1、Unit 5 Humans and Nature Race to the Pole Can you guess where this is? Activity 1 Antarctica What do you know about Antarctica? Area: 14,200,000 km2 Population: 1,106 Lowest temperature ever: 89.2 Fun Facts: 1. Antarctica is, on average, the windiest place on earth. 2. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the
2、 single biggest mass of ice in the world. 3. There are 30 different countries that operate 80 research stations situated around the continent. 4. The continent remains dark throughout the entire winter season. 5. During the summer months the sun does not set in Antarctica. 6. Antarctica is a desert.
3、 Exploring Antarctica 1. What difficulties do you think explorers may face there? 2. What preparations do they need to make? Activity 2 Read and find out. 1. When did the two journeys begin? 2. What happed to the two teams? Texts in italics are the exact words that the explorer wrote in his diary. u
4、nderline the general sentence and topic sentence for each paragraph. Activity 3 Read again and complete. Scotts team Amundsens team Nationality of the two teams Before the journey Journey to the destination Arrival at the destination The return journey British Norwegian They organised food bases. Th
5、ey organised food bases. Two sledges broke down. The horses had difficulties with the cold. Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves. He had teams of dogs puling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this, he made rapid progress. Scott arrived at the Pole with four team me
6、mbers on 17 January, 1912, and was disheartened. Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey. Men were very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. They brought rocks back for scientific eval
7、uation. 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. Activity 4 Read and discuss. 1) How did Scotts team feel at the beginning of the journey? 2) How did they feel at the end? 3) Why do you think thi
8、s changed? Activity 5 Make inferences. Sometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text. To understand what is meant, you need to read between the lines. Imagine you witness the following unrelated situationswhat can you infer about each one? 1. You see a woman pushing a baby stroller down the
9、 street. 2. You are at a corner and see two parked cars at an intersection, and the driver in back starts honking his horn. 3. You are walking down the street, and suddenly a dog comes running out of an opened door with its tail between its legs. Activity 5 Read the underlined sentences from Scotts
10、diary and letter. Write your inferences. line 21 _ line 26 _ line 33_ line 42_ They lost the reason for the journey. He is gong to walk into the cold and die away from the team. The men were getting weaker. The journey cost the men their lives. Activity 6 Group Work: Think and share. 1. Would you sa
11、y that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not? 2. How do you understand Amundsens saying about Scotts death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything that makes a man”? Activity 7 Suffixes a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of word
12、 to change its meaning. prepare _ situate _ hope _ cheer _ explore _ anxious _ sad _ -tion -less -ful -ness -ly preparation situation hopeless (ness) cheerful exploration anxiously sadness Activity 8 Pair Work: Read the sentences from Scotts diary and letter again. 1. Discuss what he was trying to s
13、ay in each one. 2. Highlight the parts that impress you most and explain why. Activity 9 Pair Work: Discuss. 1. Why do you think the writer of the text used the word “race” in the title? 2. Why was the world shocked by Scotts death? Activity 10 Search online and share. 1. Search online the main events in Chinas Antarctica exploration. 2. Why do people try to explore the toughest part of the Earth? Thank You
