1、Unit 2 Natural disasters Reading (II) There were loud crashes of glass breaking and things falling to the ground, but the students remained still and waited calmly and quietly. hearing sight People were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, enjoying the warm sea air and the soft win
2、d that brushed their hair. touch Five types of senses Senses Examples sight taste smell hearing touch a pink sunset cloud a sweet cake rough hands cry desperately the perfume of roses The sense of sight The thunder was loud and metallic, like the rattle of sheet iron, and the lightning broke in grea
3、t zigzags across the heavens, making everything stand out and come close to us for a moment. My Antonia, by Willa Cather Most important Enable readers to “see” How to describe a tornado? The tornado ripped the roofs from houses and threw the bricks of the home across the neighborhood. With its deadl
4、y power, the tornado grabbed huge trees and tossed cars around as if they were toys. The street lamps and traffic lights also fall victims to its mighty power. What can be seen? Practice The sense of taste In the early summer there are plenty of things for a child to eat and drink and suck and chew.
5、 Dandelion stems are full of milk, clover heads are loaded with nectar, the Frigidaire is full of ice-cold drinks. Charlottes Web, by E. B. White A powerful way of description Evoke readers to “taste” When we walked on the seashore, we could taste the salt in the breeze. How to express the scene of
6、walking on the seashore? How to express the eagerness of going home? When she was on her way to her hometown, she could taste her mothers apple pie on the road when she was still 1,000 miles away. Practice The sense of touch The night breezes were pleasant with the scent of Cape jessamine and wild h
7、oneysuckle vines. Throughout the early evening the earth was like a fire banked with ashes; it was nearly midnight before there was real relief. Jubilee, by Margaret Walker Enable readers to understand a painful or pleasant feeling An effective descriptive method The rain was refreshing. _ The gentl
8、e rain fell on our hot faces. The wind is blowing. _ The biting wind chills me to the bone. Practice The sense of hearing From the edge of the woods, the white-throated sparrow (which must come all the way from Boston) calls, “Oh, Peabody, Peabody, Peabody!” On an apple bough, the phoebe teeters and
9、 wags its tail and says, “Phoebe, phoe-bee!” The song sparrow, who knows how brief and lovely life is, says, “Sweet, sweet, sweet interlude; sweet, sweet, sweet interlude.” If you enter the barn, the swallows swoop down from their nests and scold. “Cheeky, cheeky!” they say. Charlottes Web, by E. B.
10、 White Add a soundtrack Enable readers to “hear” How to describe an underground station at peak time? A mother and her crying child are standing in front of me. She is quietly cleaning dried chocolate syrup off the childs messy face. Farther to the left, two old men are arguing about the most recent
11、 tax increase. You hear a little noise and see some paper trash roll by like a soccer ball. Practice The sense of smell The night breezes were pleasant with the scent of Cape jessamine and wild honeysuckle vines. Jubilee, by Margaret Walker Most nostalgic Evoke readers to recall 我把树叶放在鼻子前深深地吸了一口气，甜甜
12、的清 香悠悠地进入我的肺腑。那是大自然的味道。 _ _ _ I put the leaf in front of my nose to take a deep breath. A sweet smell flowed into my lungs. Thats the smell of nature. Practice The thunder was loud and metallic, like the rattle of sheet iron, and the lightning broke in great zigzags across the heavens, making everyt
13、hing stand out and come close to us for a moment. My Antonia, by Willa Cather hearing sight Multiple use The night breezes were pleasant with the scent of Cape jessamine and wild honeysuckle vines. Jubilee, by Margaret Walker touch smell Multiple use Mini-writing Describe the picture below, using at least two senses.
