高中英语外研版选修八Module5 The Conquest of the Universe-Cultural Corner课件（23张PPT）

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Module 5
The Conquest of the Universe
The War of the Worlds
To learn about The War of the Worlds.
To review what has learned in the module.
1. What science fiction stories have you read
2. Do you believe there are aliens on Mars
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Did Orson Welles write the novel The War of the Worlds
2. Was H.G. Wells an American actor
3. What did people think of the radio drama in 1938
4. Which worlds were at war in the story
No, he turned it into a radio drama.
No, he was an English novelist.
Mars and Earth.
It was so realistic that they believed every word of it.
5. What do you understand by the words panic and mass hysteria
6. Where is Grover’s Mill
7. What did the local people want to do after they heard the broadcast
8. Did Orson Welles deliberately want to terrify America
They wanted to get their guns and defend their town.
In New Jersey.
We don’t know.
Many people were terrified and didn’t know what to do.
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
The War of the Worlds ☆It was written by the English writer
1. __________ in 1898.
☆It is arguably the most important novel in the history of science fiction.
☆It’s about an invasion of the Earth by aliens from 2. ________.
Mars
H.G. Wells
A radio drama of The War of the Worlds ☆It was directed by the 3. _________ actor and director Orson Welles and set in the real life New Jersey town of Grover’s Mill.
☆It was so realistic that people believed every word. Orson Welles managed to set in motion 4. a(n) _______ across America.
panic
American
A radio drama of The War of the Worlds ☆Hundreds of people left their homes in panic and the police received thousands of telephone calls from terrified listeners.
☆The War of the Worlds will be remembered as a piece of 5. ___________________.
broadcasting history
Making a time line of Chinese space exploration
1. Work in pairs. Find out the most important moments in the history of Chinese space exploration, and make a note of the dates.
2. Write short descriptions of the events next to the dates.
1. …little did he know what impact he was going to make.
……他根本不知道他将要造成多大的轰动。
倒装句 。一些表示否定意义的副词放句首时，句子常用倒装语序，如little, never, seldom, hardly, nowhere等。
e.g. Seldom have I been to such a beautiful place.
Never would he know what she had suffered.
Hardly had he arrived when she started complaining.
Nowhere could I find him.
2. …there was a wave of mass hysteria.
……引发了一阵恐慌。
a wave of: a sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling
(行为、活动或感情的)一阵; 风潮，浪潮
e.g. There was a wave of public sympathy for her when she died.
A wave of nausea swept over me.
A new wave of job losses is expected this year.
3. Did Orson Welles deliberately set out to terrify the nation
难道Orson Welles是蓄意吓唬美国人吗？
set out to do sth.: start trying to do sth.
打算；开始做……
e.g. He set out to impress the company with his cleverness.
The woman set out to write a history of civilization.
He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.
1. The US army commanders abandoned the ________ eventually.
2. Having lived in Shanghai for a(n) ________, Mrs. Black is used to the dishes there.
3. A career as an actor requires one hundred percent
____________.
I. 选用方框内合适的单词并用其正确形式填空，每个限用一次。
relief, observation, avenge, deliberately, foresee, impact, random, swear, invasion, decade, commitment
invasion
decade
commitment
relief, observation, avenge, deliberately, foresee, impact, random, swear, invasion, decade, commitment
4. The patient is seriously ill and is being kept under continuous ___________.
5. The anti-smoking campaign made quite a(n) ________ on young people.
6. To Rose’s ______, someone found the keys she had lost and turned them in.
7. He ___________ spelt her name in a wrong way, so she would not think the letter was from him.
observation
impact
relief
deliberately
relief, observation, avenge, deliberately, foresee, impact, random, swear, invasion, decade, commitment
8. You might find it difficult to believe, but I ________ that the guy just came up to me and gave me the money.
9. The survey used a(n) ________ sample of two thousand people across England and Wales.
10. He could never have ________ that one day his books would sell in millions.
11. He has devoted the past five years to ________ his daughter’s death.
swear
random
foreseen
avenging
II. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全句子。
1. Their points of view on the problem seem to ________ ________ ________ (与……相似) ours.
2. This company voted to ________ ________ ________ (使……开始) the process allowing women to be managers.
3. Staff will hold ________ ________ ________ (一连串的) meetings over the next few weeks.
be similar to
set in motion
a series of
4. You must ________ ________ (放在一边) your pride and apologise to him.
5. His being late for the performance yesterday _______ ___ (导致) a complete failure.
6. Do remind me because I ________ ________ ________ (有可能) forget.
7. A woman in the street saw that he was in difficulty and ________ ________ ________ ________ (去帮助他).
put aside
resulted in
/led to
am likely to
came to his aid
III. 根据括号内的提示翻译下面句子。
1. 我们昨天开始着手寻找谜团背后的真相。 (set out to do)
__________________________________________________
2. 她控告他偷了她的汽车。 (accuse ... of doing ...)
__________________________________________________
3. 我们正在祈望周六是好天气。 (pray for)
__________________________________________________
4. 老师的建议引起了我们的深思。 (food for thought)
__________________________________________________
5. 你赞同禁烟吗？ (in favour of )
_________________________________________________
We set out to find the truth behind the mystery yesterday.
She accused him of stealing her car.
We’re praying for good weather on Saturday.
The teacher’s advice gave us food for thought.
Are you in favor of a ban on smoking
Making a poster of the time line of Chinese space exploration.