Unit 4 Reading and Thinking A Successful Failure 教学设计-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

A Successful Failure 选择性必修三unit 4 Teaching procedures: Lead-in Brief introduction to the famous saying: Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Read the advertisement posted by a famous British explorer and discuss the following questions: 1） What kind of men was Ernest Shackleton looking for? 2） Would you like to join such an expedition? While-reading 1. Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions: (1)Who was Perce Blackborow? Shackleton, born in 1874 in Ireland, before captaining the ship Endurance, accompanied Robert Scott on the Discovery expedition and also led the Nimrod expedition, both of which went to Antarctica. Although the Endurance expedition.was a failure, there was no loss of life, thanks to Shackleton’s daring rescue mission. He is celebrated as one of the world’s greatest explorers, and the Endurance expedition story is said by many to be the greatest rescue mission of all time. (2) Who was Sir Ernest Shackleton? (3) What’s Endurance? Fast reading (1).Skim the passage and answer the questions below (P38-39): Find the basic information about the expedition ( the time / destination / leader / the author and ship’s name) . (2) What is the main idea of each diary? The first diary is about how the author joined the Endurance expedition / became a crew member on Endurance. The second diary is about how Shackleton and hiscrew abandoned the ship Endurance. The third diary mainly describes the crew members’life on Elephant Island. Careful reading :(Read for detailed information) Diary 1: How did Blackborow come to join the expedition? At the very beginning, Perce Blackborow bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the expedition. Then he applied to join the expedition. However, he was turned down by Shackleton because he was too young and not qualified. Later he secretly went aboard Endurance,but he was discovered. Finally he was assigned to be a steward and serve meals for the crew Diary 2: What h