Unit 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille

Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane Camille

Aims To know the writing technique of a narrative.

To be acquainted with some literary terms

To learn to use words to describe disasters and violence

To appreciate the language features

To learn to write a story about disasters.

Teaching Contents 1. The literary style

2. Detailed study of the text

3. Organizational pattern

4. Language features

5. Exercises

Time allocation

1. The literary style (narration) (one class hour)

2. Detailed study of the text (eight class hours)

3. Structure analysis (one class hour)

4. Language appreciation (one class hours)

5. Exercises (one class hour)

Lesson One

Theme ---- man vs nature

A piece of narration is mainly developed in the actual time sequence. The writer tells the readers what happens first , what next.

chronological development

The Literary terms

narration --- story telling

extended narration ---

novels

histories

biographies

autobiographies

travelogues

The Literary terms

The essentials of narration:

1. characters

2. plot

A good story has a beginning, a middle, an end, even though it may start in the middle or at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier happenings.

The Literary terms

Narration is concerned with action. It goes around people called in some kind of against other people, nature, society or themselves. protagonist fights against a passage which is put between the action

The purpose is to add more information to create suspense the most exciting, important interesting part on the story, --- the ending of a story

climax

falling action

denouement

rising action

conflict

beginning

suspense

ending

How did the John’s family face Camille?

1. Before the hurricane;

2. During the hurricane;

3. After the hurricane.

Their action during the hurricane:

1. When the storm started;

2. When the house began leaking;

3. When the power failed;

4. When the hurricane was overwhelming;

5. When the sea water came into the house;

6. When the house roof was blown off;

7. When the walls were blown down.

Images of characters:

John Koshak, Jr.;

His father and mother;

his friend -- Charles Hill;

His wife -- Janis;

His children (7children, ahged 3to 11);

His neighbors.

The detailed study of the text

hurricane ---

1. strong tropical storm

2. strong fast wind which speeds more than 75 mph

3. western Atlantic Ocean

4. given a girl's name; named alphabetically / ordered according to the initial letter

typhoon ---

1. Western Pacific Ocean or China Sea

2. numbered

hurricane

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.

cyclone -- a vortex, usually hundreds of miles in diameter

gale

--- a general term for a very strong wind capable of doing considerable damage to property

wind

the Beaufort scale，蒲福风力等级(英国海军将领Francis Beaufort[1774-1857]拟订,分0-12级), defines wind as:

0 clam breeze 0

1 light breeze 1--3 mph

2 slight breeze 4--7

3 gentle breeze 8--12

moderate breeze 13—18

fresh breeze 19—24

the Beaufort scale

6 strong breeze 25--31

7 moderate gale 32--38

8 fresh gale 39--46

9 strong gale 47--54

10 whole gale 55--63

11 storm 64--75

12 hurricane over 75

the Beaufort scale

The Beaufort Scale defines a storm as a wind having velocity of between 64 and 75 miles an hour. weather forecast

The weather forecast says "cloudy" today, with a strong wind from the northwest, grade five to six on the Beaufort Scale. The lowest temperature during the daytime will be eight degrees centigrade below zero.

August 17 Hurricane devastated the area for 2 days

bad --- destructive /devastating / terribly forceful

lash --- to strike with great force

to move violently or suddenly

The waves lashed the racks

The rain was lashing against the windows.

pummel --- spelled "pommel"

to beat suddenly or attack vigorously

to hit with repeated blows

reasons to stay

1. He is a self-employed businessman

Magna product -- the name of his company

implication: How great the loss it would be if the house was destroyed.

2. His present house was in a better condition than his former house.

―good‖ idioms:

as good as ... --- very nearly e.g. The matter is as good as settled. 这件事差不多、可以说解决了。 good and ... --- [infml.] completely e.g. I won’我完全准备就绪。） a good few --- several e.g. There are still a good few empty seats.

a good 250 yards --- at least 250 yards

batten down

batten --

a strip of wood used in construction and oft. used in the old days in ship building.

to batten down --- metaphor to secure with battens

The elder Koshak is talking about preparing and securing the house for the storm to come.

ride out

---sustain (a gale, storm, etc.) without damage; endure successfully

e.g. The ship rode out the storm.

We shall certainly be able to ride out every difficulty and go fighting.

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