高二英语新教材下册（Unit12 Fact and Fantasy）

2.)In their efforts to survive…                   à

3.)They find themselves on the surface of the monster itself. à

4.)his permanent guests                        à

3.Under water travel and space travel have many things in common. Describe the similarities and differences and fill in the chart below.

SUBMARINE

SPACESHIP

Differences

Similarities

4.Think about all the knowledge we now have about the earth and explain where Jules Verne might have got his ideas from when he wrote his novel.

1)Why would there be a huge underground ocean?

2)Why do the characters find plants and animals that lived on the earth millions of years ago?

3)How could they find an old metal object that is about 500 years old?

5.Which tools and things would you bring if you were going to climb down into a very deep cave? What would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?

Preparation:Tools and things to bring

Risks: Dangers and things that could happen

LANGUAGE STUDY

Word study

Choose the right word to complete the following sentences. Some may be used more than once.

Collision      permanent      voyage      escape    on board   fiction   fantasy

    This is not a real story; it is ___________. In 1898, an American writer wrote a novel. In the story, a huge ship called Titan of which it was said that it could not sink, set off from Southampton on her first ___________ across the Atlantic Ocean. It sank after a ____________ with an iceberg,  killing most of the 2,500 people ___________________.

    Fourteen years later, in 1912, Titanic, which was called the “Ship of Dreams” or the “Ship That Cannot Sink”, set off from Southampton on its first _________. On its way to New York City, it hit an iceberg. Three hours after the _________, it sank to the bottom of the sea. It had more than 2,220 passengers __________, of whom 1,513 did not ________ the cold ocean water and died.

    The story of Titanic is an example where ________ meets reality. The disaster has become a __________ pain in people’s hearts.

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