Hurricane Camille.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,1,Face to Face with Hurricane Camille,2,Teaching Aims,1)To familiarize students with the,knowledge of hurricane.,2)To help students to learn the words and,phrases used to describe the hurricane,in terms of the storm,rain,wind,water,destructive force.,3,General Questions,What is included in a narrative writing?,1)story:the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their,friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane,2)characters:,-Pop Koshak,-Grandma Koshak,-John Koshak*(protagonist),-Janis Koshak a typical American family,-Seven children three generations,friend,neighbors,-Charles,a friend and pets,-Neighbors,-pets,4,3),Textual organization:,chronological order (natural time sequence),a beginning(1-6)(,introducing the time,place,background,characters,),a middle (7-27)(,details of the struggle to the climax,),an end (28-39)(,getting help and rebuilding community,),4)Climax:para 27 when the Koshaks family survived,5)Conflict:,man versus nature(hurricane as antagonist),6)Point of view:third person,7)Atmosphere:tense and urgenct,8)Theme:para 39.family safety is more important than material possessions.,5,6,Background Information,Hurricanes/location/naming system/typhoon/,Hurricane Camille,Hurricane,:a tropical storm in which winds attain speeds,greater than 75 miles,(121 kilometers)per hour.The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the,North Atlantic Ocean,.Similar storms occurring over the West Pacific Ocean and China Seas are called,typhoons,and those over the Indian Ocean are called,tropical cyclones,.Hurricanes are given,girls names,in alphabetical order and typhoons are given serial numbers.In 1980,a hurricane was given a mans name and was called Hurricane David.Hurricane season begins June 1 and ends Nov.30.,飓风,whirlwind-a general term/circular wind,旋风,tornado-visible as a tube-shaped cloud of dust which moves in a relatively narrow path can be devastating in its destructiveness.,龙卷风,cyclone-,-,-a vortex,usually hundreds of miles in diameter,旋风；暴风,gale-,a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property,强风,7,Hurricane Camille,Hurricane Camille,is said to be the,worst storm ever to hit mainland United,States.With winds in excess of 200 mph,and tides over 20 feet,Hurricane Camille,smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast,on Sunday night,the 17th of August and,continued its devastating path until the,early hours of Monday,the 18th.The,combination of winds,surges,and,rainfalls caused 256 deaths(143 on the,Gulf Coast and 113 in the Virginia floods),and$1.421 billion in damage.Three,deaths were reported in Cuba.,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,Detailed Study of Section 1(paras.1-6),Questions,What was John Koshak Jr.s job?,Why did he decide to stay and face the dangers of a devastating hurricane?,What preparations did they make?,Topic sentence in Para.5 methodically,Filled bathtubs and pailsfor water,Checked out batteries and flashlightsfor lights,Portable radiofor contact of the outside world,for information,Fuelfor electric power,Generatorfor power,Refrigeratorfor food,17,Words and Expressions,(para 1)as Camille,lashed,northwardit was certain to,pummel,Gulfport,Miss.,where the Koshaks lived.,Lash,:to strike with great force;dash against.,猛烈冲击,The waves lashed the smooth cliffs.,The worst winter storms of the century lashed the east coast of China.,Suddenly rain lashed against the windows.,Pummel:,to beat or hit with repeated blows,esp.with the fist.,The thief was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd.,He trapped the man in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.,18,19,20,(para 3)Were,elevated 23 feet,and were,a good,250 yards from the sea.The place has been here since 1915,and no hurricane,has ever bothered it.,We are 23 feet above sea level(British Eng.),A good,:a general intensive,meaning“at least;full”,足足,(,程度,数量,),我们足足等了三个小时,.,昨晚,Bill,在酒馆里喝得烂醉,.,从这到火车站足足有五个小时的车程,.,他父母亲狠狠地揍了他一顿,.,We waited for a good three hours.,Bill had a good drink at the pub last night.,It is a good five hours to drive to the railway station.,His parents gave him a good beating.,no hurricane has ever caused any damage to the house.,21,(para 4)We can batten down and ride it out.,Batten,:to fasten canvas over the hatches of a ship,especially in preparing for a storm.,Ride it out,:to stay afloat during a storm without too much damage.,安然渡过,我们确信我们会安然渡过暴风雨的。,We were confident that we would be able to,ride out,the storm.,A metaphor;,Comparing the house in a hurricane to a,ship fighting a storm at sea.,We can make necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.,22,(para 6)A neighborasked if she and her two children could,sit out,the storm with the Koshaks.,a),坐着看完,待到,(,散场,).,I didnt enjoy the play,but we sat it out.,The show was so boring that we could hardly sit out the first act.,b),等到,结束,静等到底,.,Theyll try to sit out the crisis.,Well sit it out to the very end.,c),坐在户外,.,The weather is too cold for us to sit out.,Its so nice to sit out when the sun is warm in winter.,23,24,Detailed Study of Section 2(paras.7-27),In this section the writer describes in details and vividly the incidents showing how the Koshaks and their friends struggled against each onslaught of the hurricane.,Focus of the study:,1)diction:use of one-syllable words,descriptions of wind,hurricane(water,destruction force),house(roof,wall,window,floor,stairs),2)sentence level:use of short and elliptical sentences,3)translation of passive sentences,4)understanding the mind of people at crisis.,25,wind,Wind and rain,whipped the house.,狂风暴雨拍打着屋子,.,(a metaphor:Strong wind and rain was lashing the house as if with a whip)(para.7),the wind,mounted to a roar.,风凶猛地咆哮起来,.(7),The roar of the hurricane now,was overwhelming.,飓风的咆哮声压倒了一切,.(8),The wind,sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away.,(13),The hurricane,in one mighty swipe,lifted,the entire roof off the house and,skimmed,it,40 feet through the air.,(18),Seconds after the roof,blew off,the house (21),The wind,tore out,one wall and,extinguished,the lantern.(24),The wind,diminished.,(27),26,Rain,water,storm,The rain seemingly driven right through the walls.(7),Water rose above their ankles.(8),a blast of water hit the house,flinging,open the door and,shoving,them down the hall.(9),The water tasted salty.(9),Water,inched its way,up the steps (13),the stormin its concentrated breadth of some 70 miles it,shot,out,winds,of nearly 200 m.p.h.and,raised,tides,as high as 30 feet.Along the Gulf Coast,it,devastated,everything in its swath:19,467 homes and 709 businesses were,demolished,or severely,damaged,.It,seized,1 60,000 gallon Gulfport oil tank and,dumped,it 3 miles away.It,tore,three large cargo ships from their moorings and,beached,them.Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pipes,cracked,like,guns,as the winds,snapped them.,(19),27,译文,(para 18),The hurricane,in one mighty swipe,lifted,the entire roof off the house and,skimmed,it,40 feet through the air.,比较,:,不一会儿,一阵强风掠过,将整个屋顶卷入空中,抛向,40,英尺以外,.,过了一会儿,一阵飓风袭来,将整个屋顶掀起,抛到空中,40,英尺的高度,.,(para 19),在飓风中心纵横约,70,英里的范围内,其风速,接近每小时,200,英里,.,掀起的浪头,高达,30,英尺。海湾沿岸,风过之处,所有东西,被,一扫而光,.19467,户人家和,709,家小商号不是,完全,被,毁,便是,遭到严重破坏。,高尔夫港一个,60,万加仑的油罐,被,狂风刮起,摔到,3.5,英里以外。三艘大型货轮,被,刮离泊位，推上岸滩。电线杆和,20,英寸粗的松树,一遇狂风袭击便像连珠炮似的根根断裂。,28,The house,the house began leaking (7),The house,shook,and the ceiling in the living room was,falling piece by piece.,The French doors in an upstairs room,blew in,with an explosive sound,and the group heard gunlike reports as other upstairs windows,disintegrated.,(8),Then the front door started to,break away from its frame.but,a blast of water hit the house,flinging open the door and shoving them down the hall.,(9),The house,shuddered and shifted on its foundations.,Water inched its way up the stairs as,first floor outside walls collapsed,.(13),The bottom steps of the staircase,broke apart.,One wall,began crumbling on the marooned group.,(18),29,The house,Debris flew as the living-room fireplace and its chimney,collapsed.,With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to,disintegrate,(22),A second wall,moved,wavered,it toppled on him.,(24),The house,shuddering and rocking,had moved 25 feet from its foundations.(24),The floor,tilted.,(26),A third wall,gave way.,(26),Richelieu Apartments were,smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist.,(20),30,People,Actions,As they,scrambled back,The children,huddled in the slashing rain.,Grandma,implored,“lets sing!”she carried on alone for a few bars,then her voice,trailed away.,The larger children sprawled on the floor,with the smaller ones in a layer on top of them,and the adults bent over all nine.,31,People,Feelings,John,felt a crushing guilt.He held his head between his hands,and silently prayed.,Pop,raged silently,frustrated,at not being able to do anything to fight Camille.,Janis had one,delayed reaction.,Frightened,breathless,and wet,The mother was,on the verge of panic.She clutched his arm and kept repeating,“I cant swim,I cant swim”.,With outward calm,Para 16.I love you,32,33,34,(Para 9)A blast of water hit the house,flinging open the door and shoving them down the hall,.The generator was,doused.,Fling,:,throw sth,oneself with a lot of force,抛,扔,Tom seized the glass on the table and flung it at me.,The youth got him by the front of his shirt and flung him to the ground.,Peter flung his shoes into the corner.,(fig.)do sth with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.,She flung herself into her career./I flung myself into poetry.,(informal)two people have a fling a brief sexual relationship.,She claims she had a brief fling with him some 20 years ago.,Shove,:,push with quick,violent movement.,He was then shoved face down on the pavement.,Douse,:,plunge or thrust suddenly into liquid;drench,turn off,The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.,35,36,(,para 13)Water,inched its way,up the steps.,Inch:n.vt.vi.move very slowly,carefully,or with difficulty,The climber inched up the vertical rock.,An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.,He inched the car forward.,He looks,every inch,the City businessman,with his grey suit,dark blue shirt and blue tie.,The police were searching the area,inch by inch,.,Every,inch,of shelf space was crammed with books.,37,38,39,(para 18)One wall began crumbling on the,marooned,group.,Maroon:vt.Leave abandoned,isolated,or helpless.,使处于孤立无援的处境,After years of being marooned on the island,Robinson made himself a brave survivor.,Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.,Im left feeling lonely,sad and marooned.,I am temporarily marooned at home by my injured knee.,40,41,(para 19)as the winds,snapped,the pines.,Snap:1)break suddenly with a sharp cracking noise.,She gripped the pipe with both hands,trying to snap it in half.,Every minute or so I could hear a snap,a crack and a crash as another tree went down.,2)Move to a position quickly with a sharp sound.,He snapped the notebook shut.,The bag snapped open.,3)Speak in a sharp,unfriendly way.,“I dont know her”,Roger snapped“Im sorry,Cassy,I didnt mean to snap at you like that.”,4)Lose patience and calmness,become angry.,He finally snapped when she prevented their children from visiting him one weekend.,For the first time and only time Grants self-control snapped.,5)Snap ones fingers,6),A snap decision,action,:taken too quickly without careful thought.,I think this is too important for a snap decision.,A snap election/judgment,7)Snapshot,42,43,44,45,Detailed Study of Section 3(para 28-39),Background knowledge,1)National Guard(,国民警卫队,),in the U.S.the organized militia forces of the individual states,a component of the Army of the U.S.when called into active Federal service.,2)Civil defense units(,民防队,),a system of warning devices,fallout shelters,volunteer workers,etc.organized as a defense of the population against enemy actions in time of war.The principle U.S.civil defense agency was established in 1950 and in 1961 civil defense functions were transferred to the Defense Department.,3)Salvation Army(,救世军,),An international evangelical and charitable organization founded in 1865 by William Booth,characterized by use of military titles,uniforms,etc.,救世军一个国际救助和慈善组织，威廉,布思于,1865,年建立,.,4)Seabee,a member of one of the construction battalions of the Civil Engineer Corps of the US Navy,美国海军土木工程部队建筑施工营成员,pl.,海军工程营,(1941,年成立,负责在战区修筑登陆设备、机场等,),46,47,Para 28-29,They saw human bodies more than 130 men,women and children died along the Mississippi coast and parts of the beach and highway were,strewn with,dead dogs,cats,cattle,.,Strips of clothing,festooned,the,standing trees,and blowndown power lines,coiled like,black spaghetti over the roads.,他们看到了,遇难者,的尸体,-,密西西比沿海一带就有,130,多名男女和儿童丧生,海滩和公路上有些地方,布满了,死狗死猫和死,牲畜,。,尚未被风刮倒的树,上,结彩似的,挂满,被撕成布条的,衣服，,吹断的电线,像黑色的实心面一样盘成,一圈一圈地散在路面上。,None of the,returnees,moved quickly or spoke loudly;they stood shocked,trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes.,比较：,那些,从外面返回家乡,的人们,个个,都是慢慢地走动着，也没有人高声,大叫,。他们怔住了，呆立当地，不知道该怎样才能接受眼前这幅使人惊骇的,惨景,。,返回的人群中,没有一个人疾步行驶，,或者,大声说话,，他们站在原地，完全怔住了，,迫使自己接受眼前这幅惨烈的景象,。,48,Words and Expressions,Strewspread about here and there by or as by sprinkling;scatter;be scattered or dispersed over(a surface),撒,(,布,),扔,散播,被撒满,(,表面,),cf.,(a)The wind strewed dead leaves on the ground.,(b)The wind strewed the ground with dead leaves.,(c)The ground was,strewn with,dead leaves.,(d)There were dead leaves strewn all over the ground.,院子里到处扔的是垃圾,浪漫的,Jim,将玫瑰花瓣撒在楼梯上,等待妻子回家,.,Rubbish was strewn all over the backyard.,The backyard was strewn with rubbish.,Romantic Jim strewed the stairs with rose petals,waiting for his wife to come home.(Romantic Jim strewed rose petals on the stairs),Festoon:to adorn or hang with flowers,leaves,paper,in a loop or curve,etc.,(metaphor;bits of clothing were hanging on the trees as if decorating them with festoons),49,Coil,v,n.wind around and around,成卷状,盘绕,卷,e.g.,A snake can coil itself up or coil around a branch.,The wire was coiled round the tree,and then the current was turned on.,The seaman tripped over a coil of rope and fell into the water.,Please hand me that coil of wire.,Shatter:break(to)pieces,vi,vt.,e.g.,爆炸将整栋大楼的窗玻璃都震裂了,.,那只贵重的花瓶掉在地上摔得粉碎,.,这次可怕的经历使他的幻想完全破灭了,.,爬了五个小时的山完全把我累垮了,.,你想象不出她当时那震惊的表情,.,The explosion,shattered,every window of the building.,That expensive vase,shattered,when it hit the ground.,His illusions were,shattered,by the terrible experience.,I was absolutely,shattered,after five-hour climbing of the hill.,(Climbing the hill for five hours absolutely,shattered,me),You cant imagine the,shattered,look on her face),50,(para 30-31),Talk about the measures.Why these actions necessary,important and effective for the rehabilitation work?,51,Words and Expressions,Stream:n.,narrow moving mass.,He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke.,There was a stream of traffic behind him.,a large number of sth occurring one after anther.,The sad story triggered a stream of readers letters.,We