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Unit12FactandFantasyReadingReadingJulesVerneTheFatherofScienceFictionWhoisthefatheroftheseinventions?electricrailwayThefirstelectricrailwaywasbuiltbyGermanWernervonSiemensin1879.lightbulbTheelectriclightbulbwasinventedbyThomasAlvaEdisonintheUnitedStatesandSirJosephWilsonSwaninEnglandin1879.steam-poweredboatThefirstsuccessfulsteam-poweredshipwasdevelopedandproducedbyJohnFitchin1785.JulesVerneWhoisthefatherofsciencefiction?Doyouknowabouthim?Howmuch?Ifnot,readthefirstpassageofthetextandfillinthecharttounderstandhislife.JulesVerneBornin:Diedin:Nationality:Interestedin:Studied:Famousnovels:18281905Frenchtheatre20,000LeaguesundertheSea,JourneytotheCenteroftheEarth,theChildrenofCaptainGrant,theMysteriousIsland,80DaysaroundtheWorld.botany,appliedscience20,000LeaguesundertheSeaHaveaquickreadoftheparagraphs(2-5).Findtheanswertothesequestions.1.Areshipssinkingthen?2.Howmanypeoplesetout?3.Dotheymeetsomedangersduringthevoyage?4.What’stheirmeansoftransportation?5.Whodrivesit?Listentothetapecarefully.Answerthequestionsbelowcorrectly.1.WhydoDrAronnaxsetoutwithhisfollowers?2.Whatdoesthemonsterturnouttobe?3.IsNautilusanordinaryship?4.WhatdoyouthinkofNautilus?Canyoudescribeit?5.HowdoyouliketheCaptainNemo?6.Howdoeshetreathisguests?Testyourselfonsomelinguisticknowledge:(useyourownwordstoparaphrase)1.“Tomakealiving,Vernehadtowriteandsellstories”.Vernehadto…inordertomakealife/makemoney.2.appliedsciencetheoretical,notpractical3.Bytakingthescientificdevelopmentsofhisdayonestepfurther,Vernelaidthefoundationofmodernsciencefiction.(translation)通过将他所处时代的科学发展向前推进一步，儒勒.凡儿纳奠定了现代科幻小说的基础。4.Itisbelievedtobecausedbyaseamonster.Peoplebelievethatitiscausedbyaseamonster.5.setouttodosetaboutdoing6.Intheireffortstosurvive,theyfindthemselvesonthesurfaceofthemonsteritself,whichturnsout(tobe)asubmarine.尽管今早看起来要下雨，但结果却是晴天。cometobeknown;provetobesb/sth(1)Thoughitlookedlikerainthismorning,itturnedout(tobe)fine.结果那个会议很没意思。(2)Themeetingturnedouttobeaboringone.8.Allthatisneedforlifeonboardcomesfromocean.9.Dressedindivingsuits,CaptainNemoandhisguestswalkaroundinthemagicworld.10.hispermanentguestsWhatisneededforlifeintheshipareallfromTheocean.Becausetheyaredressedindivingsuits,CaptainNemowalkaroundinthemagicworldwithhisguests.hislong-termguestsWhatdoestheinsideoftheearthlooklike?Theearthonwhichweliveisabigballofveryhotrock,whichconsistsofthreeparts:theearth’scrust,theearth’smantleandtheearth’score.Thetemperatureinsideisveryhigh.It’shotinsidebutcoldoutside.Ithasashelljustlikeanegg.Therearesomecracksintheshelloftheearthinsomeplaces.Hotwatershootsintotheairthroughthosecracksandsteamcomesupfrompoolsofhotwater.JourneytotheCenterOftheEarthJulesVerneFirstreading:Whatdothetwomendointheadventureofgoingtothecentreoftheearth?Pickoutthemainverbsinthedescriptionofthestory.JourneytotheCenteroftheEarthRetellthestoryingroupsaccordingtotheverbsabove.Mainverbs:…enter…leadthrough…passthrough…drink…reach…walkalong…gothrough…build…cross…beattacked…beshotout•WhatthingsdescribedinJulesVerne’sbookshavecometrue?•Whatdoyouthinkislikelytocometrueinthefuture?Why?•Whatdoyouthinkisunlikelytocometrue?Why?DiscussionDoyoudaretoclimbdeepintoacave?Ifyouhaveachancetodothis,whatwillyoupreferforthistrip?Canyouexpectsomethingsthatwillhappenduringthejourney?Thankyou!Goodbye!