【教學(xué)課件】高級英語第一冊face-to-face-with-hurricane2教案

1、Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane Camille第1頁，共35頁。 Gulfport This sailboat washed ashore in front of the First Baptist Church 第2頁，共35頁。Gulfport - Gulfports new $160,000 Recreation Center, it had been open less than a month 第3頁，共35頁。One of the many homes along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that were

2、 lost during Hurricane Camille 第4頁，共35頁。The destruction of Hurricane Katrina第5頁，共35頁。第6頁，共35頁。 NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29, 2005) - Flooded roadways can be seen as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane damage assessment overflights here during late August 2005. 第7頁，共35頁。第8頁，共35頁。第9頁，共35頁。George Stewar

3、t, 57, a New Orleans evacuee, arrived at the Wesley Methodist Center Wednesday, after walking a two-day, 85-mile journey from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.第10頁，共35頁。The detailed study of the textIntroductory paragraphs 1 - 6- time- place- background - conflict: man VS hurricanes/nature- character: Joh

4、n Koshak第11頁，共35頁。Paragraph 1There are two cities of Gulfport in the U.S. The one mentioned in the text is in Mississippi, which is often visited by hurricane. The other is in Florida.第12頁，共35頁。第13頁，共35頁。Q. for Para.2 and 3: Why did John Koshak decide to stay and face the dangers of a devastating hu

5、rricane? 1. He is a self-employed businessman Magna product - the name of his companyimplication: How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed.2. His present house was in a better condition than his former house.第14頁，共35頁。Demolish: to destroy completelydemolish, destroy, raze, annihilat

6、eDestroy is a general word with few overtones beyond its emphasis on force and thoroughness. Demolish and raze are generally applied to big or substantial things, such as buildings or other edifices. A building is demolished if smashed to pieces and razed if leveled to the ground. Demolish, unlike r

7、aze, is often used figuratively of the reduction of any complex whole to ruins. Raze is used almost invariably of buildings or their remains.Annihilate is the most extreme word in this list , and literally means to reduce to nothingness. As more commonly used, however ， it denotes a severe degree of

8、 damage to a thing or person. An army may annihilate an enemy force by so damaging it as to render it incapable of further offensive or defensive action, but without literally removing all traces of its existence. A debater may be said to annihilate his opponent if he defeats him decisively.第15頁，共35

9、頁。More examples of blendingboatel (boat+hotel) brunch (breakfast + lunch)chunnel (channel + tunnel) slurb (slum + suburb)slanguage (slang + language) sitcom (situation + comedy )cafetorium (cafe + auditorium)talkathon ( talk + marathon) masscult (mass + culture) comsat (communications + satellite) 第

10、16頁，共35頁。How is the description of the elder Koshak different from that of young Koshak?The elder Koshak is gruff, which implies roughness or surliness but does not necessarily suggest rudeness. Thats why it is not contradictory with “warmhearted”.Comment on the composure of an old man in his 60s. 第

11、17頁，共35頁。Paragraph 4batten down: to fastenwith boards of woodride out: to keep floating till the end of; to come safely through trouble or difficult things without taking any violent actionHow to understand the metaphor in Para. 4?第18頁，共35頁。Paragraph 6scud: to race along swiftly (esp. used of clouds

12、)the rising wind: wind that is getting stronger and strongersit out: to stay until the end of sth.Vietnam War lasted from 1959 to 1975. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s and combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Involvement peaked in 1968. 第19頁，共35頁。Paragraph 6Q. What is the func

13、tion of the dash?第20頁，共35頁。Paragraph 7As the wind mounted to a roar: the sound of the wind gets louder and louder as the force of the wind increases, reaching the strength of a hurricane.第21頁，共35頁。Paragraph 8Windows disintegrated: windows broke into pieces.decay, rot, spoil, molder, decompose, disin

14、tegrateDecay implies gradual, often natural, deterioration from a normal or sound condition. Rot refers to the decay of organic, esp. vegetable, matter caused by bacteria, fungi, etc. Spoil is the common informal word for the decay of foods. Molder suggests a slow, progressive, crumbling decay. Disi

15、ntegrate implies the breaking of something into parts of fragments so that the wholeness of the original is destroyed. Decompose suggests the breaking up or separation of something into its component elements. It is also a somewhat euphemistic substitute for rot. 第22頁，共35頁。the French doors 第23頁，共35頁

16、。Paragraph 10-12Q. What are the features of the sentences in these paragraphs? What are their functions?Q. Why did the children “scramble” (Para. 12)?第24頁，共35頁。Paragraph 13-14Q. Why did the house “shudder”?on the verge of panic (Para. 14): Verge is an extreme terminating line or edge: the suns after

17、glow on the verge of the horizon. Figuratively it indicates a point at which something is likely to begin or to happen: an explorer on the verge of a great discovery. Brink denotes the edge of a steep place: stood on the brink of the cliff. In an extended sense it indicates the likelihood or imminen

18、ce of a sudden change: on the brink of falling in love. 第25頁，共35頁。Paragraph 16-17Q. Why did Grandpas voice lack its usual gruffness?Q. Why did John feel a crushing guilt?Q. Why is “You” capitalized?第26頁，共35頁。lap (Para. 17): 1. To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up

19、something. The dogs by the River Niluss side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore. Sir K. Digby. 2. To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue. I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag. Tennyson. 第27頁，共35頁。Paragraph

20、 18-19Study these words in these two paragraphs: swipe, skim, shoot out and seize. Analyze the diction.maroon (Para. 18): term for a fugitive slave in the 17th and 18th cent. in the West Indies and Guiana, or for a descendant of such slaves. They were called marron by the French and cimarrn by the S

21、panish. Formerly much used in the West Indies and South America, the term later came to be used with particular reference to certain blacks living in W Jamaica. The maroons fled when the British began their conquest of the island from the Spanish in 1655 and maintained a hostile independence until 1

22、739, when a treaty granting them lands of their own and virtual independence was concluded. 第28頁，共35頁。Paragraph 19-20Q. What is the function of these two paragraphs? Are they coherent with the whole? 第29頁，共35頁。Paragraph 21Q. Why did Grandmother Koshak “implore” the children to sing?beg, crave, besee

23、ch, implore, entreat, importune These verbs mean to make an earnest request. Beg and crave mean to ask in a serious and sometimes humble manner, especially for something one cannot claim as a right: I begged her to forgive me. The attorney craved the courts indulgence. Beseech emphasizes earnestness

24、 and often implies anxiety: Be silent, we beseech you. Implore intensifies the sense of urgency and anxiety: The child implored his father not to be angry. Entreat pertains to persuasive pleading: “Ask me no questions, I entreat you” (Charles Dickens). Importune adds the sense of persistent and sometimes irksome pleading: The foundation was importuned by fundraisers. 第30頁，共35頁。The Richelieu Apartments 第31頁，共35頁。Run-on sentencesA run-on sentence consists