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1、整理课件 The Man in the Water Roger Rosenblatt整理课件R einforcementT ext AnalysisThe Man in the WaterB ackgroundW arming upUnit 4整理课件Questions / ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesWarming upThe Man in the WaterUnit 4整理课件Warming upQuestions / ActivitiesDo you know of any disaster(s) that happened in recent

2、 years or recently?When disaster happens, what do we usually want to know?We sometimes identify some heroes in disasters. What do you think about them?整理课件Check-on Preview Match the words with their correct meaning in the text. 1. aesthetic2. chaotic3. commitment4. standoff5. impacta. a determinatio

3、n to do what one considers to be his duty b. being central or most importantc. a situation in which neither side in a fight can gain an advantaged. the force of one object striking or hitting anothere. concerning beauty, esp. beauty in artf. a stop or pauseg. in a state of complete disorder and conf

4、usionWarming up整理课件ObjectivesThrough this lesson, students will be able to recap the basic facts of the plane crush and the following rescue efforts, esp. what the man in the water did; think about the question of heroism and the power of man; analyze the organization and the language style of the t

5、ext; learn the related vocabulary and other useful words and phrases in the text.Warming up整理课件BackgroundGenreThe DisasterThe Man in the WaterUnit 4整理课件BackgroundThe DisasterAircraft type: Aircraft type: Boeing 737-222Operator: Operator: Air FloridaPassengers: Passengers: 74Crew: Crew: 5DateDate: Ja

6、nuary 13, 1982Type: Type: Crash on takeoffAccident site: Accident site: Washington, D.C.Fatalities: Fatalities: 78 (4 on ground)Injuries: Injuries: 10Survivors: Survivors: 5整理课件BackgroundThe DisasterBWTR整理课件BackgroundThe DisasterSummary of the crashSummary of the crash Bad weather conditions at Wash

7、ington National Airport when taking off Delays, icing on the wings, poor decisions Crash onto the 14th Street Bridge Hampered rescue responses Unlikely heroes整理课件BackgroundThe DisasterThe Rescue Site整理课件Responses in the mediaResponses in the media News media outlets followed the story with diligence

8、; it made headlines A Hero - Passenger Aids Others, Then Dies, Washington Post, January 14, 1982 “the sixth man”, “the man in the water”Background整理课件The Man in the WaterThe Man in the Water He was about 50 years old, one of half a dozen survivors clinging to twisted wreckage bobbing in the icy Poto

9、mac when the first helicopter arrived. To the copters two-man Park Police crew he seemed the most alert. Life vests were dropped, then a flotation ball. The man passed them to the others. On two occasions, the crew recalled last night, he handed away a life line from the hovering machine that could

10、have dragged him to safety. and the helicopter pilot, Donald W. Usher, returned to the scene, but the man was gone. Background整理课件The Man in the WaterThe Man in the WaterThe man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14t

11、h Street Bridge was renamed in his honor. In June of 1983, Williams was awarded a medal by President Reagan. Background整理课件BackgroundGenre What kind of article do we have for this lesson? Where do we generally find it? What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the di

12、saster or how people are saved? Why?整理课件News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news. News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news. “Hard news” includes stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires,

13、 meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases. These stories have immediacy. “Soft news” is defined as news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest(人情味) and novelty(新奇) and less immediacy than hard news. “Soft news” can also be stories that focus on people,

14、 places or issues that affect readers lives. These types of stories are called“feature stories.” BackgroundCategory of News整理课件Which category do these fall into?Which category do these fall into? flash (快讯) features (特写) urgent (急电) anecdote (趣事；轶事) brief (简讯) personal profile (人物特写) breaking news (

15、突发新闻)Background整理课件News FeatureNews Feature A news feature does not cover all the details a news report has to contain and only focuses on certain aspects of the event on which the reporter has something to say. Though the details about the news event have to be true and exact, the reporter can add

16、his/her own comment and interpretation of the event, which he/she is not allowed in a news report. Background整理课件Language StyleLanguage StyleJournalistic articles: describe the fact with what is seen or heard; sometimes guesses are made, but often with model verbs and continuous tenses to make the d

17、escription reliable and vivid.Parentheses and short elliptical sentences to make the report vivid.整理课件DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeText AnalysisThe Man in the WaterUnit 4整理课件Text AnalysisThemeWhat are the possible themes of the article? heroism moral power in time of crisis整理课件Text AnalysisStructur

18、e整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Main IdeaWhat was unusual about this air crash? Did it make the disaster more special than others?What is the aesthetic crash? Is it really so?What was the cause of the air crash?What did people actually see in the disaster?整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed Analysi

19、sPart I: Sentence Paraphrase Washington, the city of form and rules, turned chaotic by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. (para.1) The city of form and rules: the city that is neat and beautiful. (Washington was the first carefully planned city in the world with parallel str

20、eets cut by diagonal avenues. Its design was considered a masterpiece. ) Turn chaotic: become chaotic; be thrown into terrible confusion. A blast of real winter: a sudden strong really cold wind. Slap: a quick blow with something flat.整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence Paraphrase And

21、 there was the aesthetic clash as wellblue-and-green Air Florida, the name of a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks of ice in a black river. (para. 1) Paraphrasing: When the air crash occurred, it was not just a clash of metal against the bridge, but also a clash between colors: the blue-gree

22、n color of the plane and the gray and black color of the ice and river.整理课件As As go(es), go(es), compared with the average. 就来说 As writers go, Oscar Wilde was not the most talented, but he was among the most popular. $40 a ticket isnt bad as football tickets go.整理课件Rise to the occasion / challengeRi

23、se to the occasion / challenge to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem, especially by working harder or performing better than usual We are calling on all our employees to rise to the occasion and become more efficient and productive.整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Words

24、 & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesWordsaesthetic; elements Phraseson record; bring to tears; in collision; as ever; bring down; rise to the occasionSentence Patternas disasters go, this one was terrible ; why, then, the shock here?Grammarappositive clauses整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exerci

25、seTranslate the following sentences into English.1. 说起科幻电影，阿凡达堪称经典。 As sci-fi movies go, Avatar can be called a classic.2. 就大学校园而言，北外小得出奇。 As university campuses go, that of BFSU is ridiculously small.3. 中国的汽车行业必须应对挑战，找到存活和发展方向。 The auto industry must rise to the challenge and find its own way of su

26、rvival and development.4. 在那样的困难时期，中国的科学家们争了气，1964年10月成功地在戈壁滩引爆了中国的第一颗原子弹。Despite such hardships of the era, Chinese scientists rose to the occasion and successfully exploded Chinas first atomic bomb in the Gobi desert. 整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Main IdeaWho were able to account for

27、 what they did? What did they do? And why did they do so?Who attracted most of peoples attention?What was “the man in the water” like?What did “the man in the water” do?What is the meaning of “the fact that he went unidentified gave him a universal character”? What is this universal character?整理课件Te

28、xt AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Sentence Paraphrase . delivering every heros line that is no less admirable for being repeated. (para. 3) Paraphrasing: . saying something every hero has said before, but although it has been said again and again, it is still admirable when we hear it. 整理课件Text A

29、nalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Sentence Paraphrase This man was described as appearing alert and in control.(para. 4) Paraphrasing: This man was described as a person who appeared to be able to think quickly and clearly; calm and with perfect presence of mind. 整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPar

30、t II: Sentence Paraphrase The fact that he went unidentified gave him a universal character. (para. 4) Paraphrasing: People did not know who he was. This made him a kind of symbol, a symbol of human courage. go + subject complement (go + subject complement (adjadj. . eded-participle, -participle, in

31、ging- -participle, participle, prepprep. phrase): to remain in a state . phrase): to remain in a state ofof All my letters went unanswered. He hoped that his nervousness would go unnoticed. Trans: 由于社会资源有限，很多犯罪都没有得到惩罚。Due to limited social resources, many crimes have Due to limited social resources,

32、 many crimes have gone unpunishedgone unpunished. 整理课件EverymanIt was the title of the a play written by an unknown dramatist probably a few decades before the end of the 15th century. All the events in the play are centered around the salvation history, but the play does not deal with the complete j

33、ourney from the birth of Everyman to his death; it focuses only on the last phase of his life, the so-called death-journey of the soul to Judgment. Everyman is a typical human being. It conveys the idea that this anonymous man really represents the best of human nature. What he did was not the act o

34、f a supernatural being, but the act of an ordinary person. Yet, the author says here that “no man is ordinary”, because every person is capable of rising to the occasion and making history.整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Words & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesWordsaccount; admirable; commitme

35、nt Phrasesin the line of duty; refer to; responsible for; known as; in control; go underSentence PatternOf the four, three; He was seen clinging to; Be described as ; Every time , he passed it on; The fact that he went unidentifiedGrammarappositive clauses; Indefinite pronouns derived from “some”, “

36、any”, “no”, “every”整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: ExerciseTranslate the following sentences into English.Translate the following sentences into English.1. 对国产奶粉的“信心荒”是造成市面上进口奶粉荒的原因。“Shortage of confidence” in domestic brands is responsible for the shortage of import milk powder on the ma

37、rket. 2. 由于社会资源有限，很多犯罪都没有得到惩罚。Due to limited social resources, many crimes have gone unpunished. 整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Main IdeaWhat does the writer want to reveal through the imagined scene?“He watched everything in the world move away from him, and he let it happen.” What doe

38、s the sentence imply? Did he just passively watch and let it happen? Could he stop it? What might be the reason?整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Sentence Paraphrase Still, he could never have imagined such a capacity in himself. (para. 5) Paraphrasing: However, it was impossible for him t

39、o know that he would be capable of such heroism. What the man did was the natural response to the critical situation.整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Sentence Paraphrase For at some moment in the water he must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and

40、ring to others. He had to know it, no matter how slow the effect of the cold. (para. 6) Paraphrasing: Obviously it requires much more courage to face sure death knowing that you have a choice (keep one of the rings for yourself) than to face the possibility of death by, for example, a stray bullet i

41、n battle. The man in the story did not act on impulse. He did not pass on his rings to others with a total unawareness of the consequences. At some point he must have known that he was freezing to death and would go under any moment. But he still gave the chance of survival to the next person.整理课件Te

42、xt AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Words & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesWordsdesperate; stunning; survivor Phrasesowe to; hand over to; take offSentence PatternSo our man relaxed with the others, some of whom would .Grammar整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Main IdeaWhat does “the essential

43、, classic circumstance” refer to?“The one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting wholly on distinctions, principles and, perhaps on faith.” What is the author trying to say specifically?“He was likewise giving a lifeline to those who watched him.” Why does the writer say so? Why do we belie

44、ve that man did not lose the fight against nature?What kind of power do we see in “the man in the water”?整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Sentence Paraphrase He was there, in the essential, classic circumstance. (para.7) Paraphrasing: What happened that day was a typical situation in which

45、 nature and man fought each other. And when nature begins to show its power, you always find man fighting back. He is always there. We can always expect to find such a hero.整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Sentence Paraphrase Yet whatever moved these men to challenge death on behalf of the

46、ir fellows is not peculiar to them. Everyone feels the possibility in himself. (para.8) Paraphrasing: Yet whatever made these men or gave them the power to challenge death for others is not unique. Indeed, every one of us has the potential to be a hero. 整理课件Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Words & ExpressionsWord