Micro-skillsofwriting

InanimateSubjectsInContinuationWriting

LearningObjectives：

1.knowandmastertheusageofInanimatesubjects.

2.understandandbeawareofthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishexpressionsonfeelings

3.beabletojudge,appreciateandcreatetheexpressionswithinanimatesubjectsinwriting.

Summaryoftheoriginaltext:

ThesethreediaryentriestellthethrillinganddangerousstoryofanAntarcticexpedition.

InthefirstdiaryentryonOctober31,1914,a19-year-oldboysawanadforanAntarctictripledbySirErnestShackleton.Hewasveryexcitedbecauseitwashisdreamadventure.ButShackletonsaidnotohim,thinkinghewastooyoungandnotexperiencedenough.Notwillingtogiveup,theboysecretlygotontheship,Endurance,andhid.Foundthreedayslater,hebecameasteward,serving28menthreemealsaday.Hecouldntwaittosharehisfuturestorieswithothers.

Thesecondentry,writtenonNovember21,1915,showsthatthejourneyturnedterrible.AstheshipnearedAntarctica,itgotstuckiniceandwasfinallycrushed.Beforetheshipsank,Shackletoncalmlytoldeveryonetosaveimportantthingslikesmallboats,food,andclothes.Surprisingly,heletHusseykeephisbanjo,whichhelpedcheerthemup.Nowlivingontheice,theyworriedaboutthemeltingiceinspring.

ByMay20,1916,thingsgotevenworse.TheteamwasstuckonElephantIsland,crowdedunderaboat.ShackletonlefttogethelpfromSouthGeorgiaIsland,1,320kmaway.Thewriterfelthopeless,knowingnonavyevercametoElephantIslandandnooneelseknewtheywerethere.Thesediariesshowajourneyfromexcitementtoafightforsurvival.

StepILead-in:AppreciateFind

Aftertheadvertisementinthenewspapercaughthiseye,adeterminationseizedPerceBlackborowtojointheAntarcticexpedition（南极探险）ledbySirErnes