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1、2019-2020年高中英语必修四:unit3JourneytotheCentreoftheEarth教案Theplotcanbequicklysummarised:ProfessorLidenbrockandhisnephewAxeldiscoveradocumentinatwelfth-centuryIcelandicbookwhich,whendeciphered,recordstheclaimofacertainArneSaknussemmtohavegonedownintothecarterofSnFfellsandreachedthecentreoftheEart
2、h.Lidenbrockdecidestotrythisforhimselfand,draggingAxelawayfromhisfiancéeGräuben,travelstoReykjavikandacrossIceland.WiththehelpofthestoicalHans,theyfindthecraterandtraveldownthroughthegeologicallayersofthepast,experiencingvariousadventures.Alongwaydown,theydiscoverahugecavercontainingalarges
3、ea-plusvariousbiologicalspecimens,somedeadandsomeverymuchalive.Aftertryingtocrossthesea,theydiscoverapathdownagain,markedwithSaknussemm’srunicinitials.Butitisnowblocked.Theyattempttoblowuptheobstacle,whileshelteringontheraft,butinsteadcarrypartoftheseawiththemdownintothebowelsoftheEarth.The
4、ythenstartrisingagain;andendupridingavolcaniceruption,whichthrowsthemoutontheslopesofStromboli.JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthprefiguresmanyoftheideasofTwentyThousandLeaguesundertheSeas,AroundtheWorldinEightyDays,andFromtheEarthtotheMoon.Themoodislight-hearted-althoughhardlyoptimistic,foritcon
5、tainstragic,obsessiveandsometimesmorbidelements.Thereisevenalove-element,ofsorts.Inthisnovel,morethanelsewhere,Verneseemstolethimselfgo,whileatthesametimedrawinginspirationfrommanydifferentsources.Butbeforeexaminingthese,itisusefultolookatVerne’slifeandtheExtraordinaryJourneysasawhole.Jules
6、-GabrielVernewasbornin1828,onanislandincentralNantesinwesternFrance.Hisfatherhadasuccessfullawpractice,andwroteoccasionalamateurverses.Hismother’smaidennamewasAllottedelaFule,derivedfromaScottishAllottwhohademigratedinthefifteenthcenturytojoinLouisXI’sScottishGuardofarchersandeventuallybeen
7、ennobled.TherehavebeenoveradozenbiographiesofVerne,mostnotablybyhisnieceMargueriteAllottedelaFuleandhisgrandsonJeanJules-Verne.Theformer,however,isembellished;andeventhelatterisamixtureoffamilylegendsandmanuscriptsourcesoftenreadilyaccessible,includingov