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DEEP WATER By William Douglas
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WARMING UP Let’s look at the different types of phobias :
What do you fear from? What are you phobias? Have you ever tried to overcome fear? How? What change did you find in your life after over coming fear?
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PHOBIAS
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FEAR OF MOUSE
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HEIGHT PHOBIA
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CLAUSTROPHOBIA An extreme fear of being in a closed space
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SUMMARY The following excerpt is taken from “Of Men and Mountains “ by William Douglas . It reveals how as a young boy William Douglas nearly drowned in a swimming pool. In this essay he talks about his fear of water and thereafter how he finally overcame it.
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Notice these words and phrases in the text and infer their meanings from the next slide
Treacherous Misadventure Subdued my pride Bob to the surface like cork; Flailed at the surface Curtain of life fell Fishing for landlocked salmon Back and forth across the pool
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MEANINGS : ARRANGE THEM AS PER LAST SLIDE
Dangerous From one end to the other Move up to the surface of water at once like a cork Mischance, misfortune Fishing Salmon in waters which were completely surrounded by land Controlled my pride Was about to die Moved arms and legs around without control.
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HOW DID DOUGLAS DEVELOP FEAR FOR WATER
HOW DID DOUGLAS DEVELOP FEAR FOR WATER ? DESCRIBE HIS STRUGGLE TO COME OUT OF THE WATER.
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LET’S THINK ABOUT A FEW WATER-SPORTS……
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SNORKELLING images.jpg
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WHITE WATER RAFTING images5.jpg
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KAYAKING images7.jpg
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FISHING images9.jpg
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SCUBA DIVING image3.jpg
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FISHING images8.jpg
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SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
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WATER POLO
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WATER POLO
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DIVING
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SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
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SURFING
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CANOEING ..\
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HOW DID DOUGLAS OVERCOME HIS FEAR?
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SOMETHING TO DO : Give an account of the fears and emotions of William Douglas as he made efforts to save himself from being drowned in the Y.M.C.A pool.
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