Pre-reading

Question: What’s the ship called?

Intensive Reading

It is the year 1914. World War I is starting in Europe. Sir Ernest Shackleton is going on an expedition. Shackleton and his crew travel to the South Pole.

时间来到1914年。第一次世界大战正在欧洲开战。欧内斯特·沙克尔顿爵士要启程去探险。沙克尔顿和他的船员航行到了南极。

They want to walk across Antarctica. Their ship is called Endurance. Problems come. The ship freezes in ice. It cannot move. The crew must wait for spring.

他们想步行穿越南极洲。他们的船叫做“耐力号”。问题来了。船在冰里冻住了。动不了了。船员们必须等待春天到来。

The ice starts to melt. It breaks the ship. The crew must leave. They camp on the ice. The ship sinks to the bottom of the sea.

冰开始融化。把船弄坏了。船员们必须离开。他们在冰上扎营。船沉到了海底。

Scientists find the ship this year. It is in 3,000 meters of water. It is in water for 107 years. It still looks very good.

今年，科学家发现了这艘船。它在水深3000米处。它已经在水里107年了。它仍然看起来很好。

Notes:

1. expedition：n. 远征，探险，考察，go on an expedition即“去探险”。

2. crew：n. 全体船员，全体机组人员，表达这个意思时，要视为集合名词，谓语动词用复数形式。

3. Antarctica：n. 南极洲。

4. endurance：n. 忍耐力，耐久力，动词形式为endure。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

How many years has the ship been in the water?