UNIT8LITERATURELESSON320,000LEAGUESUNDERTHESEARachel2022/3/14Pre-reading:ActivateandshareHaveyoueverreadanysciencefiction?Whoarethewriters?Whatarethestoriesabout?JulesVerne(1828-1905),aFrenchnovelist,wascalledthe

“FatherofScienceFiction”.

Hewroteawidelypopularseriesofsciencefictions,

includingJourneytotheCenteroftheEarth

(1864)

20,000LeaguesUndertheSea(1870),

andAroundtheWorldinEightyDays(1873).

Sciencefictionisakindofstory,whichalsohas__________,__________,problemsand_____________.Itfeaturesinafuturistictimeperiod;thatistosay,_______isthemaintopicofsciencefiction.Insciencefiction,theword“science”impliesthat______________isanessentialpartofit.Specifictopicsareusually__________________________________.settingscharacterssolutionsfuturetechnologyrobots/spaceships/timemachines/aliens......settingcharactersWhenandwhere…?Whoarementioned?Whathappened?How…?Whatistheending?problemssolutionsWhen:_____________Where:______________Characters:__________________________Problems:_______________________________Solutions:_________________________________atnightonthesea“I”(theprofessor);Conseil;NedTheprofessorfellfromtheboatTheprofessorwassavedbyahumanconstructionFastreading:CarefulreadingReadtheextractagain.Ordertheevents(a-f).()aTheprofessorsankandswamtowardstheboat,

cryingforhelp.()bTheprofessorlearntthathewasaboveametal

“island”andthenhewasdrawnintoitbyeight

mencomingfrominside.()cConseilsupportedtheprofessorandstoppedthe

professorfromdrowning.263Readtheextractagain.Ordertheevents(a-f).()dTheprofessor’schestcollapsed,butthenhewoke

upandsawhisfriendNed,theCanadian.()eTherewasacrashandtheprofessor,whowasthe

narrator,fellfromhisboat.()fAhardbodystrucktheprofessor.Heheldontoit

andfeltthathewasbeingdrawnup.514Rereadandworkinpairstofinishthefollowingtheflowchart.

Aviolentcrashhappened.Theprofessor_________________.fellfromtheboatSuddenly,hefelthimself____________________________.Hegrabbed_____________.drawnuptothesurfaceoftheseaConseil’sarmAroundoneo’clockinthemorning__________________________________________.hefeltterriblytiredandhesankintotheoceanAtthismoment,________________________________.Theprofessorwokeup,andsawNed.hehitahardobjectinthewaterTheprofessormovedhimself____________________.Itwasa__________________.tothetopoftheobjecthumanconstructionSuddenly,anoise______________________.Atlast,thislongnight______.Daybreak_________.camefrominsidetheboatpassedappearedOneironplatewasmoved,aman_________,________________,and______________________.appearedutteredanoddcrydisappearedimmediatelySomemomentslater,_________________________________________.eightmenappearedanddrewthemintothemachine1.Whatphysicalproblemsdidtheprofessorsufferafter

hefellintothesea?When

he

fell

into

the

sea,

the

professor

couldn’t

breathe,

and

his

mouth

filled

with

water.

Later

he

became

terribly

tired

and

cold.Answerthefollowingquestions.CarefulreadingAnswerthefollowingquestions.2.Whatdoyouthinkthe“creature”is?Findevidencefromtheextract.CarefulreadingThecreatureisprobablyasubmarinebecauseitismadeofsteelandithaspeopleinside.Theprofessorfoundoutthatiswas“smooth,polished”,“producedasoundofmetal”and“madeofmetalplates”.Answerthefollowingquestions.3.WhatsocialclassdoyouthinktheprofessorandConseilbelongto?Underlinetheexpressionsthatindicatetheirsocialstatus.CarefulreadingTheprofessorandConseilprobablybelongtodifferentsocialclasses.Conseilmightbetheservantoftheprofessor.Answerthefollowingquestions.4.WhatsocialclassdoyouthinktheprofessorandConseilbelongto?Underlinetheexpressionsthatindicatetheirsocialstatus.Thereasonsare:(1)henevercalledtheprofessorhistitleorhisname,butcalledhimmaster,(2)hetalkedtotheprofessorinaverypoliteandhumbleway,e.g.“Ifmasterwouldbesogoodastoholdontomyshoulder”,(3)hetriedhisbesttoservetheprofessorevenwithhislife.CarefulreadingAnswerthefollowingquestions.4.WhatkindofpersonisConseil?Findevidencefromtheextracttosupportyourjudgement.CarefulreadingConseil

seems

to

be

a

kind

and

loyal

person

because

Conseilswearshe

will

drown

before

he

leaves

the

professor.Post-reading:SummaryTheprofessorwasthrownfromtheboatwhenit1.________crashed.Hehadnorecollectionoffallinginbut,Conseil2.________himandsavedhimfrom3.________.In4.__________,Conseilcriedforhelpandahumanvoice5._________acryback,justastheprofessorbecame6.___________.solidrespondedevidentlygrabbeddeperationdrownconstructionunconsciousviolentlysankviolentlygrabbedsinkingdesperationrespondedunconsciousPost-reading:SummaryHestartedto7.______butwasstruckbyahardbodywhichdrewhimuptothesurface.