1、Before you listenLearning objectives:To learn to talk about the situations and challenges the sailors would meet in the Antarctic To learn some important words and sentence patternsIn order to rescue all the crew members,Shackleton with a team tried to sail to another island to find help.Look at the
2、 picture below and discuss the challenges you think they faced.Now,lets do some listening exercises to know what happened on the journey.steep mountainrough seanavigationIn order to rescue all the crew members,Shackleton with a team tried to sail to another island to find help.Look at the picture be
3、low and discuss the challenges you think they faced.Task one:Before you listenIn 1914 Shackleton set out for Antarctica again,his intention was to cross the continent from one side to the other via the South Pole.His ship,the Endurance,never even reached land in Antarctica,she was stuck in ice and t
4、hen crushed,Shackleton and his crew faced a 19 month survival ordeal(严酷考验严酷考验)before they returned to safety.They were stranded(搁浅搁浅)out on unstable sea-ice with no means to communicate with the outside world and limited equipment and food.Listen to one of the team members talk about the rescue plan
5、 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,e
6、veryone was _.sixwrong arrived atElephantstill aliveTask Two:Listen for the main ideaListen again and answer the questions.1.Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia Island?2.Why was it important to include a navigator in the team?3.Why did Shackleton choose the most difficult
7、and unfriendly men to join the rescue mission?4.Why did Shackleton look extremely old?Task three:Listen for the logical rulesDue to The reason for this isbecauseThats whyThis means.so as to.so that While-listeningCause:“事情事情发生的发生的原因原因”(The Reason Why Something Happens)Effect:“由于由于原因而发生的原因而发生的事情事情”(W
8、hat Happens Because of The Cause)。cause and effectListen again and answer the questions.1.Why was it necessary for Shackleton to travel to South Georgia Island?2.Why was it important to include a navigator in the team?3.Why did Shackleton choose the most difficult and unfriendly men to join the resc
9、ue mission?4.Why did Shackleton look extremely old?Task three:Listen for the logical rulesWhile-listeningWe had stayed on Elephant Island for only a day,but Shackleton was already worried.He realised that many of us were too ill to survive very long without rescue.He decided to go to South Georgia I
10、sland for help.He chose five members to join him on the trip and I was one of them.I had been working on ships for my whole life and my strong navigation skills could guide us across the dangerous sea.However,to my surprise,Shackleton also picked the most difficult and unfriendly member to join us o
11、n the trip.I later learned that he did this because he wanted the group remaining on the island to stay cheerful and positive until we returned.While-listeningWe sailed on very rough seas for days.The sea was so strong that it was almost impossible for me to check our position.I was only able to use
12、 my instruments three times during the trip.It scared me to think that we might sail past South Georgia Island.This would mean that we might sail into the open sea and there would be no rescue!Unfortunately,we did sail off-course for a while,meaning we landed on the wrong side of South Georgia Islan
13、d.We had to climb over the mountains to get help.The mountains looked so steep that I thought we might have to slide down them on our bottoms!While-listeningWhen we arrived at the whaling station,Shackleton immediately arranged for a rescue boat to return to Elephant Island.However,due to the rough
14、seas,we could not get near to the island.Shackleton became worried about the men.He was very anxious and began to look extremely old.We tried for three months to rescue the 22 men.Finally,we were able to reach Elephant Island and luckily find everyone still alive!They were overjoyed to see us and everyone began to cry.
