TEENS 初三20-21年第15期总第645期

王荆艳

 

 

Adventure in the deep (P6)

 

 

I. Warm up

1. Can you swim? Is it difficult?

 

2. Do you know how deep a person can dive?

 

3. What about diving in a manned submersible?

 

 

The deepest dive on record is 1,082 feet (332 meters) set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014.

According to PADI, a deep dive is any dive that is over 18 meters (60 feet).

 

 

II. While reading

4. Where’s the deepest underwater valley on the planet?

 

5. What did Fendouzhe recently do?

A. It broke a world diving record.

B. It discovered an underwater valley.

C. It dove very deep in the Mariana Trench.

D. It took people to the deep sea for the last time.

C

 

6. How deep did Fendouzhe go?

 

7. What does Fendouzhe’s achievement mean?

 

8. What can Fendouzhe be used for?

a. Finding rare earth metals.

b. Making high-tech products.

c. Recording videos.

d. Collecting samples.

A. abc            B. bcd     

C. abd            D. acd

D

 

9. What does the word “aboard ” mean?

 

____________________________

 

10. According to China Daily, what challenge did Fendouzhe face in the deep sea?

A. Dangerous animals and plants.

B. High water pressure.

C. Hard rocks.

D. Bad weather.

B

 

12. What do the last two paragraphs explain?

A. What scientists will do with Fendouzhe.

B. Why robots don’t work well in the deep sea.

C. How robots will be used for ocean exploration.

D. How scientists carried out undersea experiments.

B

 

13. Why can’t robots work well in the deep sea?;

 

 

III. Post reading

China will keep exploring the world’s oceans.

   

Why do we explore oceans? Do you think it is necessary?

 

Human has just begun a new journey on the road to understanding, protecting and exploring oceans.

 

 

IV. Word in use

                                                                    

Complete the sentences using the words provided.

 

explore     discover   depth   collect    react

 

1. Many dolphins can dive to a _____ of 200 meters.

2. This data were ______ from 69 countries.

3. More young people are willing to ____ the outside world.

4. We may never ________what took place that night.

5. How did they ____ when they heard the news?

 

1. depth
2. collected
3. explore
4. discover
5. react