Think of as many words and phrases as possible about a ship.
hooter 汽笛 cabin 船舱 boiler room锅炉房
wheelhouse操舵室 engine room轮机舱 deck 甲板
propeller螺旋桨 rudder 舵 mast 桅杆
radar 雷达 anchor 锚 life buoy (jacket) 救生圈(衣)
harbor 港口 dock 码头 crew 船员
captain 船长 chief officer 大副 second (third) officer二(三)副
Think of the English equivalents for the following different types of “船”.
航空母舰:aircraft carrier 独木舟:canoe (大型)游艇:yacht
快速大帆船:clipper 集装箱船:container ship 油轮:oil tanker
巡洋舰:cruiser 驱逐舰:destroyer 破冰舰:icebreaker
摩托艇:motorboat 舢板:sampan 潜水艇:submarine
气垫船:hovercraft
Parts | Para(s) | Main Ideas |
1 | 1~9 | The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother respectively. |
2 | 10~16 | The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother respectively. |
3 | 17~23 | The writer received three letters in reply. |
4 | 24~26 | The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it. |
1. Where did the writer spend that Thanksgiving? Where was he going?
(=He spent that Thanksgiving on a ship. He was going to a big base on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific.)
2. Why do you think they were sailing there?
(They were sending thousands of cartons of canned or dried foods and five-hundred-pound bombs there.)
3. What made the writer as a cook extremely busy on that Thanksgiving Day?
(=As a cook, he was preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey. It was a lot of hard work to cook and serve a big meal, and clean up and put everything away.)
4. What was the writer thinking about on the deck after the day’s hard work?
(=He got to thinking about Thanksgiving, of the Pilgrims, Indians, wild turkeys, pumpkins, corn on the cob, and the rest.)
Fill in the table with the main contents of the letters.
Correspondents | Letters Sent | Letters Received |
Father | Thanks him for teaching the writer from boyhood to love books and reading. | Tells the writer how he, as a teacher and a father as well, felt content with his own son. |
The Rev. Nelson | Thanks him for his morning school prayers. | Tells the writer about his retirement coupled with self-doubt, and the reassurance brought to him by the writer’s letter. |
Grandmother | Thanks her for teaching the writer how to tell the truth, to share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling the writer’s life with stardust. | Expresses her loving gratefulness for her grandson. |