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Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Lesson 3 Race to the Pole
重点单词
1．____________ n. 探险者；勘察者
2．____________ n. 预备，准备
3．____________ n. 滑雪板； vi. 滑雪
4．____________ n. 帐篷
5．____________ n. 靴子
6．____________ n. 队长；组长
7．____________ adj. 极地的，地极的
8．____________ n. 基地，大本营；基础 vt. 以……为基础
9．____________ adv. 焦虑地；不安地
explore
preparation
ski
tent
boot
captain
polar
base
anxiously
重点单词
10．____________ n. 抱负，雄心；追求，夙愿
11．____________ n. 探险；探索
12．____________ adj. 高兴的，兴高采烈的
13．____________ vt. 证明；证实
14．____________ adj. 久远的；遥远的
15．____________ n. 洲，大洲；大陆
16．____________ n. 坦诚；诚实，正直
17．____________ n. 真诚，真挚，诚实
18．____________ n. 勇气；勇敢的行为
ambition
exploration
cheerful
prove
distant
continent
honesty
sincerity
bravery
A competition to see who is the fastest.
Race to the Pole
The captain of each expedition（探险队）
Captain Scott
Roald Amundsen
The race to the ______ Pole was between _________________ from _______ and _____________ from ________.
South
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Captain Scott
Britain
Read paragraph1 and answer questions.
Who are the competitors in the race
Where are they from
Read for details. Feelings changing along the way.
Ambitious
Pre-journey
Heart-broken
and frustrated
During
When arrived
Troublesome
and burdensome
Return
Hopeless
Scott’s
Read for details. Feelings changing along the way.
Ambitious
Pre-journey
Exhilarated
and proud
During
When arrived
Adventurous
Return
Smooth
and successful
Amundsen’s
How do you understand the underlined sentences in Scott’s diary and his letter to his wife
Reading skills:
Find out the hidden information
链接高考
Their entire aspiration had been totally smashed.
The terrible situation drained them and bleed them dry.
He was determined to die in the cold.
It had taken their precious lives.
Cons
Pros
I believe it’s totally not worth it by sacrificing one’s lives to be engaged in a race like this on account of obvious reasons:
I’m firmly convinced that Scott didn’t fail due to the following reasons:
Did Scott really fail
Voice your own opinion!
What do you know about Antarctica
A continent round the South Pole, almost entirely covered with ice up to 4 km thick.
Antarctica is the driest, windiest and coldest continent
in the world.
The lowest temperature ever recorded was 89.2°C.
Today the only plants that grow are very small mosses and lichens.
If you have a chance to go to Antarctica, what preparations do you need to make
How would you dress to deal with the weather
What necessities should be prepared
What kind of transportation do you need in Antarctica
What information can you get from the title
Competition
The South/North Pole
Competitors
Race to the Pole
The bodies of Scott and his teammates were discovered 8 months after his death. Their final tent became their tomb(坟墓).
Part One (Para.1-3)
Part Two (Para.4-5 )
Part Three (Para.6-10)
Part Four (Para.11)
Four parts
Before the journey
Journey to the destination
Arrival at the destination
The return journey
1.According to the time clue, how many parts can we divide the text into
2. Read the first paragraph and make a mind map with four W's(when,who, where and why).
On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott left London to begin his journey to Antarctica. While he was on the way to Antarctica, he received a message from the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen which said he was going south, too. Then the race to the South Pole began!
when
the South Pole
food bases
The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... We are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.”
hopeless and helpless
desperate
feelings
3.Let’s scan the passage and answer the following questions:
1.What’s the main idea of the text
A The lesson from Captain Scott.
B An experience of the race to the pole
C The way to the South Pole can be too hard
D Enough food will ensure us to go.
True heroes never die!
See you, great heroes.

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