When Lightening Struck
Teaching Objectives
? To get students know the value of helping
others,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? Describe the reactions in danger.
? Students are divided into groups to play
the roles of the narrator,the little girl,the
businessman,and the businesswoman..
Think Over:
? What is the theme of the story? What
about the tone of the narrative piece?
? What’s the style of the story?
Structural analysis of the text
? 1,Main idea,The story is the writer’s objective and vivid
narration of her extraordinary,unforgettable travel
experience on a plane for the purpose of praising good
people and their fine deeds and bringing out superb
touching human relations witnessed at critical moments.
? Part One (1-4) --- introductory paragraphs,telling us
about the setting and the unexpected happening,and
introducing some main characters
? Part Two (5-9) --- narrating and delineating the feelings,
thoughts,and actions of the writer,the acts of kindness
of the glamorous young woman and the behaviour of
other fellow passengers on the plane when they were
faced with the dangerous situations
? Part Three (10-12)--- telling the readers what they saw
and did after they landed safely
? Part Four (13-14) --- The author thinks what is most
important is to make known such nice people and their
fine deeds and to pass on their kindness from generation
to generation.
2.How is the plot organized?
? The plot is developed by means of the
natural time sequence of the happenings
( chronological order)
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1,I reassured her that we were going to make it.
? Explain,I tried to comfort her by saying that we would
manage to tide it over.
2,After this,London’s going to seem like small potatoes.
? Explain,Having experienced the event,the girl might
consider her visit to London rather insignificant.
3,The female equivalent of the confident businessman must
have seen how scared I was.
? Explain,The business woman as confident as that
businessman must have noticed my fear.
4,The young businessman lamented that he had not a chance
to buy his two little girls a present.
? Explain,The young businessman was sorry that he had not
a chance to buy his two little girls a present.
5,I am indebted to my fellow passengers.
? Explain,I am very grateful to my fellow passengers.
? put away---put something in the place
where it is usually kept; put by (money);
save money for later use (set aside)
? He is in the habit of putting the books
away after he reads them,(收起来 )
? As an economical wife,she puts away
some money each month.（存贮）
? Put down
Put down that knife before you hurt somebody,(放下 )
Everything he said was at once put down,(写下来 )
? Put forward
Are you serious in putting forward such a view? (提出 )
Put your watch forward,you are five minutes slow,(使提前，
拨快 )
? Put out
? The publishers put out fifty new books last season.( 出版 )
? A downpour of rain put out the children’s bonfire,
（使熄灭）
? The government will put out a new statement next week.
（发表）
? Put right
? If anything I say is not correct,please stop me and put me
right,(纠正 )
? figure
? She figured that she would be next to be
sent abroad to study.（想，想象）
? Real historical events figure in his novel.
（出现）
? The economy figured very largely in the
Prime Minister’s speech.（占重要位置）
? Please help me to figure out my income
tax.,（算出）
? We cannot figure out why he has been
behaving so oddly,(理解，明白 )
? remind of
The story you have just told reminds me
of an experience I once had.(使想起 )
? That reminds me I must write to him,(跟
从句 )
? Remind me to take my medicine
tomorrow,(提醒 )
? reminder,n,起提醒作用的东西
? transfer v,n.
? He transferred the ownership of the house
to his wife.(转移，转给 )
? I have been transferred,I am leaving for
my new post next week,（调往）
? Mary transferred to a new school,（转学）
? At London we transferred from the train to
a bus,（转车）
? I was given a transfer to headquarters.
? survive
? The music of Bach has survived through the
years.
? These plants won’t survive without sun.
? He survived the explosion,but no one else
did.
? Insurance statistics show that most wives
survive their husbands.
? His survival is still uncertain; he has been
very badly hurt and may die.
? There were no survivors of the air crash.
? pay back
? It’s high time he paid me back the $100
he owes me.
? He paid me back by not coming.
? His hard work paid off when he got the
promotion,(是值得的 )
? I’ve just paid off my loan from the bank,
What a relief! （偿还掉）
Translation Exercises
1,I scrambled up the cliff for a better look at
the sea.
2,He lunged at the burglar and wrestled with
him for the weapon.
3,I figure that our national economy will
continue to develop rapidly.
4,The chairman made effort to reassure the
shareholders that the company’s bad results
would not be repeated.
5,Stop acting like a baby! Pull yourself
together..
6.Being very much a private man,he does not
confide in anyone.
7.We all hate the terrorists’ indiscriminate violence
against ordinary people.
8.Many people in this country are alarmed by the
dramatic increase in violent crime.
9,We anticipated that the enemy would try to
cross the river,That was why we destroyed the
bridge.
10.I am indebted to all the people who worked so
hard to make the party a great success.
Dictation
Our boat floated on,between walls of forest,
Nowhere did we find a place where we could
have landed,In any case,what would we have
got by landing? The country was full of snakes
and other dangerous animals,and the forest
was so thick that one would be able to advance
only slowly,cutting one’s way with knives the
whole day,We live on fish,caught with a
homemade net of string,and any fruit and nuts
we could pick up out of the water,As we had no
fire,we had to eat everything,including the fish,
uncooked,As for water,there was a choice,we
could drink the muddy river water,or die of thirst,
Assignment:
On the basis of some news report,write a
story of a person’s experience in an
earthquake,flood,fire,car crash,mud-
rock flow,etc.
Teaching Objectives
? To get students know the value of helping
others,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? Describe the reactions in danger.
? Students are divided into groups to play
the roles of the narrator,the little girl,the
businessman,and the businesswoman..
Think Over:
? What is the theme of the story? What
about the tone of the narrative piece?
? What’s the style of the story?
Structural analysis of the text
? 1,Main idea,The story is the writer’s objective and vivid
narration of her extraordinary,unforgettable travel
experience on a plane for the purpose of praising good
people and their fine deeds and bringing out superb
touching human relations witnessed at critical moments.
? Part One (1-4) --- introductory paragraphs,telling us
about the setting and the unexpected happening,and
introducing some main characters
? Part Two (5-9) --- narrating and delineating the feelings,
thoughts,and actions of the writer,the acts of kindness
of the glamorous young woman and the behaviour of
other fellow passengers on the plane when they were
faced with the dangerous situations
? Part Three (10-12)--- telling the readers what they saw
and did after they landed safely
? Part Four (13-14) --- The author thinks what is most
important is to make known such nice people and their
fine deeds and to pass on their kindness from generation
to generation.
2.How is the plot organized?
? The plot is developed by means of the
natural time sequence of the happenings
( chronological order)
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1,I reassured her that we were going to make it.
? Explain,I tried to comfort her by saying that we would
manage to tide it over.
2,After this,London’s going to seem like small potatoes.
? Explain,Having experienced the event,the girl might
consider her visit to London rather insignificant.
3,The female equivalent of the confident businessman must
have seen how scared I was.
? Explain,The business woman as confident as that
businessman must have noticed my fear.
4,The young businessman lamented that he had not a chance
to buy his two little girls a present.
? Explain,The young businessman was sorry that he had not
a chance to buy his two little girls a present.
5,I am indebted to my fellow passengers.
? Explain,I am very grateful to my fellow passengers.
? put away---put something in the place
where it is usually kept; put by (money);
save money for later use (set aside)
? He is in the habit of putting the books
away after he reads them,(收起来 )
? As an economical wife,she puts away
some money each month.（存贮）
? Put down
Put down that knife before you hurt somebody,(放下 )
Everything he said was at once put down,(写下来 )
? Put forward
Are you serious in putting forward such a view? (提出 )
Put your watch forward,you are five minutes slow,(使提前，
拨快 )
? Put out
? The publishers put out fifty new books last season.( 出版 )
? A downpour of rain put out the children’s bonfire,
（使熄灭）
? The government will put out a new statement next week.
（发表）
? Put right
? If anything I say is not correct,please stop me and put me
right,(纠正 )
? figure
? She figured that she would be next to be
sent abroad to study.（想，想象）
? Real historical events figure in his novel.
（出现）
? The economy figured very largely in the
Prime Minister’s speech.（占重要位置）
? Please help me to figure out my income
tax.,（算出）
? We cannot figure out why he has been
behaving so oddly,(理解，明白 )
? remind of
The story you have just told reminds me
of an experience I once had.(使想起 )
? That reminds me I must write to him,(跟
从句 )
? Remind me to take my medicine
tomorrow,(提醒 )
? reminder,n,起提醒作用的东西
? transfer v,n.
? He transferred the ownership of the house
to his wife.(转移，转给 )
? I have been transferred,I am leaving for
my new post next week,（调往）
? Mary transferred to a new school,（转学）
? At London we transferred from the train to
a bus,（转车）
? I was given a transfer to headquarters.
? survive
? The music of Bach has survived through the
years.
? These plants won’t survive without sun.
? He survived the explosion,but no one else
did.
? Insurance statistics show that most wives
survive their husbands.
? His survival is still uncertain; he has been
very badly hurt and may die.
? There were no survivors of the air crash.
? pay back
? It’s high time he paid me back the $100
he owes me.
? He paid me back by not coming.
? His hard work paid off when he got the
promotion,(是值得的 )
? I’ve just paid off my loan from the bank,
What a relief! （偿还掉）
Translation Exercises
1,I scrambled up the cliff for a better look at
the sea.
2,He lunged at the burglar and wrestled with
him for the weapon.
3,I figure that our national economy will
continue to develop rapidly.
4,The chairman made effort to reassure the
shareholders that the company’s bad results
would not be repeated.
5,Stop acting like a baby! Pull yourself
together..
6.Being very much a private man,he does not
confide in anyone.
7.We all hate the terrorists’ indiscriminate violence
against ordinary people.
8.Many people in this country are alarmed by the
dramatic increase in violent crime.
9,We anticipated that the enemy would try to
cross the river,That was why we destroyed the
bridge.
10.I am indebted to all the people who worked so
hard to make the party a great success.
Dictation
Our boat floated on,between walls of forest,
Nowhere did we find a place where we could
have landed,In any case,what would we have
got by landing? The country was full of snakes
and other dangerous animals,and the forest
was so thick that one would be able to advance
only slowly,cutting one’s way with knives the
whole day,We live on fish,caught with a
homemade net of string,and any fruit and nuts
we could pick up out of the water,As we had no
fire,we had to eat everything,including the fish,
uncooked,As for water,there was a choice,we
could drink the muddy river water,or die of thirst,
Assignment:
On the basis of some news report,write a
story of a person’s experience in an
earthquake,flood,fire,car crash,mud-
rock flow,etc.
