1、Reading and VocabularyModule 1 Deep SouthWhich pole has penguins,the North Pole or the South Pole?an Antarctic general knowledge quizwhich month is the coldest month in Antarctica?(September,July,December)Generally a penguin weighs about .(1 kg,5 kg,50 kg)The China Great Wall Station was founded .(i
2、n 1985,in 1989)The blood colour of fishes in Antarctica is .(brown,red,blue,white)What is the southernmost point of The Earth?Warming upJuly5 kgin 1985whitethe south pole m.帝企鹅日记主题曲.swfA great place for researchersPara 1Para 2Plants and animals Para 3Para 4Para 5The Antarctic Treaty The discovery of
3、 Antarctica The land Read through the text and choose a heading for each paragraph.Finish activity 3 on students books(Page3).The keys:1.surface 2.explore 3.adapt 4.mineral 5.treaty 6.rainfall 7.gravity 8.trap 9.nuclear 10.depth 11.radioactive adapt depth explore gravity mineral nuclear radioactive
4、surface trap treaty rainfall Read carefully and learnAccording to the first paragraph filling in the blanks.With annual rainfall_(几乎为零),Antarctica is _(根据确切意义上)a desert.close to zerotechnicallyb.Antarctic _(容纳)90%of the worlds ice and most of its fresh water is _(一种冰冻状态)holdsin a frozen state1).clos
5、e to 几乎,近于,靠近 They sat there close to each other.2)technically adv.严格地;准确地按照法律、词义等的 解释;技术上的Technically the building is a masterpiece,but few people like it.c.Strong winds _(drive)by gravity blow from the pole to the coastline,_(然而)other wind blow round the coast.drivenwhiled.There are mountains and
6、volcanoes in Antarctica.(True or False)(T)Para 2-3 true or falsea.Not many animals live there.b.Only two types of flowering plants are found,while there are no trees on the large continent.c.Some forms of algae have adapted to the extreme cold.(F)(T)(T)d.There are lots of white rocks in Antarctica.(
7、F)e.Gases and minerals,in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice,can tell us a lot about what the worlds climate was like in past ages.(T)What is the topic sentence of para.2?Yet Antarctica is full of wildlife,which has adapted to its extreme conditions.adapt 使适应;使适合(与to连用)He could not adapt h
8、is way of life to the company.他们正在将这篇小说改编成电影。Theyre trying to adapt this story for the film.改造、修改(为所用)改写(与for 连用)adapt(oneself)to 适应 He always adapted(himself)to new sircumstances easily.Translate the sentence into Chinese.Antarctica has become perhaps the most successful symbol of mans efforts to w
9、ork together for progress and peace.南极洲或许已经成为人类为了和平与发展而共同努力的最后成功的标志。Para.4-5 true or falsePeople guessed that Antarctic exited before it was discovered.The first person to land on Antarctic was British.France was one of the first countries to sign the Antarctic Treaty.The Treaty has three main aims.
10、(F)(T)(T)(T)Heading main idea The land Antarctica is an inhospitable place to live in because it is the and the _ continent on earth and is permanently covered with ice.Plants and animalsAs a result of its extreme conditions only few types of plants can survive there,but it is_.A great place for res
11、earchers Antarctic ice and _can give researchers lots of useful information.The discovery of Antarctica Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered and Carstens Borchgrevink was the first man to _ the Antarctic mainland.coldestdriestfull of wildliferocksset foot onA filmHomework:Write down your passage about Antarctic.Finish the exercises on Page92.n