1、Unit 2 Natural disasters Integrated skills (I) Understanding the characters emotions Suppose youre caught in a natural disaster, how will you feel? Keep calm Feel frightened . Use one or two sentences to show your emotions. Examples Calmness Fear Other feelings I was frightened, but I soon kept my h
2、ead. I opened the door and rushed out, not knowing where to go. “Stay under the table and hold on to the legs of it,” I shouted to my little brother. Hearing the loud crashes of glass breaking and thing falling to the ground, I hid under my bed, trembling. I ran up and down the aisles through the da
3、rkness, panic filling my chest and making it difficult to breathe. I tried to keep calm. I felt frightened. We can describe feelings in a direct or indirect way. “Im here.” Excitement took my breath awaythere in the dark cave I found my brother. 03 Dad 02 Mum 01 Mary Caught in a flood Characters Wor
4、ds that show feelings nervous scared worried 2 “No,” said Dad. “Its too late! The radio says the city has already been flooded.” 1 Dad was listening to a weather report on the radio. Dad 3 “Dont open the door!” shouted Mum and Dad at the same time. “The water may flood in!” 4 Dad moved the dinner ta
5、ble against the door, in case the floodwater forced the door open. 5 Without saying a single word, Dad walked to the sofa, sat down and hugged his wife and daughter. action dialogue dialogue action action 2 “We cant do that, honey,” explained Mum, “otherwise the moving water could wash the car away!
6、” 1 . Mum was putting their important documents and disaster supplies into a bag. Mum 3 “Dont open the door!” shouted Mum and Dad at the same time. “The water may flood in!” 4 Mum waved to Mary to sit on the sofa. “Mary, dont worry. Everythings going to be OK,” she said softly, trying her best to co
7、mfort Mary. Her voice was calm, but Mary could tell she was worried too. action dialogue dialogue dialogue 2 “Mum, Dad,” said Mary suddenly, “I think we should leave here right away.” 1 Mary was looking through the windows at the endless rain outside. It had been raining non-stop for three days. She
8、 had never seen a storm this bad. 3 “We can drive our car through the floodwater! Lets just leave. Im really scared!” cried Mary. surroundings dialogue action dialogue Mary Mary walked to the door. She was curious to see how much water there was outside. 4 Description of surroundings The sudden sile
9、nce in the house seemed to make the wind and rain more frightening outside. What could they do? Confused Worried . 4 Facial expressions 3 Appearances 2 Actions 1 Dialogues 5 Psychological descriptions 6 Environmental descriptions Character description in a story Emotions The children ran out to the
10、road and climbed into the bus. Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. Charlottes Web, by E. B. White Appreciate some sentences from classics She was awakened
11、in the night by the sound of rain beating with heavy drops against her window. It was pouring down in torrents and the wind was “wuthering” round the corners and in the chimneys of the huge old house. Mary sat up in bed and felt miserable and angry. “The rain is as contrary as I ever was,” she said.
12、 “It came because it knew I did not want it.” She threw herself back on her pillow and buried her face. She did not cry, but she lay and hated the sound of the heavily beating rain, she hated the wind and its “wuthering.” She could not go to sleep again. The mournful (忧伤的) sound kept her awake becau
13、se she felt mournful herself. If she had felt happy it would probably have lulled (使放松，使镇静) her to sleep. How it “wuthered” and how the big raindrops poured down and beat against the pane! “It sounds just like a person lost on the moor (荒野) and wandering on and on crying,” she said. The Secret Garde
14、n, by Frances Hodgson Burnett Dorothy began to sob (啜泣) at this, for she felt lonely among all these strange people. Her tears seemed to grieve (使悲伤) the kind-hearted Munchkins, for they immediately took out their handkerchiefs and began to weep (哭泣) also. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Bau
15、m Instead of being delighted, as her husband hoped, she threw the invitation on the table with annoyance, murmuring “What do you want me to do with that?” The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant It was Buck, a live hurricane of fury (狂怒) , hurling (猛投) himself upon them in a frenzy to destroy. He sprang
16、(跳跃) at the foremost man (it was the chief of the Yeehats), ripping the throat wide open till the rent jugular (颈静脉) spouted a fountain of blood. He did not pause to worry the victim, but ripped in passing, with the next bound tearing wide the throat of a second man. There was no withstanding him. H
17、e plunged (突然前冲或下落) about in their very midst, tearing, rending, destroying, in constant and terrific motion which defied (经受 住) the arrows they discharged at him. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London Suppose youre caught in a natural disaster, how will you feel? Write a short passage to describe yo
18、ur feelings. Writing One night, I was awakened by a strange sound and found that the sea was roaring. People were shouting, screaming and crying, “The sea is rising! The sea is rising!” Waves about twelve metres high came rushing, drowning everything. Water was all around and everywhere! I tried to
19、hold my dads hand but a huge wave separated us. I was drifted away! I struggled to keep my head above the water. Just when I was in despair, I happened to catch a palm tree in courtyard. I clung to it tightly, shivering with terror. “Climb to the top!” my dad shouted on another tall tree. Eventually, I made it. Soon it was calm; we came down the trees and rushed to hug each other. What an experience!
