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1、Advanced EnglishUnit 1 Book 2,Face to Face with Hurricane Camille,Menu,Backgroundinformation,VocabularyPhrasesText,Exercises,Pre-reading activity:Background information,Background information,Hurricane Betsy,HOME,Red Cross,Hurricane Camille,Hurricane,Salvation Army,Hurricane,A tropical storm in whic

2、h winds attainspeeds greater than 75 miles per hour.The term is often restricted to thosestorms occurring over the North AtlanticOcean.Incipient hurricanes usually formover the tropical N Atlantic Ocean andmature as they drift westward.,Hurricanes also occasionally form off The west coast of Mexico

3、and movenortheastward from that area.An average of 3.5 tropical storms per yeareventually mature into hurricanes alongthe east coast of North America,usually over the Caribbean Sea or Gulf Of Mexico.,Back,The storm lashed Mississippi and Louisiana for two days,Aug.17-18,in 1969.The death toll was 25

4、8.,Hurricane Camille,Back,Hurricane Betsy,The storm lashed Florida,Mississippi and Louisiana in 1965 form Sept.7-10,causing the deathof 74 persons.,Back,Salvation Army,Protestant denomination and International nonsectarian ChristianOrganization for evangelical andPhilanthropic work.It was founded By

5、 William Booth,with assistanceof his wife Catherine Booth.Themovement,begun in 1865,was originally known as the East LondonRevival Society,shortly renamedthe Christian Mission,and finallyIn 1878 designed the SalvationArmy.A million form of organization,with uniforms and other distinctive features,wa

6、s adopted in theinterest of a more effective“warfare against evil”.,The organization has establishedbranches in more than 75 countriesthroughout the world.Each countryhas its divisions and local corps,with a commander at the head ofall.International headquarters arein London.The army operateshospita

7、ls,community centers andrecreation facilities.Support of the vast undertakings in al parts of the world depends on voluntary contributions and profits from the sale of publications.,Salvation Army,Back,Red Cross,International organization concernedWith the alleviation of human Suffering and the prom

8、otion of publicHealth.The creation of the agencyWas spurred by the publicationOf UN SOUVENIR DE SOLFERINO(1862),an account by Jean Henry Dunant(1878-1910)of the suffering Endured by the wounded at the Battle of Solferino in 1859.,Back,lash:a specific verb,meaning to strike with great force,e.g.waves

9、 lashed the cliffs.,pummel:to beat or hit with repeated blows.,HOME,engineering drawings:diagrams and sketches for machines.,coastal communities:people living together in towns,cities,villages,along the coast.,HOME,art work:designs,models,pictures for the various toys.,first floor:in U.S.,the ground

10、 floor;in Europe and Great Britain,the floor above this.,HOME,main:a principal pipe,conduit,or line in a distributing system for water,gas,electricity,etc.,batten:to fasten canvas over the hatches of a ship,especially in preparing for a storm.,HOME,power failure:a breakdown in the supply of electric

11、ity.,generator:a dynamo a small machine for producing electricity.,HOME,wired several light bulbs:connected several light bulbs by wire to the generator.When the generator produced electricity these bulbs would light up.,Pop:(slang)father;also a familiar term of address to any elderly man.,HOME,Fren

12、ch doors:two adjoining doors that have glass panes from top to bottom and they open in the middle.,gun-like reports:loud explosive noises like guns being fired.,HOME,douse:to put out(a light,fire,generator,etc.)quickly by pouring water over it.,windows disintegrated:windows broke up,windows broke in

13、to pieces.,HOME,kill:to cause(an engine,etc.)to stop(American English),lap:to move or strike gently with a light,splashing sound,HOME,skim:to throw so as to cause to bounce swiftly and lightly.,Marooned group:a group of people who helpless and isolated by the storm.,HOME,swash:the space covered with

14、 one cut of a scythe;a long strip or track of any kind.,dump:to throw down something heavy with a bump.,HOME,moorings:cables,anchors.buoys,etc,that hold a ship in place.,spectacular:transferred epithet,meaning impressive to see and strikingly unusual,HOME,bar:a measure in music;the notes between two

15、 vertical lines on a music sheet,bedroom sanctuary:the bedroom which was a place of refuge and protection.,HOME,a lean-to:noun,a shed or other small outbuilding with a slopping roof,the upper end of which rests against the wall of another building.,festoon:a wreath or garland of flowers,leaves,paper

16、,etc.hanging in a loop or curve.,HOME,National Guard:in the U.S.the organized militia forces of the individual states,a component of the Army of the U.S when called into active Federal service.,Civil defense:a system of warning devices,fallout shelters,volunteer workers,etc.organized as a defense of

17、 the population against enemy actions in time of war.,HOME,Communications centers:places that provided postal,telegraph and telephone services.,Canteen trucks:trucks distributing food and drink to the refugees.,HOME,Mobile homes:homes that can be moved or transported easily from one place to another

18、.,the blues:short for blue devils;a depressed,unhappy feeling(American colloquialism),Back,all of:every one,every bit of,every piece of.It is used with a plural verb.,a good:a general intensive,meaning“at least”,“full”,e.g.we waited a good six hours.,HOME,ride it out:to stay afloat during a storm wi

19、thout too much damage.,stay away:keep far away from;dont go near.,HOME,concerned about:anxious,uneasy,worried about,mounted to a roar:the sound of the wind gets louder as the forces of the wind increases.,HOME,more or less:to some extent e.g.We hope our explanations will prove more or less helpful.,

20、take responsibility for:to consider oneself answerable for(of doing)something.,HOME,with outward calm:to appear calm(but to be worried in ones mind).,trail away:to grow gradually weaker,dimmer.,Back,While reading activity:Text,Text,Introduction to the text,Effective Writing Skills,Rhetorical Devices

21、,Paraphrase,Text analysis,HOME,Face to Face with Hurricane Camille is a piece of narration.Simply defined,narration is the telling of a story.A good story has a beginning,a middle and an end,even though it may start in the middle of at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier

22、happenings.As the conflict develops,suspense and tension increase until the highest point or the climax of the struggle is reached.After the climax,the story quickly moves to a conclusion,which is sometimes called a denouement.,Face to Face with Hurricane Camille describes the heroic struggle of Kos

23、haks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane.The story focuses mainly on action but the writer also clearly and sympathetically delineates the characters in the story.The hero or the protagonist in the story is John Koshak,Jr.,and the antagonist is the hurricane.,Back,The fir

24、st 6 paragraphs are introductory paragraphs,giving the time,place and background of the conflict man versus hurricanes.These paras also introduce the characters in the story.The writer builds up and sustains the suspense in the story and gives order and logical movement to the sequence of happenings

25、 by describing in detail and vividly the incidents showing how the Kashaks and their friends struggled against each onslaught of the hurricane.The writer describes these actions in the order of their actions in the order of their occurrence.This natural time sequence or chronological order holds the

26、 story together.,The story reaches its climax in paragraph 27 and from there on the story moves rapidly to its conclusion.In the last para the writer states his theme or the purpose behind his story in the reflection of Grandmother Koshak:“We lost practically all our possessions,but the family came

27、through it.When I think of that,I realize we lost nothing important.,Back,Back,HOME,Back,Back,Back,Back,Back,Back,Back,Back,Back,Effective Writing Skills,Using many elliptical and short,simple sentences to achieve certain effect Elliptical and short simple sentences generally increase the tempo and

28、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.For examples see text,para 10-18 and 21-26.,Back,Rhetorical Devices,1.simile E.g.The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away.2.metaph

29、or E.g.We can batten down and ride it out.A metaphor,comparing the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea.3.personification E.g.A moment later,the hurricane,in one mighty swipe,lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.,Back,HOME,Exercises,读写教程4EX:VI

30、,P.12,Explanation,读写教程4EX:VII,P.12,读写教程4EX:VIII P.13,Analysis,Discrimination,VI.Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the italicized words.,1.since the water mains might be damaged(para 5),2.sit out the storm with the Koshaks(para 6),a principal pipe,conduit,or line in a disturbing syste

31、m for water,gas,electricity,etc.,to stay until the end of the storm,Back,3.another neighbor came by on his way inland(para 6),4.the French doors in an upstairs room blew in(para 8),to pay a visit,burst open by the storm,the two adjoining doors(of the French doors)flew inwards,Back,VI.Look up the dic

32、tionary and explain the meaning of the italicized words.,5.the generator was doused(para 9),6.The electrical system had been killed by water(para 11),to put out(a light,fire,generator,etc)quickly by pouring water over it,to cause(an engine,etc.)to stop,Back,VI.Look up the dictionary and explain the

33、meaning of the italicized words.,7.it devasted everything in its swash(para 19),8.she carried on alone for a few bars(para 21),the space covered with one cut of a scythe;a long strip or track of any kind,a measure in music;the notes between two vertical lines on a music sheet,Back,VI.Look up the dic

34、tionary and explain the meaning of the italicized words.,9.make it a lean-to against the wind(para 25),10.and he pitched in with Seabees in the worst volunteer work of all(para 33),A shed or other small outbuilding with a sloping roof,the upper end of which rests against the wall of another building

35、.,Members of the construction battalions of the Civil English Corps of the United States Navy,that build harbor facilities,airfields,etc.Seabee stands for CB,short for Construction Battalion.,Back,VI.Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the italicized words.,VII.Discriminate the followi

36、ng groups of synonyms:,1.demolish,destroy,raze,annihilate,Demolish and raze are generally applied to big or substantial things,such as buildings or other edifices.Demolish,unlike raze,is often used figuratively of the reduction of any complex whole to ruins to demolish a theory with a few incisive c

37、omments.,Back,Destroy is a general word with few overtones beyond its emphasis on force and thoroughness the cyclone that destroyed dozens of houses in the town.,Decay implies gradual,often natural,deterioration from a normal or sound condition his teeth have begun to decay.,Back,Annihilate is the m

38、ost extreme word in this list,and literally means to reduce to nothingness.As more commonly used,however,it denotes a severe degree of damage to a thing or person.,2.disintegrate,decay,rot,spoil,molder,decompose,VII.Discriminate the following groups of synonyms:,Rot refers to the decay of organic,es

39、p.vegetable,mattercaused by bacteria,fungi,etc.rotting apples.,Molder suggests a slow,progressive,crumbling decay old buildings molder away.,Back,Spoil is the common informal word for the decay offoods fish spoils quickly in summer.,VII.Discriminate the following groups of synonyms:,Disintegrate imp

40、lies the breaking of something into parts or fragments so that the wholeness of the original is destroyed the disintegration of rocks.,Back,Decompose suggests the breaking up or separation of something into its component elements a decomposing chemical compound.It is also a somewhat euphemistic subs

41、titute for rot.,VII.Discriminate the following groups of synonyms:,VIII.Analyze the formation of the following words and list 5-10 examples of each:,1.television,Back,television=tele+vision,a combining form“tele-”plus a noun“vision”.For example:telecast,telecommunication,telecourse,telegram,telegrap

42、h,telemeter,telephone,teleplay,telescope,etc.,VIII.Analyze the formation of the following words and list 5-10 examples of each:,2.northweatward,Back,northwestward=north+west+ward or northwest=ward,“-ward”a suffix meaning in a(specific)direction or course.For example:seaward,windward,homeward,eastwar

43、d,backward,inward,outward,upward,etc.,VIII.Analyze the formation of the following words and list 5-10 examples of each:,3.motel,Back,motel=mo(torist)=(ho)tel,a blend or portmanteau word formed by combining parts of other words.For example:smog sm(oke)+(f)og,smaze sm(oke)+(h)aze,brunch br(eakfast)+(l

44、)unch,galumph gal(lop)+(tri)umph,moped mo(tor)+ped(al)etc.,VIII.Analyze the formation of the following words and list 5-10 examples of each:,4.bathtub,Back,bathtub=bath+tub a compound word formed by combining two nouns.For example:bathrobe,bathhouse,bedroom,roommate,bookcase,headband,housemaid,house

45、keeper,housefly,lawbook,etc.,VIII.Analyze the formation of the following words and list 5-10 examples of each:,5.returnees,returnees=return+ees,a verb plus a noun forming suffix“-ee”designating a person in a specified condition.For example:employee,refugee,divorcee,consignee,examinee,mortagee,nominee,internee,escapee,lessee,etc.,The end.,The end.,