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

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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
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.