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课件网) 教材习题精讲 Unit 4 Adversity and Courage 目录 介绍 01 Reading and Thinking 02 03 04 Learning about language NO SEO XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXVVV SADSDSDVFVFVFDVFDV CDSCDCSC CDSCDSCDSCDSCDC Using language Part 01 Reading and Thinking 【习题】 (1) Read this advertisement that was posted by a famous British explorer. Discuss the questions with your group members. 【习题】 (1) Read this advertisement that was posted by a famous British explorer. Discuss the questions with your group members. 1. According to the advertisement, what kind of men was Ernest Shackleton looking for According to the advertisement, Shackleton was looking for men who were not interested in money or comfort, but in honour and achievement, which cannot be bought. 2. Would you like to join an expedition like this Why or why not I would like to join an expedition like this. Although it would be extremely tough, the sense of achievement I would get from doing it would be worth it. I don't think I could get the same feeling from anything else. 【课文】 A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE Perce Blackborow joined an expedition with Sir Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica on the ship Endurance in 1914. Shackleton was one of the most famous explorers of his day and it was considered a great honour to be part of his expeditions. Below are some of Blackborow’s diary entries. 31 Oct 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. 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! 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. 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 t ... ...
