1、Humans and NatureUnit 5Lesson 3Part 1Lead inLead inImagine you are the explorer of Antarctic. What difficulties do you think you may face there? What preparations do you need to make?Group workShow time!Part 2Words and ExpressionsWords and Expressionsexplorer/ksplr(r)/n. 探险者e.g. Explorers traced the
2、 Nile River to its several headstreams in Central Africa. Words and Expressionspreparation/prepren/n. 预备，准备e.g. Preparation for the party started early.Words and Expressionssledge/sled/n. 雪橇e.g. The sledge ran smoothly over the frozen snow. Words and Expressionsski/ski/n. 滑雪板vi. 滑雪e.g. We went skiin
3、g in France in March.Words and Expressionstent/tent/n. 帐篷e.g. We could pitch our tent in that field. Words and Expressionsboot/but/n. 靴子e.g. a pair of brown leather bootsWords and Expressionscaptain/kptn/n. 队长；组长e.g. The captain gave the order to abandon ship.Words and Expressionspolar/pl(r)/adj. 极地
4、的，地级的e.g. Warmth melted some of the polar ice. Words and Expressionsbase/bes/n. 基地，大本营；基础vt. 以为基础e.g. The lamp has a heavy base.Words and Expressionsanxiously/ksli/adv. 焦虑地；不安地e.g. The doctors clustered anxiously around his bed.Words and Expressionsbreak down停止运转，出故障e.g. Their car broke down.Words a
5、nd Expressionsambition/mbn/n. 抱负，雄心；追求，夙愿e.g. His burning ambition was to study medicine.Words and Expressionsexploration/eksplren/n. 探险；探索e.g. The moon landing inaugurated a new era in space exploration. Words and Expressionscheerful/tfl/adj. 高兴的，兴高采烈的e.g. Youre not your usual cheerful self today.W
6、ords and Expressionsprove/pruv/vt. 证明；证实e.g. They hope this new evidence will prove her innocence.Words and Expressionsdistant/dstnt/adj. 久远的，遥远的e.g. The time we spent together is now a distant memory.Words and Expressionscontinent/kntnnt/n. 洲；大陆e.g. Were going to spend a weekend on the Continent.Wo
7、rds and Expressionshonesty/nsti/n. 坦诚；诚实，正直e.g. She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.Words and Expressionssincerity/snserti/n. 真诚，真挚，诚实e.g. His sincerity is undoubted. Words and Expressionsbravery/brevri/n. 勇气；勇敢的行为e.g. He deserves the highest praise for his bravery.Part 3Reading com
8、prehensionHeres an account of two teams journeys to the South Pole. Read the text and find out when the two journeys began and what happened to the two teams.Read and thinkRead and thinkLets read!Read and thinkRead again. Complete the information about the two exploration teams. Then talk about the
9、journeys based on your notes.Scotts teamAmundsens teamNationality of the two teamsBefore the journeyJourney to the destinationThey organised food bases.They organised food bases.Two sledges broke down, the horses had difficulties with the cold.Scott and hsi men had to push the sledges themselves.He
10、had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis.Because of this, he made rapid progress.EnglandNorwegianRead and thinkRead again. Complete the information about the two exploration teams. Then talk about the journeys based on your notes.Scotts teamAmundsens teamArrival at the dest
11、inationThe return journeyScott arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912, and was disheartened.Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there.Men were very tired and were running out of food.The weather conditions were terrible.They brought rocks b
12、ack for scientific evaluation.All members died.Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule.Pair workSummarise the change of feelings on Scotts teams return journey. Give reasons for the words or phrases you have chose
13、n.Pair workdisapp-ointed“The men were soon very tired and were running out of food.”?Read and thinkRead the underlined sentences from Scotts diary and letter. Work out the implied meaning of these sentences from the context. Write your inferences below.line 21 _line 26 _line 33 _line 42 _Making infe
14、rencesSometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text. To understand what is meant, you need to read between the lines. Read and thinkline 21 _They lost the reason for the journey.Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800miles of hard pushing一and goodbye to most of our
15、 dreams.Read and thinkline 26 _They were getting weaker.“We are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can onlyguess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower. Read and thinkline 33 _He is going to walk into the cold and die away from the team.He said, I am jus
16、t going outside and may be some time. .We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.Read and thinkline 42 _Th
17、e journey cost the men their lives.I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy . but what a price to pay.Group workWould you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not?Think and share.Group workPart 4HomeworkHomeworkRecite the key words and expressions.Write a short passage about how you understand Amundens saying about Scotts death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything that makes a man.
