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Unit 4 Adversity and Courage
Reading and Thinking
Teaching Objectives:
1. Read about Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition’s experience.
2. Learn to infer something based on the evidence.
3. Learn the good qualities of a person, which is to be genuine concern for others and persevere to solve the difficulties.
Key and difficult points:
Key point:What adversities the group met and how they coped with them.
Difficult point:Qualities needed in adversity.
Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
---Samuel Johnson
完成伟大的事业不在于体力,而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。
Part 1 Lead-in
Look and discuss.
1. What happened to the ship in the photo
This ship looks like it has got stuck in some ice.
2. How would you feel if you were on the ship
If I were on the ship, I would feel worried or frightened.
3. What would you do to save yourself
Would you stay on the ship, or set out to seek help
In fact, it was a real story...
Part 2 Pre-reading
Before reading the text let's look at this job advertisement from 1914.
Q1: Who published this advertisement
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton is a British explorer(探险者) who is one of the giants of Antarctic exploration in the early years of the 20th Century.
Ernest Shackleton
Before reading the text let's look at this job advertisement from 1914.
Q2: According to the advertisement, what kind of men was Ernest Shackleton looking for
1. not care much about money
2. accustomed to the extreme weather conditions, healthy
3. show perseverance, not afraid of loneliness
4. have courage, cooperate with others, be experienced
5. be optimistic, be positive
Requirements
Before reading the text let's look at this job advertisement from 1914.
Q3: Would you like to join an expedition like this
Why or why not
pains
safe return uncertain; constant danger;
long months of complete darkness;
bitter cold; small wages
gains
honour and reward
Part 3 While-reading
Read for information
who
where
how
when
genre
1914
Read for plots
Joined the expedition
Met an adversity
Struggled with the adversity
Dairy 1
I went aboard the ship Endurance and joined the expedition.
Diary 2
We abandoned the ship and rescued the most essential supplies.
Diary 3
We struggled on the Elephant Island while Shackleton left to find help.
Match the main idea of each part.
Time
Main idea
1914.10.31
1915.11.21
1916.5.20
the crew members' life on Elephant Island
the author joined the Endurance expedition
Shackleton and his crew abandoned the ship Endurance.
Diary 1
31 0ct 1914
…Well, it so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition.
An expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton—this is the adventure that I have been dreaming of. And I was ready for it. 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. But I was so enthusiastic about the idea of going along with them that I secretly went aboard his ship, the Endurance, and hid in a small cupboard.
n. 柜橱
n. 精力,元气
拒绝
adj. 满腔热情的
prep. 在……上
How did Blackborow come to join the expedition
Reading for details
Reading for details
Unfortunately, three days after we set off I was discovered. Shackleton did not want to turn back so he offered me a job, but only after he promised me, “If anyone has to be eaten, then you will be the first!” He assigned me to be a steward, and I now serve meals for twenty-eight men, three times a day. How everyone will envy me when I come back and tell them about the amazing places I have been to!
vt. 羡慕;嫉妒
vt. 指派
How did Blackborow joined the expedition and how did he feel
Then
However
Later
At the beginning
Finally
happend to read
.
the ad
_________
to join the expedition.
applied
_________ him _________
turned
down
secretly _________
went aboard
_________him as a steward
assigned
enthusiastic
determined
satisfied and proud
Diary 2
One year later,
The journey has not been easy...
Reading for details
21 Nov 1915
The journey has not been easy. Endurance became stuck in the ice as we approached Antarctica. 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.
Before we abandoned the ship, Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our most essential supplies-the small boats, our food, the cook stove, candles, clothes, and blankets.
adj. 压碎的,倒碎的
vt. & vi. (使)下沉;(使)沉没
v.(不得已而)舍弃,丢弃,离开
n. 毛毯,毯子
What happened to Endurance
What did the crew members have to do
This was no time to panic. We were not allowed to take most of our personal belongings, and Shackleton himself threw away all his gold. But to our surprise, he allowed Hussey to keep his banjo. Hussey often plays it to keep our spirits up.
We are now camped on the ice and we have been managing to survive, but spring is coming, and the ice will soon begin to melt.
振作精神
Reading for details
What happened to Endurance
Read for plots
________________ Endurance became
stuck, crushed and sank!
What did the crew members have to do
How did Blackborow feel
Read for plots
abandoned the ship
rescue the most essentials
threw away personal belongings
camped on the ice
panic, worried, terrified
Diary 3
Things on Elephant Island...
Reading for details
20 May 1916
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 rocky shore of this miserable place. Soon after we arrived, Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island, 1,320 kilometres away—the voyage was too dangerous and difficult for all of us to make it in our small boats. If Shackleton fails, will we have any hope of rescue No. No navy in the world ever stops at Elephant Island, and no one else knows that we are here.
adj.不幸的,令人痛苦的
n. 海军
What did Shackleton do to make sure they could survive
Read for plots
What did Shackleton do to make sure they could survive
How did Blackborow feel
What was the living condition How did they overcome it How did Blackborow feel
caught seals/penguins to survive;
tried to think of happier things;
Encouraged each other
miserable;
windy;
bitter cold;
deserted
(荒芜的)
low;
but trying to be
optimistic;
grateful
Part 4 Post-reading
Diary 1
Diary 2
Diary 3
enthusiastic, determined.
excited,
happy,
full of expectations,
satisfied,
excited,
hopeful
worried,
terrified,
panic,
no time to panic,
a little calm,
a little relieved,
but increasingly concerned
worried,
uncertain,
low,
miserable,
angry,
impatient,
regretful,
grateful,
trying to be optimistic,
trying to cheer up
1914.10.31
1915.11.21
1916.5.20
Part 5 Language Points
Vocabulary
qualified
qualification n.资格,条件;合格证书
be qualified for (doing) sth.
适合做……(有担任……的资格)
qualify for... 取得……资格
练习:She has met the minimum educational requirements for _____________ (qualify).
adj.符合资格;具备·····的知识(或技能、学历等)
qualification
Vocabulary
turn down
turn on/off 打开/关掉(水、煤气、电灯等)
turn to求助于;致力于;翻到;转向(to 是介词)
turn into变成
turn in 上交(物品)
turn out (to be)+ n./adj./that... 结果是……
turn over 翻转;仔细考虑;移交;转让
练习:Though she was out of work, she was unwilling to turn __________ her friend for help.
拒绝(提议、建议或提议人);调低,关小
to
Vocabulary
enthusiastic
enthusiastically adv. 热心地;满腔热情地
enthusiasm n.热情,热爱的事物
be/become enthusiastic about (doing) sth.
对(做)某事感兴趣;对(做)某事热心
full of enthusiasm 充满热情
练习:The audience cheered him ______________________ (enthusiastic).
adj. 热情的;热心的
enthusiastically
Vocabulary
abandon
abandon doing sth. 放弃做某事
with abandon 放纵地;恣意地
abandon...for... 为……而放弃……搭配
abandon oneself to 陷入,沉湎于(某种情感)
练习:People were shouting and cheering _____________ abandon.
v. (不得已而)舍弃抛弃;放弃(信念)
n. 放任,放纵
with
Language points
It (so) happens that... 碰巧......
(教材P38) ...Well, it so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper...
好吧,一天早晨,我碰巧买了份报纸……
It chances that...(= It happens that...) 碰巧....
Sb. happen(s) to do sth. 某人碰巧做某事。
Sth. happen(s) to s. 某事发生在某人身上。
It chanced that the winter of that year was a severe one.
碰巧那年冬天特别冷。
She happened to have just finished reading the book.
她碰巧刚读完那本书。
该句中 it 是形式主语,that 引导的从句是真正的主语。
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