【故事复现】一条长得像怪物的鱼
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: What was the monster called?
问题：这个怪物叫什么？
词汇准备
• monster 怪物
• sailor 海员
• sight 见到
• creature 动物，生物
• peculiar 奇怪的，不寻常的
• shining 闪闪发光的
• oarfish 桨鱼
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.
渔夫和水手们有时声称自己看到过海里的妖怪。
Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that
many of these ‘monsters’ which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.
虽然人们常常对水手们讲的故事付诸一笑，但现在看来，人们有时看到的这些
“妖怪”很多不过是些奇怪的鱼。
Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out
at sea.
一些异常的生物偶尔会被冲到岸上来，但它们在海上却极少能被捕到。
Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar.
然而不久前，在马达加斯加附近的海里却捕到了一条奇怪的鱼。
A small fishing boat was carried miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it pulled on
the line.
一条小渔船被一条咬住钩的强壮的大鱼拖到了几英里以外的海面上。
Realizing that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every effort not to
damage it in any way.
那位渔民意识到这根本不是一条普通的鱼，于是千方百计不让它受到丝毫伤
害。
When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long.
当终于把它弄上岸后，人们发现它身长超过了13英尺。
It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright red tail.
它长着一个像马一样的头，有着大的蓝眼睛和闪闪发光的银色皮肤，还有一条
鲜红色的尾巴。
The fish, which has since been sent to a museum where it is being examined by a
scientist, is called an oarfish.
此鱼叫桨鱼，被送进了博物馆，现正接受一位科学家的检查。
Such creatures have rarely been seen alive by man as they live at a depth of six
hundred feet.
人们很少能看到活着的这种鱼，因为它们生活在600英尺深的水下。
• Step 3: Summary writing.
第三步：摘要写作。
CONNECTIONS POINTS
After having pulled 1 Strange fish caught-
Madagascar.
2 Fishing boat-out to sea.
Making 3 Effort-damage.
4 Fisherman-brought it to
shore.
The fish, which with 5 Thirteen feet.
6 Head like horse.
7 Sent-museum.
It…who said 8 Examined--scientist-
and 9 Oarfish.
10 Six hundred feet.
Answer: A strange fish was caught near Madagascar after having pulled a
small fishing boat miles out to sea. Making every effort not to damage the fish,
the fisherman brought it to shore. The fish, which was over thirteen feet long,
with a head like a horse, was sent to museum. It is being examined by a
scientist, who said that it was an oarfish and that such creatures live at depth
of six hundred feet.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1.The monsters which fishermen sometimes claim to have seen _________.
(a) are probably unusual fish
(b) are not fish at all
(c)exist in deep water
(d) are often washed up on the shore
2.The creature that was caught in Madagascar' a fisherman was _________.
(a)a monster
(b) an unusual fish
(c)half horse, half fish
(d) common fish
3.They claim ____________ monsters in the sea.
(a)that they have seen
(b) have seen
(c)to be seen
(d)to being seen
4.People often laugh at stories _________ told by seamen.
(a)which
(b)which have
(c)which have being
(d) which have been
5.When _________ that this was no ordinary fish, he tried not to damage it.
(a)realizing
(b)having realized
(c)he realized
(d) he has realized
6. ___________ eventually brought to the shore, it was found to be very long.
(a)Been
(b)When being
(c)On being
(d) When it was being
7.It had a head like a horse. ________head was like that of a horse.
(a)It
(b)It's
(c)Its'
(d)Its
8.Fishermen claim to have seen monsters. They _______that they have.
(a)state
(b)own
(c)owe
(d)persist
9.People have often laughed at these stories. They _________.
(a)haven't taken them seriously
(b)enjoyed them
(c)teased them
(d)mocked them
10.'Monsters' have at times been sighted. They have been __________.
(a)viewed
(b)glanced at
(c)seen
(d)caught
11.The fish was powerful. It was _________.
(a)dynamic
(b)strong
(c)forceful
(d)willful
12 Such creatures have rarely been seen. They have
(a)never
(b)unusually
(c)always
(d)seldom
Key: 1a 2b 3a 4d 5c 6c 7d 8a 9a 10c 11b 12d
第六十四单元【语法点拨】
语法综合测试五
1. The director was critical _______the way we were doing the work.
A.at
B.in
C. of
D. with
1. C.
2. Tony is very disappointed _______ the result of the exam.
A. with
B. toward
C. for
D. on
2.A
3. What he said just now had little to do with the question _______ discussion.
A. on
B.in
C. under
D.at
3C under discussion为固定搭配,意为“在讨论中,在审议中。
4. ________ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.
A. Dislike
B. Alike
C. Unlike
D. Liking
4.C
5. All the students in this class passed the English exam ______ the exception of Li
Ming.
A. on
B. for
C.in
D. with
5.D
6. When the whole area was _______ by the flood, the government sent food there by
helicopter.
A. cut away
B. cut up
C. cut down
D. cut off
6.D
7. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ______ it.
A. got off
B. got across
C. got away
D. got over
7.D.
8. The engine ________ smoke and steam.
A. gives up
B. gives in
C. gives away
D. gives off
8.D
9. The student was just about to ______ the question, when suddenly he found the
answer.
A. arrive at.
B. submit to
C. work out
D. give up
9.D.
10. The early pioneers had to _______ many hardships to settle on the new land.
A. go along with
B. go back on
C. go through
D. go into
10.C
【课后练习】这部分不做进课件而是放进讲义里
11. _________ for your laziness, you could have finished the assignment by now.
A. Had it not been
B. Weren't it
C. It were not
D. Had not it been
11.A虚拟语气结构的用法。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句,句中省去了连接
词if,而用了倒装结构。
12. It's necessary _______ the dictionary immediately.
A. that he will return
B. that he return
C. that he returned
D. that he has to return
12、B.虚拟语气结构。在 it is essential/important/necessary that主语从句结构中,
通常要用虚拟语气,其形式为( should)+动词原形。 should可以省略。
13. No matter how the problem of cancer is handled in a family, all the members of
the family are bound ________ in some way.
A. to affect
B. affecting
C. to be affected
D. being affected
13.C. 不定式的被动结构。 be bound to be affected意为“必定会受到影响”。
14. They are considering _______ before the prices go up.
A. of buying the house
B. with buying the house
C. buying the house
D. to buy the house
14.C. consider后面要接动名词短语作宾语。
15. Wouldn’t you rather your child _______ to bed early?
A. go
B. would go
C. went
D. goes
15.C.虚拟语气的用法。 would rather后面所接从句中谓语动词要用过去时。
16.We ________ to start our own business, but we never had enough money.
A. have hoped
B. had hoped
C. would hope
D. should hope
16.B.在be, hope, intend, plan等动词的过去完成时,后接动词不定式,表示过去想做
而没有做到。即 had hoped/ planned/intended + to do
17. He will surely finish the job on time _______ he's left to do it in his own way.
A. in that
B. so long as
C. in case
D. as far as
17.B。 so long as引导条件状语从句。
18. By the end of the year all but two people _________.
A. have left
B. will leave
C. will be leaving
D. will have left
18.D.将来完成时表示在将来某个动作发生之前已完成的动作,通常与by连用。句
中的but表示“除……之外”
19. By the end of this month, we surely _______a satisfactory solution to the problem.
A. have found
B. will be finding
C. will have found
D. are finding
19.C将来完成时表示在将来某个动作发生之前已完成的动作,通常与by连用
20.________he works hard, don't mind when he finishes the experiment.
A. As soon as
B. As well as
C. So far as
D. So long as
20.D。 so long as引导条件状语从句。
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第六十五单元