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Unit 1 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

I 教学内容分析

本单元的中心话题是歌颂坚忍不拔的顽强精神，比如：不怕困难，勇往直前，持之以恒，坚持不懈，以及团结合作、积极乐观，渴望挑战和冒险的精神等。语言技能和语言知识都是根据这一中心话题设计的。

Reading

部分讲述的是一个真实的南极探险故事。1914年以沙克尔顿爵士为首的28明勇士搭乘“持久号”前往南极探险。这次探险被称为一次“成功的失败”。说失败，是因为他们还没到目的地船就沉了，没有完成探险任务；说成功，是因为全船的人意志坚强，团结一致，客服了种种难以想象的困难，最终奇迹般全部生还。文章作者以第一人称的方式生动的描写了亲身经历的这次探险。教师引导学生阅读是，重点注意他们在遇险时采取了那些措施以摆脱险境，尤其注意作为一船之长的沙克尔顿自啊整个过程中所起的领导作用。

II．教学重点和难点

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教学重点

（1）培养敢于冒险，不怕困难，持之以恒，团结合作，积极乐观等精神，并学习掌握相关词汇。

（2）学习表达自己的观点和不同意见。

（3）复习定语的形式，意义和用法

2．教学难点

（1）定语的用法

（2）形容人的词语的用法

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IV. 教学步骤：

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Reading An Successful Failure Step 1. Pre-reading

Purpose: to provide some background knowledge for the reading.

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Discussion: ask the students to talk about:

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What do you know about Antarctica? 2.

Let students look at some pictures of Antarctica and provide the students with knowledge about Antarctica-the mysterious land

Location:

continent mostly south of the Antarctic Circle Area:

14 million sq km Climate:

severe low temperatures

Natural resources: iron ore, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and oil, Population: no indigenous inhabitants 3. Discussion2: ask the students to talk about:

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How to survive in Antarctica? Suppose we are living in Antarctica, how can we survive?

Step 2. Fast reading Purpose: To get the gist of the passage.

To correctly understand some information given in the text.

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Ask the student to read the text quickly and try to answer the while-reading questions 

What is a successful failure? 

What happened to the writer?

Suggested answer:

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During the expedition to Antarctica the Endurance became stuck in pack ice and crushed, which made a failure. But due to their great perseverance and determination they eventually got rescued, which was a great success. 

During their expedition to Antarctica the Endurance became stuck in pack ice and crushed, and they were trapped on Elephant Island. Step 3. Intensive reading Purpose: to get the students to learn the details of the text. 1.

Fill the form

Key Topics

Notes

The focus on this period in the

writer’s life

Physical surroundings Their goals

Major problems Suggested answer:

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To survive

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Grey, severe

cold, ice world 

Remain optimistic and healthy, Survive 

No food, low temperature, bad living condition

2.

Choose the correct answer.

1) Why did Blackborow think that being “young, fit and energetic" would encourage Shackleton to take him on the trip? A: Shackleton liked young people who were fit and energetic

B: It would be cold and Shackleton would need young, energetic people to do difficult jobs C: Shackleton wanted people who were fit but not trained in useful skills D: Blackborow would not have gone unless he was young and energetic

2) Why did Shackleton accept Perce when he found him hiding in the ship after the voyage had started? A: He didn’t have time to turn around and take him back to England. B: He admired his courage and encouraged him to stay

C: He felt angry but could not show so he accepted the boy D: He made the best of the situation.

3) Why did Shackleton not show how disappointed he was when the ship sank? A: He thought he could always organize another expedition

B: He knew it would be easier to across Antarctica without the

Ship

C: He felt men would need encouraging after this disaster

D: He had already taken all necessary supplies from the ship

Suggested answer:

B B C 3. Finish the mind-map.

Mind Map

Captain Shackleton Perce Blackborow Loyal

Determined

Optimistic Proof 1____ Proof 2____ Proof 1____ Proof 1____ Proof 2____ Proof 1____ Proof 2____ Hard-working Proof 2____

Suggested answer:

Determined Captain Shackleton

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Proof 1:

To show his determination, Shackleton threw some gold coins and his gold watch onto the ice

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Proof2:

His perseverance won our complete faith on him Optimistic Captain Shackleton

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Proof 1

He described it as vital for keeping us cheerful. •

Proof 2

He was always honest with us and never gave way to disappointment . Hard-working Perce

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Proof

He made me a steward to help cook twenty-eight meals three times a day.

Loyal

Perce

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Proof

We who determined on Elephant Island swore that we would do as he advocated: remain optimistic and recover our health before he returned to rescue us.

4. A speaking task

Ask students to form into groups, let students talk about:

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When the ship sank, Shackleton encouraged each sailor to collect three things (camera, banjo, diary, family album, etc) to take with him .In four role-play a dialogue between Shackleton and three of his men about what to leave and what to take and why. Step4: Language points

Purpose: help the students have a better understanding of the reading and help them to master the new and difficult words.

I tried to think of happier things: warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, my mothers’ face and the celebration we will get when we returned, for I am part of a failed expedition that tried to cross the continent of Antarctica, something that had never been done before.

For 引导是一个原因状语从句

由连词because, since, as引导, 也可由for, now that 等词引导

例句：

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I didn’t go to school yesterday because I was ill.

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Since everybody is here, let’s begin our meeting.

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As you are in poor health, you should not stay up late. 

I asked her to stay to tea, for I had something to tell her. 难点——because , since , as , for,辨析

语气：because>since>as>for

Tips:

回答why 时只能用because.

As ,一般不表示原因, 而是表明理由, 进一步说明

(译为：由于，既然).

for 被认为是复合句的并列连词(常用于推断),表示理由. Our circumstances are do desperate that it is uncertain whether we will ever return alive. Under no circumstances: 决不，无论如何也不

She won’t give up in any circumstances

in/under the circumstances: 在这种情况下

It’s amazing that they did so well under the circumstances

Our circumstances are do desperate that it is uncertain whether we will ever return alive. 形容词作伴随状语

表明状态，而不是方式

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Make sure he is captured alive

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Suddenly he fell on the ground dead 

He went to bed, cold and hungry.

So it was with great excitement one morning in July 1914 that I read this advertisement

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强调句

加强语气，表达意愿或情感

句型：

It is（was）＋被强调的部分＋that（who）＋原句其它部分”

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It was on Monday night that all this happened．

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It's me that he blamed．

Practice

It was ____ my teacher worked ____ I work hard. A. where; that

B. where; Where C .that; that D. that ;where

It was until dark ___ he found ___ he thought was the correct way to solve the problem. A. that; what

B. that; that C. when; what D. when; that Suggested answer :A A Soon Shackleton set out the framework for our life here: no differences in rank or status…

Set out: to explain, describe or arrange something in a detailed way, especially in writing

E.g. He set out his plans for the department in his report

回顾Set 的短语

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Set about 着手

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Set back 妨碍

阻碍

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Set down 把…放下来

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Set in (气候，季节等）开始

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Set off 动身，出发，发射

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Set up 竖立，创立

Homework: •

Write a short memoir (回忆录）about 200 words.

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Preview the “learning about language