江西省吉安市第四中学高中英语 Unit 1 Nothing ventured nothing gained教学设计3 新人教版选修10.docVIP

江西省吉安市第四中学高中英语 Unit 1 Nothing ventured nothing gained教学设计3 新人教版选修10 Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, speak and write in English, focusing on the passage on page 9 and making use of the words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered to communicate in this unit. Objectives To help students read the passage “OPTIMISM HELPED US PERSEVERE.” To help students use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing Procedures 1. Warming up by learning more about Sir Ernest Shackleton In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Within eighty-five miles of the continent their ship Endurance was trapped and slowly crushed by pack ice. With no communication to the outside world their ordeal would last twenty months. With Shackletons inspiring leadership the crew struggled to stay alive in one of the most inhospitable regions of the world. Miraculously, not one man was lost, surviving extreme cold, breaking ice floes, leopard seal attacks and an open boat journey that would be called one of the greatest navigational feats in nautical history. 2. Listening You are to listen to a tape about Shackleton about his journey to South Georgia and finish exercises 1 and 2 on page 8. 3. Speaking Suppose you are to choose two sailors for Shackleton’s rescue team from the list on page 8. Now in groups of four discuss who you think are the most suitable. A: I am sure Frank Wild is the most suitable person to join the rescue team. B：Ｗhy do you think so? A: He is a good leader. And he used to live in the Antarctic. B: But he is unable to sky. A: You don’t have to sky. It is too cold to sky there. B: What qualities do you think Frank Wild has? A: He is loyal to Shackleton. And he is very tactful. B: You have your ideas. And I have mine. A: I hate to ha