高中英语第二册上Unit10 Frightening nature-Reading04 ppt.pptVIP

* * * Unit 10 Frightening nature A typhoon (Hurricane) great damage Step3 While reading: Fast reading: Skim the passage and get the general idea of the text. Typhoon who When Where How Careful reading: Task1. Scan the passage and find the answer to the following questions: 1.Where did the ship meet the typhoon? 2.What was the weather at first? The Nansan met the typhoon on her way from south to Fuzhou. Maybe it was on the west Pacific Ocean. =There’s no freely moving air and it was stuffy and hot. It was fine, for there was no wind and the heat was close. 3. Why did the capital say that it looked as if a typhoon was coming on? 4. Where were they when the full force of the hurricane struck the ship? Because he observed the barometer fell steadily and he knew that a terrible storm would come soon. When the hurricane struck the ship with full force, they were all on the bridge. The bridge:It was a higher position on the ship. =saw that the figure on the barometer became lower gradually. 5. What should they do in such terrible weather? 6.What does the sentence “ Another one like this, and that’s the last of her” mean? They could only move the ship over the high sea and into the very eye of the wind. It means that if another white tower of water struck the ship, it would sink. high sea : 公海 the eye of the wind: the low pressure center of the whirlpool. 7. Why did the capital strike a match? What did he see? Because there was no light and the capital wanted to see the barometer.He saw the barometer stood very low. It was the lowest reading he had ever seen in his life. He knew that the worst was to come yet. reading: a figure shown by a measuring instrument. It was the lowest figure shown on the barometer he had ever seen. 1.on board = in or on ( a ship, an aircraft or public vehicle) eg. 1) Have the passengers gone on board yet? 2) 一上船， 我总想吐。 As soon as I’m on board I alway