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Unit 4
Adversity and Courage
——Learn about optimism and perseverance
Learning Objectives
1. To read the article and answer some questions.
2. To write an essay about the story of Shackleton
and his men on the ship Endurance.
This is a continuation of the story of Shackleton’s men who were left on Elephant Island.
Watch a video and predict what may happened to the crew members.( food, what to drink, the dangers of living in the island)
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melt ice to get water
food
water
no vegetables or fruit
only eat sea creatures
the dangers of living in the island
dangerous wild animals,
savage,
changing temperatures.
What may happen?
Problems
people remaining on Island may face
Read for the main ideas
Scan and divide the text into four parts and sum up the main idea of each part.
Part I (Para__)
Part II(Para ___)
Part III (Para _)
Part IV (Para _)
Shackelton left us to find help.
1
2-4
5
The challenges and difficulties we met.
Our discipline and team spirit kept us optimistic.
6
We were finally rescued.
Try to draw a mindmap of the passage.
mindmap
para. 1 background
Shackleton left Elephant island to look for rescue while other crew members stayed on the island
paras. 2-4 __________ they faced and __________
got drinking water
_________
got food
were ill
____ ice from the ocean
the only they could use was _________
varied the meals of ___________
not to go _____
para. 5 Things that helped
_______ ________ and _______ of birthdays, festival and small achievements
para. 6 result: they were ______
problems
solutions
made fire
melted
animal fat
sea animals
outside
Discipline, team spirit celebration
rescued
1.What do you think were the key reasons for their survival?
I think the key reasons for their survival were their discipline and positive mental attitude, as well as the reliability of Shackleton.
2. If you were one of the men on Elephant Island, would you have trusted Shackleton? Why or why not?