课件24张PPT。Under the seaUnit 31. Discuss about extraordinary beauty under the sea.
2. Understand the details of the reading.1. Understand the passage.
2. Develop the skills in reading.Have you ever gone snorkeling?
Have you ever seen someone snorkel on the reef?What do you think it would be?A New Dimension of New LifeThe reading passage takes the form of a diary entry written by a young person about her experience of snorkeling on a coral reef. In it she describes the animals she sees.
Let’s glance quickly through the diary entry and number the paragraph topics in the correct order.Introduction & skimmingFill in the form with the correct
paragraph number.241563Now, read the passage carefully and answer the questions. Reading for detailsIntensive ReadingChoose the best answer
1. In the diary, the author mainly wants to tell us that____. A. what he saw in the sea
B. how the fish eat in the sea
C. the vivid colors in the sea
D. all the plants in the sea are poisonous2. What was hanging upside down in the sea according to the text? A. The orange and white anemone fish.
B. The yellow-spotted red sea-slug.
C. The yellow and green parrotfish.
D. The orange and blue-striped angelfish.3. When the author saw two ____, he felt scared to death. A. anemone fish
B. sharks
C. sea-slugs
D. parrotfish4. How many kinds of creatures didn’t the author want to get too close to according to the fourth paragraph? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five5. From the whole text we know that the author felt that____. A. he was a tiny spot compared with the whole world
B. all kinds of fish were waiting for something for food
C. there was no danger in the sea except sharks
D. the ocean was a tin spot compared with the whole world During the __________trip, the writer first became _____of the ______colors and the fantastic corals. He saw anemone fish ______in the sea anemones, a parrotfish _______upside down, a sea-slug _______by a sea star, an angelfish _______at him, an eel ________its head from a hole, a clam __________ for something and 2 reef sharks ___________ from behind some corals. He was ____________to death. It is a wonderful and__________ world under the sea.Complete the passage with the correct words.snorkelingawarevividhidinghangingslidinglookingshowingwaitingappearingscared limitlessFill in the blanks with information from the textshaped like fans, plates,
brains, lace, mushrooms,
lettuces, branches, hornslittle orange and whiteyellow and green with hard bird-like mouth, hanging upside downyellow-spotted redpoisonous tentaclesblue orange and blue-stripedlarge wise-looking with strong sharp teethGiant, with thick green lipsgrey, one and a half meters longWere there more delights than dangers when snorkeling? List them and decide for yourself.The list1. seeing such extraordinary
beauty under the waves2. seeing so many
different kinds of fish3. exploring small caves under the sea1. dangerous fish2. getting lost In small caves3. being attacked
by sharksComplete these noun groups from the
diary entry. Note the use of adjectives.1.________________ air
2._____________________ seaweed
3._______________ mouth
4._____________________sea-slug
5.______________________turtle
6._____________________teeth
7.__________________lips
8.______________reef sharkswarm nightthe waving long thinhard bird-likea yellow-spotted reda large wise-looking strong sharpthick green Two grey The answersFind the adjectives in Exercise3 that go under these headings.
What do you notice about the order of these adjectives?a, twosmall, thick, large, long, thingreen, grey, yellow, redspottednumber:
size:
color:
pattern:In the noun groups from Exercise3, numbers comes before size; size comes before color; color comes before pattern. Exercise 4 on P25When we use adjectives before noun, we should also pay more attention to the position of adjectives. Numbers comes before size; size comes before color; color comes before pattern. Now write three noun groups using several adjectives that belong to the categories above. Make sure that you put them in the correct position before the noun.
Example:
a cute little brown puppyPay attention please!Suggested answer to Exercise 5 a very exciting day which filled you with wonder at what you saw a day of pure magic1. watching an egg hatch
2. seeing a butterfly come out of its cocoon
3. seeing an animal baby being bornespecially beautifulsomething you have done for the first time that is unusual and very excitingExtraordinary beautyIt was the most fantastic thing I’ve ever done1. a bird on her wedding day
2. a butterfly’s wings1. after great effort getting to the top of a mountain
2. parachute jumping
3. hang-glidingI was excited and frightened at the same timewide awake and ready to run as I faced something extra special and/or dangerousevery cell in my body woke upmy heart was beating wildly1. going on a roller coaster ride
2. looking over the cliff of a mountain1. being frightened as a tiger came towards me
2. watching a very frightening filmextremely frightened(I felt) scared to death1. lost in dark wood
2. hearing someone move in your house at nightit was like discovering a whole new dimension of lifelooking at something in a new and very especial way1. examining creatures under the microscope
2. looking at the night skyTry to sum up this passage with your own words and begin it with:
This text is about _______.This text is about a snorkeling trip on the reef under the sea. The writer writes about what she saw and what she tried to avoid and how she felt under the sea. Summary1. Finish the exercises on your exercise book.
2. Surf on internet to get more information about animals under the sea.
3. Write a diary, describe a place and plants or animals there.
