文档介绍：Lesson One
Face to Face with
Hurricane Camille
LESSON ONE
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
Pre-reading questions
Background
Text study
The literary style and terms of narration
Language prehension Questions
Text Analysis and Appreciation
Exercises
Tasks After Class
Pre-reading questions
1. What types/styles of writing do you know? Explain them briefly.
2. What is narration? How is a piece of narration developed? What elements are basically necessary in a narrative writing?
3. What is Hurricane? What other related terms do you know?
Background
Hurricane: a tropical storm in which winds attain speeds greater than 75 miles (121 kilometers) per hour. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the North Atlantic Ocean. Incipient hurricanes usually form over the tropical N Atlantic Ocean and mature as they drift westward. Hurricanes also occasionally form off the west coast of Mexico and move northeastward from that area. An average of 3. 5 tropical storms per year eventually mature into hurricanes along the east coast of North America, usually over the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico.
Background
Hurricanes are given girls' names. The National Weather Service of the United States has used girls' names to identify hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico since 1953 and the names were given in alphabetical order. A semi-permanent list of 10 sets of names in alphabetical order was established in 1971. This practice of giving girls' names to hurricanes changed recently. In 1980 a hurricane was given a man's name and was called Hurricane David. Hurricane sea­son begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.
The track of hurricane Camille
Background
Hurricane Camille: The storm lashed Mississippi and Louisiana for two days, Aug. 1