高中英语 Unit2Sailing the oceans-Learning about language 新人教选修9.ppt

Learning about language;Discovering useful words and expressions;1. Replace the words underlined by ones of similar meaning from the reading passage.;3) Clare, would you please put your bicycle next to the others in the shed? 4) “Why don’t you plot a more simple route with the smallest number of stops?” asked Mary. 5) Setting out on a long journey by sea with unskilled sailors would be dangerous especially if there were no modern navigational instruments.;2. find the words from the reading passage that are the opposite of these pound words. ;3. Write down the words you know, which are related to navigation and sea.;Sea;4. Complete the following paragraph with the words below.;Samuel the sailor was extremely good at plotting his course using the stars as a_________. One day he was determined to set out on a _______across an unknown sea to an unknown continent. He set out with his instruments so he would not be at the _____ of the sea. He found on his ________ journey a rocky island. It seemed to be covered in nests. ;Suddenly, as Samuel looked, an enormous bird swooped down and picked him up as if he were a/ an_________ parcel. It __________ its speed and rose straight up into the air so as to reach the______ place on the rocks where its nest lay. Once there, it shook itself and threw Samuel in the____________ direction of the nest. ;There seemed to be ________ to hide but then he noticed lots of_______ on his left and quickly hid under it. The bird landed nearby and pecked _________ at the rocks. Samuel rolled over swiftly and found himself at the edge of the cliff. He looked down slowly with a beating heart. Below him was his boat lying ________ the shore! ;“How lucky I am!” Samuel thought to himself. He then gave a mighty leap and landed in it. Once inside he could safely sail away.;work out ① to calculate an answer, amount, price, or value 计算 ② to think about sth. and manage to understand it 设法弄懂 ③ to think carefully about how you are going to do sth