Unit1Nothingventured，nothinggained-usinglanguagePartOne:TeachingDesignPeriod3:AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE.”)AimsTohelpstudentsreadthepassage“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE.”Tohelpstudentstousethelanguagebyreading,listening,speakingandwritingProceduresI.WarmingupbylearningmoreaboutSirErnestShackletonIn1914SirErnestShackletonandacrewof27setsailforthelastunclaimedprizeinthehistoryofexploration:thefirstcrossingonfootoftheAntarcticcontinent.Withineighty-fivemilesofthecontinenttheirshipEndurancewastrappedandslowlycrushedbypackice.Withnocommunicationtotheoutsideworldtheirordealwouldlasttwentymonths.WithShackleton'sinspiringleadershipthecrewstruggledtostayaliveinoneofthemostinhospitableregionsoftheworld.Miraculously,notonemanwaslost,survivingextremecold,breakingicefloes,leopardsealattacksandanopenboatjourneythatwouldbecalledoneofthegreatestnavigationalfeatsinnauticalhistory.II.ListeningYouaretolistentoatapeaboutShackletonabouthisjourneytoSouthGeorgiaandfinishexercises1and2onpage8.III.SpeakingSupposeyouaretochoosetwosailorsforShackleton’srescueteamfromthelistonpage8.Nowingroupsoffourdiscusswhoyouthinkarethemostsuitable.A:IamsureFrankWildisthemostsuitablepersontojointherescueteam.B：Ｗhydoyouthinkso?A:Heisagoodleader.AndheusedtoliveintheAntarctic.B:Butheisunabletosky.A:Youdon’thavetosky.Itistoocoldtoskythere.B:WhatqualitiesdoyouthinkFrankWildhas?A:HeisloyaltoShackleton.Andheisverytactful.B:Youhaveyourideas.AndIhavemine.A:IhatetohavetosaythisbutTomCreamisthebestchoice.B:Whyyouliketochoosehim?A:Tobepartoftherescueteamyouhavetostoutandenergetic.B:There’snodoubtthatTomCreamisstoutandenergetic.A:Andheisthesecondofficer.AndheissoexperiencedatlivingintheAntarctic.B:Iagreewithyou.Heisbrave,too.Hehadsavedtwomeninanearlierexpedition.…IV.ReadingOnpage9thereisanarticleentitled“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE.”用心爱心专心116号编辑Youaregoingtoreaditto:cut/thesentenceintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicative,darkentheconnectivesandunderlinealltheusefulexpressions.“OPTIMISMHELPEDUSPERSEVERE.”(onpage9)Leftbehind,wewatched/asShackleton/andtheboatsailedaway/fromElephantIsland.Thedangerofwhatlayaheadofthem,thechancesofthem/everreturningtofindus,thefear/thatwemightneverknowtheirfate/andpossibledelays,atfirstmadeusfeellow/anddiscouraged.But/itwasnotforlong.Therewasnothing/likeagooddinner/ofpenguin/andsomedynamicmusic/tomakeaman/feelmorecheerfulagain.Lifenowfellintoaregularpattern.Justkeepingalivetookallourtime/andenergy.Forexample,wehadtogatherfreshwater/bygrasping/andthen/meltingsea-ice.Ifthisstandsforaperiodoftime/itssaltdisappears/anditbecomesfreshwater/suitablefordrinking.But/meltingtheicewasaproblem.Withnotrees/growingonAntarctica/andnooil,theonlyfuel/wecoulduse/wassealfat.Thisgaveoffoily,blacksmoke/but/hadtheadvantageofburningstrongly/infiercewinds.Wecouldalsoeattheremains/whenthefiredieddown.Foodwasalsoaproblem/astherewerenovegetables/orfruit/tobefound.Asoneofourgroup,LionelGreenstreetnotedinhisdiary/afterafewweeks/howbored/hewaswiththemeals:“Thefoodnowisprettywellallmeat.Sealsteaks,cookedseal,penguinsteaks,cookedpenguin,penguinliver.”Asachef,itwasmyduty/toclean/andcooktheseanimals,soIwassoonbeingencouraged/tovarythemeals/inwhateverway/Icould.Itwasdifficult.Wehadtobeveryparticular/aboutourpersonalcare/becauseachangeabletemperaturecouldharmus.Itwasalmostasdan...
