高级英语Fa的ce_to_Face_with_Hurricane_Camille.pptVIP

Face to Face with Hurricane Camille Teaching Aims To know the writing techniques of a narrative To be acquainted with some literary terms of narration To learn to use words to describe disasters and violence To appreciate the language features To learn to write a story about disasters Teaching Contents I. Background knowledge II. The literary style III. Organizational pattern IV. detailed study of the text V. language features VI. Questions for group discussion Warming-up Activities 1.Do you know hurricanes? Have you ever been in Hurricanes? Or have you ever been confronted with any natural disaster? How do you feel? Can you give some names of them ? Warming-up Activities 2. How are Hurricanes Named? What about typhoons? 3. Do you know Hurricane Camille? What about Hurricane Betsy? 4. What is narration? Background Knowledge Hurricane, typhoon, storm Naming of hurricanes and typhoons Hurricane Camille, Betsy Background Knowledge 1. Hurricane: 2. typhoon/cyclone/tornado: Similar storms occurring over the West Pacific Ocean and China Seas are called typhoons. Those over the Indian Ocean are called tropical cyclones (旋风). Tornado: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground 一般只指开阔”陆地上“形成的”龙卷风“，规模一般比hurricane 小。 A storm is named when it reaches tropical storm strength with winds of 39 mph, and becomes a hurricane or typhoon when its wind speed reaches 75 mph. The National Weather Service of the United States has used girls names to identify hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico since 1953 and the names were given in alphabetical order. A semi-permanent list of 10 sets of names in alphabetical order was established in 1971. This practice of giving girls names to hurricanes changed recently. In 1980 a hurricane was given a mans name and was called Hurricane David. Often when an unusually destructive hurricane hits, that hurricanes name i