Period 2 Reading

　　 Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction

　　 Step1 Fast reading

　　 1Divide the text into three parts and give the main idea of each part

　　 Part1(Para1) The life of Jules Verne

　　 Part2(Para2-5) The film "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

　　 Part3(Para6) The film "Journey to the Center of the Earth

　　 2.Find general information of Jules Verne

　　 Who Jules Verne

　　 Where France

　　 When Born in 1828, died in 1905

　　 What's famous for The father of science fiction

　　 Why Taking the scientific developments of his day one step further

　　 Works 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth

　　 What're the works about Scientific fantastic journey under the sea and to the center of the

　　 Step 2 Reading aloud

　　 Ex1.True or False:

　　 1. Verne had to sell newspaper to make a living when he was in Paris.(F)

　　 2. Verne died at 77, with his dreams realized.(F)

　　 3. The furniture on the Nautilu is precious and the food aboard is all sea food.(T)

　　 4. Captain Nemo is a very cruel man and no one likes him.(F)

　　 5.The Nautilus is an extraordinary ship(T)

　　 6.The story of Journey to the Center of the Earth begins with two men's decision about traveling to Iceland(F)

　　 Ex2.Tick out the right answers.

　　 1. What is mentioned in the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

　　 ( × ) A. Ships are disappearing is caused by a real monster.

　　 ( × ) B. Captain Nemo decides to kill the three men.

　　 ( √ ) C. Electricity is used for heating and power.

　　 ( × ) D. They walk around under the sea without clothes.

　　 2. What did they see in the centre of the earth?

　　 ( √ ) A. layers of coal and marble

　　 ( √ ) B. boiling water from underground river

　　 ( √ ) C. a huge lake or underground ocean

　　 ( √ ) D. forests of mushrooms and plants

　　 ( √ ) E. ancient sea creatures

　　 ( × ) F. an ancient document in an old book

　　 ( × ) G. some modern ships

　　 Step3 Careful reading

　　 Part 1(para 1)

　　 1.To make a living,what did Jules Verne have to do?

　　 To make a living, Jules Verne had to write and sell stories.

　　 2.What will many of the instruments in his novels remind the readers of?

　　 They will remind the readers of Dr Benjamin Franklin's experiment with electricity.

　　 3.How did Verne lay the foundation of modern science fiction?

　　 By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further.

　　 Part 2 : Paragraphs 2-5 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

　　 1.Why do Dr Aronnax, his servant and a Canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster?

　　 Because ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed to be caused by a sea monster.

　　 2.What does the monster turn out to be?

　　 The monster turns out to be a submarine.

　　 3.What does Nautilus look like?

　　 The Nautilus is an extraordinary ship.The furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world. The ship is also very strong and protected with thick iron plates.

　　 4. What did they do under the sea?

　　 dressed in-- walk around--lighted by-- surrounded by... waving and moving slowly

　　 Part 3: Paragraph 6 Journey to the Centre of the Earth

　　 1.How did they begin the journey

　　 decided to-- a narrow passage-- a chimney in an extinct volcano

　　 2.What did they do in the center of the earth?

　　 pass through layers of coal and marble-- drink water from a boiling underground river--reach a huge lake or underground ocean-go through forests of mushrooms and plants

　　 3. What happened to them in the end?

　　 build a raft to cross the sea--are attacked by ancient sea creatures -be drawn into a fast steam-shot out of a volcano

　　 Step 4 Language Points

　　 1.make a living(=earn one's living)

　　 e.g.She made a living by singing in a nightclub.

　　 2.lay the foundation of

　　 e.g.Four-year college life laid solid foundations of his career.

　　 3.come true

　　 e.g.The boy's wish to become a PLA man has come true.

　　 4.set out

　　 e.g.They set out to look for the lost child.

　　 5.turn out(to be)+adj./n.

　　 e.g.The weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely.

　　 To everyone's surprise,the fashionable girl turned out to be a thief.

　　 6.defend...against/from

　　 e.g.We should defend our country against attacks.

　　 7.be dressed in

　　 e.g.The girl was always dressed in red.

　　 Dressed in uniform,he looks handsome.

　　 Underline the sentences using the phrase in the text read translate and recite them

　　 1. Make a living 谋生

　　 2. Applied science应用科学

　　 3. Laid the foundation of 打下......的基础

　　 4. Wonder about 想要知道......

　　 5. Long before 很久以前

　　 6. Set out 动身出发

　　 7. Turn out to be 结果是

　　 8. On board在船上

　　 9. Be protected with 用......保护

　　 10. Begin with以......开始

　　 11. go through通过

　　 Step5 Summary

　　 Filling in the blanks with proper words

　　 Jules Verne, born in __________in 1828, was the _______of science _________.By ______the scientific developments of his day one step further, he laid the ____________of modern science fiction. In his novels, he brought in the ______ ideas and technical inventions of his day and he also __________how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered __________in his own time.

　　 He was hoped to be a _______and was sent to Paris to study______as his father wished. While there he showed great interest in the theatre, wrote stories and sold them to make a ________. He spent many hours in libraries studying botany,__________ science and many other subjects.

　　 One novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, begins _______the disappearance of ships. It is believed that it is caused by a sea_________, so Dr Aronnax, his servant and a Canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster, a ____________.

　　 Another novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth---talks about the ___________of the centre of the Earth made by the two men by entering the ________through a chimney in a dead volcano.

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