Unit 4 Adversity and Courage Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高二英语人教版选择性必修第三册

该高中英语课件围绕“Adversity and Courage”主题，以Shackleton南极探险故事为核心，通过日记文本引导学生梳理事件、推断人物特质。课堂导入从图片提问“小船能否穿过大浪”切入，联系生活中面对困难的反应，引出LEAD和CALM策略，再过渡到探险家背景及招募广告，搭建生活情境到文本学习的支架。 其亮点在于以任务驱动阅读，通过分析日记细节（如Shackleton扔黄金留班卓琴）推断人物特质，培养思维品质。探究“成功的失败”矛盾修辞，提升语言能力，渗透团队精神与积极态度，落实文化意识。语法填空巩固语言知识，帮助学生提升阅读分析与情感素养，为教师提供结构化教学路径。

In this lesson, you will: Figure out the main events that happened during the expedition； Infer the main character’s traits and emotions by studying the detailed descriptions of their languages and actions. Develop a persevering and positive attitude when facing difficulties and adversity Learning Objectives 行业PPT模板http:///hangye/ What do you see? Can the small ship get through big waves? How can we solve “big waves” in life? Clear Explore Analyze Do Abandon Leave Move Two strategies to overcome the adversity Listen L-Listen E-Explore A-Analyze D-Do LEAD C-Clear A-Abandon L-Leave M-Move CALM Good example: Sir Ernest Shackleton（1874-1922）： 杰出的极地探险家，被称为“史上最伟大的领队”。他不仅创造了南极探险史上的辉煌业绩，更是以“不抛弃，不放弃”精神以及在任何情况下都把团队放在首位的品质享有盛誉。 MEN WANTED for a dangerous journey: small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, and safe return uncertain. Honour and reward will follow if it is successful. Ernest Shackleton 7 Blackborow (one of 5, 000 applicants) has great passion for it. 8 While-reading Activity 1 Skimming Skim the text, and get the structure of it quickly. Title Background introduction Three diary entries Read para.1 and find the basic information about the expedition. who: _______________________________ where to: _________ how: _______________ when: _______ in 1914 Antarctica Sir Ernest Shackleton Perce Blackborow, the ship Endurance Fast reading ① ② ③ ④ A Skim for type and structure Fast reading 1. What is the type of the text？ A. exposition（说明文） B. argumentation（议论文） C. narration（记叙文） 2. Which structure is correct ？ Introduction Diary 1 Diary 2 Diary 3 B ① ② ③ ④ the author joined the Endurance expedition. Shackleton and his crew abandoned the ship Endurance. the crew members' life on Elephant Island Skim the text and conclude the main idea of each part. D1 D2 D3 Diary Main idea The beginning of the expedition The process of the expedition 12 Understand the meaning of the title A Successful Failure? Guess: Is such an expedition failure or successful? Life is full of ups and downs, so do three diaries. have “ups” and “downs”. D1: How did I join the expedition? Beginning: I bought a newspaper and read the ______________ about the Antarctic expedition. advertisement Then: I ______ to join the expedition... applied But: was ________ turned down Later: I secretly went aboard the ship and hid in a small ______ cupboard Finally: I was discovered and was ________ as a steward . assigned The quality of Blackborow based on D1. enthusiastic energetic... adventurous D2:What happened to the ship & How to solve the problem? 1. Endurance became _________ in the ice. 2. The ship got _______ by the ice. 3. The ship started to _______. 4. Shackleton told us to rescue the most ___________. 6. We are now camped on the ice and _________________ to survive. stuck crushed sink essential supplies have been managing 5. Shackleton ————— his gold but allowed Hussey ________. threw away to keep his Banjo 2．Why did Shackleton allow Hussey to keep his banjo? A．Because it was very valuable. B．Because it took little space. C．Because it would never sink. D．Because it could cheer them up. 1．Why did Shackleton throw away all his gold? Because gold was not the most essential supplies and he wanted to set an example. √ The quality of Shackleton based on D2. excellent leadership ability care more about his crews rather than money... calm perseverent courageous D3: What is the crew members' life on Elephant Island? things/living conditions: __________________ go from bad to worse Elephant Island is a __________________place miserable, isolated weather was____________ cold, windy food ____________________________________ feed on seals or penguins, not enough Then, Shackleton left to _______. find help Frank told me to ________. hold on I feel ___. low _____________ fill me with _____. genuine concrns; perseverance; resolve hope I think of _________. happier things Q: Why did Black think of happier things in adversity? They made me powerful and brought hopes What are mostly needed when in adverstity according to D1-D3? music essenticials(food, water...) families( in particular mother) the great ability of the leader the support/concerns from others perseverance patience responsibility passion/enthusiasm courage team spirit the spirit of adventure Does spirit weigh more than money? Spirit Money of course Yse Money may give us a rich life, but spirit from inner heart does give us power to make a better life. Is the expedition a success or failure? D3:Perhaps there is a chance we will return home, after all. “A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE”? Failure: the Endurance became stuck in the ice, crushed and sank, which made a failure. Success: Inspired by Shackleton, the crew didn't give up and survived, which was a great success. 矛盾修辞法(Oxymoron)是一种修辞手段，它是用两种相反的词语来形容一件事物，起到一种强烈的修辞效果，使得所表达的语义更强烈。 a wise fool 聪明的傻瓜; e.g. a love-hate relationship 爱恨交加的关系 语法填空 (the happy ending of the expedition)　 It was easy for us 1___________（imagine） the danger ahead of Shackleton. For us，2__________（stay） alive took all our time and energy. There were no trees 3__________（grow） on Antarctica and no oil，so we had to burn animal fat. 4________________ meat of sea creatures was what we had all，we would all starve if it 5__________（be） not for sea animals. The sweat could freeze very 6__________（quick） and we had to be careful not to go outside too often. Our discipline and team spirit kept us 7__________（optimism） and helped us deal with our fears 8__________ a positive and successful way. Our optimism and faith in Shackleton had helped us persevere in staying alive. And he paid us back by his 9_____________（commit） to save us from a slow 10__________ painful death. to imagine staying growing Though/Although were quickly optimistic in commitment but An important lesson in life is to learn how to succeed from failure, and it takes patience and courage to succeed when getting through failure. 人生重要的一课就是学会如何从失败中取得成功，而战胜失败获取成功需要的是耐心和勇气。 HOMEWORK: 1. Retell the adventure story 2. Surf the Internet and collect more information about the expedition adventure. $