Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema（Reading—The Steamboat）

module 3 adventure in literature and the cinema

reading—the steamboatgoals●to learn about adventure in literature and the cinema●    to learn to read with strategiesprocedures step 1 warming up by learning about “adventure” and learning to “venture”hello, class! before we begin an adventure on adventure in literature and the cinema, that is, module 3, let’s try to understand what it means by adventure.☆her adventures travelling in africa excites me.☆when you’re a child, life is one big adventure.  ☆popper described science as the greatest adventure in the world.★they ventured nervously into the water.  ★he’s never ventured abroad in his life.★she hardly dared to venture an opinion.  ★he ventured a tentative smile.  ★i ventured to suggest that she might have made a mistake.  ★‘a(chǎn)nd if i say no?’ she ventured. ★it was wrong to venture his financial security on such a risky deal. ★this is the first time the company has ventured into movie production.popular adventure film concepts include: an outlaw figure fighting for justice or battling a tyrant (as in zorro or robin hood pirates (as in captain blood) a search for a lost city or for hidden treasure (as in king solomon's mines)step  2 warming up by imaging going on an adventureboys and girls, what is adventure?adventure is an exciting trip. if you are bored, you could imagine going on a great adventure.have a go at caving, climbing, sailing and canoeing at adventure club during the summer vocation. all the activities at adventure club are run and supervised by qualified and experienced staff adventure club started life in the 1970s as a sailing club for young people. since this time it has grown and grown. adventure club now provides over 10,000 sessions of adventure to young people each year.would you like to go? then come with me!step 3 before you readplease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.step 4 while you readcut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.step 5 after you readcopy all the useful expressions into your expression book and make your own sentences with them.a big storm/ after midnight/ pour down, stay inside the shelter, sail down…, by the light of the lightning, in the middle of …, look like…, at first，hit a rock, half in and half out of …, sail straight towards…, go under, after a couple of minutes, take a look, board a sinking ship, find something useful, on the boat, paddle over, climb on to the steamboat, keep as quiet as mice, to our astonishment, a light in one of the cabins, a man's angry voice, last time, run to the raft, feel very curious, put…round the door, quite dark, lie on the floor, be tied up with rope, stand over…, him, with a beard, have…in one’s hand, look like…, have enough of…, on the floor, leave…h(huán)ere, in a couple of hours, go down with…, the frightened man, on the floor, die of fright, find a way to save …, crawl along…, take… away, look terrified, persuade…to help…, be tired to…, climb quietly in, paddle away, by then, a safe distance away, feel bad about…