1、Unit 1Nothing ventured，nothing gainedUnit 1Nothing ventured，nothing gainedSection Warming Up&ReadingPreparing预 习 多 维 感 知预 习 多 维 感 知 Step One：Fast ReadingRead the text and choose the best answer according to the text.1.Whats the main idea of this passage?()A.How Perce managed to get off the ship.BHow
2、 magnificent the Endurance was.CCHow the staff overcame the difficulties in the exploration.DHow the Endurance ship reached Elephant Island.2.What did“Everything was grey”mean?()APerce felt sad and was in a very low mood.BThere was something wrong with Perces eyes.ACThe weather was so dark that he c
3、ould see nothing clearly.DHe was happy and moved.3.How old was Perce when they were stuck in the ice?()A20.B21.C22.D23.B4.Who went to ask for help?()AAll the staff.BHalf of them.CFive persons.DSix persons.5.What made them survive and succeed in coming back?()ATheir determination，perseverance and tea
4、m spirit.DABThe governments order.CThe encouragement of their parents.DWhat they had learned at school.Step Two：Careful ReadingRead the text and fill in the blanksA Successful FailurePart Main idea of each partTopic sentence of each paragraphPart 1Perces worry about their teams safe 1._and their des
5、perate circumstances1.Everything is grey.Our circumstances are so desperate that 2._is uncertain3._we will ever return alive.2.How could I become as4._and badtempered as Tom OrdeLees！returnitwhetherselfishPart Main idea of each partTopic sentence of each paragraphPart 2The beginning of Perces 5._and
6、 how Shackleton and his perseverance encouraged and saved the explorers3.It was with great excitement one morning in July 1914 6._I read this advertisement.4.Shackleton seemed interested in my silly behaviour and 7._me.5.On January 18th，1915 the Endurance became8._in pack ice as we approached Antarc
7、tica.expeditionthatacceptedstuckPart Main idea of each partTopic sentence of each paragraphPart 2The beginning of Perces 5._and how Shackleton and his perseverance encouraged and saved the explorers6.His perseverance won our complete9._in him.7.Twentytwo of us remained on Elephant Island and he10._f
8、ive others to go to South Georgia and bring help.expeditionfaithselected Step Three：Summary A Successful FailureShackleton was one of the most famous explorers of his day.He began an expeditionto the South Pole in August 1914.I was only twenty and I had always dreamed1._Adventure.I was an amateur bu
9、t I was young，fit and energetic.of I secretly hid aboard ship，Endurance，in a small cupboard.They didnt find me2._the ship had sailed.I was suffering badly3._seasickness.Shackleton seemed interested4._my silly behaviour and accepted me.He made me a steward to help cook twentyeight meals three times a
10、 day.untilfrominOn January 18th，1915 the Endurance became stuck in pack ice as we5._Antarctica.The ship was gradually crushed6._front of our eyes.7._us calmly together，Shackleton announced8._we must save only essential supplies before the ship sank，particularly the small boats，food，cooking equipment
11、，approachedinCallingthatcandles，bedding and clothes.9._show his determination，Shackleton threw some gold coins and his gold watch onto the ice.On April 9th 1916，we moved to Elephant Island.Shackleton selected five of us with him to go to South Georgia and bring help.We10._on Elephant Island to wait for their rescue.Toremained
