英语学案
Book10 Unit1
Reading A Successful Failure
【Learning aims】
1.Try to improve the ability of fast reading and careful reading
2. Be optimistic to face whatever challenges and difficulties
3. Learn 3 sentence patterns
【Importance and difficulty】
1. How to skim and scan the passage to comprehend the passage.
2. How to put what we learn into practice
Step I. Leading-in
Watch a video to know the expedition.
Step II. While-reading
Task I. Skimming
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions
1. What’s the name of the ship?
2. How many people joined this expedition?
3.In what style is the passage written?
Task II. Scanning
Part 1 Answer the questions
1.How did Perce join this expedition?
_____________________________________________________
2.What happened during their expedition to Antarctica?
_____________________________________________________
Part 2 Choose the correct answer
1. Why did Blackborow think that being “young, fit and energetic” would encourage Shackleton to take him on the trip?
A. Shackleton liked young people who were fit and energetic.
B. It would be cold and Shackleton would need young, energetic
people to do difficult jobs
C.Shackleton wanted people who were fit but not trained in useful skills.
D.Blackborow would not have gone unless he was young and energetic.
2. Why did Shackleton accept Perce when he found him hiding in the ship after the voyage had started?
A. He didn’t have time to turn round and take him back to England.
B. He admired his courage and encouraged him to stay.
C. He felt angry but could not show it so he accepted the boy.
D. He made the best of the situation.
3. Why did Shackleton not show how disappointed he was when the ship sank?
A. He thought he could always organize another expedition.
B. He knew it would be easier to cross Antarctica without the ship.
C. He felt the men would need encouraging after this disaster.
D. He had already taken all necessary supplies from the ship.
Task 3 Detailed Reading
Read Para.1 and Para.3
1.As I think of this, a black blanket drops and covers me, almost blocking out the memories of happier times.
高考链接
(1).There’s a note pinned to the door _________ ( say) when the shop will open again.(2014 山东）
(2). One evening at sunset , we sat by the fire, have our barbecue .(2014陕西改错）
2. Our circumstances are so desperate that it is uncertain whether we will ever return alive.
高考链接
A. (1). 在任何情况下我们都不应该放弃努力学习。(Translation)
Under no circumstances_____________________________________.
(2). At no time _____ the rules of the game. It was
unfair to punish them. (2013辽宁）
A. they actually broke B. do they actually break
C. did they actually break D. they had actually broken
B. it is uncertain whether we will ever return alive.
高考链接
(1). (2013陕西）It remains to be seen___ the newly formed committee’s policy can be put into practice.
that B. which C. what D. whether
(2). I think _____ impresses me about his painting is
the colors he uses . (2014天津)
A. what B. that C. which D. who
3. So it was with great excitement one morning in July 1914 that I read this advertisement.
(1).Was it because Jack came late for school ___Mr. Smith got angry? (2014四川） A. why B. who C. where D. that
(2). It was the middle of the night ____ my father woke me up and told me to watch the football game.(2014江西）
A. that B. as C. which D. when
Step III. Challenging yourself
Step IV. Discussion
Now that we know you will face many difficulties and challenges in an expedition, sometimes even lose your life, will you still want to join one or not ?
(give your reasons whichever answer you choose)
Step V. Summary
Step VI. Homework
1. Remember what we learned
2. Write a short passage about your answer about the discussion above
评测练习
评测练习主要有一个。是quiz 环节：
主要有5个问题：
1、表示“绝不”常见的短语有哪些？
by no means
in no way
in no case
at no time
on no condition
under no circumstances
2、It was the culture, rather than the language, _______ made it hard to adapt to the new environment aboard. (2014福建）
where B. why C. that D. what
3、Congratulations! （此题并没题，只是制造了个surprise。）
4、Don’t panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly .(2014四川改错题)
5、Not once____ to Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class.(2013湖南)
A. occurred it B. it did occur
C. it occurred D. did it occur
从同学们的答题效果来看，学生们回答问题的积极性很高，准确率在98%以上。
