DEEP WATER By William Douglas WARMING UP Lets

DEEP WATER By William Douglas

WARMING UP Let’s look at the different types of phobias : • What do you fear from? What are you phobias? • Have you ever tried to overcome fear? How? • What change did you find in your life after over coming fear?

PHOBIAS

FEAR OF MOUSE

HEIGHT PHOBIA

CLAUSTROPHOBIA • An extreme fear of being in a closed space

SUMMARY • The following excerpt is taken from “Of Men and Mountains “ by William Douglas. It reveals how as a young boy William Douglas nearly drowned in a swimming pool. In this essay he talks about his fear of water and thereafter how he finally overcame it.

Notice these words and phrases in the text and infer their meanings from the next slide • • Treacherous Misadventure Subdued my pride Bob to the surface like cork; Flailed at the surface Curtain of life fell Fishing for landlocked salmon Back and forth across the pool

MEANINGS : ARRANGE THEM AS PER LAST SLIDE • • Dangerous From one end to the other Move up to the surface of water at once like a cork Mischance, misfortune Fishing Salmon in waters which were completely surrounded by land Controlled my pride Was about to die Moved arms and legs around without control.

HOW DID DOUGLAS DEVELOP FEAR FOR WATER ? DESCRIBE HIS STRUGGLE TO COME OUT OF THE WATER.

LET’S THINK ABOUT A FEW WATER-SPORTS……

SNORKELLING • images. jpg

WHITE WATER RAFTING • images 5. jpg

KAYAKING • images 7. jpg

FISHING • images 9. jpg

SCUBA DIVING • image 3. jpg

FISHING • images 8. jpg

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

WATER POLO

WATER POLO

DIVING

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

SURFING

CANOEING • . .

HOW DID DOUGLAS OVERCOME HIS FEAR?

SOMETHING TO DO : • Give an account of the fears and emotions of William Douglas as he made efforts to save himself from being drowned in the Y. M. C. A pool.