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Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
(见学生用书P63)
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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.【1】
【1】it为形式主语,that 从句为主语从句。
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 down① because he thought I was too young and wasn't qualified②.【2】 But I was so enthusiastic③ about the idea of going along with them that I secretly went aboard④ his ship, the Endurance, and hid in a small cupboard⑤.【3】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 assigned⑥ me to be a steward⑦, and I now serve meals for twenty-eight men, three times a day.
【2】when 引导时间状语从句,because 引导原因状语从句。
【3】本句为so…that…句型。
How everyone will envy⑧ me when I come back and tell them about the amazing places I have been to!【4】
【4】本句为how 引导的感叹句,其中when 引导时间状语从句,I have been to 为定语从句,前面省略关系代词that/which.
21 Nov, 1915
The journey has not been easy.Endurance became stuck in⑨the 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 sank⑩, our hearts sank with it.
Before we abandoned⑪ the ship, Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our most essential supplies—the small boats, our food, the cook stove⑫, candles, clothes, and blankets⑬.This was no time to panic.W