(
课件网) LESSON 3 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA UNIT 8 LITERATURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES To read and talk about an extract from a novel; To discuss character development in a story; To notice and discuss how the author describes situations and characters; To compare personal opinions with the ideas of others; To read for specific information to understand words in context; To summarise and retell the story; To act out a scene to experience the life under the sea. KEY POINTS AND DIFFICULT POINTS To analyze basic information of the story; To answer the comprehension questions; To summarize the story after reading; To learn words and expressions in context; To struggle with complicated sentence structures; To think critically and express opinions freely. ACTIVATE AND SHARE Have you ever read any science fictions Who are the writers What are the stories about · A kind of story, which also has settings, characters, problems and solutions. · Feature in a future setting and usually include advanced scientific elements that the writer thinks will be possible. · The word “science” in science fictions implies that technology is an essential part of it. Specific topics are usually robots/ spaceships/ time machines/ aliens... ACTIVATE AND SHARE The Three Body Problem (2006) 《三体》 (by Liu Cixin) Starship Troopers (1959) 《星船伞兵》 (by Robert Anson Heinlein) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) 《一九八四》(by George Orwell) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870) 《海底两万里》(by Jules Verne) READ AND EXPLORE Read an extract from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and find the answers of the following questions: 1. What happened to “I”, the professor in the story 2. List the names of the main characters and indicate their relationships. READ AND EXPLORE Fact File Jules Verne (1828-1905) a French novelist, was called the “Father of Science Fiction”. He wrote a widely popular series of science fictions, including Journey to the Centre of the Earth《地心游记》(1864), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea《海底两万里》(1870), Around the World in Eighty Days《八十天环游地球》(1873). READ AND EXPLORE Read an extract from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and find the answers of the following questions: 1. What happened to “I”, the professor in the story The professor fell from the boat into the ocean. He was saved by Conseil. but then after some time, he sank into the ocean and hit a creature.The door to the creature opened, and he was taken inside. READ AND EXPLORE 2. List the names of the main characters and indicate their relationships. main characters I—the professor Ned (the Canadian)—a sailor with the professor Conseil—the professor’s assistant/ servant the men inside the submarine—unnamed and not main characters READ AND EXPLORE 2. List the names of the main characters and indicate their relationships. Main Characters (Film Version) the mysterious captain of the Nautilus submarine the sto ... ...
