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Learn about optimism and perseverance
Unit4 Adversity and courage
Perce Blackborow's diary
Review the passage
planned to make their first land crossing of Antarctica on the ship Endurance in 1914. Unfortunately, their voyage did not go smoothly.
got stuck in the ice
left Elephant Island for help
abandoned the ship and camped on the ice
stayed on the island
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1. Imagine you were one of the crew members on Elephant Island, what would you suffer?
extreme weather
coldness
hunger and thirst
illness
mental challeges:
loneliness
helplessness
depression
despair......
2. What would you do to survive?
Now let's read a memoir from a crew member to see what would happen to them.
The Reward For Perseverance
A memoir is a narrative written (记叙文)about an important event in the author's life based on his/her memory.
Characteristics of Memoirs:
a description of a true past event
in the first person
Reveals the feelings
Shows the author’s opinion on the experience
What would be written in the memoir?
The Reward For Perseverance
A monument
(纪念碑) was built in honor of Shackleton and his crew.
Go through the text, check your prediction and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para5
Para6
The background of the story
what to drink and how to keep warm
What to eat
The changing temperatures and illness
Things that helped them survive
The end of the story
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Problems
and solutions
Fast Reading
Structure & Main Idea
Result
Difficulties & Solutions
Fast Reading
Background
1. How did they feel?
2. What difficulties did they meet?
3. What did they do when faing those challenges?
4. What helped them survive?
Read a narration
Use different markers to find out the following information:
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parallelism (排比)
Watch the documentary (纪录片) and learn more about the expedition
What kind of person is Shackleton? If you were one of the members on Elephant Island, would you have trusted