Exercises:
1 I _____________ (do) my homework when my
mother ________ (call) me at 8 last night.
2 Jim _______________ (watch)TV while Kate
_______________(sing) a song thin morning.
3 Lin Tao ____________ (write) a letter when the
phone _________ (ring) at this time yesterday.
4 While Bill ______________ (cook), his father
_______(come) back.
was doing
called
was watching
was singing
was writing
rang
was cooking
came
the heart of ocean 海洋之
心
883 feet (英尺 )
wide : 92 feet
weight : 46,328 tons
(吨)
Lesson 102
The one hundred and second lesson
Answer the questions:
(1)Do you know the name of the
song ?
(2)Do you know anything about
the ship Titanic ?
(3)Can you say something about
the sad story of Titanic ?
(1)When did the story happen?
(2)Where did the ship set off?
(3)How many people were there on
that ship?
(4)Was the ship largest and finest
one in the world at that time?
Find out the answers:
It happened one afternoon in April 1912.
It set off from England to America.
There were over 2200 people.
Yes, it was.
(6)What could people see here and
there?
It was cold.
(5)What was the weather like on
that day?
(7)How was the ship after hitting the
iceberg?
Icebergs.
It hit the iceberg and came to a stop.
There was a very big hole in the ship
and water began to come inside.
Slowly the ship started to sink.
(8) Who were the first to get into the
lifeboats?Women and children were the first to
get into the lifeboats.
(9) How many people lost their lives
at last?
More than 1500 people lost their lives
at last
(10) Do you know where Miss Evans
was going at that time?
She was going home to Boston.
sink
set off
lifeboat
pleasant
look out
on watch
make room for
take one’s place
happy
go down
be careful
begin a trip
sit in one’s seat
give one’s seat to
at work,watching a
place or person
boat for saving at sea
Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
The new ship Titanic set off in its first trip
one afternoon in April 1912.
It was largest and _____ ship in the world
at that time. There 2200 people on the
ship. The weather was cold , the trip was
and people on the ship were
enjoying . .
It was even colder the next day .
People could see icebergs and there
.That night , the man on watch
the
were
but
pleasant
themselves
here
finest
suddenly shouted,“! Iceberg! Iceberg in
front! ____ It was too late. The ship ___
the iceberg and stopped. There was ___ very
big hole in the ship and the water
to come inside. The ship _____ to sink.
People left the ship ___ quickly ___ they
could. Women and children were the
to get into the lifeboats. Suddenly a
woman on the ship and asked
people to make _____ for her because her
children in one of the boats and she
wanted to go with them. But there was no
Look out
began
first
shouted
were
But hit
started
as as
room
_____ room there. Her children their
mother and began to cry. __ young woman
was near the poor children. She stood
up and asked the worried mother to her
place . She was not and ____ no
children. The mother and her children were
but the young woman her life with
the other people when the ship . Her
name was Miss Evans and she was _____
home to Boston .
That was all people about her.
heard
sitting
take
married
safe lost
sank
knew
more
A
had
going
Discussion:
(1)What can you learn from
the story?
(2)What would you do if you
were Miss Evans?