1、Unit 7 The SeaLesson 4Have you seen any films about the sea?What did you think of them?Tell your classmate.What will the title remind you of?tsunami,seismic sea wave 海啸the 2011 tsunami of JapanWater WorldTitanicJawsThe PianoTreasure IslandWhirlpoolWhirlpoolSea stormwhirlpool 漩涡TASK 1:SequencingLook
2、at the pictures and decide which one is the beginning,middle and the end of the stories.The key:B-A-CRead each paragraph.Pay attention to the linking words,e.g.one day(the beginning),suddenly(the middle),in the end(the end).Decide a possible order and then check whether it is right or not.TASK 2：Ans
3、wer the following questions true or false.1.The writer is very old.2.An enormous wave covered our boat and my elder brother fell overboard.3.The wind and the waves made our boat move to the whirlpool.4.The writers brother understood that it is useful to tie the barrel to himself.5.The writers brothe
4、r sank into the bottom of the whirlpool with the boat.FFTFT6.The writer felt calmer when they were moving towards the whirlpool than when they were on the edge of the whirlpool.7.The writer thought that most of the people believe him.FFThinking:Why did the writer survive?He stayed calm and paid atte
5、ntion to the things around him.So dont panic(别惊慌）when we are in danger.We should keep calm and try to find ways to protect ourselves.Task 3 Detail Reading Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.1.Why did the writers younger brother fall overboard?An enormous wave washed him overb
6、oard.2.Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool?The wind and waves were taking it there.3.Why did the writer tie himself to a barrel?Heavier objects went down into the whirlpool quickly.The barrel was lighter.4.Why didnt his brother do the same?He was terrified.5.Why did his old companions not reco
7、gnise him?Because his hair was white,not black.TASK 4:Complete the sentences below with these words from the text.afterwards,in the end,one day,suddenly,then,when(1)_ in 1964,Robert Le Serrec was sailing near the coast of Pacific Islands of Oceania(2)_ he decided to stop near an island.(3)_,he saw a
8、 huge creature resting beside his boat.He took a photograph,and(4)_ the creature swam away.(5)_,he showed the photograph to scientists,but(6)_,nobody believed him.One daywhenSuddenlythenAfterwardsin the endTask 5:How to tell a story1.Tense2.Who3.When4.Where5.What6.Resultpast tensethe writers two bro
9、thers and heabout three years agoin the seameet a whirlpool in the sea only the writer surviveTask 6:Telling a story1.You can tell something happened to you or somebody you know.2.You can tell a story from books,films or the story we learned today in your own words.Language points1.edge:n.边沿 v.镶边Man
10、y seem strange,but at that moment,when we were on the edge of the whirlpool,I felt calmer than when we were moving towards it.(P14)许多人看起来很奇怪，但在那一刻，当我们在漩涡的边缘时，我感到比当我们走向它的时候还平静。1)They lived in a house on the edge of a forest.他们住在森林边缘一所房子里。2）The main streets were edged on both sides with grass.主要街道两边都种
11、上了草。3）她有一条镶了兰边的手帕.She had a white handkerchief edged with blue.at/on the edge of 在的边沿2.moment after moment“单数名词+after+单数名词”,表示一个接一个地,接连地But moment after moment passed and I was still safe.(P14)但时间分分秒秒地过去了，我仍然安然无恙。1)他一次又一次地犯错误。He made mistake after mistake.2)他们一次又一次地失败,但仍然坚持着干,最后成功了。They met with fai
12、lure after failure,but they persisted,and finally succeeded.3)我等了一天又一天,但没有得到答复。I waited day after day,but no reply came.3.escape vi.&n.逃脱Without waiting，I dived into the sea to try and escape.（P14）我迫不及待地跳进大海，试图逃脱。As you can see,I did escape.（P15）正如你能看到的一样，我确实逃脱了。1）He traveled extensively to escape f
13、rom boredom.他到处旅游以解烦闷。2)When life became too difficult,he escaped into a dream world of his own.生活变得实在难以忍受时，他就逃避现实。【拓展】escape作“逃避或躲避（监禁或管制等不愉快的事）”，是及物动词，其后无需用介词；但若是指“（从监禁或管制等状态中）逃脱或逃走”，则为不及物动词，其后可接介词（如 from 等）。He narrowly escaped being drowned.他险些被溺死。There is no way to escape doing the work.没有办法逃脱做这
14、项工作。escape若后接动词，要用动名词，而不能用不定式啊！Ive met her before，but her name escapes me.我以前见过她，但她的名字我忘记了。【即学即练】Never try to escape _ whenever you break traffic regulations.【2012衡水高一检测】A.being fined B.having been fined C.to have been fined D.to be fined【解析】选A。句意：违犯交通规则时不要企图逃脱罚款。fine为及物动词，故应是“逃脱被罚款”。4.survive v.活过；
15、继续生存Our boat survived，and I was trying to recover when my elder brother put his mouth close to my ear,and screamed out the terrifying word“Whirlpool”.(P14)我们的船幸免于难，我想尽力恢复正常，这时我哥哥把他的嘴靠近我的耳朵，并且尖叫着那个可怕的词“旋风”。1)她父母死于车祸,但她却幸免于难。Her parents died in the accident,but she survived.2)这次火灾/大地震中没有几所建筑物幸免于难。Few
16、buildings survived the fire/big earthquake.3)这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。There was only one survivor from/of the plane crash.【拓展】survival 幸存survivor 幸存者survive the winter 活过冬天survive on 考活下来survive sb.by a year 比某人多活一年【即学即练】用相关词或短语翻译下列句子。(1)哈里比他的妻子多活了3个月。Harry_.(2)昨天有架飞机坠毁了，没有一个人生还。A plane crashed yesterday,and
17、_.(3)她叔叔从地震中幸存下来了，但她的其他家庭成员都没幸免下来。Her uncle _,but no one else in her family did.survived his wife by three months.there were no survivorssurvived the earthquake 5.recover v.恢复；弥补；康复Hope she can recover soon!希望她能够早日恢复健康！Its hard to recover lost time.弥补失去的时间并不容易。【拓展】recovery n.找回，重新获得；复原recover onesel
18、frecover ones health 恢复健康recover ones sight/strength 恢复视力/体力recover from the shock/a disease从震惊/疾病中恢复过来【即学即练】She forgot her dialogue,but she soon_and went on with her lecture.Arecovered herself Breturned to normalClived through Dreturned【解析】选A。句意为“她忘了词，但很快恢复常态并且继续讲课”。recover oneself 在此表示“恢复常态”；live
19、through“活过”，后需加宾语；return to normal 指“由不正常恢复正常”。6.all at once=suddenly 突然 All at once,the sky was covered with dark clouds and in less than a minute we were in a terrible storm.(P14)突然，天空中阴云密布，并刹那间，我们处于一场可怕的风暴之中。All at once it rushed from the dark horizon toward the ship with a frightening speed.突然它以
20、惊人的速度从黑色的地平线冲向船只。7.pickup 拾起；（偶然地）学会；收听；用车接某人；好转Business is beginning to pick up this month.本月生意开始回升。He was picking up the skills quickly.他正在很快地掌握技术。pick up的含义真不少！【即学即练】At present the hotel is almost empty,but Im sure things will start to _ in the spring.【2012南昌高一检测】Arise up Bhold onCpick up Dhang o
21、ut【解析】选C。句意为：目前旅馆几乎没有人，但是我相信春季生意会有好转的。A项“起来反抗”；B项“抓住；继续；坚持”；C项“捡起，拾起；好转”；D项“挂出，闲逛”。8.unable to do不能做某事 recognize v.认出；承认；听出The fishermen were my old friends,but they were unable torecognize me.(P15)渔夫是我的老朋友，但他们不能认出我。Unable to speak English,the boy had to keep silent.因为不能说英语，那位男孩只能保持沉默。Can you recogn
22、ize Ma Lin among the players?你能认出运动员中的马琳吗？【即学即练】Even though he knew that I should study,he still _me to go to the movies.ArecognizedBhopedCpersuaded Dsuggested【解析】选C。句意为“尽管他知道我应该学习，但还是说服我一块去看电影了”。persuade意为“说服”；recognize“认出，识别”；hope“希望”，不跟 sb.to do sth.结构；suggest“建议”，后面可跟 doing或 that从句。Discussion(gr
23、oup work):What important parts does the sea play in our life?What disasters does the sea bring to us human beings?How can we benefit from the sea?The sea which covers 70%percent of the earth is the origin of life.The important part the sea plays in humans lifeVarious seafood the sea provides for us.
24、Sea transportSeashore travelingOcean energy resourcesThe damage and disasters the sea brings to us.The biggest tsunami(海啸)happened in the south and southeast Asia during the recent 10 years cost tens of thousands lives.HomeworkWrite a story about the sea that you know.There is no royal road to learning.学无坦途。
