蒙大综合英语课件Unit11-1warm-up

1、Part OneWarm-upENTERContentsWarm-up Horror stories The Vocabulary of the horror stories Do You Know?-白廷雷 What are features of a horror story?To be continued on the next page.Horror storiesAn ancient prophecy an evil character & a good charactera monster, a ghost or a feral animalfight against the da

2、rk forcesAn atmosphere of mystery and suspense, gloomy weather, shadowy locations, strange noises, eerily haunted castle, scary musicA feeling of fear and terror. Nightmares. A pounding heartbeat. Faster breathing. Nervous perspiration. Butterflies in the stomach. Why do people like horror fictions

3、or movies?Do you like thrilling stories?Horror storiesThe end of Horror stories. Gothic: Strange BeautyPeople like scary stories because fear is involved, which triggers your stimulus and boosts your adrenaline. The adrenaline gives you usually a good feeling when the scary part has passed. Besides,

4、 people like to have a challenge to see if they can handle it. Youngsters are lured and addicted to things unusual and supernatural. II. The vocabulary of the horror stories The end of The vocabulary of the horror stories Mysterydiabolical, enchantment, ghost, goblins, haunted, infernal, magic, magi

5、cian, miracle, necromancer, omens, ominous, portent, preternatural, prodigy, prophecy, secret, sorcerer, spectre, spirits, strangeness, talisman, visionFear, Terror, or Sorrowafflicted, affliction, agony, anguish, apprehensions, apprehensive, commiseration, concern, despair, dismal, dismay, dread, d

6、readed, dreading, fearing, frantic, fright, frightened, grief, hopeless, horrid, horror, lamentable, melancholy, miserable, mournfully, panic, sadly, scared, shrieks, sorrow, sympathy, tears, terrible, terrified, terror, unhappy, wretchedSurprisealarm, amazement, astonished, astonishment, shocking,

7、staring, surprise, surprised, thunderstruck, wonderHasteanxious, breathless, flight, frantic, hastened, hastily, impatience, impatient, impatiently, impetuosity, precipitately, running, sudden, suddenlyAngeranger, angrily, choler, enraged, furious, fury, incense, incensed, provoked, rage, raving, re

8、sentment, temper, wrath, wrathful, wrathfullyLargenessenormous, gigantic, giant, large, tremendous, vastDarknessdark, darkness, dismal, shaded, black, night Do it youselfWork in groups.Brainstorm on the assignment. Writing Your Own Gothic Fiction The end of Do it yourself.Be familiar with Gothic/hor

9、ror literature and understand the mood that it creates. Think of a dark or morbid central theme to create that mood around such as like death, hell, depression, vampires, or tragic romance. Use some real life experiences. Think of characters and a setting that will augment your dark theme. Create a dark, mysterious mood in your writing. Conside