高一英語Sailing the oceans教案
1. i was forced to join captain bligh in the small boat.
2. after the crew took over the ship “boundy”, captain bligh was allowed to take with him a chart , a compass and a quadrant.
3. it was very difficult for us to get a correct reading from the quadrant as the boat moved constantly during the course.
4. captain bligh used a system called “dead reckoning” and he knew there was land directly southwest of their original position.
5. we completely believed captain bligh when he talked hopefully about what we would do when we got back to england.
6. captain bligh was as weak as the rest of us but he was determined not to give up.
7. captain bligh kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomach and thirst all the way.
8. we finally escaped the jaws of death and arrived in timor over fifty days after being set loose in our small boat.
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b. give the students a few minutes to read the passage again and then get the general idea of the text.
this is the storey of captain bligh’s amazing journey across the pacific ocean in an open boat with his followers after another group of sailors under fletcher christian had taken over the ship. later captain bligh and his men made for the island of timor using a combination of navigational skill and “dead reckoning”, which is guessing the correct direction. the voyage lasted over 40 days and was one of the greatest examples of survival at sea.
c. explain some difficult sentences, phrases and words.
key phrases:
1. in addition 另外
there was an earthquake and, in addition, there were tsunamis.
除了地震之外，還有海嘯。
比較：in addition, in addition to
in addition= as well, besides 相當于副詞
in addition to=as well as 相當于介詞
in addition, the owner of the land may charge an extra fee.
in addition to swimming, she likes tennis.
2. cope with 有效地或成功地對付或應付
a family and a full time job is a lot to cope with.
照顧家庭并干一份全職工作需要花很多精力。
she is not a competent driver and can’t cope with driving in heavy traffic.
她不是一個稱職的司機，在交通擁擠時就開不好車。
比較: deal with只是采取行動去對付某人或某事，并不考慮成功與否。
3. take one’s mind off 使某人的注意力離開
keep one’s mind on…專心于，把注意力集中于
put one’s mind into/to…專心于
4.set loose出發, 使爆炸, 引起, (使)開始(做某事)
someone has set the tigers loose from their cage and they are terrorizing the town.
when we escape, shall we set the other prisoners loose?
5.the jaws of death / defeat= used to describe an unpleasant situation that almost happens鬼門關，失敗的險境