课件41张PPT。Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world Project Writing a science fiction story
Teaching aims: 教学目标:1. know about a science fiction story
2.Improve our writing ability.
3.do teamwork and learn to cooperate with each other.
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Have you ever read any science fictions?
Which one is your favorite one?Jules Verne(1828-1905)
As a popular French writer, Jules Verne is regarded as the father of science fiction. His famous science fiction stories are: Journey to the Center of the Earth; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, Five Weeks in the Balloon, and From the Earth to the Moon. H G Wells(1866-1946)
As an English novelist, H G wells is well known for his science fiction stories, among which are The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War in the Air and The war of the Worlds. Science FictionIt is a type of writing based onfantasyimaginationScience fiction writers often write aboutwhat will happen in ‘Tomorrow’s World’.Read the first story written by Jules Verne. Then answer the following questions.
With whom did Professor
Lindenbrock make the journey?
Professor Lindenbrock made the
journey with his nephew Axel and
Hans, the guide he hired in Iceland.2. What was the destination of the
journey? How did they go there?
They went to the centre of the Earth.
They went there in the boat they built.3. What did they see during their
journey?
They saw many strange things—a
large ocean in a vast room, huge
mushrooms, two dinosaurs fighting
each other, huge insects and many
strange creatures, including a man,
who was at least four metres tall.4. Which do you think was the most
thrilling experience during their
journey? Why?
The two dinosaurs rose to the surface
of the ocean suddenly and fought each
other. Because they didn’t expect that
they would see dinosaurs there, since
dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.Have you ever read about or seen a film about a time machine?
What do you think a time machine can be used to do?
Many people are interested in such a machine. Can you think of the reason(s)?Journey to the Centre of the EarthbookguidereachedfightingexploringpossibleThe Time MachinemadeescapedsignhouseLanguage points1. They came across huge insects and
many strange creatures.
他们遇到了巨型昆虫和很多奇怪的生
物。
come across (偶然)遇到,发现
e.g. She came across some old
photographs in a drawer.
她在抽屉里偶然发现了一些旧照片。come across 还可以表示“被理解”,“使产生……印象”
e.g. He spoke for a long time but his
meaning didn’t really come across.
他讲了很久,并并没有人真正理解
他的意思。
She comes across well in interviews.
她在面试中常给人留下很好的印象。2. Days and nights zipped by and
everything changed before my eyes.
白天、黑夜飞速交替,一切都在眼前
变换。
zip vi./vt. (使沿某方向)快速移动,拉
上拉链
e.g. I’m just zipping into town to buy
some food.
我正急着到镇上买点吃的。
A sports car zipped past us.
一辆跑车从我们身边呼啸而过。
This jacket zips up right to the neck.
这件夹克的拉链一直拉到脖子。
zip 还能作名词,表示“拉链”
e.g. My zip is stuck.
我的拉链卡住了。3. The Morlocks even tried to catch and
kill me, but luckily I was able to use the
Time Machine to escape.
莫洛克人甚至试图抓住并杀掉我,但
幸运的是,我可以用时间机器逃跑。
escape vi./vt. 逃跑,避开,被遗忘
e.g. He escaped from prison this
morning.
他早上从监狱里逃跑了。As a child he would often escape into a dream world of his own.
小时候他常常躲进自己的梦幻世界中。
She managed to escape from the burning car.
她设法从燃烧的汽车里逃出来。难句解析As they were wandering around, they noticed a man sitting against a tree in the distance—he was at least four metres tall.
当他们到处转悠时,发现远处有一个人背靠树坐着——那个人至少四米高。句中as they were wandering around用作时间状语;sitting against a tree in the distance 是现在分词短语,用作宾语a man的补足语。介词against意思为“靠着”。
e.g. My dad placed the piano against the
wall.
我爸爸把钢琴靠着墙放着。Writing a science fiction storyNow you are going to write your own science fiction story. You will be able to start your project after you answer the following questions. What interesting science fiction
stories have you read?
2. Which one do you like best? Why?
3. What would be a good setting for a
story?
4. Who will be your main characters?5. What do the main characters do?
6. How many paragraphs will your
story have?
7. Who will write each paragraph?
8. Who will read the story to your
classmates?Science fiction is a kind of story, do you still remember the basic elements of stories? What are they?a certain time period
a place
main characters
a plot
a problem to be solved
a surprise ending What features does science fiction have?
Science fiction is a type of writing
1. based on fantasy .
2. often write about what will happen
in ‘tomorrow’s world’.Let’s write our
own science fictioncharacterstimeplace (setting)storylinetopicTime : In 2050Topic :Future educationStoryline: What will happen in an interesting English class?Characters: English teacher (or robot) and studentsPlace (setting) :in DongZhi First Middle SchoolIf you had a time machine, what would you like to see, the future or the past? Why? What would you expect to see there?DiscussionHomework1. Finish the WB exercises(D1, D2)
2. Finish writing a science fiction story.