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1、高级英语 精品课程 第二册,制作人：徐李洁,Face to Face with Hurricane Camille,Objectives of Teaching Lesson 1,To learn how the writer gives a vivid description of actions in terms of lexical,sentential and textual level;To learn how Americans fight against the hurricane,Hurricanes/location/naming system/typhoon,They ar
2、e two different names for the same kind of storm-Theyre called hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Pacific Ocean,and typhoons in the Western Pacific.A tornado is a violent,rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or,in rare c
3、ases,the base of a cumulus cloud.Tornadoes come in many sizes but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel,whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris.,Hurricane Camille,Hurricane Camille(August 17,1969)is said to be the worst storm ever to hit ma
4、inland United States.With winds in excess of 200 mph and tides over 20 feet,Hurricane Camille smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Sunday night,the 17th of August and continued its devastating path until the early hours of Monday,the 18th.The combination of winds,surges,and rainfalls caused 25
5、6 deaths(143 on the Gulf Coast and 113 in the Virginia floods)and$1.421 billion in damage.Three deaths were reported in Cuba.,General facts,Elements in a narrative writing 1)story:the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane2)characters:-Pop Kosh
6、ak-Grandma Koshak-John Koshak(protagonist)-Janis Koshak-Seven children-Charles,a friend-neighbors-pets a typical American family,3)Textual organization:chronological order(natural time sequence)a beginning(1-6)(introducing the time,place,background,characters)a middle(7-27)(details of the struggle t
7、o the climax)an end(28-39)(getting help and rebuilding community)4)Climax:para 27 when the Koshaks family survived5)Conflict:man versus nature(hurricane as antagonist)6)Point of view:third person7)Atmosphere:tense and urgent8)Theme:para 39 Family safety is more important than material possessions.,F
8、ocus for Section One(1-6)Before the hurricane,This section introduces the story background and the preparations for the storm.1)What was John Koshak Jr.s job?2)Why did John decide to stay and face the dangers of a devastating hurricane?3)What preparations did they make?,Focus of Section 2(para7-27)D
9、uring the hurricane strike,This section narrates in detail how the Koshaks and their friends struggled against each onslaught of the hurricane.Focus of the study:1.hurricane How was the devastating hurricane like?Specific details wind,water,etc.)2.people how did they act during the crisis?,Focus of
10、Section 3(para28-39),How did the people feel and rebuild their community?Background knowledge(Teachers Book)National Guard(国民警卫队)Civil defense units(民防队)Salvation Army(救世军)Red Cross(红十字会),Detailed study of Section IWords and Expressions,(para 1)as Camille lashed northwardit was certain to pummel Gul
11、fport,Miss.Where the Koshaks lived.Lashed:to strike with great force;dash against.猛烈冲击 The waves lashed the smooth cliffs.The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of China.Suddenly rain lashed against the windows.Pummel:to beat or hit with repeated blows,esp.with the fist.The thi
12、ef was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd.He trapped the man in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.,(para 3)Were elevated 23 feet and were a good 250 yards from the sea.The place has been here since 1915,and no hurricane has ever bothered it.We are 23 feet above sea level(Br
13、itish Eng.)A good:a general intensive,meaning“full”足足(程度数量)我们足足等了三个小时.昨晚Bill在酒馆里喝得烂醉.从这到火车站足足有五个小时的车程.他父母亲狠狠地揍了他一顿.We waited for a good three hours.Bill had a good drink at the pub last night.It is a good five hours to drive to the railway station.His parents gave him a good beating.,(para 4)We can
14、batten down and ride it out.A metaphor;Comparing the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea.Batten:to fasten canvas over the hatches of a ship,especially in preparing for a storm.Ride it out:to stay afloat during a storm without too much damage.Paraphrase:We can make necessary prepar
15、ations and survive the hurricane without much damage.(para 6)A neighborasked if she and her two children could sit out the storm with the Koshaks.坐着看完,待到(散场).I didnt enjoy the play,but we sat it out.The show was so boring that we could hardly sit through the first act.等到结束,静等到底.Theyll try to sit out
16、 the crisis.Well sit it out to the very end.坐在户外.Its so nice to sit out when the sun is warm in winter.,Detailed study of Section 2,Focusing on the description ofWindHurricane forceHouse Peoples actions,wind,(para 7)Wind and rain whipped the house.(a metaphor:Strong wind and rain was lashing the hou
17、se as if with a whip.This sentence described the manner of wind blowing)(para 7)As the wind mounted to a roar.(the word mount shows that the sound was increasing,dynamic).(para 8)The roar of the hurricane now was overwhelming.(this sentence gives a static description).(para13)The wind sounded like t
18、he roar of a train passing a few yards away.(This sentence uses a simile to give a concrete image)(para 19)it shot out winds of nearly 200 m.p h.(the speed of the wind0Seconds after the roof blew off the house(it tells the power of the wind)The writer gives a full picture of the wind,its sound,(esp
19、the wound0,its manner,its force.,The hurricane(describing actions),(para 18)The hurricane,in one mighty swipe,lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.(skimto throw so as to cause to bounce swiftly and light.It shows how powerful the hurricane was)(para19)the storm
20、in its concentrated breadth of some 70 miles it shot out winds of nearly 200 m.p.h.and raised tides as high as 30 feet.Along the Gulf Coast,it devastated everything in its swath:19,467 homes and 709 businesses were demolished or severely damaged.It seized 1 60,000 gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped
21、 it 3 miles away.It tore three large cargo ships from their moorings and beached them.Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pipes cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.在飓风中心纵横约70英里的范围内,其风速接近每小时200英里.掀起的浪头高达30英尺.海湾沿岸风过之处,所有东西被一扫而光.19467户人家和709家小商号不是完全被毁,便是遭到严重破坏.高尔夫港一个60万加仑的油罐被狂风刮起,摔到3.5英里以外。三艘大型货轮
22、被刮离泊位，推上岸滩。电线杆和20英寸粗的松树一遇狂风袭击便像连珠炮似的根根断裂。,House,(para 7)the house began leakingthe rain seemingly driven right through the walls.(para 8)The house shook,and the ceiling in the living room was falling piece by piece.The French doors in an upstairs room blew in with an explosive sound,and the group he
23、ard gunlike reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated.(para 9)Then the front door started to break away from its frame.but a blast of water hit the house,flinging open the door and shoving them down the hall.(para 13)The house shuddered and shifted on its foundations.Water inched its way up th
24、e stairs as first floor outside walls collapsed.(para 18)The bottom steps of the staircase broke apart.One wall began crumbling on the marooned group.,House,(para 22)Debris flew as the living-room fireplace and its chimney collapsed.With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to disintegrate
25、(para 24)A second wall moved,wavered,it toppled on him.The house,shuddering and rocking,had moved 25 feet from its foundations.(para 26)The floor tiltedA third wall gave way.(para 20)Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist.,People,Actions(para 12)As they scrambled back.(para
26、 21)The children huddled in the slashing rain.Grandma implored,”lets singshe carried on alone for a few bars,then her voice trailed away.(para 26)The larger children sprawled on the floor,with the smaller ones in a layer on top of them,and the adults bent over all nine.,People,Feelings(Para 14)The m
27、other was on the verge of panic.She clutched his arm and kept repeating,“I cant swim,I cant swim”.With outward calm.(Para 16)Grandma Koshak reached an arm around her husbands shoulder and put her mouth close to his ear“Pop,she said,I love you.(Para 17)John felt a crushing guilt.He held his head betw
28、een his hands,and silently prayed.(Para 24)Pop raged silently,frustrated at not being able to do anything to fight Camille.(para 29)None of the returnees.,they stood shocked,trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes(para34)Children were still awed by the imcomprehensible power.Janis h
29、ad one delayed reaction,Inch:n.vt.vi.move very slowly,carefully,or with difficulty The climber inched up the vertical rock.The police were searching the area inch by inch.译：救护车慢慢地穿过人群。他把车一点一点地往前开。书架上堆满了书。The ambulance inched its way through the crowd.He inched the car forward.Every inch of shelf spa
30、ce was crammed with books.Maroon:vt.Leave abandoned,isolated,or helpless.Im left feeling lonely,sad and marooned.I am temporarily marooned at home by my injured knee.译：鲁宾逊在岛上孤零零地生活了若干年，他勇敢地活了下来。当River Avons的河堤垮了的时候，五对夫妻被困在他们的面包车里。After years of being marooned on the island,Robinson made himself a br
31、ave survivor.Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.,Snap:1)break suddenly with a sharp cracking noise.He shifted his weight and a twig snapped.Every minute or so I could hear a snap,a crack and a crash as another tree went down.2)Move to a position quickly
32、with a sharp sound.The bag snapped open.3)Speak in a sharp,unfriendly way.“I dont know her”,Roger snappedIm sorry,Cassy,I didnt mean to snap at you like that.4)Lose patience and calmness,become angry.He finally snapped when she prevented their children from visiting him one weekend.5)A snap decision
33、,action:taken too quickly without careful thought.I think this is too important for a snap decision.A snap election/judgment7)Snapshot 译：她双手抓住管子，试图将它折成两截。他啪地一下把笔记本合上。Grant第一次也是唯一的一次失控了。She gripped the pipe with both hands,trying to snap it in half.He snapped the notebook shut.For the first time and
34、only time Grants self-control snapped.,Detailed study of Section 3,How did help come?How did people feel?What did they do to rebuild the community?,Para 28-29,They saw human bodies more than 130 men,women and children died along the Mississippi coast and parts of the beach and highway were strewn wi
35、th dead dogs,cats,cattle.Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees,and blowndown power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads.None of the returnees moved quickly or spoke loudly;they stood shocked,trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes.他们看到了遇难者的尸体-密西西比沿海一带就有130多名男女和
36、儿童丧生海滩和公路上有些地方布满了死狗死猫和死牲畜。尚未被风刮倒的树上结彩似的 挂满被撕成布条的 衣服，吹断的电线 像黑色的实心面一样盘成一圈一圈地散在路面上。比较：那些从外面返回家乡的人们个个都是慢慢地走动着，也没有人高声大叫。他们怔住了，呆立当地，不知道该怎样才能接受眼前这幅使人惊骇的惨景。返回的人群中没有一个人疾步行驶，或者大声说话，他们站在原地，完全怔住了，迫使自己接受眼前这幅惨烈的景象。,(para 30-31),(para 30)By this time,organizations within the area and,in effect,the entire populatio
37、n of the United States had come to the aid of the devastated coast.Before dawn,the Mississippi National Guard and civil-defense units were moving in to handle traffic,guard property,set up communications centers,help clear the debris and take the homeless by truck and bus to refugee centers.By 10 a.
38、m.,the Salvation Armys canteen trucks and Red Cross volunteers and staffers,were going wherever possible to distribute hot drinks,food,clothing and bedding.(para 31)From hundreds of towns and cities across the country came several million dollars in donations,household and medical supplies streamed
39、in by plane,train,truck and car.The federal government shipped 4,400,000 pounds of food,moved in mobile homes,set up portable classrooms,opened offices to provide low-interest,long-term business loans.Talk about the measures in green.Why these actions necessary,important and effective for the rehabi
40、litation work?,Coil,v,n.wind around and around 成卷状,盘绕,卷 e.g.A snake can coil itself up or coil around a branch.The wire was coiled round the tree,and then the current was turned on.Please hand me that coil of wire.Shatter:break(to)pieces,vi,vt.e.g.爆炸将整栋大楼的窗玻璃都震裂了.这次可怕的经历使他的幻想完全破灭了.爬了五个小时的山完全把我累垮了.你想
41、象不出她当时那震惊的表情.那只贵重的花瓶掉在地上摔得粉碎.The explosion shattered every window of the building.His illusions were shattered by the terrible experience.I was absolutely shattered after five-hour climbing of the hill.(Climbing the hill for five hours absolutely shattered me)You cant imagine the shattered look on h
42、er face)That expensive vase shattered when it hit the ground.,Stream:n.v.narrow moving mass.He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke.:a large number of sth occurring one after anther.We had a constant stream of visitors.:a group of children of the same age and ability taught together Examinations
43、 may be used to choose which pupils are to move into the top streams.:move quickly and in large numbers.Refugees have been streaming into the neighboring countries.:light shines strongly into or out of a place Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard.译：他身后有一长串的车。那悲惨的故事引发了源源不断的读者来信。他倡导将孩子们分流，根据他们的需要
44、来教育他们。教堂的钟声敲响了12下，人们很快开始蜂拥而出。There was a stream of traffic behind him.The sad story triggered a stream of readers letters.He advocates streaming children,and educating them according to their needs.Soon after the clock in the church struck twelve,people began to stream out.,Rake its way:metaphor,mea
45、ning to attack and devastate as it moved along.Rake:n.v.t 耙;仔细寻找 Its your turn to rake the garden.Rampage:v.rush about in a wild or violent way,causing damage and destruction.横冲直撞Rampaging floods:violent,raging floods.Hundreds of youths rampaged through the towns,smashing shop windows and overturnin
46、g cars.译：我今天晚些时候把树叶扫起来。警察们搜遍了小山坡但没有发现逃犯。他试图用剑保护他的商店不受到横冲直撞的暴民的破坏。犯人们横冲直撞，见什么砸什么。Ill rake the leaves up later today.The police raked the hillside but did not find the escaped prisoners.He used a sword to try to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.The prisoners went on the rampage destroying everythi
47、ng in their ways.,Summary of the writing style,Diction level:Concrete,specific words are used,esp.one-syllable verbs are used to quicken the speed of the action.Few adjectives and adverbs to quicken the rhythm Various shades of words are used to avoid repetition,e.g:disintegrate/break apart/demolish
48、/devastate Sentence level:Elliptical and short simple sentences(Para727).-Increase the tempo and speed of the actions being described.Hence in a dramatic narration they serve to heighten tension and help create a sense of danger and urgency.Textual level:Building up and sustaining the suspense by de
49、scribing in detail and vividly the incidents with the sequence of happenings,Discussion:(Ex.XIII)in class,Problems in sentence writing1)The run-on sentence2)The sentence fragment3)The dangling modifier4)The illogical or faulty parallelism5)The shift in point of viewOral:What have you learned from th
50、e text?,Run-on sentences,A run-on sentence is two or more complete thoughts(or independent clauses)that are run together without adequate sign given to mark the break between them.Some run-on sentences have no punctuation at all to mark the break between the thoughts:I am going to school,if I dont g
