1、Unit 3 Tomorrows world Project: Writing a science fiction story,What elements make up a story?Time, place/setting, characters, plot/storyline,Discussion,Read the first story written by Jules Verne. Then answer the following questions. With whom did Professor Lindenbrock make the journey?Professor Li
2、ndenbrock made the journey with his nephew Axel and Hans, the guide he hired in Iceland.,2. What was the destination of the journey? How did they go there?They went to the centre of the Earth. They went there in the boat they built.,3. What did they see during their journey?They saw many strange thi
3、ngs- a large ocean in a vast room, huge mushrooms, two dinosaurs fighting each other, huge insects and many strange creatures, including a man, who was at least four metres tall.,4. Which do you think was the most thrilling experience during their journey? Why?The two dinosaurs rose to the surface o
4、f the ocean suddenly and fought each other. Because they didnt expect that they would see dinosaurs there, since dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.,Have you ever read about or seen a film about a time machine?What do you think a time machine can be used to do?Many people are interested in suc
5、h a machine. Can you think of the reason(s)?,Journey to the Centre of the Earth Where do the German professor and his nephew travel to? What do they see during their journey? How do they come back to the world above?,They travel to the centre of the Earth They see a big underground ocean, a beautifu
6、l forest, ancient animals. A volcano in southern Italy brings them back to the Earths surface.,The Time Machine What has the scientist invented? What does he find when he travels to year AD 802,701? What is the world thirty million years into the future like?,He has invented a machine. He finds two
7、kinds of creaturesthe Eloi and the Morlocks. The sun no longer shines in that world, so it is cold and scary.,Read the second story and answer. What did the writer decide to see using the time machine the writer had made? 2. Which year did the writer go to? What did the writer find there?,3. The wri
8、ter described a picture about the future. What is his idea about the future of the world? What is your opinion about the future?,Language points,1. They came across huge insects and many strange creatures. (P58, lines 14-15)come across （偶然）遇到，发现 e.g. She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
9、她在抽屉里偶然发现了一些旧照片。,come across 还可以表示“被理解”，“使产生印象” e.g. He spoke for a long time but his meaning didnt really come across.他讲了很久，并并没有人真正理解他的意思。She comes across well in interviews.她在面试中常给人留下很好的印象。,2. Days and nights zipped by and everything changed before my eyes. (P59, lines 4-5)zip vi./vt. (使沿某方向）快速移动,
10、 拉上拉链 e.g. Im just zipping into town to buy some food.我正急着到镇上买点吃的。A sports car zipped past us.一辆跑车从我们身边呼啸而过。,This jacket zips up right to the neck. 这件夹克的拉链一直拉到脖子。 zip 还能作名词，表示“拉链” e.g. My zip is stuck.我的拉链卡住了。,3. The Morlocks even tried to catch and kill me, but luckily I was able to use the Time Ma
11、chine to escape. (P59, lines 17-18)escape vi./vt. 逃跑，避开，被遗忘 e.g. He escaped from prison this morning.他早上从监狱里逃跑了。,As a child he would often escape into a dream world of his own. 小时候他常常躲进自己的梦幻世界中。 She managed to escape from the burning car. 她终于从燃烧的汽车里逃了出来。,难句解析,As they were wandering around, they noti
12、ced a man sitting against a tree in the distance- he was at least four metres tall. (P58, lines 15-17) 当他们到处转悠时，发现远处有一个人背靠树坐着-那人至少四米高。,句中as they were wandering around用作时间状语；sitting against a tree in the distance 是现在分词短语，用作宾语a man的补足语。介词against意思为“靠着” e.g. My dad placed the piano against the wall.我爸爸
13、把钢琴靠着墙放着。,Writing a science fiction story,Now you are going to write your own science fiction story. You will be able to start your project after you answer the following questions.,What interesting science fiction stories have you read? 2. Which one do you like best? Why? 3. What would be a good se
14、tting for a story? 4. Who will be your main characters?,5. What do the main characters do? 6. How many paragraphs will your story have? 7. Who will write each paragraph? 8. Who will read the story to your classmates?,Today we have read two pieces of science fiction stories discussed the basic elements of a story write the outline of our own story,Summary,Homework,1. Finish the WB exercises(D1, D2) 2. Finish writing a science fiction story.,
