高中英语Unit 8 Lesson 4 Journey to the Antarctic课件北师大版必修三.ppt

Look at the title and photos and guess the answers to these questions. (1) Which Pole did they race to? (2) When did they go? (3) Who reached the Pole first? Read fast to get the main idea of each part Para 1 Para 2-4 Para 5-8 Para 9 The return journey which was of great difficulty. The race to the South Pole was on. Scott and his companions became heroes because of great courage. Amundsen’s team won the race. Read the text carefully. Are these statements true or false? Scott and Amundsen started their journeys in the polar spring. Scott’s use of sledges and horses was a success. Amundsen traveled more quickly than Scott. When they got to the Pole, Scott’s team had a celebration. Captain Oates went for a walk and died in a snow storm. Scott’s latest letter was to his wife. Match the meanings ! sledge 1.stop functioning break down 2.without hope run out of 3.inside ambition 4.equipment for moving on snow hopeless 5.continue distant 6.extremely surprised Cheerful 7.happy carry on 8.far away shocked 9.something you want to within achieve 10.having nothing left * * * the clever penguins the cute seals icefish starfish Jellyfish 水母 What do you think of the Antarctic? Can you use some adjectives to describe it? beautiful fantastic amazing freezing dangerous mysterious Unit 8 lesson 4 Why is the passage entitled The Race to the Antarctic ? It’s about the race between one group of______ explorers led by Scott and one group of _______ ones led by Amundsen ,who tried to get the honour to be the first to make it to Antarctica. English Norwegian Pre-reading Roald Amundsen L to R: Wilson, Evans, Scott, Oates and Bowers The South Pole. 1910-1911. Amundsen. 　　 While-reading How many members were there in their groups respectively(分别地)? Five T F T F T T wa