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Unit2Wordsincidentdeparturecrewdepositdilemmadrawbackduskn.事件;事变n.出发;离开n.工作人员;队vt.放;存入银行n.进退两难的局面n.缺点;障碍n.薄暮;黄昏routinereckonreckoningstarvationpsychologypsychologicallytensionn.常规;日常事务vt.计算;估计n.计算;估计n.挨饿;饿死n.心理学adv.心理上地;心理学地n.紧张;不安;张力gradualgraduallyforeseethirsttearhardshipjawadj.逐渐的;逐步的adv.逐渐地;逐步vt.预见;预知n.渴;口渴vt.扯破;撕破n.困难;艰难n.颚;颌;下巴Expressionssetloosejawsofdeath出发；开始鬼门关；死神1WhenCaptainBlighreturnedhomehewastreatedasahero.Itwasdiscussedwhetherheshouldreceiveaspecialmedalornot.Getintogroupsoffouranddiscussthesequestions.Thenrole-playthedialogue.THEGREATESTNAVIGATIONALJOURNEY:ALESSONINSURVIVAL1Whydoyouthinkthiswinterdescribeshisjourneyasoneofthegreatestinnavigationalhistory?Doyouagree?Giveyourreasons.2WhatkindofleadershipqualitiesdoyouthinkCaptainBlighshowed?Arethesetheonlyqualitiesneededforgoodcaptain?Makealistofthequalitiesyouthinkareimportant.Giveyourreasons.Thewordsandexpressionsbelowmightbeusefulforyou.Whyareyou..?Howcouldyou…?Whydidyou…?Becauseof…?Itwasbecause…Thereasonisthat…Ashe…Sincehe…Nowthat…He…,soheisillwithfeverafterthevoyage.Itwasdueto…Itis…,soI’mafraid…That’swhy…Therefore,…LiPei(LP),DuZhou(DZ),WenFuqing(WF)andLiuYongfu(LY)arediscussingthejourneyandCaptainBligh'sleadershipqualities.1SampledialogueLP:Whyareyouconvincedthatthisjourneyshowsthegreatestnavigationalskill?I'msuretheremusthavebeenothersthatwereasgood,ifnotbetter!DZ:Doyouknowofmanyotherseavoyagesofthiskind?WF:Well,there'sthatjourneybyShackletonfromElephantIslandintheAntarctictogethelpfromanotherislandwithawhalingstation.Hewantedtorescuehismen.Theweatherwasterribleandhewasinanopenboat,too.LY:Howcanyouthinkthatjourneywasmoredifficult?Itdidn'tlastverylong.Captain'sBligh'sjourneylastedoverfortydays,wasveryhotandtheyhadverylittlefoodandwater.ItwasbecauseCaptainBlighwasagreatleaderthattheysurvived.DZ:NowthatI'veheardaboutitIamveryimpressed.Allthosemenpushedtogetherinaverysmallboat,itmusthavebeenterribleforthemtostayfriendly.Meanwhiletheywerebeingdrivenmadbylackoffreshwaterandtherewasallthatsaltwaterallaroundthem.That'sthereasonIthinkitwasthegreatestseaescape.LP:WhenyouputitthatwayIsupposeitwasagreatachievement.CaptainBlighwascertainlyexcellentinthewayhekeptthemenoccupiedandtriedtotaketheirmindsofftheirtroubles.Inadditionhetreatedeveryonethesamewhenitcametofoodorwater.SoIthinkyouarerightanditwasthegreatestexampleofnavigationalskillagainsttheodds!Doyouagree?DZ,WFandLY(together):Yes.Wedo.DZ:WhatleadershipqualitiesdoyouthinkCaptainBlighshowed?LP:Sincehehadsuchviolentdisagreementswithhiscrew,Ithinkhewasabadleader.WF:Doyoureally?Hedoesseemtohavehadabadtempersothathasgivenhimabadreputation.2SampledialogueHowever,hewasalsokindtohismenatothertimessoIthinkhewasareasonableleader.LY:Whatdidhedo?WF:Heprovidedcabbagesothesailorswouldnotgetillandmadethemdancesothattheywouldstayhealthy.Thatshowshewasagoodleader.DZ:Yesindeed.Thatisonegoodquality.Howeverhavingabadtemperandgettingangryquicklyshowsabadquality.WF:NowthinkaboutthevoyagetoTimor.Onthatjourneyhewasfairwiththefood,kepteveryoneoccupiedworkingouttheboat'sposition,andkeptthecrewcheerful.Thefactthathetriedsohardtobuildco-operativebehaviorshowsgoodleadershipqualities.LP:Indeedhedid.Thatiswhysomepeopleregardhimasahero.LY:Well,heseemscontradictory.Heisagoodleaderinacrisisandabadonetherestofthetime.DZ:No,no!Thatseemsabitcruelalthoughitwasduetohisbadtemperthecrewtookovertheship.Itwasalsoduetohisgoodtemperthatthecrewsurvivedinthesmallboat.IthinkLiuYongfuisright.Hewasgoodinacrisisbecausehewasfairwiththefood,encouragedteamspirit,madepeoplecheerfulandusedhisskillstogetthemhome.Buthewasabadleaderinageneralsituationbecausehegotangryoversmallthings(likeaccusingpeopleofstealingfoodordisobeyinghim)andwastooeasy-goinginTahiti(whereheletthemenrelaxtoomuchsotheydidnotwanttogobacktoEngland).LP:Hewasastrangemixtureindeed!2NowwriteareporttoyourleaderexplainingtohimwhyyouthinkCaptainBlighshouldorshouldnotreceivethemedal.Followthesesteps.DearSir,IthinkCaptainBlighshouldcertainlyreceiveaspecialmedalforhisamazingvoyageacrosstheseatoTimor.Thisisajourneythatcouldnothavebeencompletedwithoutgreatnavigationalskill.InadditionCaptainBlighdidnotloseoneman.AsampleletterreportFirst,heshowedhisleadershipqualitiesbysharingthefoodandwaterfairlywiththemenintheboat.Everyonewastreatedequallyandthismadeforgoodfeelingbetweenthemembersoftheboat.Second,hekepteveryoneintheboatcheerfulbydiscussingwhattheywoulddowhentheyarrivedsafely.Noonewasallowedtothinkaboutwhatmighthappeniftheydidnotarrive!Third,hekeptthemoccupiedbyorganizingthecomplicatedmathematicalcalculationsneededtofindtheirpositionatsea.ThecrewwhohadtakenovertheBountyhadleftCaptainBlighwithonlyaquadrantandacompass.Thismeantthatnumerous:calculationswereneededtofindtheircorrectposition.CaptainBlighencouragedthecrewintheboattotakemeasurementsregularlyandeachpersonwasgivenadifferentresponsibilityforworkingoutthesemeasurements.Thisactivitywasimportantbecauseitstoppedthemenfromthinkingabouthowlittlefoodandwatertherewas.SoIhopeyouwillgiveCaptainBlighthismedal.Hehasshownleadership,fairnessandconcernf