Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Using Language Learn how to handle challenges 课件 -2024-2025学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第三册

Using language Learn how to handle challenges Unit 4 ADVERSITY AND COURAGE To learn to talk about the situations and challenges the sailors would meet in the Antarctic To learn some important words and sentence patterns To talk about whether a person is suitable for a certain job Lead-in Do you remember which continent Shackleton and the crew were trapped in? They were trapped in Antarctica. Antarctica is fifth in size among the world’s continents. Its land is almost completely covered by a giant ice sheet. Antarctica is a place of extremes. It is the world’s southernmost continent. It is also the world’s driest, windiest, coldest, iciest, and highest continent. Lead-in Shackleton and a team tried to sail to another island to find help. Watch a video carefully and think the challenges they faced. Pre-listening Look at the picture and discuss the following questions Pre-listening Look at the picture and discuss the following questions 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. When and where do you think the smaller picture was taken? 3. What were the people in the small picture doing? While-listening 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 Island. 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 While-listening South Georgia covers an area of 3,756 square kilometres (1,450 square miles). There is plenty of marine life offshore, with many species of penguins and seals. While-listening Listen again and answer these questions. Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia Island? 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? Can you find the similarities between these four questions? cause and effect While-listening Listen again and answer these questions. Strategy: 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 for this is …, and because …, while effects are introduced by phrases like That’s why …, This means …, … so as to …, so that …. as, since, as a result, caused, resulted, affected, effect, because of, owing to … While-listening Listen again and answer these questions. 1. Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia Island? Shackleton had to travel to South Georgia Island to get help to rescue the rest of his crew. It was important to include a navigator so they would know where they were going and not get lost. 2. Why was it important to include a navigator in the team? While-listening Listen again and answer these questions. 3. Why did Shackleton choose the most difficult and unfriendly men to join the rescue mission? 4. Why did Shackleton look extremely old? Shackleton chose him because he wanted the crew left behind to remain cheerful and positive and the man would have had a negative influence on the crew. Shackleton looked extremely old because of the conditions but also because he was very worried about the fate of his crew left behind. Post-listening Which two sailors do you think Shackleton chose to join the rescue team? Look at the list below and discuss in groups who you think should join the team. Who should join the rescue team? Post-listening Which two sailors do you think Shackleton chose to join the rescue team? Look at the list below and discuss in groups who you think should join the team. The expressions in the box below may help you with your discussion. Exploring options What do you think (about) …? How do you feel (about) …? Let’s look at … What / How about …? Any ideas? What are the alternatives? Let’s move on to the next candidate. Should we move on to the next one? Post-listening Which two sailors do you think Shackleton chose to join the rescue team? Look at the list below and discuss in groups who you think should join the team. The expressions in the box below may help you with your discussion. Exploring options Asking for input What do you think (about) …? How do you feel (about) …? Any ideas? What are the alternatives? Exploring options Let’s look at Option 1. What (do you think)about …? How about the third alternative? Let’s consider …’s proposal. Post-listening Which two sailors do you think Shackleton chose to join the rescue team? Look at the list below and discuss in groups who you think should join the team. Exploring options The expressions in the box below may help you with your discussion. Moving on Let’s move on to … What about …? Let’s look at the fourth choice. How about …’s idea? Should we move on to the next one? Before we move on, we need to consider ... Post-listening Sample Conversation A: OK, we need to choose the two sailors that joined Shackleton’s rescue team. Let’s look at our choices. B: So how about Frank Wild and Tom Crean? They were both experienced in exploring and living in the Antarctic, and they also had many good qualities, such as being kind and strong. C: Yes, but look at Perce’s diary. Frank Wild stayed on Elephant Island with the others. So we can cross him off our list. B: Oh, yes, well spotted. Then what about Tom Crean? Anyone have any ideas? Post-listening Sample Conversation A: Well, he was good at living in the Antarctic, so maybe he stayed on the island to help, but I think his strength and bravery meant that Shackleton would have chosen him for the dangerous mission. B: Agreed, so one choice is Tom Crean. OK, let’s move on to another candidate. How do you feel about Frank Worsley? A: I think he is a good choice because he was an excellent navigator. C: I agree. The rescue team needed a good navigator. He could be our second choice. B: But what about Hubert Hudson? He was also good at navigating. Post-listening Sample Conversation A: Yes, but he was also the best at catching penguins, so I think he would have stayed on the island with the others so they had enough to eat. C: Sounds reasonable. But we should also look at Thomas Orde-Lees. He was an excellent skier, so maybe he could be helpful on the mission. B: Hmm ... maybe, but I think he didn’t have as much to offer as Frank and Tom.Besides, Perce complained about him in his diary, so I think he probably stayed on the island. A: I agree, so let’s choose Frank and Tom. Post-listening After you have selected your two sailors, present your choice to the class. (P43 E5) My group chooses Frank Worsley and Tom Crean as the two members for the rescue team. Frank Worsley was an excellent navigator, so he could use his skills to guide them across the dangerous sea. Tom Crean was strong, energetic, and brave, so he would be very useful on the dangerous mission. EXAMPLE 22 x264 0.128.2216+688+32 a17ff54 tMod [8-bit@4:2:0 X86] $$