(
课件网) Unit 4 Adversity and Courage（Period 4） Listening and Speaking period 1: Reading and Thinking period 2: Vocabulary period 3: Structures period 4:Listening and Speaking period 5: Reading for Writing period 6: Accessing Your Progress page 42--43 Contents period 7: Project period 8: Video Time Learning objectives： At the end of the class, students are able to: 1. Infer and describe the challenges and difficulties that the rescue team would face according to the pictures. 2. Listen and get the main ideas of rescue process organized by Shackleton, and have a general impression on the true history of the Endurance Antarctic Expedition. 3. Identify cause and effect during a talk. 4. Use some sentences to ask for input, to move on the conversation, to explore more options during discussion. 5. Identify the language characteristic of reminiscence. diary 3: 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. Soon after we arrived, Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island, 1320 kilometres away--the vovage 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. 1. Did Shackleton succeed in finding help 2. What happened in the process of finding help 3.Who went with Shackleton 4. What was the result of the rescue plan Before listening 1: Review Perce Blackborow's diary entries navigation rough sea steep mountain Where was the small picture taken What kind of difficulties or challenges did they face How did they overcome them snow, ice looks the same let’s observe and talk: what can you see in the picture in Page 42 Before listening 2: Guess what happened in the rescue process was it easy or difficult Sample: According to diary information, I think the small picture was taken by crew members in the Elephant Island recording shackleton and some experienced members tried to sail to find help. Looking at the landscape in the picture I think Shackleton and his team would have faced many challenges. First of all, it was very cold and there was snow and ice everywhere. The area is also very mountainous, so they would have had to climb with their essentials. It would also be hard to know where they were going as the place is very large and all looks the same. On top of the physical challenges, they would have had great mental challenges facing those conditions and not knowing what to expect and whether they would succeed. let’s listen and check Listen to one of the team members talk about the rescue plan and their journey. Complete the summary. The team consisted of _____ members. They sailed on rough seas for days before they landed on the _____ side of South Georgia Island. Later they ... ...
