A Read the article about Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition and complete it with the correct time conjunctions from the box.
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In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton decided to lead a team to cross Antarctica from west to east via the South Pole. (1) he set off, he knew the journey would be difficult, but no one could imagine just how hard it would be.
(2) the team were making their way through the freezing waters, their ship got trapped in ice, just 100 miles from Antarctica. It was January 1915.
(3) it was trapped for nine months, the ship was crushed by ice and sank. Shackleton and his team had to camp on the ice and survive on whatever food they could find.
The team drifted (漂流) on the ice for about five months until they reached open water. Then they used lifeboats to reach a small island called Elephant Island in April 1916. (4) the team reached the island, Shackleton led a small group to sail for help. They travelled 800 miles in a small boat and arrived at South Georgia Island. Then they bravely crossed the island’s mountains on foot and reached a whaling station. Shackleton began rescuing the remaining crew members from Elephant Island, and he did not stop (5) all his men were safe.
(6) people think of Ernest Shackleton, they remember his strong leadership and determination to survive.

B Read the legendary story "Robert the Bruce and the Spider" and complete it with the correct time conjunctions.
Robert the Bruce was the king of Scotland. At that time, Scotland and England were at war. Robert only had a small army, but his men fought bravely. He led them in battle six times, but their enemy was strong and six times his men were beaten. After the sixth battle, King Robert was separated from his men. He hid in the forest (1) the English army could find him. He was alone and defeated.
One day, (2) Robert was taking cover from the rain in a small building, he felt tired and ready to give up. (3) he lay there, he noticed a spider above him trying to build its web. (4) it tried to send its thread from one corner to another, it failed.
The sad king watched as the spider tried again and again. It failed six times, but it would not give up (5) it succeeded. On its seventh try, it finally did. Robert was inspired by the spider's strong will and decided that he, too, would try a seventh time.
Finally, Robert brought his army together and led them to success. (6) he succeeded, Robert the Bruce never hurt a spider for the rest of his life.
C Read the ancient Chinese fable "Ji Chang learns archery". Circle the mistakes and correct them in the blanks below.
In ancient times, Ji Chang went to Fei Wei to learn archery (射箭术). Fei Wei said, "First, you must train your eyes to keep them wide open without blinking. When you have done that, you can start learning archery."
Until Ji Chang returned home, he lay under his wife's loom (织布机) and practised by watching its pedal move back and forth. Some time later, he could keep his eyes open even before a sharp point came close to his eye.
Ji Chang told Fei Wei about his progress, but Fei Wei said, "This is not enough. You also need to learn to truly see things clearly after you can be a great archer. You must keep practising when you can see tiny things as huge objects."
As soon as he got home, Ji Chang tied a tiny insect to a thin hair and hung it by the window. He looked at it from far away. After ten days, the insect gradually appeared larger in his eyes; after three years, the insect looked as big as a wheel to him. Until he looked at other things in the same way, they all seemed as large as hills.
Before Ji Chang told Fei Wei about his progress again, Fei Wei was very pleased and said, "Now you have learnt the basic skill needed for archery."
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