(
课件网) 新人教选择性必修Book 3 Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Reading for Writing Post-reading Have an interview! One student acts as a journalist to interview another student who acts as Perce Blackborow, talking about the expedition to Antarctic. Work in groups. Journalist: Good morning, Mr. Blackborow! I am the journalist from The Times(泰晤士报). My name is …Great to meet you. I hope we can have an in-depth interview about your expedition to Antarctic. Blackborow: Journalist: Can you introduce yourself first Blackborow: Journalist: Well, let’s move on to the next point. How did you go aboard the ship Endurance Blackborow: Journalist: Can you tell us what happened to Endurance Blackborow: Journalist: My next question is, what problems did you face on Elephant Island And how did you feel about the life there … Journalist: It’s a great honour to be here and especially to interview you today. Thank you! 1 Pre-reading Watch the documentary (纪录片） and predict what the 22 crew members would suffer on Elephant Island. Imagine what the crew members would suffer on Elephant Island. extreme weather cold loneliness helplessness hunger and thirst illness ...... Imagine you were one of the crew members on Elephant Island, how could you cheer yourselves up in such a miserable place play Banjo hold some activities Now let's read the memoir [ memwɑ:(r)] to see what would happen to them. The Reward For Perseverance 1. How did they feel 2. What difficulties did they meet 3. How did they do when faing those challenges 4. What helped them survive What's the main idea On the _____ Island, optimism helped the_____ of them who were left behind to persevere in overcoming _____ and _____ till Shackleton's _____ came. Elephant twenty-two difficulties surviving rescue difficulties: survive rescued water /warmth melt ice to get water burn animal fat to make fire food no vegetables or fruit only eat sea creatures weather changing temperatures Sweat freezes very quickly. attitude optimistic, positive, celebration activities relief, joy resist illness became ill from... It damaged our eyes and ... Study the structure of the story. We were left on Elephant Island The hard life on Elephant Island We were finally rescued (Para. 6) Our _____and _____ in Shackleton paid off. (Para. 1) Shackleton left to find help, _____ us on the island. (Para. 2) Managed to get _____ and make ____. (Para. 3) Boring _____- only sea creatures. (Para. 4) Kept inside to avoid catching ____. (Para. 5) Kept optimistic to deal with _____. ↓ ↓ fresh water fire cold fears leaving food optimism faith If you were one of the men on Elephant Island, would you have trusted Shackleton Why or why not I would have trusted Shackleton as he was a man of honour and would do all he possibly could to save us. How would you describe Shackleton Shackleton is a calm ,wise,selfless,responsible, fearless,genuine,persistent,determined ,optimistic leader and ... ...
