• (6)Why did he want to use the sharkrepellent economically? • (7)What three natural factors helped to bring about a successful rescue? • (8) Why did Peter think it ridiculous to shout when he heard the deep hum of distant aircraft? • (9)Why did the engines sounder louder and dimmer in turn to him?
• The mariner’s sin was that in killing the albatross he rejected a social offering, he obliterated something that loved him and represented the possibility of affection in the world. Of course, the mariner finally recovered from isolation joyfully; but the joy came only from his own changed attitude and his willingness to look differently on the world. •
• --He waved and shouted desperately. • --The plane veered sharply in his direction. • --It straightened out, throttled back and came in to a perfect landing. • -- Two men paddled over to him and lifted him in. • --He was extremely thirsty.
• 4) Sentence comprehension • (1)As he came out of the deep pit of oblivion, something ….an aching tooth. • (2)Hanging between sleeping and waking, …crisis. • (3)Panic seized him….out of control to the ground. • (4).His drugged will battled titanically with the bonds of sleep,… • (5)..his nerves jerking the urgent need ..as his wits were back with him. • (6)With a reflex action…an imaginary joystick. •
• 3) Answer comprehensive questions orally
• (1)Where did Peter have the accident? • (2)What did he do after his plane crashed in the sea? • (3)Why did he not drowned? • (4)How long did he stay in the sea? • (5)Why did he scan the sky anxiously? •
• 2) Retell the story • --Pilot Officer Peter Thwaites stirred uneasily in his sleep. • --he came awake • --he felt for the aileron controls with his felt and his hands steadied an imaginary joy-stick. • --As he began to focus, he saw a huge yellow mass before him. • --He looked wildly about. It was still there. It was his life-saving jacket. • --He added a little more of the dye and scanned the sky anxiously.
• (7)His brain reeled in horror. • (8)..his heart sank with the memory of how difficult it was to spot a lone man in the vastness of the sea. • (9)He grinned ruefully to himself at the thought. • (10)He was unaccountably pleased to have found the answer to his conundrum so quickly. • (11)A strong compulsion grew in him… • (12)…but it kept edging its way in again with alarminext I l Pre-reading activities • The story of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. • This a adventurous story of a sailor. By neglecting the law of hospitality, the mariner cruelly shot an albatross which flew to the ship through thick fog. Then disaster fell onto the ship. The breeze died down; the ship stopped; the hot tropical sun shone all say long. The other sailors died of thirst one after another, while the mariner alone was alive, being tortured all the time with thirst and the horror of death. Only when the mariner finally repented and blessed for the water snake did the spell break and the ship was then able to go back home. •
• Pair work: describe an adventure at sea from a book or a movie. •
• What’s the text about?
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--This text is a narrative piece of writing which includes descriptions in which the writer gives us a vivid and stirring account of how a pilot, after having crashed in the sea, was rescued by a seaplane. The description is woven into the fabric of the narration and enlivens the account. As a result, description and narration can hardly be separated.
• Contents l Detailed study of Text I & II l Oral work: • Role-play: Going on holiday • Interaction activities: A discussion on “How space stations serve mankind” l Guided writing: • Basic writing techniques—Improve Your Sentences (2) • Composition writing—narration • Letter writing—Letter of complaint •
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l While-reading activities • Listen to the tape for general info • Study the text in detail • 1)A summary of the main ideas • Peter Thwaites, whose plane crashed in the sea the day before, is mow floating on the water in his life-jacket, hoping a plane will come and rescue him. After a long wait, he is rescued by a seaplane. •
• --Dawn was breaking, and the sea was dead calm. • --He kept a sharp eye open on sharks with a supply of shark-repellent. • --The sky reddened rapidly and the sun rose above the curve of the horizon. • --He scooped up some water in his hands and poured it over his hair. • --He reached for the comb in his breastpocket, but felt a jab of pain. • --As the sun rose higher, thirst began to take a central place in his consciousness.