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Unit4 Adversity and Courage
Using Language (1)
Listening and Speaking
Learn how to handle challenges
Listen to get the situations and challenges the sailors would meet in the Antarctica.
Express whether a person is suitable for a certain job.
Listen for cause and effect and use it to express how to handle challenges.
Learning objectives
The remaining crew members were left on Elephant Island.
Shackleton and the boat sailed away to look for rescue.
What challenges do you think the remaining
crew members faced?
Activate and predict
1. heavy snow
cold temperature
mountainous area
same look
mental challenges
2. steep mountain
3. same look
4. mental challenges
Activate and discuss
Listen to one of the team members talk about the rescue plan and their journey. Complete the summary.
While-listening
The team consisted of _______ members. They sailed on rough seas for days before they landed on the ________ side of South Georgia Island. Later they climbed over the mountains and ____________ the whaling station. Later, Shackleton arranged for a rescue boat to return to ___________ Island. Luckily, everyone was ____________.
six
wrong
arrived at
Elephant
still alive
adj. 汹涌的
Listening tip
Identify cause and effect
During a talk, a speaker can talk about cause and effect. Causes are often introduced with phrases like Due to …, The reason for this is …, and because …, while effects are introduced by phrases like That’s why …, This means …, … so as to …, so that ….
While-listening
Listen again and answer these questions.
Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia lsland?
Script
We had stayed on Elephant Island for only a day, but Shackleton was already worried. He realized that many of us were too ill to survive very long without rescue. He decided to go to South Georgia Island for help. He chose five members to join him on the trip and I was one of them.
Shackleton had to travel to South Georgia Island to get help to rescue the rest of his crew.
While