本章主要分为四部分，即热身活动与课文背景介绍，文本赏析，文本语言点的理解与运用，以及拓展阅读与思考活动，本单元的知识结构如下图所示。

Warm-up

1. Fabulous World of Jules Verne

2. Do you know?

3. Enjoy a video clip

Background Information

●Author

●Jules Verne

●The Wright Brothers

●H. G. Wells

●Conan Doyle

●Pierre Hetzel

●Napoleon Bonaparte

Text Analysis

1. Theme

2. Structure

3. Questions

4. Discussion

Writing Devices:

1. Contrast

2. Onomatopoeia

3. Pun

4. Allusion

Language Study

1. Word Study

Ascend / blurt / charter / confirm / convertible / deprive / credit / expedition / fancy / envision / tuck / supplement / solemn / squarely / retort

2. Phrases and Expressions

apply to / in favor of / (put sb.) on the defensive / lift out / blow off steam / once too often / water under the bridge / in connection with

3. Grammar

Uses of object complement

4. Word Formation

Compounds

1. noun compounds

2. adjective compounds

Extension

1. Oral Work

2. Quiz

3. Writing

4. Listening Lab