Unit 3 Under the sea Using Language (I)

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Discuss the following questions. 1. If you have the chance to go on a snorkeling trip, how will you feel? 2. Can you guess what things you can see and what will happen to you under the sea? 英语学习辅导报 出品

Fast-reading 2 colors and shapes dangers 4 reflecting the reef’s edge Read the diary entry quickly and then number the paragraph topics in the correct order. Topic Paragraph 2 colors and shapes dangers reflecting the reef’s edge a final thought some sea creatures 4 1 5 6 3

Read the passage again and list the delights and dangers when snorkeling. 1.seeing such _______ _____ under the waves 1. ____________ 2. seeing ___________ ___________ 2. _____________ in small caves 3. exploring ________ under the sea 3. _____________ by sharks extraordinary poisonous fish beauty so many different getting lost kinds of fish being attacked small caves

Read and choose the best answers. 1. In the diary, the author mainly wants to tell ____. A. what he saw in the sea B. how the fish eat in the sea. C. the vivid colors in the sea. D. all the plants in the sea are poisonous. 2. What was hanging upside down in the sea according to the text? A. The orange and white anemone fish. B. The yellow-spotted red sea-slug. C. The yellow and green parrotfish. D. The orange and blue-striped angle fish C

D 3. When the author saw two ____, he felt scared to death. A. Anemone fish B. parrot fish C. sea-slugs D. sharks 4. How many kinds of creatures didn’t the author want to get too close to according to the fourth paragraph? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five. B

5. From the passage we know the author felt that ______. A. he was a tiny spot compared with the whole world B. the ocean was a tiny spot compared with the whole world C. there was no danger in the sea except sharks D. all kinds of fish were waiting for something for food A

Complete these noun groups from the diary entry Complete these noun groups from the diary entry. Note the use of adjectives. 1. _____________________ air 2. _____________________ seaweed 3. _____________________ mouth 4. _____________________ sea-slug 5. _____________________ turtle 6. _____________________ teeth 7. _____________________ lips 8. _____________________ reef sharks warm night the waving long thin hard bird - like a yellow-spotted a large wise-looking strong sharp thick green two grey

a beautiful, big, old, red, Chinese wooden chair 名词前面形容词的排序是： 限定词 → 观点形容词 → 尺寸大小 → 形状 → 新旧 → 颜色 → 国籍 →出处 → 质地材料 + 中心名词。如： a famous ancient Chinese poet a beautiful, big, old, red, Chinese wooden chair an attractive little old yellow book a large round wooden table a small black plastic bag the first beautiful little white Chinese stone bridge a very valuable bronze Egyptian cat

In groups, look at the expressions below from the diary entry In groups, look at the expressions below from the diary entry. Check their meanings with each other. Then tell each other about the times you had feelings like these. a day of pure magic extraordinary beauty it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done my heart was beating wildly every cell in my body woke up (I felt) scared to death it was like discovering a whole new dimension of life

1. a day of pure magic meaning: a very exciting day which filled you with wonder a what you saw 2. extraordinary beauty meaning: especially beautiful 3. it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done meaning: something you have done for the first time that is unusual and very exciting 4. my heart was beating wildly meaning: I was excited and frightened at he same time

5. every cell in my body woke up meaning: wide awake and ready to run as I faced something extra special and / or dangerous 6. (I felt) scared to death meaning: extremely frightened 7. it was like discovering a whole new dimension of life meaning: looking at something in a new and very special way

Language points reflect v. 映射；反射；思考；反省 The still water reflected the full moon. The sunlight was reflected in the water. Her sad looks reflected the thought passing through her mind. I often reflect on the beauty and complexity of life. reflect on / upon 思索

2. be / become aware of 对…知道、明白；意 识到 He is not aware of his danger. I am quite / fully aware of that. He was not aware of what was going on around him. awareness n. 认识, 觉察, 意识 pay attention to “留意、注意、专注”， 后 面跟的是名词表示某物

3. upside down 颠倒；乱七八糟 The painting is upside down. The house was turned upside down by the thief. His sudden death turned my life upside down. upside-down adj. 颠倒的;混乱的 Don’t you think the picture is upside-down? turn sth. upside down 把…翻得乱七八糟； 给…造成大的变化、混乱

Read the text and fill in the blanks Read the text and fill in the blanks. During the snorkelling trip, the writer first became _____ of the ____ colours and the fantastic corals. He saw little fish ________ the bodies of larger fish, the parrotfish _________ upside down, aware vivid cleaning hanging

a sea-slug _______ by a sea-star, a turtle passing so close to him, an eel _______ its head from a hole, a clam _______ for something to swim in between its thick green lips. He felt ______ to death on seeing some creatures. It is a wonderful and _________________ world under the sea. sliding showing waiting scared limitless / enormous

练习坊 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示, 写出各单词的正确形式。 1. The water in the lake is so p______ that you can drink it. 2. Does this letter ______ (反映) what you really think of the issue? 3. As if by ______ (魔法), the car changed into a boat when it came into the water. pure reflect magic

4. You have not learned to swim yet and you’d better stay in the s______ water. shallow 5. The witness gave a very ______ (生动的) description of the accident this morning. 6. In your report you have left out another d________ to this problem. vivid dimension

7. People enjoy eating t______ foods even when they are not hungry. 8. With prices going up, the people on ______ (养老金) find it difficult to live. tasty pension 9. This is an a_______ (可怕的) account of the terrors of the war , you’d better not read it. wesome