Unit2SailingtheoceansPeriodone:WarmingupandPre-readingAim:Totrainthestudent’sabilityoflisteningandspeaking.Contents:IWarmingupandPre-reading1Introducethehistoryofsailingtheoceans,andaskwhoarefamousinsailingtheoceansinhistory.2Letstudentslockatthepicturesandanswerthequestions(1)Whatisanavigator?(2)Lookatthesefamouspeople.Aretheynavigatorsorexplorers?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?(3)Canyouidentifytheseearlynavigationalinstrumentsseamenusedandexplainhowtheyareused?(Picture2)a_________b_________c__________d__________(4)Whichdoyouthinkwaseasiertoworkout:latitudeorlongitude?(5)Whichonesdoyouthinkarestillusedtoday?(6)whatisthedifferencebetweenanavigatorandanexplorer?(7)howdoyouthinkseamanfoundtheirwaybeforemodernaccuratemethodsofnavigationwereinvented?Nowreadaboutwhatnavigationwaslikebeforemoderninstrumentswereused.IIlisteningandspeaking1ListentothetapeandfillinthechartSailorsformSeaorOceanSkillsPhoeniciaMediterraneanUsedtheskytofindNorthTheirwayPolynesia2Usetheinformationformthelisteningtoexplainthesesailingstrategies.1._________________________________________________________2._________________________________________________________Periodtwo:readingAim:Letstudentsmastersomelanguagepointsandunderstandthetext.Contents:Reading:sailingtheoceans1Answersomequestionsaboutthetext1.Howmanywaysthepassagetellsustokeepalongsidethecoastline.2.Whencanthesailorsusethesuntonavigateby?3.Whatwasthefirstinstrumenttomeasurethesun’sposition.4.Whatprovedtobethemostaccurateandreliableoftheseearthnavigationalinstruments?5.Whendidseamenbegintousethecompass?2Languagepoints:1.voyage:n.longjourney,byseaorinspace2.mercy:n.kindness;forgivenessphr:atthemercyof:underthecontrolof任由……的摆布withoutmercy毫不留情地Thebeatwasatthemercyoftherapidriver.Formercy‘ssake请发慈悲ForCod’ssake3.nowhereadv.notanywhere无处eg:Iwentnowhere不知来自哪里,以不知名状态gonowherevi无所成,进行得不顺利getsbnowhere某某事对某人无帮助、元效4.referencen.actofmentioning;actoflookingatforinformation.phr:(1)havereferenceto和……有关系(2)inreferenceto关于(3)make(a)referenceto说到谈到(4)referencebook参考书刊号(5)referencematerial参考资料(6)withreferenceto关于就……而论whitreferencetothecontextvirefer:referto(a)指的是(b)参考(c)提到谈到refertoAasB将A称为Beg:Areyoureferringtome?Inhisspeech,hedidn’trefertotheproblematall.Hecookeddinnerbyreferringtoacookbook.Californiaisreferredtoasthe“GoldenState.”5.survival:n.stateofcontinuingtolive生存、幸存survive:vt.sbsurvive某人幸存下sthsurvive某物保留下来vi.survivesbby活得比某人长……survivesth从……中幸存、幸存于…eg:Onlyonebabysurvivedtheterriblecarcrash.Thegirlsurvivedherparents.Survivorn.thepersonorthingofsurviving.6.duskn.timebeforenightatdusk在黄昏时刻Periodthree:comprehendingandlanguageIComprehendingReadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatistheuseofabearingcircle.astrolabe,quadrantorsextant?()Whatistheuseofacompass?()AtosetthecourseoftheshipBtomeasurethepositionoftheshipCtomeasurethespeedoftheshipDtotellthetime2.Whyarespeedandtimeimportantinworkingoutthelongitudeofaship?3.Whyisthepositionofthesunandvariousstarsusefulforworkingoutlatitude?4.SupposeyouwereaseacaptainaimingtosailroundAfricaDiscussingroups.(1)whatskillswouldyouseekinyoursailors?(2)whatproblemswouldyouanticipateforthisjourney?IILearningaboutlanguageDoexercises1.2and3Exerise1Replacethewordsunderlinedbyonesofsimilarmeaningformthereadingpassage.1.Seeingthedarkcloudsabovehim,Georgehurriedforhome.2.SailingaboatalonefarawayformtheshoremadeFlora’sparentsworryabouthersafety.3.Clare,wouldyoupleaseputyourbicyclenexttotheothersintheshed?4.“Whydon’tyouplotamoresimpleroutwiththesmallestnumberofspots?”askedMary.5.Settingoutonalongjourneybyseawithunskilledsailorswouldbedangerousespeciallyiftherewerenomodernnavigationalinstruments.Exercise2Findthewordsformthereadingpassagethataretheoppositeofthesecompoundwords.NowhereanywheredownloaduploadoutwardinwardReliableunreliableseaweedlandflowershortcomingstrongpointExercise3:Completethefollowingparagraphwiththewordsbelow.preciseoutwardnowhereawkwardreferenceseaweedacceleratemercyrandomlyvoyagealongsideapproximateSamuelthesailorwasextremelygoodatplottinghiscourseusingthestarsa________.Onedayhewasdeterminedtosetoutona________acrossanunknownseatoanunknowncontinent.Hesetoutwithhisinstrumentssohewouldnotbeatthe_________Ofthesea.Hefoundonhis_______journeyarockyisland.Itseemedtobecoveredinnests.Suddenly,asSamuellooked,anenormousbirdswoopeddownandpickedhimupasifhewerea/an______parcel.It______itsspeedandrosestraightupintotheairsoastoreachthe_______placeontherockswhereitsnestlay.Oncethere,itshookitselfandthrewSamuelinthe________directionofthenest.Thereseemedtobe______tohidebutthenhenoticedlotsof______onhisleftandquicklyhidunderit.Thebirdlandednearbyandpecked______attherocks.Samuelrolledoverswiftlyandfoundhimselfattheedgeofthecliff.Helookeddownslowlywithabeatingheart.Belowhimwashisboatlying______theshore!“HowluckyIam!”Samuelthoughttohimself.Hethengaveamightyleapandlandedinit.Onceinsidehecouldsafelysailaway.Periodfour:ReadingspeakingandwritingAim:totrainthestudent’sabilityoflisteningandspeakingandwritingContents:somelanguagepoints1〉starvation:n.sufferingordeathfromlackoffood