AdversityandCourageUnit4

ReadingandThinking高二（8）班LeadinWhycanthelittleboysurvive?LeadinAntarcticExpeditionLeadinWholedtheexpedition?andhowdiditbegin?ErnestShackleton

isa

Britishexplorer(探險者)

whoisoneofthegiantsofAntarcticexplorationintheearlyyearsofthe20thCentury.ErnestShackleton

Wholedtheexpedition?LeadinHowdidthisexpeditionbegin?LeadinMENWANTEDforadangerousjourney:smallwages,bittercold,longmonthsofcompletedarkness,constantdanger,andsafereturnuncertain.Honourandrewardwillfollowifitissuccessful.ErnestShackletonstrong-willedcourageousbad-temperedselfishoptimisticadventurousperseveringmoney-uninterestedcarelessWhatkindofmandidErnestShackletonwant?Removetheirrelevant(不相干的)

words.strongReadforinformationwhowherehowwhengenre1914ReadforplotTheauthorjoinedtheEnduranceexpedition.ShackletonandhiscrewabandonedtheshipEndurance.Thecrewmembers'lifeonElephantIsland.Diary1Diary2Diary3Matchthemainideas.HowdidBlackborowjoinedtheexpedition?ThenHoweverLaterAtthebeginningFinallyhappenedtoread

.thead_________tojointheexpedition.applied_________him_________turneddownsecretly_________wentaboard_________himasastewardassignedReadforplot-Diary1Diary2OneyearlaterThejourneyhasnotbeeneasy...Readforplot-Diary21.Whathappenedtotheship?A.Itwasfrozen.B.Itwascrushedbyice.C.Itwasoutofoil.D.Itwasuseless.2.HowdidShackletonfeelwhentheyhadtoabandontheship?A.Hebecameworried.B.Heremainedcalm.C.Hefeltfrightened.D.Hegrewanxious.3.WhydidShackletonallowHusseytokeephisbanjo?A.Becauseitwasveryvaluable.B.Becauseittooklittlespace.C.Becauseitwouldneversink.D.Becauseitcouldcheerthemup.Diary3ThingsonElephantIsland...Readforplot-Diary3ShackletonthecrewmembersHeleftustoseekhelp.Theyhadtocatchsealsorpenguinsforfood.Thinkofhappierthingsandstaypositive.Whatdidtheydotomakesuretheycouldsurvive?livingconditions:_____________ElephantIsland:____________________placeweather:_____________________food:________________________________________gofrombadtoworsemiserablecold,windyfeedonsealsorpenguins,notenoughReadforemotionsAfterhereadtheadvertisementabouttheexpeditionAfterhisapplicationwasturneddownAfterhebecameastewardonboard4.WhenEndurancesank5.BeforetheysettledonElephantIsland6.AfterShackletonlefttofindhelp7.Whenhethoughtabouttheliving

conditionsontheisland8.Whenhishappymemorieswereinterruptedbycoldair9.AfterFrankWildrepliedtohimHowdid

Blackborow’sfeelingschange

duringtheexpedition?ReadforemotionsHowdid

Blackborow’sfeelingschange

duringtheexpedition?Time1.Afterhereadtheadvertisementabouttheexpedition.excited2.Afterhisapplicationwasturneddownenthusiastic3.AfterhebecameastewardonboardproudfeelingsReadforemotionsTime4.WhenEndurancesankpanic5.BeforethecrewsettledonElephantIslandalittlecalm6.AfterShackletonlefttofindhelpworriedfeelingsReadforemotions7.Whenhethoughtaboutthelivingconditionsontheislandlow8.Whenhishappymemorieswereinterruptedbycoldairangry9.AfterFrankWildrepliedtohimgratefulfeelingsWithoutFrankandErnest,we’dallbedeadbynow.Readforemotionsfeelings123456789proudpanicalittlecalmworriedlowangrygratefulexcitedenthusiasticHowdid

Blackborow’sfeelingschange

duringtheexpedition?Dec5,1914:DepartSouthGeorgiaNov21,1915:Enduranceabandoned,shipsinks

May20,1916:

Reachwhalingstation,SouthGeorgia

Apr24-May10,1916:LaunchboatforSouthGeorgia

TheEndoftheStory?1223★Apr15,1916:ArriveElephantIsland

3WithhelpprovidedbytheChilean(智利的)government,ShackletonfinallymadehiswaybacktoElephantIslandtosavehismen.Nobodydied.Nobody!Post-readingDiscussion：Wastheirexpeditionafailureorasuccess?

Shackleton’sship,theEndurance,neverreachedAntarctica.Noneofits28crewmemberssetfootonthecontinent.“Trans-AntarcticExpedition”towalkacrossthecontinentofAntarcticaDidtheyfail?Didtheysucceed?Why?Oxymoron(矛盾修辭法)Definition:Acombinationofwordsthathaveoppositeorverydifferentmeanings.Func