Unit 13 The Water Planet教案
iii. reflection
1. there is a close relationship between some properties of water, for example, salinity, density and ocean motion. how do they affect each other?
2. suppose you are one of the main properties of water (resolvability, salinity, density …). you think you are the most important and have the greatest effect on life. try to persuade others by describing: 1) what you are.
2) what affects you.
3) what you are made the most of by human beings.
part two listening
i. pre-listening
give a very brief introduction of the rime of the ancient mariner and its author samuel taylor coleridge. here rime is the variant of rhyme.
ii. while-listening
1. listen to the story (part 1) and find the information about it. (when, where, who, what?)
when: 18th century? (no, not mentioned)
where: on a ship
who: sailors / mariners
what: one of the sailors kills a bird that brings good luck to the ship, by doing which he has brought bad luck and death to the sailors.
2. listen to part 1 for the second time and finish the following true or false questions.
1) this poem was written by a british poet samuel taylor coleridge in the 1700s.
2) in the poem, one of the sailors kills a fish under the ship.
3) it is believed that the animal he kills is one that brings good luck to the ship.
4) other sailors are so frightened and angry that they kill the sailor.
5) the sailors are extremely thirsty but they can’t drink the water in the sea, because it is too dirty.
(keys: tftff)
3. listen to part 1 for the third time and answer the following questions:
1) who tells the story in the poem?
2) what does one of the sailors do?
3) what do you think will happen next?
4) why are the other sailors frightened?
4. listen to part 2 and complete the following sentences.
1) finally they decide that he must die －_______ the mariner who _______ the bird.
2) he must _____ _______ it all and will ______ by having to tell the story…
3) _____ ______ on the ship, _________ on the ocean, the mariner suffers from __________ and ______.
4) his story _____, the ________ mariner says _________ and asks them to learn from his ___________.
keys: 1) except, shot; 2) live through, pay 3) left alone, drifting, loneliness, fear; 4) told, ancient, farewell, sufferings
5. listen to part 2 again and answer the following questions:
1) what happens to the sailors?