2019屆高三英語(yǔ)Under the sea
t: very wonderful job you’ve done! now do you have any questions about the words and expressions in the passage?
deal with some language points.
language points:
1. be/become aware of: get to know
e.g. the mangers of the company have been aware of their weakness.
i was not aware of the fire.
add: there is another pattern about “be aware”: be aware + clause
e.g. we were quite aware that the competition was very fierce.
are you aware how they would respond to our terms?
2. reflect
(1) vt. throw (light) back:
e.g. a mirror reflects a picture of you when you look in it.
(2) vt. express (+ clause)
e.g. does what you said reflect how you really think?
(3) vi. think carefully (+on)
e.g. he reflected on my questions before answering.
then deal with e 1-4 on page 24.
step ⅲ reading (2)
reading task p66
t: let’s come to the story about the sea goddess on page 67. look at the two pictures before you read the story. look at picture 1, which part of the world do you think this man is from?
ss: maybe he is from the north pole.
t: why do you think so?
s: because we can see some icebergs.
s: and he is paddling a canoe and wearing thick clothes.
t: then, what do you think his clothes are made of?
s: if he does live in the area of the north pole, i guess his clothes are made of animal furs.
t: that makes sense. look at picture 2. have you seen pictures like this before?
ss: yes.
t: where did you see them?
ss: in the picture books of fairy tale. / on tv programs.
t: do you know any story that involves a creature like her? what is the story?
ss: the fairy tale written by andersen, “the little mermaid”.
t: very good! now let’s glance through the story quickly and match the paragraph with the correct sentence in ex 2 on page 68.
after the ss have finished it, check the answers.
t: in fact, each sentence is the main idea of its corresponding paragraph. have you find that?
then deal with ex 3. let the ss read the story again and answer the questions. at last, check the answers.
suggested answers:
1. because her father was getting old and he could not look after her daughter any more.
2. he was afraid that sedna wouldn’t agree to marry him if she knew he was not a man but a sea bird.
3. because the bird man caused a sea storm with anger and sedna’s father was so frightened that he grabbed sedna and threw her into the sea.
4. maybe sedna’s father was once seriously hurt by the bird man. so he was frightened of the bird man.
5. yes. because when she is angry, she keeps all the animals in the sea away from the hunters, who depend on the sea for their survival. and i think that is a magic power the nature offers to her for her beauty, clearness and kindness.