高中英语Unit 1 Nothing ventured,nothing gained-using language

Unit 1 Nothing ventured，nothing gained-using language Part One: Teaching Design
Period 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(“OPTIMISM HELPED US PERSEVERE.”)
Aims
To help students read the passage “OPTIMISM HELPED US PERSEVERE.”
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking
and writing
Procedures
I. 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 Shackleton's 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.
II. 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.
III. Speaking
Suppose you are to choose two sailors for Sh ackleton’s rescue team from the list on page 8. Now in groups of four discuss who you think are the most suitable.
IV. Reading
On page 9 there is an article entitled “OPTIMISM HELPED US PERSEVERE.”
You are going to read it to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.
“OPTIMISM HELPED US PERSEVERE.”(on page 9)
Left behind, we watched /as Shackleton/ and the boat sailed away /from Elephant Island. The danger of what lay ahead of them, the chances of them /ever returning to find us, the fear/ that we might never know their fate /and possible delays, at first made us feel low /and discouraged. But/ it was not for long. There was nothing /like a good dinner /of penguin/ and some dynamic music /to make a man/ feel more cheerful again.
Life now fell into a regular pattern. Just keeping alive took all our time /and energy. For example, we had to gather fresh water/ by grasping /and then/ melting sea-ice. If this stands for a period of time /its salt disappears /and it becomes fresh water /suitable for drinking. But /melting the ice was a problem. With no trees/ growing on Antarctica/ and no oil, the only fuel /we could use/ was seal fat. This gave off oily, black smoke/ but /had the advantage of burning strongly/ in fierce winds. We could also eat the remains /when the fire died down.
Food was also a problem /as there were no vegetables/ or fruit /to be found. As one of our group, Lionel Greenstreet noted in hi s diary /after a few weeks /how bored /he was with the meals: “The food now is pretty well all meat. Seal steaks, cooked seal, penguin steaks, cooked penguin, penguin liver.” As a chef, it was my duty/ to clean /and cook these animals, so I was soon being encouraged /to vary the meals/ in whatever way/ I could. It was difficult.
We had to be very particular /about our personal care/ because a changeable temperature could harm us. It was almost as dangerous /to become too hot /from wearing too many clothes/ as to become too cold/ from wearing too few. Becoming too hot led to sweating /and this could freeze very quickly. Another part of the body/ that needed special caution/ was the eyes. The ice /and snow reflected dangerous rays/ from the sun /so that /if we did not wear sunglasses /we could suffer from sun-blindness.
Four months of this /was as much as the twenty-two of us/ could bear in this bone-numbing cold. We were lucky /that our group worked hard /to show an admirable mental attitude/ and dealt with our ever-present fears /in a positive/ and successful way. Above all /Shackleton encouraged us /to have celebrations: for birthdays, festivals /or even just because of a good catch of penguin. This kept us cheerful /and encouraged harmony /in the group.
When rescue did come, we felt such relief /and joy/ that /many of us could not hide our tears. We were at last/ free to go home /to a warm bed, good food /and the care of our family /and friends. Our optimism /and faith in Shackleton /had helped us persevere in staying alive /and he had repaid us /by his commitment to return /and save us from a slow/ but painful death.
V. Copying expressions and making sentences
leave behind, sail away from, ahead of, the chances of, return to find sb., make sb do, feel low a nd discouraged, fall into a regular pattern, keep alive, take one’s time and energy, gather fresh water, stand for a period of time, become fresh water, suitable for drinking, with no trees growing on Antarctica, give off, have the advantage of, burn strongly in fierce winds, eat the remains, die down, note in one’s diary, as a chef, it is/was one’s duty to do…, vary… in…way, be particular about one’s personal care, a changeable temperature, harm sb., lead to, need special caution, reflect dangerous rays from the sun, so that, wear sunglasses, suffer from sun-blindness, as much as, bear in this bone-numbing cold, work hard to show an admirable mental attitude, deal with one’s ever-present fears, in a positive and successful way, above all,
encourage sb. to d o…, because of, a good catch of, keep sb. cheerful, encourage harmony in the group, such…that…, hide one’s tears, at last, free to go home, the care of our family, one’s optimism and faith in sb., persevere in…, stay alive, repay sb. by…, one’s commitment to return, save sb. from…
VI. Closing down by reading about Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team of men set out to conquer the Antarctic continent as the world became embroiled in World War One.
All but forgotten back home in Britain, Shackleton's expedition drifted with the ice for nearly two years. Facing hunger, loneliness, near-mutiny and what has come to be known as the greatest small-boat journey in history, this is their story.。