高一英語Sailing the oceans教案
the team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
這個隊翻盤而險勝。
step4 discussion
discuss these situations in fours and then hold a class discussion.
1. would you have behaved like the person in the reading and joined captain bligh in the open boat or stayed on the “bounty”? you should have reasons for your choice.
2. at the time that the nineteen men in the boat sailed for timor they did not know if they would survive or not. what do you think were the most important things they would need to take with them? who should decide these items? remember that the boat was already very full with people and could not hold very much more.
3. many men who wanted to go into the boat were unable to because of the lack of space. if they stayed on the “bounty” and were caught by the british navy, they should be killed according to the law.
4. what would the students have done to avoid being caught and punished if they had been part of the group who took over the “bounty”? would they have gone back to tahiti or looked for another place to live? which place would be the safest?
5. after the discussion let students prepare for the speaking exercise and encourage them to make notes of their ideas. follow this format: discuss in pairs. make a list of the ideas.
6. swap ideas with another pair and resolve differences. make a new list of the ideas.
7. one member of the group should give the ideas to the class in turn. other groups can discuss these ideas and evaluate them.
one sample dialogue:
li pei (lp), du zhou (dz), wen fuqing (wf) and liu yongfu (ly) are discussing the journey and captain’s bligh’s leadership qualities.
lp: why are you convinced that this journey shows the greatest navigational skill? i’m sure there must have been others that were as good, if not better!
dz: do you know of many other sea voyages of this kind?
wf: well, there’s that journey by shackleton from elephant island in the antarctic to get help from another island with a whaling station. he wanted to rescue his men. the weather was terrible and he was in an open boat, too.
ly: how can you think that journey was more difficult? it didn’t last very long. captain’s bligh’s journey lasted over forty days, was very hot and they had very little food and water. it was because captain bligh was a great leader that they survived.
dz: now that i’ve heard about it i am very impressed. all those men pushed together in a very small boat, it must have been terrible for them to stay friendly. meanwhile they were being driven mad by lack of fresh water and there was all that salt water all around them. that’s the reason i think it was the greatest sea escape.