1、Unit 5 Humans and Nature Lesson 1 A Sea Story Do you know any stories about people and the sea? Activity 1 Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures. a fisherman a fishing boat a whirlpool waves to escape to survive a storm to float wild Activity 2 Read the Fact File on page 30 and an
2、swer the questions. 1. What is a “Moskoe-strom”? 2. Who wrote the story? 3. What do you think will happen in the story? It is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea. Edgar Allan Poe wrote the story. Activity 3 Read the text and answer questions. 1. Who are the main characters in the story
3、? 2. Who is telling the story? 3. When and where did the story happen? 4. What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller? 1. Who are the main characters in the story? 2. Who is telling the story? 3. When and where did the story happen? 4. What effect did the terrible experience have
4、 on the storyteller? The main characters are the fisherman and his brothers. The fisherman is telling the story. This story happened about three years ago in the sea. It broke his body and soul. (It took less than a single day to change his hair from black to white.) Activity 4 Read again and comple
5、te. Then add the storytellers feelings during each situation. 1. When we were coming back from the island, the sky _. Then a huge wave _ and my younger brother _. My elder brother _ “Moskoe-strom”! The storytellers feelings: _ _ 2. The wind and the waves carried us _. Then, we were _ it. Suddenly, w
6、e _. was covered with dark clouds covered our boat fell into the sea cried out towards the direction of the whirlpool on the edge of went over the edge frightened hopeless Activity 4 3. The boat was on the inside of _ and we were going round in _. After I made three important observations, I tied my
7、self to _. I tried to make my brother _, but he was _. 4. Soon afterwards, the whirlpool _. The waves soon carried me away and finally a boat _. The storytellers feelings: _ _ the huge whirlpool in circles at great speed a barrel to help me float understand too frightened to get it calm became less
8、wild picked me up tired Activity 5 1. How did the storyteller overcome his fear and struggle to survive from the whirlpool? When the Moskoe- strom came The boat went in the direction of the whirlpool Activity 5 2. Retell the story, using time words such as when, suddenly, then, and finally. Activity
9、 6 Group Work: Think and Share 1. What were the three observations the storyteller made? 2. Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didnt? 3. What does the storyteller mean by “it took only six hours to break my body and soul”? 4. What lessons have you learnt from the story? Give you
10、r reasons. 5. What is the story trying to say about the relationship between humans and nature? Activity 7 Synonyms and Antonyms. Synonyms: words with similar meanings Antonyms: words with opposite meanings Word Synonym Antonym child youngster adult whisper murmur shout quiet silent noisy nearer clo
11、ser further falling dropping rising curious inquisitive uninterested observed saw unnoticed Activity 7 Find synonyms and antonyms in the story. Synonyms terrible horrible amazing wonderful cried out shouted frightened scared Antonyms black white dark light top bottom old young single double less mor
12、e edge centre calm wild Activity 8 Complete the summary. The storyteller experienced a Moskoe-strom which broke his 1_. One day, he was out fishing with his two brothers when the sky suddenly clouded over and they were in 2_. A huge 3_ covered the boat and his younger brother 4_ the sea. The boat we
13、nt over the edge into the 5_ and they went round in circles. The storyteller felt there was no escape but observed that round and 6_ shaped objects of 7_ fell down more slowly. So he 8_ to help himself float. He tried to make his elder brother understand, but he was too 9_. Finally the storyteller 1
14、0_ the storm. body and soul a terrible storm wave fell into whirlpool tube- equal extent tied himself to a barrel terrified and stayed in the heavy boat survived Activity 9 Relative clauses Definition: a relative clause a part of a sentence that has a verb in it and is joined to the rest of the sent
15、ence by “who”, “which”, “where”. Example: 1. That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul. 2. the reason why Im here to tell the story is that I made the right decision. 3. and the wave soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were. Underline the words that intr
16、oduce relative clauses and circle the words that the relative clauses refer to. 1. That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul. 2. the reason why Im here to tell the story is that I made the right decision. 3. and the wave soon carried me to an area where the other fisherm
17、en were. Activity 10 Pair Work: Read, compare and choose. Read the sentence below and compare them. Which choice (a or b) do you think is better. Why? 1 a Is there a shop nearby? I want to buy some sweets in the shop. b Is there a shop nearby where I can buy some sweets? 2 a We can go there on Sunda
18、y. Few people go to work on Sunday. b We can go there on Sunday when few people go to work. 3 a He was so upset for some reason. He didnt tell me the reason. b He didnt tell me the reason why he was so upset. Using relative clauses helps to make the sentences logically clearer and concise. Relative
19、clauses can also help to omit repeated words and expressions. Activity 11 Talk about yourself using relative clauses. 1. Ill never forget the day _. 2. I was born in a city/town _. 3. Ill never know the reason _. Activity 12 Pair Work: Storytelling. Tell your partner a special and personal experience using relative clauses. Thank You
