Unit 12Unit 12

““Take Over, BosTake Over, Bos’’n!n!””

--Oscar Schisgall

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Warm upPre-reading questionsStructure analysisSentence paraphraseLanguage points Exercises

Warm-up

If you are going to live on a lonely island for one month and you are allowed to bring only three things with you, what do you think you will choose? Why?

Pre-reading questionsPre-reading questions

Can you imagine the feelings of the survivors of a shipwreck who are drifting on the sea waiting to be rescued?

What menace do you think they have to face?

What do you think is the relationship between crewmen on a ship? Is there any difference between their relationship and that of “land” people?

Part 1 (Para1~2): this is the introductory part of the story.

Part 2 (Para3~23): the author narrates and describes in detail the desperate situation they were in and the responsibility Snyder shouldered.

Part 3 (Para 24~28): This is the end of the story.

Structure AnalysisStructure Analysis

Text Analysis Text Analysis –– Para. 1-2 Para. 1-2

Comprehension Questions:

How does the author begin the story?

Do you think Snyder could control the situation?

Why do you suppose Snyder pointed the gun at the other nine men?

Vocabulary & GrammarVocabulary & Grammar

关于“ ……看” :-gaze （盯 , 凝视；目不转睛地看）常与 at ， on ， upon 连

用-gape （张着嘴注视；打呵欠）-stare （凝视，目不转睛地看，盯着看，张大眼睛看）-glare （瞪眼，怒视，怒目而视）常与 at ， down 连用： -peer （凝视；细看；窥视）-peep (( 从缝隙等中 ) 偷看；从隐蔽处观看 ; 隐约看见 )

-ogle 1. 对…做媚眼；挑逗地注视： 2. ( 贪婪地 ) 看，盯着看，凝视

stared; stared; gazing; gazing; peered; peered; ogled; ogled; glared; glared; gaped; gaped; peepingpeeping

1. She ________ Tom when handed him a glass of wine.2. She ________ at the neighbors from behind the curtain.3. He stood ________ at the view.4. She just ________ at me when I told her the news.5. The policeman ________ at his eyes when questioning

him.6. They ________ their anger at each other.7. A suspicions fellow is ________ through the fence at us.

staredstared

glaredglared

ogledogled

peeredpeered

gazinggazing

peepingpeeping

gapedgaped

Vocabulary & GrammarVocabulary & Grammarguts: all the organs in sb’s body, especially when they have

come out of their body; (informal) the courage and determination you need to do sth. difficult or unpleasant.

e.g. There were blood and guts all over the place.e.g. No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was

making.

To hate one’s guts: to hate sb. with great intensity.

e.g. the mother hated the murderer’s guts for his killing her child.

Sentence ParaphraseSentence Paraphrase

Y-you can’t hold our forever. Paraphrase: Though you are rigid, you can’t hold out forever.

Y-you: Y is short for yeoman ( 刚毅的，坚毅的）

Hold out: 坚持到底 , 不屈服

His mind had already cracked with thirst. Paraphrase: He could no longer think properly because

of thirst.

Crack: (informal) 精神和体力变得虚弱e.g. You’ll crack up if you go on working so hard.

Vocabulary & GrammarVocabulary & Grammar

pounce: to suddenly move forward and attack sb. or sth., after waiting to attack them

1. The falcon pounced on the rabbit.2. Teachers are quick to pounce on

students’ grammatical mistake3. When they offered Olive the chance to

become manager, he pounced on it. (eagerly to take the opportunity once it is available)

brandish:brandish:

Move or swing back and forth.e.g. Swords brandished and banners waved. 刀剑挥舞 , 旌旗飘扬。e.g. The demonstrators brandished banners and

shouted slogans.

ration: v. to limit the amount of something that each person is allowed to

have实行定量配给 . e.g. The government had to ration the

good during the war.

keel: v. to collapse or fall into or as if into a faint 倾覆，昏倒 .

e.g. She keeled over in a faint.

Mirage: n. an optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate

layers of hot and cool air 海市蜃楼 e.g. In a mirage the desert will mimic a lake.

Text Analysis Text Analysis –– Para. 3-23 Para. 3-23

1. What was the cause of the confrontation?2. What kind of man was Jeff Barrett?3. Why did Snyder insist that they wait till night for

the last few drops of water?4. What did Snyder imagine would happen when he

was asleep?

Text Analysis Text Analysis –– Para. 24-28 Para. 24-28

Comprehension What happened while Snyder was

asleep?

What made Barrett give up his chance of drinking the water?

Exercises - translationExercises - translation1. A man living at close quarters with fear can not possibly

feel happy.2. He felt greatly depressed, for misprints glared from so

many pages of his newly published book.3. A man of calculating nature likes to play tricks, but tend

to lack much wisdom．4. The old man is wondering why so many girls crave to

become pop music stars．5. I consider it an inhumane act to pounce upon others’

blunders.6. He often taunted his brother in an arrogant voice and

called the latter an ignorant coward.7. In the scorching heat, the girl in delicate health keeled

over.8. Over the past five years, the city has been sprawling out

to all directions.

Exercises - dictationExercises - dictation Envision an ideal place to live or run a business, a friendly, safe and secure community with large areas of open space and extensive entertainment and recreational facilities. Finally, picture this community continually moving around the world. You are beginning to understand the Freedom Ship concept of a massive ocean-going vessel. With a design length of 4,500 feet, a width of 750 feet, and a height of 350 feet, Freedom Ship would be more than 4 times longer than the Queen Mary. The design concepts include a mobile modern city featuring luxurious living, an extensive duty-free international shopping mall, and a full 1.7 million-square-foot floor set aside for various companies to showcase their products.

A brief reviewA brief review

Given the following new words and phrases, please use them to create a meaningful story.

cater to; nag at; abide by; reduce to; frown upon; face up to; fall in with; bring out; remark on;turn out