DEEP WATER

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DEEP WATER

• By
• William Douglas

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WARMING UP Lets 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?

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PHOBIAS
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FEAR OF MOUSE
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HEIGHT PHOBIA
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CLAUSTROPHOBIA

• An extreme fear of being in a closed space

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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.

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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

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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.

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HOW DID DOUGLAS DEVELOP FEAR FOR WATER ? DESCRIBE
HIS STRUGGLE TO COME OUT OF THE WATER.
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LETS THINK ABOUT A FEW WATER-SPORTS
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SNORKELLING

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WHITE WATER RAFTING

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KAYAKING

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FISHING

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SCUBA DIVING

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FISHING

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SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
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WATER POLO
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WATER POLO
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DIVING
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SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
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SURFING
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CANOEING

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HOW DID DOUGLAS OVERCOME HIS FEAR?
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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.