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111Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the CinemaReadingThe SteamboatGoalsTo learn about Adventure in Literature and the Cinema To learn to read with strategiesProcedures Step 1 Warming up by learning about “adventure” and learning to “venture”Hello, class! Before we begin an adventure on Adventure in Literature and the Cinema, that is, Module 3, lets try to understand what it means by adventure.Her adventures travelling in Africa excites me.When youre a child, life is one big adventure. Popper described science as the greatest adventure in the world.They ventured nervously into the water. Hes never ventured abroad in his life.She hardly dared to venture an opinion. He ventured a tentative smile. I ventured to suggest that she might have made a mistake. And if I say no? she ventured. It was wrong to venture his financial security on such a risky deal. This is the first time the company has ventured into movie production.Popular adventure film concepts include: An outlaw figure fighting for justice or battling a tyrant (as in Zorro or Robin Hood Pirates (as in Captain Blood) A search for a lost city or for hidden treasure (as in King Solomons Mines)Step 2 Warming up by imaging going on an adventureBoys and girls, what is adventure?Adventure is an exciting trip. If you are bored, you could imagine going on a great adventure.Have a go at caving, climbing, sailing and canoeing at Adventure Club during the summer vocation. All the activities at Adventure Club are run and supervised by qualified and experienced staff Adventure Club started life in the 1970s as a sailing club for young people. Since this time it has grown and grown. Adventure Club now provides over 10,000 sessions of adventure to young people each year.Would you like to go? Then come with me!Step 3 Before you readPlease go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.Step 4 While you readCut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives.Step 5 After you readCopy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book and make your own sentences with them.a big storm/ after midnight/ pour down, stay inside the shelter, sail down, by the light of the lightning, in the middle of , look like, at first，hit a rock, half in and half out of , sail straight towards, go under, after a couple of minutes, take a look, board a sinking ship, find something useful, on the boat, paddle over, climb on to the steamboat, keep as quiet as mice, to our astonishment, a light in one of the cabins, a mans angry voice, last time, run to the raft, feel very curious, putround the door, quite dark, lie on the floor, be tied up with rope, stand over, him, with a beard, havein ones hand, look like, have enough of, on the floor, leavehere, in a couple of hours, go down with, the frightened man, on the floor, die of fright, find a way to save , crawl along, take away, look terrified, persuadeto help, be tired to, climb quietly in, paddle away, by then, a safe distance away, feel bad aboutStep 6 Read to transfer informationYou are to read the text once again to complete the table with necessary information from it.Clues in the story of The SteamboatParagraph 1A steamboat had hit a rock and was half in and half out of the water. We were sailing straight towards it.Paragraph 2“It looks as if itll go under soon,” Jim said, after a couple of minutes.Paragraph 3“Lets go and take a look,” I said.Paragraph 4Climbing on to the steamboat, we heard someone shout，Oh please boys, dont kill me！I wont tell anybody!”Paragraph 5A mans angry voice answered, “Youre lying. You said that last time. Were going to kill you”.Paragraph 6I could see two men standing over a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope. Paragraph 7“Im going to shoot you now, the taller one with a gun in his hand said. Paragraph 8No, dont do that, said the shorter one. Lets leave him here. The steamboat will sink in a couple of hours and hell go down with it.”Paragraph 9l thought. “I have to find a way to save him!”Paragraph 10We must find their boat and take it away, then theyll have to stay here, I said to Jim.Paragraph 11And then we found the mens boat tired to the other side of the steamboat.Step 7 Closing down by learning about steamboatsA steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat or vessel that is propelled by steam power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats in the USA; steamship generally refers to steam powered ships capable of carrying a (ships) boat. Nuclear powered ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steamboats. Screw-driven steamships generally carry the ship prefix SS before their names, or TS where powered by a steam turbine. Paddle steamers have the prefix PS. The term steamer is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for diesel motor driven vessels, prefix MV.Additional MaterialsComplete the article with one word in each blank:“Lets go and take a _1_ ,” I said. Oh please boys, dont kill me！I wont tell anybody!” I _2_ a short man say. “Youre lying. You said that last _3_. Were going to kill you,” another man said. “Ive had _4_ of you. Im going to shoot you now, this man _5_. No, dont do that, said the short man. Lets leave _6_ here. The steamboat will sink in a couple of hours and hell _7_ down with it.” He sounds as if hes going to die of _8_! l thought. “I have to find a way to save him!” We _9_ find their boat and take it away, then theyll have to _10_ here, I said. Jim looked terrified. Im not staying here,” he said. (keys:1.look2.heard3.time.4.enough5.said6.him7.go 8.fright9. must 10.tay)Answer the reading comprehension questions:1. What does “panicked” in Jim panicked and ran to the raft. ?A: to affect with panicB: to produce demonstrative appreciation on the part of C: to be affected with panicD: to surprise others2. Who does “He” in the sentence “He sounds as if hes going to die of fright! refer to?A: the man lying on the floor, tied up with ropeB: the short with a beardC: the tall man with a gun in handD: Jim2. Why did “I “ begin to feel bad about what they had done?A: Because the man on the floor looked terrified.B: Jim didnt want to stay there.C: Because “I” found the mens boat tired to the other side of the steamboat. D: “I” didnt want all three men to die.4. What kind of writing it this text?A: A description essay B: A narration essay C: A persuasive essay D: A expository essay(keys: CADD)111
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