ReadingandWritingOptimismhelpeduspersevere
Whilelistening,trytogetthegeneralideaofthepassage
Ittellsustheproblemsthemenhadtofaceontheislandandhowtheyovercamethemandtheywererescuedatlast
1Answerthesequestionsafterreadingthepassage
1)WhatkindofproblemsdidthemenhavetofaceonElephantIsland
2)Whatdoyouthinkwastheirgreatestworry
Howdoyouthinktheyovercamethisdifficulty
3)WhydidShackletonencouragethemtohavecelebrations
Howdoyouthinkthecelebrationshelped
Theyhadtofacetwokindsofproblems:onewaspsychologicalandtheotherphysical
Thepsychologicalonewastostaycheerfulandnotgivewaytodespair
Thephysicalproblemwastostayfitdespiteadietconsistingonlyofmeat
Thismeantthattherewerenotenoughvitaminsormineralsandthefoodwasthesamedayafterday
Ithinktheirgreatestworrywasnotbeingrescued
Theydealtwiththisbyremainingcheerf