Unit12 Fact and fantasy
e. g, the boy's wish to become a pla man has come true.
4. set out
e. g. they set out to look for the lost child.
5. turn out (to be) + adj. n.
e. g. the weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely. to everyone's surprise, the fashiona¬ble girl turned out to be a thief.
6. defend ……against/from
e. g. we should defend our country against attacks.
7. be dressed in
e. g. the girl was always dressed in red.
dressed in uniform, he looks hand¬some.
step 5 post-reading
read the passage again. then fin¬ish exercise 2 in post-reading on page 13.
suggested answers-
2. during the time they do all they can to continue to live……
3. they realize that they come to the sur¬face of the monster
4. his long-term guests
exercise 4. in jules verne's times, the knowledge about the earth was very limited, and many scientific facts couldn't be ex¬plained by people. but jules verne contained a lot of knowledge about the earth in his novel. where do you think he might have got his ideas from? you can use all the knowledge you have learnt to explain the questions. work in groups of four to have a discussion. (after a while, teacher checks their answers. students may have various answers. )
go on with the exercises in post-reading. under water travel and space travel have many things com¬mon. do you know the differences and similarities between them? work in groups of four to finish the chart of exercise 3.
suggested answers:
differences submarine spaceship
speed slow fast
landscape under water landscape space landscape
number for people a lot of people a few people
food common food special space food
clothes diving suits space suits
similarities demand for skills is high. they're both exciting. tourists must be trained by experts. they're expensive.
finish the chart in exercise 5.
(teacher gives them a few minutes. teacher joins them in the discussion and gives some advice if necessary. )
suggested answers;
preparation : tools and things to bring risks: dangerous and things that could happen
food，water, warm clothes, ropes, matches, a knife, a chis¬el .some medicines losing one's way falling into a hole being injured
step 6 summary and homework
in this period, we've read a passage about jules verne. by reading, we've learnt more about jules verne and his two novels. we've also learnt some useful expressions and done some con¬cerned exercises. after class, try to make more sentences using them to master them better. besides, read the passage over and over and prepare for retelling it. at last, preview the third period—language study.