【人教课标选修10】Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained

In sight of Shackleton’s landing place, our boat hit a rock. Even tourists who like to visit sites of historic places rarely land here and we could understand why. We left our boat, walking through the freezing water to the shore. What Shackleton and his men must have felt doesn’t bear thinking about. Yet apparently they fell on the beach where they had struggled to land in relief and gratitude. A soft-eyed seal and her baby stared at us as we walked up the beach to the old campsite. Standing on the beach which looked grey and forbidding we stared out at the sea that surrounded the camp on two sides. It must have seemed like a terribly unfair punishment being forced to live on one of the coldest, most unfriendly places on earth. No trees, no vegetables---only penguins and seals to eat. It was no wonder that Frank Wild, the kindest of men, describes “crying like a baby” when he saw Shackleton return at last with the rescue party.
3. A gold necklace was stolen from the local jewellery shop. The police found two eyewitnesses who saw the robbery. The police have made notes after speaking to them. You must make five sentences with the notes listed below using the attributes. For example:
The tall girl who had long, black hair carried a large handbag.
      
 1st witness                          2nd witness
A. The tall girl had long, black hair    A. The girl carried a large handbag
B. She carried an empty bag.         B. She did not look rich enough to buy a necklace.
C. Her coat was green.             C. Her coat was too thin for the cold weather.
D. She wore glasses.               D. She looked carefully round the shop
E. She looked at a necklace.          E. The assistant gave her a necklace.
F. The necklace was on the counter  F. The assistant turned back and the necklace was gone.
G. The girl left the shop in a hurry.     G. The girl said she must catch a train.
 
Period 4  Reading and writing

Aims: To make the students understand the text and to improve their reading ability.
Contents:
Reading the text , answer the following questions:

Q1 What kind of problem did the men did the men have to face Elephant Island?
Q2 What do you think was their greatest worry? How do you think they overcame this difficulty?
Q3 Why did Shackleton encourage them to have celebrations?
Q4 How do you think the celebrations helped?

Language points:
  leave behind
  ahead of / ahead of time / go ahead
  delay doing
  encourage sb to do sth / discourage sb from doing
  give out / give off / give in / give up
  take advantage of / make use of
  die of / die from / die out / die off / die down / die away
  be bored with / be tired of
  be particular about
  suffer from

Writing:
  Write a review of Perce Blackborow’s story for a newspaper. In a review you should:
 1. give a summary of the story
        2. state what you like / dislike about it and why
        3. consider whether the language helped the story or not
        4. explain whether or how it inspired you
        5. state whether you would encourage anybody else to read it and why

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