary wollstonecraft (1797-1851), english novelist.
step 1 skimming:
what did dr frankenstein create at last?
he had planned to create a larger human being but at last it turned out a living horror.
step 2 scanning
now please read the text again and discuss
how many periods can dr frankenstein’s experiment be spanided?
three periods:
period 1(para1-para3): he decided to create life from dead matter.
period 2(para4-para5): he decided to create a larger human being than man.
period 3(para6-para7): he succeeded in creating a creature, but a living horror.
step 4 detailed reading:
period 1:
para 1: what did dr frankenstein want to do when he was young?
he wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth when he was young.
para 2 after he was sent to university, what did he think of the things taught at university?
he felt them very disappointing and decided to pioneer a new way himself.
para 3: what attracted his attention?
the structure of the human body and any animal that was alive attracted his attention.
what did he discover? he discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
period 2:
para 4: although he knew how to create life,what remained difficult work for him?
how to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.
para 5: why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height? because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed
period 3:
para 6: how did he create a life form that looks like a human being?
step 5 please rearrange the following steps in the right order.
1. he gained many materials from butcher shops and hospitals.
2. he finished his work on a night in november.
3. the dead creature came to life at one in the morning.
4. he lighted the flame of life into the dead thing.
5. he collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies
5 1 2 4 3
para 7: what did the creature look like? he got black hair, white teeth, yellow skin, black lips and strange sounds. he looked like a terrible monster
what did dr frankenstein think of the creature?
while unfinished, he was ugly but now he was a living horror
what do you think of the story?
a “frankenstein” is any creation that ultimately destroys its creator.
