Unit 12 Fact and fantasy

1.　　　practise expressing beliefs and doubts

2.　　　practise creative writing

3.　　　such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the Earth in 80 Days

4.　　　scientific facts

5.　　　What is the deepest point in the ocean?

6.　　　What is the distance from the earth to the moon?

7.　　　How high are the temperatures near the center of the earth?

8.　　　How about a space shuttle?

9.　　　make a sketch of what they saw

10.　Science fiction is often about things we believe may be possible in the far future.

11.　I doubt whether you are a good student. / I don’t doubt that you are a good student. / There is no doubt that you are a good student.

12.　I can’t imagine his being so rude.

13.　electric railway

14.　light bulb

15.　steam-powered boat

16.　Verne developed his love for the theater.

17.　make a living

18.　botany, applied science and many other subjects

19.　He used the latest ideas and technical inventions of his day in his books.

20.　Many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity.

21.　By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further, Jules Verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction.

22.　long before any of his dreams come true

23.　In the collisions that follows, the three companions are thrown overboard.

练习表达信任和怀疑

练习创造性写作

诸如《海底两万里》和《环球80天》

科学事实

海洋最深处有多深？

地球到月亮的距离是多少？

地球中心附近的温度有多高？

航天飞机呢？

把他们看到的画成草图

科幻小说往往写的是在遥远的将来可能发生的事。

我怀疑你是否是个好学生。… …

我难以想象他是如此的粗鲁。

电力火车

电灯泡

蒸气动力船

凡尔纳养成了对戏剧的爱好。

谋生

植物学、应用科学和许多其它学科

他把那个时代的最新思维和最新发明写进了他的书里。

他小说中的许多设备会使读者想起本杰明 富兰克林博士所作的有关电的实验。

通过将他所处的时代的科学发展向前推进一步，儒勒.凡尔纳奠定了现代科幻小说的基础。

在他人梦想实现以前好长时间

在随后的冲突中，三个同伴都被撞翻到船外。

24.　In their efforts to survive, they found themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine.

25.　make them his permanent guests

26.　take sb on a voyage across the oceans

27.　an extraordinary ship

28.　be protected with thick iron plates

29.　Electricity is used for light, heating, power and to defend the ship against attacks.

30.　Dressed in diving suits, Captain Nemo and his guests walk around in this magic world, lighted by the lamps of the ship.

31.　They found themselves surrounded by colourful rocks, fishes, seashells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.

32.　keep sb as prisoners

33.　The story begins with the discovery of an ancient document in an old book.

34.　go on this adventure

35.　lead them through a narrow passage deep into the earth

36.　layers of coal and marble

37.　In the end, their raft is drawn into a fast stream and with ever increasing speed, they are shot out of a volcano in southern Italy.

38.　use your own to paraphrase the following sentences

39.　set out on her first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean

40.　“ship of dreams” or “unsinkable ship”

41.　become an example of how fiction meets reality

42.　become a permanent pain in people’s hearts

43.　in many cases

44.　I was driven by a desire to learn.

在他们努力求生时，却发现自己就在这头怪兽的身体表面，结果是一艘潜水艇。

把他们作为他的永久客人

带他们作越洋航行

一艘非常特别的船

用很厚的铁板保护

电被用来照明、取暖、作动力和保护船免受袭击。

身穿潜水服，尼莫船长和他的客人们走在这魔幻般的世界里，船上的灯光为他们提供照明。

他们发现自己周围尽是五彩缤纷的岩石、鱼儿、海贝和水生植物，在蓝色的海水中随波起伏、慢慢地移动着。

把某人当作囚犯关押

小说开头说在一本古书上发现一篇古代文献。

作一次冒险

带他们沿一条狭窄的通道往地球中心走。

煤层和大理石层

最后，他们的小筏子被卷进了一条湍急的小溪，随着速度的加快，他们从意大利南部的一座火山中被抛射出来。

用自己的话，用英文解释下列句子。

出发作她的第一次航行，穿越大西洋

“梦之船”或“永不下沉的船”

成为幻想预示现实的范例

成不人们心中永久的伤痛

在诸多情况下

我被学习的欲望所驱使

45.　learn the secrets of heaven and earth

46.　I entered the search for wisdom and dreamt of finding a way to cure any disease.

47.　pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of nature

48.　the principle of life

49.　after days and nights of incredible labour

50.　dream of nothing else but the creation of a creature as complete and wonderful as man

51.　I collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies.

52.　light the flame of life in the dead thing

53.　while unfinished, she was ugly, but now he was a living horror.

54.　name your own mysterious doctor

55.　Create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story.

学天地的奥秘

我开始进行对智慧的探索，梦想找出一种包治百病的方法。

另辟新径，探索未知的力量，把自然界最深邃的奥秘展现给人类

生命的法则

经过日日夜夜令人难以置信的劳动后

只想创造一个像人一样的完整而又绝妙的生物

我从坟墓里收集尸骨，肢解尸体。

将生命之光注入这个无生命的东西的身体

没有完工时，她很丑陋，但现在却成了一个非常恐怖的生物了。

给你的神秘医生起个名字

为你的小说创造一个包括名词、动词和形容词的词网。