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Unit 4 Adversity and Courage
FSH
Lesson 2 Reading and thinking (2)+ Build up your vocabulary
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
learn the new words with strategies including using context to guess the meaning, referring to a dictionary and paying attention to affixes and roots;
understand and use the key words and expressions in this unit in different contexts;
deepen the awareness of how important it is to persevere in face of adversity.
Learning objectives
INTRODUCTION
It's Perce Blackborow's story about an expedition to Antarctica with Sir Ernest Shackleton in August 1914.
DIARY I 1914.10.31
How he joined Sir Shackleton’s expedition.
DIARY II
1915.11.21
The crew had to abandon Endurance which was stuck and crushed by ice.
DIARY III
1916.5.20
How the crew managed to survive on ice while Sir Shackleton left to seek help.
A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE
Step1: Review the passage
Context clues: When you meet with new words, look at the other words and use what you know about the topic to guess their meanings.
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WORD LEARNING STRATEGIES
DICTIONARIES
PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS
CONTEXT CLUES
Step2: Introducing word learning strategies
It (so) happens that… 事情碰巧发生;真巧= As it happens, ...
Eg. It happens that his elder sister is a good friend of mine.
…Well, it so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition.
DIARY I 1914.10.31
How he joined Sir Shackleton’s expedition.
形式主语
真正主语
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
Sb happened to do sth 某人碰巧做某事
Sth happened to sb 某事发生在某人身上
…Well, it so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition.
1) You __________________ (碰巧在外面) when I came to your house.
2) ___________________ (真巧) I know someone who might be able to help.
3) It’s the best thing that has ever ________________ (发生在我身上).
happened to be out
It (so) happens that
happened to me
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
At the age of 19, I am fit and full of vigour. However, when I applied to join the expedition Shackleton turned me down because he thought I was too young and wasn't qualified.
full of vigour: fit -> The word “vigour” means health and energy.
Synonym同义: The word means the same as a word I know, and it appears in the context.
applied->too young and wasn't qualified->so->The phrase “turned…down” means to reject or refuse something or someone.
Inference推断(cause and result)
text clues + general knowledge+logic
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
What do the red-bolded words mean and why
1. I would appreciate it a lot if you could ___________ the volume.
如果你将音量______,我将十分感激。
2. It's particularly difficult for me to ___________ your request this time. Under other circumstances, I would be very happy to assist you.
这次______你的要求,对我来说特别困难。不过在其他情况下,我会乐于协助。
v. 拒绝(提议、建议或提议人)
v. 调低,关小
reject/refuse
turn down
turn down
关小
拒绝
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
turn down
The ice froze around us and we were well and truly stuck! We saw the ship get crushed by the ice. And when the ship sank, our hearts sank with it.
What does the red-bolded word mean and why
ship: stuck in the frozen ice-> by the ice->sank
Inference推断(cause and result)The word “crushed” means to be squeezed until damaged.
DIARY II
1915.11.21
The crew had to abandon Endurance which was stuck and crushed by ice.
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
be sunk in sth.: to be in a state of unhappiness or deep thought
陷入不快(或沉思)中
sink
sink-sank/sunk-sunk
move slowly downwards below the surface of the sea
v. 下沉;沉没;沉降;下陷
adj. 位于贫穷地区的;贫民窟的
n. 洗碗槽
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i-a-u变形还有哪些
sing-sang-sung 唱
ring-rang-rung 响铃
spring-sprang-sprung 跳起;反弹
drink-drank-drunk 饮
swim-swam-swum游泳
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
The kitchen was of most interest, with a sink and a stove but, "No food, " I said, in disappointment.
厨房是最能引起我们兴趣的地方,可里面除了一个_______和一个炉子,什么都没有。“没吃的。”我用失望的口气说。
He began to sink after his wife's leave.
妻子离开后,他开始_______。
It was not immediately clear what caused the vessel to sink.
目前还不清楚渡轮______的原因。
She is very moody, now laughing loudly, and then ______ ___ despair.
她的情绪变化无常,一会儿放声大笑,一会儿陷于绝望。
洗碗槽
消沉
沉没
sunk in
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
But to our surprise, he allowed Hussey to keep his banjo. Hussey often plays it to keep our spirits up.
What does the red-bolded word mean and why
play the banjo->up
Inference推断(common sense&referential relation) The phrase “keep our spirits up” means to stay positive usually in a bad situation.
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
We have been struggling for days, but things on Elephant Island are going from bad to worse. We are now crowded together under one of our boats on the rock shore of this miserable place.
What does the red-bolded word mean and why
bad to worse->miserable; description of the environment
Synonym同义&Inference推断 (common sense) The word “miserable” means very bad or uncomfortable.
【affixes 词缀】
misery n.痛苦;不幸
DIARY III
1916.5.20
How the crew managed to survive on ice while Sir Shackleton left to seek help.
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
I try to think of happier things: decent food, warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, and my mother's face .
What does the red-bolded word mean and why
happy things: a cosy bedroom; decent/warm and dry
Example举例&Synonym同义&Inference推断(coordinate relation) The word “cosy” means very comfortable, safe and warm.
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
E.g. Without your support and encouragement, I would not have succeeded.
But for the captain, the ship would have sunk with all on board.
Without Frank and Ernest, we’d all be dead by now.
“要是没有”
虚拟语气主句: would do (对现在的虚拟)
含蓄虚拟
不直接使用if, as if/though等表示条件的连词,而是间接地表示“如果”
would do (对将来的虚拟)would have done (对过去的虚拟)
①“如果没有”without/but for...
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
With/Given more time, we would have done it better.
We must exert ourselves to catch up with them, or it would be too late.
We were delayed at the airport. Otherwise we would have been here by lunch time.
②“如果有”with/given
③“否则”or/otherwise
(1) She wasn’t feeling very well. Otherwise she _________________ (not leave) the meeting so early.
(2) I _________________ (help) you, but I was too busy.
wouldn’t have left
would have helped
Step3: Guessing words and learning language points
Step4: Referring to a dictionary
panic
worry
Step4: Referring to a dictionary
Refer to your dictionary and choose the appropriate word to complete each sentence.
Step4: Referring to a dictionary
enthusiastic
concerned
employ
assign
对此事件做全面调查
Step4: Referring to a dictionary
sink
fall
vigour
energy
所有家具 furniture[U]
Step4: Referring to a dictionary
resolved
was turned down
aboard
cupboard
assigned
crew
voyage
sank
abandon
set off
Step5: Word exercises in a passage
申请被拒绝
沉入大海
no matter what(+n.)
“无论有什么”
引导让步状语从句
// Diary I
// Diary II
// Diary III
You make the failure complete when you stop trying.
停止努力之日,就是完全失败之时。
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
成功的秘诀在于持之以恒。
Courage and perseverance conquer all before them.
勇敢和坚韧可征服一切。
The Chinese nation is a great nation; it has been through hardships and adversity but remains indomitable.
【affixes 词缀】
in-不(not; opposite)
+dom(it)-控制(house;tam-)
+-able能的
dominate v.支配
indomitable adj.不屈不挠的
—Xi Jinping
Step6: The significance of perseverance
Perseverance