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新人教版英语选修七第三单元Using Language的课文译文崭新的生活空间1月19日我坐在温暖的夜空下，手里拿着一瓶冷饮，回忆着当天的事情——这是神奇的一天！这天上午，我戴着呼吸器在近海的珊瑚礁上潜泳，这是我从来没有过的绝妙经历。
看到这样奇特的美景，我周身的每个细胞都苏醒了，就像发现了一个全新的生活空间似的。
我首先注意到的是我周围那些鲜艳的色彩——紫色、红色、橘黄、明黄、蓝色和绿色等。
那些珊瑚都是稀奇古怪的——有的形状像扇子、盘子、脑袋和彩条、有的像香菇、树枝和鹿角。
还有种类繁多、小巧整齐、姿态优雅的鱼穿行在珊瑚丛中，或环游于珊瑚的四周。
我在这些鱼群中游泳，它们似乎并不在意。
我特别喜欢那些橘黄和白色相间的小鱼，它们藏在波动着的细长的海藻里。
我也喜欢那些为大鱼清洗身体的小鱼——我甚至还看到这些小鱼游进大鱼的嘴里去帮它们刷牙。
当我用水下探照灯探索小石洞、岩石和狭窄通道的时候，似乎每个角落都有使我感到惊奇的东西等着我：黄绿相间的鹦嘴鱼倒挂着，用它那像鸟嘴一样的硬嘴从珊瑚上吸吮的微小植物；带着黄斑点的红色海蛞蝓从一个蓝色的海星旁边滑行过去；一只长相聪慧的大乌龟紧贴着我的身旁而过，我几乎可以摸着它了。
还有一些其他的动物，我不想太靠近它们——一条带有利齿的鳗鱼，只是把头从石洞里伸出来，望着可供美餐的鱼过来（或者在等着我的美味脚趾伸过去）；一个巨大的蛤蜊半掩在珊瑚礁中等着有什么东西游过来，游到它那宽厚的绿嘴唇中去。
然后，还有两条灰色的珊瑚鲨，每条大约有1.5米长，突然从珊瑚后边游了出来。
我自言自语地说它们并不危险，但是这样一点也不能抑制我那怕得要死的心情。
海水是浅的，但是到了珊瑚礁的尽头，就有一个陡坡，一直下降到满是沙子的海底。
它是边界的标志。
我游过珊瑚礁的边沿，浮在上面往下看海底的时候，我认为我还是非常勇敢的。
我的心急剧地跳动着——在这样深邃而清澈的海水中，我感觉我彻底曝光了。
这个水底下世界是多么美妙，多么漫无边际！而我在这个海洋的世界中又是多么渺小！。
Unit3 Using Language 优质教案Period 5Using LanguageTeaching aims1．Learn to pronounce the names of sea creatures mentioned in the text correctly. 2．Learn to describe the creatures mentioned in the text properly according to the pictures with the expressions like：...＋looking，...＋shaped，...＋spotted，...＋like，...＋striped.3．Learn to use the adjectives in the correct order to describe the pictures prepared by the teacher.4．Learn to use proper expressions to convey their exact feelings in their past experiences.Teaching proceduresWarming up and lead－inFirst，show students the picture above and ask them some questions as a revision：Where are they？What are they doing？Why do they go snorkelling?Next，draw a conclusion and lead into the text：As the sea is a world full of magic，many tourists head to the sea，and the author of this text is one of them.Look！The other day，the writer went snorkelling with her friends and experienced a lot.Let's take a brief look at sea creatures through her diary.Then，take a closer look at the photos she taken and describe them with what you can find in your textbook.Pictures in the text in Using Language give the following information：corals with vivid colors and shapes，elegant fishes，little orange and white fish，small cleaner fish，the yellow and green parrotfish with hard bird－like mouth，yellow－spotted red sea－slug and blue sea－stars and wise－looking turtles，eels with strong sharp teeth，giant clam with thick green lips，grey reef sharks about one and a halfmeters long，the edge of the reef with a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor Fast readingRead the passage and put the following topics into the correct order according to the text.Step 3Careful readingTask 1：Read and choose the best answers.1．Judging from the text，what the author mainly wants to tell us in the diary is ______.A．that the sea is fantastic with vivid colorsB．that the water where she was snorkelling is not deep but shallowC．what she saw and how she felt in the seaD．that all the plants in the sea are poisonous2．What was hanging upside down in the sea according to the text?A．The orange and white fish.B．The yellow－spotted red sea－slug. C．The yellow and green parrotfish. D．The blue sea－stars.3．The author was afraid of getting too close to the eel because ______.A．it has strong sharp teeth B．it has thick green lipsC．it has a frightening shape D．it gives out poisonous liquids4．Which of the following sentences show that the author couldn't help feeling excited in the sea？______A．My heart was beating wildly.B．That didn't stop me from feeling scared to death.。
