《Huamns and nature》Lesson1 A Sea Story PPTActivity 1Do you know any stories about people and the sea?Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures.a fisherman a fishing boat a whirlpool wavesto escape to survive a storm to float wildActivity 2Read the Fact File on page 30 and answer the questions.What is a “Moskoe-strom”?It is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea.Who wrote the story?Edgar Allan Poe wrote the story.What do you think will happen in the story?Activity 3Read the text and answer questions.1. Who are the main characters in the story?2. Who is telling the story?3. When and where did the story happen?4. What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?Activity 4Read again and complete. Then add the storyteller’s feelings during each situation.1. When we were coming back from the island, the sky ________________________. Then a huge wave ___________________ and my younger brother _______________. My elder brother _____________ “Moskoe-strom”!2. The wind and the waves carried us ________________________________. Then, we were _______________ it. Suddenly, we _________________.3. The boat was on the inside of ___________________ and we were going round in ________________________. After I made three important observations, I tied myself to _____________________. I tried to make my brother _________, but he was ____________________.4. Soon afterwards, the whirlpool ________________. The waves soon carried me away and finally a boat _______________.Activity 51. How did the storyteller overcome his fear and struggle to survive from the whirlpool?2. Retell the story, using time words such as when, suddenly, then, and finally.Activity 6Group Work: Think and Share1. What were the three observations the storyteller made?2. Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didn’t?3. What does the storyteller mean by “it took only six hours to break my body and soul”?4. What lessons have you learnt from the story? Give your reasons.5. What is the story trying to say about the relationship between humans and nature?Activity 7Synonyms and Antonyms.Synonyms: words with similar meaningsAntonyms: words with opposite meaningsActivity 8Complete the summary.The storyteller experienced a Moskoe-strom which broke his 1_____________. One day, he was out fishing with his two brothers when the sky suddenly clouded over and they were in 2______________. A huge 3________ covered the boat and his younger brother 4___________ the sea. The boat went over the edge into the 5_________ and they went round in circles. The storyteller felt there was no escape but observed that round and 6_________ shaped objects of 7___________ fell down more slowly. So he 8____________________ to help himself float. He tried to make his elder brother understand, but he was too 9______________________________. Finally the storyteller 10________ the storm.Activity 9Relative clausesDefinition: a relative clause a part of a sentence that has a verb in it and is joined to the rest of the sentence by “who”, “which”, “where”.Example:That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul.… the reason why I’m here to tell the story is that I made the right decision.… and the wave soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were.Activity 10Pair Work: Read, compare and choose.Read the sentence below and compare them. Which choice (a or b) do you think is better. Why?1 a Is there a shop nearby? I want to buy some sweets in the shop. b Is there a shop nearby where I can buy some sweets?2 a We can go there on Sunday. Few people go to work on Sunday. b We can go there on Sunday when few people go to work.3 a He was so upset for some reason. He didn’t tell me the reason. b He didn’t tell me the reason why he was so upset.Activity 11Talk about yourself using relative clauses.I’ll never forget the day _________________.I was born in a city/town _____________________.I’ll never know the reason ______________________________.Activity 12Pair Work: Storytelling.Tell your partner a special and personal experience using relative clauses.关键词：北师大版高中英语必修二PPT课件免费下载，Huamns and nature PPT下载，.PPT格式； 本作品中主体文字及图片可替换修改，文字修改可直接点击文本框进行编辑，图片更改可选中图片后单击鼠标右键选择更换图片，也可根据自身需求增加和删除作品中的内容，源文件无水印。如认为该内容涉嫌侵权，可通过邮件提出书面通知，我们将及时处理。