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Unit 4
Adversity and Courage
Period 3 Using Language
课前候课
1.the reward for perseverance/pɜːsɪ'vɪər(ə)ns/锲而不舍的回报
2.feel desperate/'desp(ə)rət/感到绝望
3.There was nothing like a good di/'desp(ə)rət/nner and some music to cheer us up.
没有么比得上一顿好饭和一点儿音乐能让我们振作起来了.
4.Life fall into a regular pattern生活陷入固定模式
5.Stay alive活着 stay burning持续燃烧
6.vary the meal变换三餐的花样
7.be bored with sth 对......感到厌倦
8. Our discipline and team spirit kept us optimistic and helped us deal with our fears in a positive and successful way.
我们的纪律和合作精神使我们保持乐观,并帮助我们以积极的态度成功地克服了恐惧
9. feel such relief感到如此宽慰
10.persevere/pɜːsɪ'vɪə/ in doing坚持做某事
Diary 3--20 May 1916
Lead-in
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 rocky shore of this miserable place. Soon after we arrived, Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island, 1,320 kilometres away----- the voyage 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.
Ernest Shackleton把坚忍号的船员22名留在海象岛等待救援,他和另外5人前往1290千米之外的南乔治亚岛,寻求捕鲸站的帮助。抵达时,他憔悴不堪,蓬头垢面,以至于没有被认出来。
Q: Can you predict what happened to the crew members?
Possible answer:
I predict that the crew members struggled with keeping warm in the terrible conditions. They also would have found it hard to find food and make fire. The ice would have been moving and breaking too, which would be very dangerous. I predict that Shackleton would be successful in rescuing his men, though I am not sure if all of them survived for that long.
Para. 1______ Para. 2______ Para. 3______
Para. 4______ Para. 5______ Para. 6______
a. Food was a problem because of no fruit or vegetables on the island.
b. They tried their best to stay alive.
c. The introduction to what might make him ill.
d. What the author thought of after Shackleton left