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wave
whirlpool
barrel
horizon
storm
I’ve seen …. It’s about ... It’s very ….
I haven’t seen…. But I know it’s about …. It’s very…
I’ve seen Titanic. It’s a love story about Jack and Rose. It’s very moving.
Reading Strategies
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SequencingDecide the beginning, middle and end of the story according to the pictures
Read each paragraph. Pay attention the linking words which often help decide the order of the events
Decide a possible order for the paragraphs
Read them in that order to see if the story makes sense
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Linking words in a story
Beginning--
middle--
End--
One day
In the end finally
Suddenly
Long long ago
Once upon a time
About …years ago
At that moment
eventually
Then Afterwards
At last
Answer the following questions
1.Why did the writer’s younger brother fall overboard?
2.Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool?
3.Why did the writer tie himself to a barrel?
4.Why didn’t his brother do the same?
5.Why did his old companions not recognize him?
The wind and waves were taking it there.
An enormous wave washed him overboard.
Heavier objects went down into the whirlpoolquickly. The barrel was lighter.
He was terrified
Because his hair was white, not black.
a. very great; much greater than the usual
b. continue to live or exist; remain alive after
c. cry sth in a loud and sharp voice
3. The day after last Christmas Day, a massive earthquake sent tsunamis smashing into Indian Ocean coastlines. Cars, trains and buildings could not survive.
1.She screamed out that there was a thief under the bed.
2.He is very rich now because he earned enormous sums of money last year.
c
a
b
1. I hardly recognised my old friend when he came back from Africa.
a. line at which the earth or sea and sky seem to meet
b. become calm or normal
c. to identify again sth or sb that one has seen , heard before
3. The sun sank below the horizon.
2. He almost fell, but quickly recovered himself.
c
ba
1. They are my companions on the journey.
a. person who goes or works with
b. a line or border at which a surface ends
c. clearness
3. Don’t put the glass on the edge of the table; it may ge knocked off.
2. The clarity of pure water makes people fresh and relaxed. c
a
b
terrify (v.)- (n.)-- --(adj.)
horror (n.)- (v.) --(adj.)
survivor (n.-person)--- (v.)
direct (v.)-- (n.)
conclude (v.) --- (n.)
exhaust (v.)- (adj.)
pray (v.)-- (n.)
terrorterrifiedterrifyingterrible
survive
horrifyhorrifyinghorrifiedhorrible
directionconclusion
exhausted
exhausting
prayer
n.n.
v.v. adj.adj. opp.opp. adv.adv.
terrify terrifyinglyχ
safety
clarity
unsafe safely
terrorterrible
terrified
save safe
clear clear unclear clearly
tie… to…
1. 她把牛拴在了树上 .
She tied the cow to the tree.
be covered with…
2. 我整天都被工作缠住 .I am tied to my work all day.
1. 把…拴 / 结 / 系在… .2. 束缚在…
覆盖着…
1. 山顶覆盖着雪 . The top is covered with snow.
2. 南极洲终年覆盖着冰和雪 .
The Antarctic is covered with snow and ice all the year round.
辨别从句
１ . I felt calmer.1. When we were on the edge of the whirlpool, I felt calmer than when we were moving towards it.
time adverbial2. I saw clearly that there were other objects in the whirlpool. Object clause
3. I noticed that the heavier objects went down quickly. Object clause
4. You think that I am a very old man.
relative clause5. As you can see, I did escape.
Object clause
6. Some time after I left the boat, it sank into the bottom of the whirlpool. time adverbial
7. The waves soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were. Relative clause
8. When I told them my story, they did not believe it.time Adverbial
9. I cannot expect you to believe me more than the fishermen did.
comparison Adverbial
开现代幻想小说先河的作家应算是爱伦 · 坡 (Edgar Allan Poe, 1804—1849) 。
他的《卷入大漩涡》 (A Descent Into the Maelstrom, 1842) 写三弟兄驾
船误入了大西洋东北经常出现的一个大漩涡 , 哥哥被吓得神经失常淹死 , 弟弟依
靠一个圆桶死里逃生 , 被救出来后头发全白了 , 连整个表情都变了。小说对那险
恶的风涛刻画得声势煊赫 , 细致入微 , 给人身临其境的感觉。据说其中的描写竟
被收入了大英百科全书的大漩涡 (Maelstrom) 词条 , 应该算是很成功的作品了。
Edgar Allan Poe
