1. Unit12 Fact and Fantacy

2. reading
Word-formation

3. Reading
1. pre-reading: Who can say when the inventions in the pictures were made?

5. Electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century:.
Electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century

6. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879.

7. Steam-powered boat was made in 1807.

8. Group work: Discuss the questions
1.When was electricity discovered?
2.How was it used in the following two hundred years?
3.In the early 19th century,people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like.Can you explain what we know about it today?

9. 1, Electricity was discovered in 1600 by Gilbert.
2, electricity is very important to us. After electricity was discovered, people began to use it to serve people in many fields.Take industry for example, people use it to control machines and produce a great number of products, such as cars, planes, weapons,etc.

10. Electricity is also used in agriculture
Electricity is also used in agriculture. With electricity people can control the temperature and humidity to make vegetables grow better.
In our daily life, electricity is very useful. For example, watching TV needs electricity, playing computers needs electricity, heaters need electricity, and even our watches need electricity. So, without electricity, our life would be a mess.

11. What does the inside of the earth look like?
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12. The earth on which we live is a big ball of very hot rock, which consists of three parts: the earth’s crust, the earth’s mantle and the earth’s core. The temperature inside is very high. It’s hot inside but cold outside. It has a shell just like an egg. There are some cracks in the shell of the earth in some places. Hot water shoots into the air through those cracks and steam comes up from pools of hot water.

13. While-reading
read the passage carefully to further understand it. Then answer the questions .

14. Jules Verne
Born in: Died in:
Nationality:
Interested in:
Remembered as:
Famous novels:
1828
1905
French
botany and applied science
the father of science fiction
20,000 Leagues under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth

15. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Why do Dr Aronnax and his followers set out to find the monster?
What does the monster turn out to be?
3.. What does Nautilus look like?
 precious furniture ; huge glass windows
protected with thick iron plates
electricity is useded for light, heating, power, etc.

16. Journey to the Center of the Earth
List what the two men do in the adventure of going to the centre of the earth.

17. travel to Iceland
enter…through a chimney in a dead volcano
through a narrow passage deep into…
Pass through layers of coal and marble
reach a huge lake or underground ocean
through forests of mushrooms and plants
cross the sea in a raft
drawn into a fast stream
shot out of a volcano in southern Italy

18. Questions: 1.To make a living,what did Jules Verne have to do?
2.What will many of the instruments in his novels remind the readers of?
3.How did Verne lay the foundation of modern science fiction?
4.In his novel “ Leagues Under the Sea”,what kind of person is Captain Nemo?
5.How does the story “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” begin and end up?

19. 1.To make a living,Jules Verne had to write and sell stories.
2.They will remind the readers of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiment with electricity.
3.By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further.
4.He is someone you will neither like nor dislike. He is very cruel because he keeps Aronnax and others as prisoners and destroys ships. But at other moments, he is gentle and weak because he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.

20. Language points: 1.make a living(=earn one’s living)
e.g.She made a living by singing in a nightclub.
2.lay the foundation of
e.g.Four-year college life laid solid foundations of his career.
3.come true
e.g.The boy’s wish to become a PLA man has come true.
4.set out
e.g.They set out to look for the lost child.

21. 5.turn out(to be)+adj./n.
e.g.The weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely.
To everyone’s surprise,the fashionable girl turned out to be a thief.
6.defend…against/from
e.g.We should defend our country against attacks.
7.be dressed in
e.g.The girl was always dressed in red.
Dressed in uniform,he looks handsome.

22. Discussion
What things described in Jules Verne’s books have come true?
What do you think is likely to come true in the future? Why?
What do you think is unlikely to come true? Why?

23. Post-reading

24. Discussion: 1.What do your think of the character of Captain Nemo?
Captain Nemo is the kind of person of whom it is difficult to say whether you like him or not. You may think he is hard and cruel, but he also has a soft and gentle side.

25. Exercise2: Suggested answers
2.During the time they do all they can to continue to live…
3.They realize that they come to the surface of the monster
4.his long-term guests

26. Exercise3: Differences SPACESHIP Speed Slow Fast Number for people
SUBMARINE
SPACESHIP
Speed
Slow
Fast
Landscape
underwater landscape
space landscape
Number for people
a lot of people
A few people
Food
commonfood
special space food
Clothes
divingsuits
space suits
Similarities
Demand for skills is high.They’re both exciting.Tourists must be trained by experts.They’re expensive.

27. Exercise5: Preparation: Tools and things to bring
Risks: Dangerous and things that could happen
food, water, warm clothes, ropes, matches, a knife, a chisel, some medicines
losing one’s way ,falling into a hole ,being injuried

28. Word-formation:
please turn to Page 14 and finish the exercises in Word Study.First do it by yourself.Then check your answers in pairs.Finally I’ll check your answers.
Suggested answers:
1.fantasy voyage
3.collision 4.on board
5.voyage 6.collision
7.on board 8.escape
9.fantasy permanent

29. What do the words mean?Explain how you guess them ?
rewrite,unhappy,disappear,impossible,
invisible,nonsmoker,supermarket,worker,
illness,movement,useful,action,cooperate,cloudy,musical

30. mis-=wrong
extra-=outside
inter-=between
sub-=under
under-=below
over-=too much
dis-=not
-marine=sea

31. Add a proper affix to each of the following words to form another word:.
1.______curricular
2.______ dependent
3.______patient
4.______stop
5.______judge
6.______tired
7.______heading
8.______clothing
9.______advantage

32. Suggested answers:
1.extra in-
3.im non-
5.mis over-
7.sub under-
9.dis-

33. Thank you! Bye-Bye!