上外版大学英语第一册UNIT2-单词讲解(修订版.pptVIP

Unit 2 Sailing round the world by Yu Shuli The title “Sailing Round the World” means “travelling round the earth by ship,” i.e. 环球航行 Pre-reading Comprehension of the text (answer the questions on page 31) Warm-up activity step1: divide the class into groups step2:each group has 5-minute discussion about how Chichester made his round-the-world voyage and trace his route by drawing arrows on maps. step3:suammary of his course Chichesters Course set off from ___,sailing across __,and turing around __into the Indian Ocean. arrived in__,with the first half of his voyage completed. after a rest, he set sail again from__on the second passage of his voyage via__.He arrived back in__. It took him __ to complete the__voyage single-handedly. Background Knowledge 弗朗西斯.奇切斯特爵士 奇切斯特于1901年生于英国，年轻时来到新西兰，从事了许多不同的工作。1929年回到英国，独自飞行到达澳大利亚。随后他试图环球飞行，但在日本发生事故 ，飞机损坏，计划破产。 二战后他转向航海，1960年乘坐“吉普赛.莫斯二号”赢得了从普利茅斯到纽约的横渡大西洋比赛，历时40天。1966年8月27日他乘坐“吉普赛.莫斯四号”完成了环球航行，与1967年5月28日成功返回英国，受到英国女王的封爵。1972年，奇切斯特逝世。 Background Knowledge 封爵： 骑士是中世纪流传下来的封号，意即“战斗中最勇敢的人”。由于骑士战功卓著，从而跻身于贵族行列。 现今的爵士是荣誉称号，是用来奖励那些在科技、文化、体育等方面为国家做出重大贡献的人。 封爵仪式一般过程是，被册封的人单膝跪在国王或王后的面前，国王或王后用手中的剑依次接触他的左右肩和头，然后宣布册封他为爵士，从此他在正式场合使用的名字前面要加上“Sir”。 Cape Horn:the southernmost point of South America.All the water between South America and the Antarctica Ocean is squeezed through this narrow,shallow gap. Sometimes,the waves there may be as high as 50 feet. Language points single-handed:adj;adv done by one person without help from others. -The job cant be done __. -She accomplished the task by her __ efforts. word-formation : “a. ＋n. ＋-ed”→ (new) adj./adv. e.g. good-mannered 有礼貌的； warm-hearted 热心的； absent-minded 心不在焉的。 另外，solo： a. =single-handed “单独的 ”；作此意是，使用不太普遍，多用于表“独奏”。如： a solo play solo还可以作n., 意为“独唱(曲)，独奏(曲)”; 如：a violin solo 小提琴独奏曲 transatlantic: a. crossing the Atlantic Ocean 横渡大西洋的 trans- prefix“横过，贯通，在…另一方;” transcontinental (a.横贯大陆的) transnational (a. 跨国的) transoceanic (a. 横渡大洋的) determined