高中英语（人教版）选修九 同步课件 u2p6 workbook-reading task and writing task

1、WorkbookReading taskUnit 21 Now that you have read some of Sindbads story it is your task to complete it in an exciting way. First, in pairs, sort out the structure of the story.Reading taskStructure of the storyInformation needInformation gained1 BeginningHeroSindbad PlaceType of writingBaghdadfict

2、ion2 Deve-lopmentPlace 1What happensPlace 2What happenson an unknown islandSindbad is left behind by the ship, sees a bird and ties himself to its leg to escape. on a high hillSindbad unties himself and sees the hill is covered in diamonds. 2 Now in pairs you are going to devise an ending for the st

3、ory. Remember that you want the escape to be as exciting as possible but without using magic. Be prepared to tell your ending together to the rest of the class.3 EndingPlacehow it endsheros situationSindbad falls down a hole and lands on the beach.Ship passing by rescues him. Rich (diamonds); Back t

4、o Baghdad Now you are ready to make your own Sindbad story. It will be his third adventure.Speaking taskWhere does the story start? Why does Sindbad leave Baghdad this time?What happens on the voyage? Where does the adventure take place?How does he find riches? What problem does he have?How does he

5、escape?S1: Where do you think Sindbad shouldgo this time? He seems to have travelled to tropical islands and other strange places. Perhaps he should go to Antartica this time.S2: A good idea. He can set off from Baghdad and get carried by a strong windto colder parts. His ship can be hit by an icebe

6、rg and he is the only survivor on an iceberg.Sample dialogueS1: That sounds wonderful. Which animals live in Antarctica?S2: Penguins seem to be the only animals that live there. Perhaps they can mistake him for food and drag him across the ice to their nests.S1: There he discovers that the penguins

7、use gold to line their nests and if he can getsome and get away he will become rich again.S2: Good thinking. Perhaps another iceberg can hit the place where the penguins live. It rocks the nests and releases the gold. In addition it exposes an old and abandoned boat covered byice and snow and forgot

8、ten by its owners. Sindbad can use that to sail back to Baghdad.S1: Great! Lets get writing. Now begin to write your own Sindbad story. Use the stories you have read and heard to improve your writing. Follow the process set out below (given in the text book p.65).Writing taskOne warm sunny day Sindb

9、ad was sitting in its Baghdad home when a messenger came banging on his door. He carried a letter from the government begging Sindbad to join an expedition bound for the islands where he had earlier found so many diamonds. He quickly agreed.Sample Writing The day he set sail was fine and the wind st

10、rong. It carded the ship rapidly out of the harbor and into the open sea. Once there it changed into a howlinggale which tore at the ships sails and dragged it southwards. The sailors were very frightened and went below for safety but Sindbad remained on deck looking at the waves. It was lucky he di

11、d, for no sooner had the sailors gone below than the ship hit an enormous iceberg and immediately sank. All were drowned except Sindbad who was able to crawl onto the iceberg before his ship sank. He lay there in fear for some hours. Later he became so hungry that he was forced to move around on the

12、 iceberg searching for food. But, alas, only penguins live in Antarctica so Sindbad remained hungry. Just as he had curled himself up into a ball to try and go to sleep and forget his problems, he felt himself being pulled across the ice. A large penguin was towing him like a boat behind it and towa

13、rds a large nest. Inside the nest he placed the terrified Sindbad, next to three small baby penguins. The mother penguin then began to feed the babies and kept trying to peck Sindbad and remove some flesh from his body. This action was extremely painful and to avoid it Sindbad tried to hide in the b

14、ottom of the nest. As he did so, he noticed that the bottom of the nest shone with a yellow glow and as he explored further he soon found that the glow came from gold. It seemed that the penguins lined their nests with gold! Sindbad struggled to collect some gold for himself but his efforts were in vain. Then suddenly an iceberg hit the place where the nest lay so firmly that the nest broke apart, the gold was revealed and the penguins were thrown into the sea. Sindbad grabbed the gold and looked around for a means of escape. Suddenly he saw the unmistakable outline of a ship covered