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Listening and Speaking
Learn how to handle challenges
Warming up
1.Look and discuss:what challenges will they face in search of help?
?
1. It was very cold and there was snow and ice everywhere.
2.The area is very mountainous, so they had to climb steep mountains
with their essentials.
3.It would be hard to know where they were going as the place is very large and all looks the same.
4.Not knowing what to expect and whether they would succeed,they would have great mental challenges.
Look at the pictures below and discuss the challenges.
2.Look at the pictures below and discuss.
rough sea
steep mountains
heavy snow
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About Living in Antarctica
Do you know that the Antarctic winter happens during June, July and August? And that “night” is theoretically six months long at the geographic pole, where it is continuously twilight or dark during the winter months? The height of Antarctic summer is in January, bringing 24 hours of continuous sunlight.
3.Challenges for living in Antarctica.
1.Listen to one of the team members talk about the rescue plan
and their journey. Complete the summary.
The team consisted of ______ members. They sailed on rough seas for days before they landed on the _______ side of South Georgia lsland. 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
Listen for the main idea.
Listening
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Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia lsland?
Why was it important to include a navigator in the team?
Why did Shackleton choose the most difficult and unfriendly man to join the rescue mission?
Why did Shackleton look extremely old?
2.Read the following questions first.What should you pay
attention to?
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 f