(共16张PPT)
Unit 1 Using language
Science Fiction
Lead-in: Do you know the time travelling
Lead-in:Can you name some films about time travelling
If you could take a time travel , which time would you like to go Who would you like to meet
The film is about a character called Guangtou Qiang tried to change his life by going back to the past with a time machine.
How many aspects would flash into your mind if you could invent a time machine
appearance
equipment
how to operate
destinations
(future / past)
feelings
through time travel
changes in the surroundings
events happening through travel
color
material
(metal / plastic)
outer shape
...
...
lever
panel
...
mind control
voice control
...
Brainstorm
Time Machine
Read an extract from this story and find the main idea.
What's the main idea of the text
The text mainly talks about ____________________________________________________________
in the Time Machine.
the Time Traveller's experiences and feelings
1. How does the Time Traveller first know
has travelled through time
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when
travelling through time
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried
about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive
when the man finally stops it
Tasks: reading for details
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time
What rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his
feelings
He saw the clock move forwards.
It felt strange and unpleasant. He uses the simile: “It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.”
Read the text again and answer the questions.
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it
If he stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, they would be forced together and explode like a bomb.
In some mud in the rain.
Para1
It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. I gave it a last check, and sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around, I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three!
1. How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time
He saw the clock move forwards.
reference objects 参照物
Para3
It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.
2. How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time
It felt strange and unpleasant.
simile 明喻
overstatement 夸张
Rhetorical devices
Para4
I had a strange urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed, it didn’t matter. But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.c
3. Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine
It has the risk like machine stops unexpectedly; being forced together with something else and explode
4. Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it
In some mud in the rain.
Post -reading
Time Travel
When
Who
What adventures
he will have
Will he return back
Discuss what might happen next in the story.
你校社团fancyfree 拟举办科幻故事演讲比赛, 请你写一个关于时光机的故事参加比赛。内容包括: 1. 时间, 地点; 2. 主要情节; 3. 你的感受。
My Amazing Experience of Time Travel
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话题:科幻故事,时光机旅行
时态人称:一般过去时,第一人称
文章架构:背景;发生的过程;想法和感受
要点:时间、地点、主要情节、感受
要求:
1.内容丰富、奇特
2.情节合理
3.丰富的想象力
Let your imagination
run wild!
Writing
It was 10 p.m tonight and I gave my time machine a last check, which is shaped like a watch. I pressed the time botton of “Tang Dynasty” and chose the destination-Chang’an. A moment later, I felt dizzy and fell asleep.
When I woke up and opened my eyes, I found myself lying outside the Chang’an city gate.Then I walked into the city. It was really a lively city with splendid architecture. People around me were dressed in magnificent Tang costumes. Feeling hungry and curious, I went into a hotel. I said to the waiter like “Da Xia”in the novel :“A plate of beef and a bottle of wine!” I was waiting for the dishes when I heard a man reciting the poem:“A tranquil night”. I asked him:“A good poem! Who wrote it ” The man answered:“Me.” I couldn’t believe my ears-I came across Li Bai! Then I had a good talk with him and learned a lot about Tang poetry.
After one hour, the bell of my time machine rang. It’s time to go back to my age! I pressed the button of “return” and in a few seconds I was lying on my bed. What an amazing experience!