Unit 12 “Take Over, Bos’n!” --Oscar Schisgall

Contents Warm up Pre-reading questions Structure analysis Sentence paraphrase Language points Exercises

Warm-up If you are going to live on a lonely island for one month and you are allowed to bring only three things with you, what do you think you will choose? Why?

Pre-reading questions Can you imagine the feelings of the survivors of a shipwreck who are drifting on the sea waiting to be rescued? What menace do you think they have to face? What do you think is the relationship between crewmen on a ship? Is there any difference between their relationship and that of “land” people? 4

Structure Analysis Part 1 (Para1~2): this is the introductory part of the story. Part 2 (Para3~23): the author narrates and describes in detail the desperate situation they were in and the responsibility Snyder shouldered. Part 3 (Para 24~28): This is the end of the story. 5

Text Analysis – Para. 1-2 Comprehension Questions: How does the author begin the story? Do you think Snyder could control the situation? Why do you suppose Snyder pointed the gun at the other nine men?

Vocabulary & Grammar 关于“……看”: -gaze （盯, 凝视；目不转睛地看）常与 at，on，upon 连用 -gape （张着嘴注视；打呵欠） -stare （凝视，目不转睛地看，盯着看，张大眼睛看） -glare （瞪眼，怒视，怒目而视）常与 at， down 连用： -peer （凝视；细看；窥视） -peep ((从缝隙等中)偷看；从隐蔽处观看; 隐约看见) -ogle 1. 对…做媚眼；挑逗地注视： 2. (贪婪地)看，盯着看，凝 视

stared; gazing; peered; ogled; glared; gaped; peeping She ________ Tom when handed him a glass of wine. She ________ at the neighbors from behind the curtain. He stood ________ at the view. She just ________ at me when I told her the news. The policeman ________ at his eyes when questioning him. They ________ their anger at each other. A suspicions fellow is ________ through the fence at us. ogled peered gazing gaped stared glared peeping

Vocabulary & Grammar guts: all the organs in sb’s body, especially when they have come out of their body; (informal) the courage and determination you need to do sth. difficult or unpleasant. e.g. There were blood and guts all over the place. e.g. No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making. To hate one’s guts: to hate sb. with great intensity. e.g. the mother hated the murderer’s guts for his killing her child.

Sentence Paraphrase Y-you can’t hold our forever. Paraphrase: Though you are rigid, you can’t hold out forever. Y-you: Y is short for yeoman (刚毅的，坚毅的） Hold out:坚持到底, 不屈服 His mind had already cracked with thirst. Paraphrase: He could no longer think properly because of thirst. Crack: (informal) 精神和体力变得虚弱 e.g. You’ll crack up if you go on working so hard. 10

pounce: to suddenly move forward and attack sb. or sth pounce: to suddenly move forward and attack sb. or sth., after waiting to attack them The falcon pounced on the rabbit. Teachers are quick to pounce on students’ grammatical mistake When they offered Olive the chance to become manager, he pounced on it. (eagerly to take the opportunity once it is available) Vocabulary & Grammar

brandish: Move or swing back and forth. e.g. Swords brandished and banners waved. 刀剑挥舞, 旌旗飘扬。 e.g. The demonstrators brandished banners and shouted slogans. ration: v. to limit the amount of something that each person is allowed to have实行定量配给. e.g. The government had to ration the good during the war.

e.g. She keeled over in a faint. keel: v. to collapse or fall into or as if into a faint 倾 覆，昏倒. e.g. She keeled over in a faint. Mirage: n. an optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air 海市蜃楼 e.g. In a mirage the desert will mimic a lake. 13

1. What was the cause of the confrontation. 2 1. What was the cause of the confrontation? 2. What kind of man was Jeff Barrett? 3. Why did Snyder insist that they wait till night for the last few drops of water? 4. What did Snyder imagine would happen when he was asleep? Text Analysis – Para. 3-23

Text Analysis – Para. 24-28 Comprehension What happened while Snyder was asleep? What made Barrett give up his chance of drinking the water? Text Analysis – Para. 24-28

Exercises - translation A man living at close quarters with fear can not possibly feel happy. He felt greatly depressed, for misprints glared from so many pages of his newly published book. A man of calculating nature likes to play tricks, but tend to lack much wisdom． The old man is wondering why so many girls crave to become pop music stars． I consider it an inhumane act to pounce upon others’ blunders. He often taunted his brother in an arrogant voice and called the latter an ignorant coward. In the scorching heat, the girl in delicate health keeled over. Over the past five years, the city has been sprawling out to all directions. 16

Exercises - dictation Envision an ideal place to live or run a business, a friendly, safe and secure community with large areas of open space and extensive entertainment and recreational facilities. Finally, picture this community continually moving around the world. You are beginning to understand the Freedom Ship concept of a massive ocean-going vessel. With a design length of 4,500 feet, a width of 750 feet, and a height of 350 feet, Freedom Ship would be more than 4 times longer than the Queen Mary. The design concepts include a mobile modern city featuring luxurious living, an extensive duty-free international shopping mall, and a full 1.7 million-square- foot floor set aside for various companies to showcase their products. 17

A brief review cater to; nag at; abide by; Given the following new words and phrases, please use them to create a meaningful story. cater to; nag at; abide by; reduce to; frown upon; face up to; fall in with; bring out; remark on; turn out A brief review