高级英语(17.1.1)--part1
大学英语教材《高级英语》第一册
Lesson 1The Middle Eastern BazaarI．1)A bazaar is a market or street of shops and stands in Oriental countries．Such bazaars are likely to be found in Afghanistan，the Arabian Peninsula，Cyprus，Asiatic Turkey and Egypt．2)The bazaar includes many markets：cloth—market，copper—smiths’market．carpet—market，food—market，dye—market，pottery—market，carpenters’market，etc．They represent the backward feudal economy．3)A blind man could know which part 0f the bazaar he was in by his senses of smell and hearing．Different odours and sounds can give him some ideas about the various parts 0f the bazaar．4)Because the earthen floor，beaten hard by countless feet，deadens the sound of footsteps，and the vaulted mudbrick walls and roof have hardly and sounds to echo. The shop-keepers also speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers follow suit.5)The place where people make linseed oil seems the most picturesque in the bazaar. The backwardness of their extracting oil presents an unforgetable scene.II .1)little donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to another2)Then as you pass through a big crowd to go deeper into the market, the noise of the entrance gradually disappear, and you come to the much quieter cloth-market.3)they drop some of items that they don't really want and begin to bargain seriously for a low price.4)He will ask for a high price for the item and refuse to cut down the price by any significant amount.5)As you get near it, a variety of sounds begin to strike your ear.Ⅲ. See the translation of text.IV.1)n. +n..seaside, doorway, graveyard, warlord2)n. +v..daybreak, moonrise, bullfight3)v. +n..cutback, cutthroat, rollway4)adj. +n..shortterm, softcoal, softliner, hardware5)adv. +v. .output , upgrade, downpour6)v. +adv..pullover, buildupV.1)thread (n.) she failed to put the thread through the eye of the needle.(v.) He threaded through the throng.2)round (v.) On the 1st of September the ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope. (adv.) He wheeled round and faced me angrily.3)narrow(v.) In the discussions we did not narrow the gap any further. (adj．)Hefailed by a very narrow margin．4)price(n．) The defence secretary said the U．S．was not looking for an agreement at any price．(v．)At the present consumption rates(of oil)the world may well be pricing itself out of its future．5) (v．)live About 40％of the population lives on the land and tries to live off it． (adj．)The nation heard the inaugural speech in a live broadcast．6)tower (n．)The tower was built in the 1 4th century．(v．)The general towered over his contemporaries．7)dwarf (v．)A third of the nation's capital goods are shipped from this area，which dwarfs West Germany's mighty Ruhr Valley in industrial output．(n．)Have you ever read the story of Snow White and the Dwarfs?Ⅵ．1)light and heat：glare，dark，shadowy，dancing flashes．the red of the live coals，glowing bright，dimming，etc．2)sound and movement：enter，pass，thread their way．penetrate，selecting，pricing，doing a little preliminary bargaining，din，tinkling，banging，clashing，creak，squeaking，rumbling，etc．3)smell and colour：profusion of rich colours，pungent and exotic smells，etc．Ⅶ．1)glare指刺眼的光；brightness指光源发出的强烈稳定的光，强调光的强度。
高级英语Ⅰ第三版复习考试资料
高级英语Ⅰ第三版复习考试资料Lesson1 topic1.Hurricane Katrina2.My experience of an earthquake(or a flood, or a typhoon, or a bad accident, etc)Lesson3 topicDescribe and comment on one of the three characters in the text.Write an essay titled Reflections on “Blackmail” with300 words in English.You can approach the essay from the following perspectives.The characterization of the three characters.The preparation for the climax of the story.The morality or immorality of the Duchess.Lesson41.William Jennings Bryan and the fundamentalist movement in the 1920s2.the effects of the Scopes ”Monkey Trial”Lesson61.Mark Twain’s life2.My favorite book by Mark Twain3.The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn(or Tom Sawyer)Lesson71.Alice Walker and her work/doc/d510501519.htmlpare the two sisters Dee and Maggie/doc/d510501519.htmlment on the character of Mrs.JohnsonVocabulary TestLesson 1 book 11.The crew had been mustered to______the hatches.a. batten down 板条钉住b. sit outc. come byd. trail awayThe crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.所有船员被集合起来进行封舱以防暴风雨袭击.2. If clouds______along, they move quickly and smoothly through the sky.Scramble爬 b. clutch抓住 c. scud疾行 d. perish死亡If clouds scud along, they move quickly and smoothly through the sky.(云彩)掠过3. He received a_______of her hand on his cheek.a. swathb. lash 抽打c. slashd. pitchHe received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光.4. The thief was pushed and________ by an angry crowd.a.raged 动怒b. lapped包围c. cowered畏缩d. pummeled击打The thief was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd.一群人推搡并痛打小偷。
《高英(上)》 课文要点
自考《高级英语（上）》课文要点Lesson One: Rock Superstars: what Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society? Outline:Part I: IntroductionA.Three Scenes (par. 1-3)B. A question (par. 4)* What is the function of the two quotations at the beginning of the text?The function of the two quotations at the beginning of the text is to summarize and introduce the theme of the text, and as such they serve as a guide for the reader in interpreting and understanding the message the rock music tries to communicate.* What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?The three scenarios are used by the author to dramatize and illustrate the sensation that rock music has created in young people.Part II: Rock tells a lot about ourselves and our society. (thesis) (par. 5)A. (par.6) Rock is a sociological expression.1. (par. 7-8) Beliefs and attitudes2. (par. 9) FeelingsB. (par. 10) Conclusion to Part II* According to Irving Horowitz, what is the sociological significance of rock music?The sociological significance of rock music is that it had offered a sort of debating forum where different ideas conflict and where American society struggles to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.* What subjects does rock music deal with?Politics (beliefs and attitudes): civil rights, peace and war, piety, revolution, etc.Feelings and emotions: loneliness, love and hate, a nostalgia for the “good old days”, etc.Part III: Final ParagraphsA.(par. 11-12) We give them fame and fortune.B.(par. 13) The question remains.Lesson Two: Four Choice for Young PeopleOutlinePart I: Introduction—the young generation views the adult world with great skepticism. (par. 1-2) * How do American young people look at the adult world in general?They look at the adult world with great skepticism and there is also an increased tendency to reject completely the adult world.Part II: Four choices for young peopleA.Choosing a strategy is the first decision the young people have to make. (par.3)B.The four choices1.(par. 4) Drop out: parasitic2.(par. 5-6) Flee: impractical3.(par.7-10) Plot a revolution: fruitless4.(par.11-13) Change the world gradually: workable*What is the meaning and what are the characteristics of each strategy?*In what way are those who flee different from the dropouts?Part III: Conclusion---restatement (par.14)Lesson Five: I’d rather Be Black than FemaleOutlinePart I: Being female is a greater handicap than being black. (par.1)A.Sexual prejudice is invisible to people. (par.2)B.It’s much harder to eliminate sexual prejudice than racial prejudice. (par.3-4)* Why does the author say it is a still harder and longer struggle to eliminate prejudice against women?Part II: Sexual prejudice in politics (my experience)A.My experience in politics in general (par.5)B.Women in politics in general (par.6)C.My experience in politics in specific1.Run for state legislature (par.7)2.Run for national legislaturea.Resistance from inside (par. 8)b.Resistance from outside (par. 9)*In what way are women prejudiced against in politics?Part III: Sexual Prejudice in generalA.Women are thought of as different and inferior. (par. 10)B.Women have not reached tokenism. (par.11)C.An emphatic Question (par. 12)*In what way are women prejudiced against in general?Part IV: Women’s contribution is needed in politics.A.People ignore women’s contribution.1.What I heard (par. 13)2.What I experienced (par. 15)B.Women have a lot to do in politics. (par.15)C.Women have a special contribution to make in politics. (Conclusion) (par. 16-17)* What are some of the problems the author is determined to help to solve?* What fine qualities do women have that men don’t have?Lesson Seven: Miss Brill1 what kind of person is Miss Brill?She lives alone in foreign country and has to secure her means of existence by taking such odd jobs as giving English lessons, as a paid companion, etc. She seems well-to-do but feels lonely and estranged from the community. Also, she is approaching old age and years of spinsterhood have left her sensitive self-conscious and easily hurt. All this has tended to wall her in and torment her with a sense of emptiness and being uprooted.2. Why does she go to the par every Sunday afternoon?The trip gives her a chance to break out of wall of isolation and establish contact with society. She hopes to endow her life with meaning.3. What does she do in the park?She simply watches people around her and listen to other’s conversations.4. What has she discovered that makes her so happy?She suddenly discovers that life is like a play and every human being has a part to play in it: like all the others, she belongs after all to this performance of human life and has acted her well and will never be isolated or estranged again. She feels that meaning, hope and confidence are coming back to her.5. Why is her own room like a cupboard, too, after she gets back home?6. What is the symbolic meaning of her fur?7. What message does the author want to convey to the reader?Also notice the function of the band, and the repetition of “sadness”.Lesson Eight: A lesson in Living“A lesson in Living” tells how Mrs. Flowers gave Marguerite the first lesson in living, telling her she must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. Mrs. Flowers enlightened her by giving her the novel and book of poems to read. The poetic reading of A Tale of Two Cities, the advice she gave her, the human warmth and care she felt from her, and the charm of everything working on her and in her house, opened a new perspective in Marguerite’s life.1.How did Mrs. Flowers give Marguerite her lesson in living?2.How was Mrs. Flowers a source of enlightenment to Marguerite?3. What was the image of Mrs. Flowers in the child’s mind?Lesson Nine: The Trouble with TelevisionOutlinePart I: Introduction---People spend much time on TV (phenomenon) (par. 1-2)Part II: TV discourages concentration (main idea) (par. 3)’s variety is a narcotic, usurping your ability to focus your attention yourself. (par.4) operates on the appeal to the short attention span (motive) (par.5)1.Regarded as inherent (par.6)2.Becoming fashionable (par.7)*In what way does TV discourage concentration?*Why is the appeal to the short attention span so important to TV?Part III: Adverse effects on American cultureA.Inefficient communication (par.8)B.Decivilizing (par.9)1.Crisis of literacy (par.10-11)plexity (par.12)*What does the author think is wrong with TV news programming?*Why does the author sat TV is decivilizing?*What are TV’s adverse effects on American culture?Part IV: ConclusionA.Rhetorical questions (par.13)B.Significance of the issue (par. 14)Lesson Eleven: On Getting Off the SleepThe author ridicules people who, with “iron will”, can lie down and fall into slumber in a matter of a few minutes. He thinks there is something inhuman in it. He categorizes himself into the group of men full of human sympathy and depth in feelings and thought and good tastes. In this essay, insomnia becomes a praiseworthy agony inherent in an active and intellectual; mind.1.How does the matter of sleep illustrate the contrariness of things?2.What does the author think about the people with “iron wills”?(Does the author think it natural for a person to fall asleep as soon as his head touches the pillow?)3.What seems to be the best way to get off to sleep according to the author?Lesson Twelve: Why I WriteOutlinePart I: Background information (par. 1-4)Part II: Four motives*What are four great motives for writing? Explain briefly.Part III: Points of view (theory) (par. 10-14)*What was Orwell’s political stand? And what was the political and social environment that shaped his political orientation?*What kind of books did Orwell want to write? (His theory)Part IV: Conclusion (par.15)Lesson Thirteen: WorkOutlinePart I: Advantages of workA. A preventive of boredom (par.1-2)B. An outlet for ambition (par. 3)C. Conclusion and transition (par. 4)* What are the advantaged of work? Explain.Part II: Two elements make work interesting. (par. 5)A.Exercise of skill (par. 6)B.Conclusion (par.7)* What kind of skilled work can offer continuous pleasure to the worker?* What is the most powerful motive for work? Explain.*How does the author define construction and destruction?*What elements make work interesting? Explain.Lesson Fifteen: The Beauty IndustryOutlinePart I: Cult of physical beauty in America and Europe (phenomenon)A.In America, popularity of cosmetics (par.1)B.In Europe, increasing popularity of cosmetics (par. 2.)Part II: ReasonsA.Increased living standard (par.3)B.Changed in the status of women and our attitude (par.4-5)*Why is there an enormous increase in the personal appearance business in Europe and America as well?* Is the diffusion of wealth the only cause for the increase? Why (not)?*What are the changes in people’s attitude towards the physical body?Part III: Results---both a success and a failure (par. 6)A.Success: a) keeping the youthful appearance; b) symptoms of health (par.7)B.Failure1.Human beauty is not skin-deep. (standard) (par. 8)2.Psychological ugliness (par.9)3.Hardness (par.10)4.Fundamentally a failure because it doesn’t touch the deepest source of beauty.(conclusion)(par.11)*In what way does the author regard the modern cult of beauty a success?* According to the author, is human beauty skin deep? Why (not)?*Why, according to the author, does the modern cult of beauty remain fundamentally a failure?*What is “hardness”? And what are the causes of hardness?。
高级英语1unit1ppt课件
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Skim the text and find out the answer to exercise I (Page 5) in Text comprehension.
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Suzanne Britt: A poet and essayist, and Assistant Professor of English. Suzanne Britt was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Salem College and her master’s degree from Washington University. Britt currently teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina.
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5. Does Suzanne Britt, author of the text we’re going to study, think in the same way?
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高级英语(23.1.1)--part1
ionship… after laborious search and incessant prayer? 6) In para 5, What does it imply when the writer speculates “a geni
Para 6 ---The writer tries to trace the source of the ugliness from the foreigners
Para 7 ---The writer speculates on a solution for the puzzle: libido for the ugly
libido -concept originated by Sigmund Freud to signify the inst inctual physiological or psychic energy associated with se xual urges and, in his later writings, with all constructive h uman activity. In the text, it means psychic energy genera
Para 3 ---The writer describes the ugliness of the house design
Para 4 ---The writer describes the ugliness of the color of the bricks
高级英语(第三版)第一册第一课 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Objectives of Teaching Lesson 1
• To learn how the writer gives a vivid description of actions in terms of lexical, sentential and textual level;
4) Climax: para 27 when the Koshaks family survived
5) Conflict: man versus nature (hurricane as antagonist)
6) Point of view: third person
7) Atmosphere : tense and urgent
(para19) the storm…in its concentrated breadth of some 70 miles it shot out winds of nearly 200 m.p.h. and raised tides as high as 30 feet. Along the Gulf Coast, it devastated everything in its swath: 19,467 homes and 709 businesses were demolished or severely damaged. It seized 1 60,000 gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 ½ miles away. It tore three large cargo ships from their moorings and beached them. Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pipes cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.
高级英语(16.1.1)--part1
Questions
What was the stand of Dr. Lyman Hall o n the question of independence?
A vote was taken. What was the vote on ? Make a list of those for, those against, and the one who absta Angeles in 1930 in to the Hollywood film world. His father was a movie producer and screenwriter. Stone wrote a number of scripts for film and won an Oscar for “Father Goose”.
John Dickinson ： an American solicitor and politi cian from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmingt on, Delaware. He was a militia officer during the A merican Revolution, a Continental Congressman fr om Pennsylvania and Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware and President of Pennsylvania. Amon g the wealthiest men in the British American coloni es, he is known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania.
高一英语教案：下学期unit17greatwomen
高一英语教案Unit 17Period 1（一）明确目标1. Learn how to describe people in English.2. Improve the students ' abilities of listening and speaking.（二）整体感知Step 1 presentationPeople often admired great persons, especially great women. Why? It has often said that life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes twice as difficult. That is, it is more difficult t for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions. What do you think?（三）教学过程Step 2 warming up1. Ask the students to look at the pictures of the four great women and tell who they are?2. Divide the students into small groups to discuss the questions given.Step 3 listening1. Listen to the tape and fill in the form.2. Listen to the tape again and do true-or-false exercises.Step 4 speakingLook at the pictures and tell what kind of people they are by using the words and useful expressions given.（四）总结、扩展1. Work in groups and play a game of question-and —answeonly by answering “ yes or “no r.2. Finish off the exercises in the workbook.3. Talk about a great women you admire and explain why.（五）随堂练习根据内容填空1. That house is ___ . There is nothing in it now.2. Your uncle is not ____ about this money. He is very ___ to buy you that expensive car for your birthday.3. The new employee was __ and quick to learn.4. He was so ___ that he can move such a heavy stone easily.8. In the past, the Chinese people lived a ___ life.参考答案1. empty 2. mean; generous 3. smart 4. tense 5. hardworking 6. blind 7. strong 8. miserablePeriod 2（一）明确目标1. Read about the great woman Helen Thayer.2. Train the students ' abilities of reading.3. Learn the subject -/erb agreement.(二)整体感知Step 1 presentationIt is freezing cold in the North Pole and the South Pole. Few people, in theworld have ever been there. However, there was a brave woman who hadtraveled alone to the North Pole and the South Pole. Do you know who shewas? Right, Helen Thayer. She was the first woman who traveled alone there.Today we are going to read about the great woman the great woman, HelenThayer.(三)教学过程Step 2 pre-readingGet Ss to discuss the questions above the passage with their partners beforereading the text.Step 3 readingGet Ss to read the passage fast and in silence.Step 4 post readingAsk the students to answer the questions given after reading. Step 5 languagestudy1. Go through the passage together with the students and deal with thelanguage points in it.2. Dead with word study.3. Learn grammar (the subject-Verb-agreement)(四)总结、扩展Step 61. Write a summary of the text.2. Do the exercises in Wb.(五)课堂练习1. The teachers each ____ a computer (have, has)2. The students ___ a Chinese- English dictionary. (Have,has)3. Each of the students ___ a Chinese-English dictionary.(have, has)4. __ either of your parents written to you recently? (has,have)5. Not only the father but also the children ___ sick.(are,is)6. All the anxious to know the result of our English test.(are,is)7. All of the fruit ___ good. (taste, tastes)8. Many a student ___ sure that our team will win.( is ,are)9. Six and six ___ twelve. (make, makes)10. Everybody ___ what they have to do after the meeting.(knows, know)11. The dollars ____ n ot eno ugh for the ten -speed bicycle.(is ,are)12. The rest of the speech ___ not very interesting. (sound ,sounds)13. In that country the poor ___getting poorer and poorer .(is,are)14. She as well as her two sisters __ music. ( like ,likes )15. A professor with four children __ in the lab thismorning. (was, were)16. The singer and dancer ___ come this afternoon. (has have)17. The singer and dancer ___ going to give the performancethis evening. (are ,is)18. My family ___ not large.(is ,are)19. My family all __ music.(loves, love)参考答案1. have2. have3. has4. has5. are6. are7. tastes8. is9.makes 10. knows 11. is 12. sounds 13. are 14. likes 15. was16. has 17. are 18. is 19. lovePeriod 3(一)明确目标1. Get the students to know about the great woman OprahWinfrey.2. Let the students know what is needed to e a successful man, especially a successful woman.3. Train the student 's ability of writing.(二)整体感知Step 1 presentationAt the beginning of this unit, we 're got to know about several great women, such as Song Qingling, Madame Curie, and pearl S. Back, mother Teresa and Helen Thayer. Today we are going to read about another great woman named Oprah Winfrey; Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US but also a woman who has inspired millions of people.（三）教学过程Step 2Read the text careful and then do the writing exercises below the passage.Step 3Learn to write a fan letter, read the tips about describing people beforebeginning to write.Step 41. Tell the students again tips about how to describe people.2. Finish the exercises in Wb. （五）随堂练习Write a letter to Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei in about 100 words.Period 4 单元复习一、语言要点1. at the end of在…末端；在….尽头At the end of the street, you will see a Chinese restaurant. The computer iswidely used at the end of last century.2. be about to do “即将… . ”表示更近的将来，不能和表示将来的具体时间连用，但be going to可以同表将来的时间状语连用。
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It is succinct and presents the article as vividly and forcefully as possible to attract the attention of readers. The phrase “face to face” connotes a sense of urgency and danger. The would-be readers would not control themselves to finish reading it in a breath.
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Narration is concerned with action. It goes around people called characters in some kind of struggle or conflict against other people, nature, society or themselves.
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gale
--- a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property
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wind
scale ，风力等级
0 clam breeze
0
1 light breeze
1--3 mph
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The detailed study of the text
August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 days bad --- destructive /devastating / terribly forceful
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lash ---
2 slight breeze
4--7
3 gentle breeze
8--12
4 moderate breeze 13—18
5 fresh breeze
19—24
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the Beaufort scale
6 strong breeze 7 moderate gale 8 fresh gale 9 strong gale 10 whole gale 11 storm 12 hurricane
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reasons to stay
1. He is a self-employed businessman Magna product -- the name of his company implication: How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed. 2. His present house was in a better condition than his former house.
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hurricane
whirlwind --- a general term/ circular wind tornado ---visible as a tube-shaped cloud of
dust which moves in a relatively narrow path can be devastating in its destructiveness cyclone -- a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter
climax -- the most exciting, important interesting part on the story,
denouement --- the ending of a story
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Hurricane Camille: The storm lashed Mississippi and Louisiana for two days, Aug.17-18,1969. The death toll was 258 and billions of dollars in damage.
25--31 32--38 39--46 47--54 55--63 64--75 over 75
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weather forecast
The weather forecast says “cloudy” today, with a strong wind from the northwest, grade five to six on the Beaufort Scale 薄福等级 . The lowest temperature during the daytime will be eight degrees centigrade below zero.
安然度过困难
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Ride ……out
to come out of a difficult situation without being badly affected by it:
• The company managed to ride out the scandal.
The sentence in the text ： We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.
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protagonist --- leading character
antagonist -- the people or forces protagonist fights against
suspense -- a state of uncertainty
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flashback --interruption of chronological sequence by interபைடு நூலகம்ection of event of earlier occurrence
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Batten down batten down the hatches 封舱 ( 船只 ) 在暴雨前作好准备 1 to fasten the entrances to the lower
part of a ship using wooden boards 2 prepare for a difficult situation: When you're coming down with flu all
高级英语
The detailed study of the text
hurricane ---
1. strong tropical storm 2. strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph 3. western Atlantic Ocean 4. given a girl's name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter
Lesson One
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
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Aims
1. To know the writing technique of a narrative.
2. To be acquainted with some literary terms
3. To appreciate the language features
winds: 190 mph
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The text describes the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane Camille. The story focuses mainly on action, but the writer also clearly and sympathetically delineate( 描绘） the characters in the story.
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The title: face to face
Confronting one another The confrontation is generally with
something dangerous, difficult or hard to resolve. Face to face with the enemy Face to face with the tiger Face to face with the problem
chronological development
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The essentials of narration: 1. characters 2. plot A good story has a beginning, a middle, an end, even though it may start in the middle or at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier happenings.
to strike with great force to move violently or suddenly The waves lashed the racks The rain was lashing against the windows.
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pummel --- spelled "pommel" to beat suddenly or attack vigorously to hit with repeated blows