Lesson 4 Sea Stories

Have you seen any other films about the sea?

Fast-Reading

put the paragraphs in the correct order for them. Exercise One put the paragraphs in the correct order for them. Key:B A C

Please find the linking words in the each paragraph . Exercise Two Please find the linking words in the each paragraph .

Linking words in a story About …years ago, One day, All at once, Paragraph B At that moment, Suddenly, But, So Paragraph A Soon afterwards, Then, In the end Paragraph C

Reading Comprehension Ⅰ True or False. 1 The writer was an old man because his hair was white. 2 In the whirlpool, only the writer survived. Both of his two brothers died. 3 The writer’s elder brother died earlier than his younger brother. 4 It was the barrel that carried me to an area where the other fishermen were. 5 The writer’s brother stayed in the heavy boat because he thought it was better to stay there. F T F F F

Listen to the tape carefully to get detailed information. Careful-Reading Listen to the tape carefully to get detailed information.

Reading Comprehension Ⅱ Choose the best answer. Why did the writer’s younger brother fall into the sea? A. He fell into the sea by accident. B. He jumped into the sea in order to survive. C. He was washed overboard by an enormous wave. D. He wanted to save his brother.

2.Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool? We drove it toward the whirlpool to save my younger brother. B. The wind and waves were in that direction. C. We wanted to go to safer places. D. Nothing could save us.

3. Why did the writer tie himself to a barrel? A. He did that to save his brother. B. There was only a barrel in the whirlpool at that moment. C. Lighter objects like a barrel go down more slowly. D. His brother told him to do so.

4. Why didn’t his brother do the same? He was too frightened. He thought it was dangerous to do so. He had no time to do so. He wouldn’t leave the boat.

5. Why did his old friends not recognize him? A. Because he was too old to be recognized. B. Because his hair was white, not black. C. Because they didn’t want to recognize him. D. Because they didn’t know him at all.

Language points: 1. It took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white.(B) less than = not more than 少于，不到，不超过 e.g. 我的新发型不到三个钟就搞好了。 My new hairstyle is finished in less than three hours. = My new hairstyle is finished in not more than three hours.

2. the sky was covered with dark storm be covered with 被……覆盖(B) e.g. 田野上一片积雪。 The field is covered with snow. 3. I was trying to recover when …(B) 正要…,突然… when相当于at that time, at that moment, (suddenly) e.g. 我正要冲凉,突然电话响了. I was about to have a shower when the telephone rang.

9. As you can see, I did escape 9. As you can see, I did escape. I will bring my story quickly to a conclusion. (C) do/did 强调动词,加强语气 e.g. She does enjoy playing piano. They did attend the meeting last night. bring …to a conclusion 对…作出结论

10. I cannot expect you to believe me more than the fishermen did.(C) expect sb. to do sth. 期望某人做某事 e.g. 我们都期望Mary取得好成绩。 We all expect Mary to get a good result.

Quiz

Retell the story and fill in the blanks. One day three years ago, something _______ happened to me. My two brothers and I were coming back ______an enormous wave _______ our boat. My younger brother_______ the sea. Minutes later, my elder brother and I were on the edge of the whirlpool. Suddenly, we went over the edge and we were _______ in circles terrible when covered fell into going round

_____________. Fortunately, I ____ myself to a barrel to help me float _____________. Fortunately, I ____ myself to a barrel to help me float. I tried to make my brother understand, but he was _________and stayed in the heavy boat. As you can see, I did ______, but my two brothers died. at great speed tied terrified escape

Voice your opinion Imagine you’ll experience a whirlpool, what should you do, and what can you learn from the text? Never give up, never lose the opportunity to succeed. 不放弃就有成功的机会 You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have. 不到没有退路时，你永远不知道自己有多强大

Homework 1. Retell the story in your own words. 2. Write another story about the sea.

Thank you.

5. edge : on the edge of… at the edge of… 1.不要太走进悬崖边缘. Don’t go too near the edge of the cliff. 2. 他觉得快要发疯了. He felt he was on the edge of madness. 3.他已经营了这个公司好几年,但他们想方设法排挤他. He’s been running the company for years, but they’re trying to edge him out now.

What will the title remind you of? tsunami , seismic sea wave 海啸