课件26张PPT。人教课标
高三 选修 9
Unit 2Unit 2 Sailing the oceansLearning about Language1. Replace the words underlined by ones of similar meaning from the reading passage.1) Seeing the dark clouds above him, George hurried for home.
2) Sailing a boat alone far away from the shore made Flora’s parents worry about her safety.overhead offshore 3) Clare, would you please put your bicycle next to the others in the shed?
4) “Why don’t you plot a more simple route with the smallest number of stops?” asked Mary.
5) Setting out on a long journey by sea with unskilled sailors would be dangerous especially if there were no modern navigational instruments. alongside simplified minimum voyage seamen 2. Find the words from the reading passage that are the opposite of these compound words. _________ anywhere _________ upload
_________ inward _______ unreliable
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____________ strong pointnowhere download outward reliable seaweed shortcoming 3. Write down the words you know, which
are related to navigation and sea.4. Complete the following paragraph with the words below.Samuel the sailor was extremely good at plotting his course using the stars as a _________. One day he was determined to set out on a _______ across an unknown sea to an unknown continent. He set out with his instruments so he would not be at the ______ of the sea. He found on his ________ journey a rocky island. It seemed to be covered in nests. reference voyage mercy outward Suddenly, as Samuel looked, an enormous bird swooped down and picked him up as if he were a/ an _________ parcel. It __________ its speed and rose straight up into the air so as to reach the ______ place on the rocks where its nest lay. Once there, it shook itself and threw Samuel in the ____________ direction of the nest. awkward accelerated precise approximate There seemed to be ________ to hide but then he noticed lots of ________ on his left and quickly hid under it. The bird landed nearby and pecked _________ at the rocks. Samuel rolled over swiftly and found himself at the edge of the cliff. He looked down slowly with a beating heart. Below him was his boat lying _________ the shore! nowhere seaweed randomly alongside “How lucky I am!” Samuel thought to himself. He then gave a mighty leap and landed in it. Once inside he could safely sail away.1. Read the information below and learn more about Captain Cook. Then underline the predicates in the sentences.1. James Cook was a great English navigator and Pacific Ocean expedition leader.
2. He had not only an outstanding ability in navigation and exploration, but also a real concern for sailors’ health. He carried out compulsory dietary reforms that were copied by many other ship captains.3. He had led three great Pacific voyages during his life.
4. In his first Pacific voyage in 1769, James Cook rounded Cape Horn, then spent six months charting New Zealand, and finally explored and claimed possession of eastern Australia.5. In 1772, Captain Cook set sail to look for a “theorized great southern continent”. Although they could not manage to reach the Antarctic owing to the ice, he predicted that if it did exist, it would have to be a wasteland. 6. In 1776, Captain cook started his third Pacific voyage, searching for the Northwest Passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, he was killed in a dispute with Hawaiian nativesand his men’s attempt at the Northwest Passage was unsuccessful. However, this voyage is still recognized as especially significant in the history of the discovery of the west coast of North America.2. Complete the following dialogue, using verbs in heir proper forms. Remember to read the conversation before and after each blank before you fill it in.Susan: Do you think you’ll be going to that pop concert next week?
Clare: No. Let’s forget about that as it’ll soon be time for our exams.Susan: ______________________________
Clare: I don’t really think I need to do more revision. I’ve done enough but it’ll help me forget the concert you’ll be enjoying.
Susan: ______________________________ ______________________________
Clare: Actually there is a reason. I don’t think I’m going to have enoughDo you need to do more revision?Is there another reason why you don’t want to come to the concert? money even though I’ve been saving especially for this occasion.
Susan: _____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ _________________________
Clare: Well, thank you for offering to help me. I’ll happily clean your father’s car if he’ll pay me too.Perhaps I can help you. I always earn extra money by cleaning cars. My father always pays me when I clean his.Susan: _____________________________ ____________________________
Clare: I hope you’ll thank him for me. I’d never be allowed to clean my father’s car. He is so proud of it he won’t let anyone touch it.
Susan: ______________________________ ______________________________I’m sure he will. He’s always been kind to my friends.Oh this is my father’s fourth car so the excitement has worn off a little.Clare: His fourth car? My goodness. He must have been earning a lot of money to have owned so many.
Susan: ______________________________ __________________________
Clare: Oh I see! That explains things. Please would you phone him now and ask him when it would be I suppose so. He has his own business so he needs a car for his work. convenient for me to clean it?
Susan: _____________________________
Clare: That’s so kind of you. Now while I’m doing the cleaning perhaps you can order our tickets for the concert. I’ll go and get ready to begin work. See you soon. Thanks and goodbye.Of course I’ll do that right away.
Finish Using Words and Expressions and Using Structures on page 61-62.Homework