_Unit8_Lesson4_Journey_to_the_Antarctic

1、 Lesson 4Lesson 4Journey to the AntarcticWarm up Lets enjoy the wonderful Antarcticthe clever penguinspenguinthe cute sealssealsalangane 海燕海燕What do people do in the wonderful Antarctic?sailingSetting station for researchingJapanese catch and kill the whales thereexplorationland: 14 million sq km (2

2、80,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent(次大陆次大陆) of Europe Location: continent mostly south of the Antarctic Circle Geography:the coldest, windiest,

3、highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation(辐射线辐射线) reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator(赤道赤道) ; mostly uninhabitable(不适于不适于居住的居住的 )Roald Amundsen, born in 1872 near Oslo, Norway, left his mark as one of the most successful polar e

4、xplorers ever born. On December 14th 1911, he stood victoriously(胜利地胜利地) at the South Pole. He reached a goal that was the dream of many men. For the first time, human voices broke the awesome(可怕的可怕的) silence of the worlds southernmost(最南的最南的) point. Robert Falcon Scott was born at Outlands on June

5、6, 1868. He had a race with Roald Amunsden to the South Pole, and he and his four companions(同伴同伴) arrived one month later thanScott. But unfortunately,on their way back, all of them died of hunger and extremely cold.L to R: Wilson, Evans, Scott, Oates and Bowers Reading Strategies: Dealing With Dif

6、ficult Words Read the sentence the word is in and decide what kind of word it is. 找出词语所在的句子,并判断词语的词性. Read the paragraph the word is in and try to work out the meaning from the context. 阅读词语所在的段落，并从上下文猜出词语的词义。Reading Strategies: Dealing With Difficult Words Check the context to see if the meaning fi

7、ts. 从文章判断词义是否符合上下文意思。从文章判断词义是否符合上下文意思。 Now use a dictionary to check the exact meaning of the word. 查字典看看词的准确含义。查字典看看词的准确含义。 Match Column A with Column B. sledge break down run out of ambition hopeless cheerful distant carry on within shocked stop functioning without hope inside equipment used for m

8、oving on snow continue extremely surprised happy far away something you want to achieve having nothing left ABTask 1 Fast readingRead the text quickly and find the answers to these questions.1. Which Pole did they race to? 2. When did they go?3. Who reached the Pole first? The South pole. 1910-1911.

9、 Amundsen Task 2: Careful reading:(A) Read the text carefully and choose True or False.1. Scott and Amundsen started their journeys in the polar spring.2. Scotts use of sledges and horses was a success.3. Amundsen travelled more quickly than Scott.4. When they got to the Pole, Scotts team had a cele

10、bration.5. Captain Oates went for a walk and died in a storm.6. Scotts last letter was to his wife.( T )( F )( F )( T)( T )( T )( B ) Answer these questions according to the text.1. Why did Amundsen succeed and Scott fail?2. What did Scotts team achieve?Amundsen succeeded because he made rapid progr

11、ess because he had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and his men were on skis.They reached the Pole although they didnt win the race and they became heroes because of their courage. They collected rocks that proved Antarctica had once been covered by plants.3. Why did Scott and his men become heroes

12、?4. How did you feel after you read the story?They became heroes because although they died on the return journey, they showed extraordinary courage all the time.Unit 8 Lesson 4 Period 2 Vocabulary I am now ing for the coming English exam, which means I am making a full for it because I believe one

13、can pass it if he or she is fully . conclusion: we can change the form of a word by adding a or a .Lead inunderline the different forms of the same word.prefixsuffixLook at the following word forms and try to figure out the rules how they change into another form. Complete the word forms below. diff

14、erence ( n.) = different (adj.) distance = adj. home (n.) = homeless (adj.) hope (n.) = (adj.)distanthopeless beauty (n.) = beautiful (adj.) cheer (n.) = (adj.) busy (adj.) = business (n.) sad (adj.) = (n.) cheerfulsadness prepare (v.) = preparation (n.) explore (v.) = (n.) danger (n.) = dangerous (

15、adj.) courage (n.) = (adj.) ambition (n.) = (adj.)explorationcourageousambitiousExercise 6 on P29. Complete the sentences. Make nouns or adjectives from the words in brackets.1. They had done so much (prepare) that the actual task was easy for them.2. Without food, water, or a map, their situation w

16、as (hope).preparationhopeless3. Even with all her problems, she is still (cheer) every day.4. He wanted to get away from everything so he moved to a (distance) land.5. Everyone experienced (sad) at the terrible news.6. All the exams have different levels of (difficult).cheerfuldistantsadnessdifficul

17、ty n. adj.v.adv.explorerpoleorganiza-tionexploreexploredpolarorganizedorganizeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXEx. 7 on P29 group-work n. adj.v.adv.patiencepreparationambitioncouragesuccesspatientXXXXXpatientlypreparedprepareXXXXXambitiousambitiouslyXXXXXcourageouscourageouslyXXXXXsuccessfulsucceedsuccessfullySe

18、ntence making Ss talk about the two great explorers in the text making use of the different forms of a word. Some word roots are given to you. Try to answer the questions in as many ways as possible. Example: Use at least one sentence to describe Amundsen ? (explore) He was a great explorer in the w

19、orld. He explored the Antarctic. His exploration will be remembered forever.1. What do you think of Amundsens expedition? (success)Possible answers:He succeeded (in) exploring the Antarctic.His expedition was a great success.He explored the Antarctic successfully. Possible answers: Because he made f

20、ull preparations before he started. Because he prepared a lot of food and good sledges before starting. Because he was fully prepared before starting.2.Why could he succeed ? (prepare)3.Captain Scott was not the first to arrive in the Antarctic, but what made him carry on his return journey ? (coura

21、ge) Possible answers: His courage made him carry on his return journey. He was so courageous that he carried on his return journey. He did not want to give up and he continued his journey courageously. / with great courage. 1.Then he prepared for the return journey.prepare for 为为而准备而准备Hope for the b

22、est and prepare for the worst.Please prepare a table for dinner.We must prepare the room for the meeting. 我们我们必须为会议准备好房间。必须为会议准备好房间。 ,both teams organised food bases in preparation for their journeys the next year.preparation n. You cannot pass an examination without preparation. 你不准备就不可能通过考试。你不准备就不

23、可能通过考试。 in preparation for getting ready for something为为作准备作准备He packed his bags in preparation for the journey. 他打好提包，为旅行作准备。他打好提包，为旅行作准备。 in preparation 在准备中在准备中 The book is still in preparation. 书仍在编写中。书仍在编写中。 2. The men were soon exhausted and were running out of food. run out of 表示表示“用完；耗尽用完；耗尽

24、”，一般，一般是人作主语；如果是物作主语，要去是人作主语；如果是物作主语，要去掉掉of。如：。如：The oil will run out soon.汽油很快就要用完了。汽油很快就要用完了。Young people often run out of money by the end of the month.按照提示完成句子按照提示完成句子:1) 她已经失去了耐心。她已经失去了耐心。 a. She has _ her patience. b. Her patience has _.2) 我们的车很快就没汽油了，要马上我们的车很快就没汽油了，要马上就近找个加油站。就近找个加油站。The oil

25、of our car _. Try to find an oil station as near as possible.run out ofrun outis running outPractice3, at one time 曾经，一度曾经，一度 He smoked at one time.at the same time 同时同时 at a time 每次每次at all times 一直，总是一直，总是all the time 一直，总是一直，总是at any time 无论何时无论何时at no time 决不决不at times 有时有时ahead of timein time o

26、n timein no time 很快，立刻，马上很快，立刻，马上have a good timekill time 消磨时间消磨时间4. The next to go was Caption Oats, who was having great difficulty walking. have difficulty/problem with sth. have difficulty/problem (in) doing sth. I dont I dont have much difficulty withhave much difficulty with English grammar.

27、English grammar.I once asked him if he had any difficulty in I once asked him if he had any difficulty in keeping five children in school.keeping five children in school. 有一次我问他供有一次我问他供五个孩子上学是否有什么困难。五个孩子上学是否有什么困难。 I had a great deal of difficulty in reading the text.I had a great deal of difficulty

28、in reading the text. 5. He had 5. He had failed to winfailed to win the race to the Pole, . the race to the Pole, .fail vi. fail vi. 失败失败e.g. All our plans failed.e.g. All our plans failed.fail in sth. fail in sth. 在在不足不足, ,在在失败失败. .e.g. He has e.g. He has failed infailed in his mathematics. his mat

29、hematics. She She failed infailed in her last English exam. her last English exam.fail to do sth. fail to do sth. 没有能够没有能够, ,没有没有e.g. He e.g. He fails tofails to understand its real significance. understand its real significance. When I When I failed tofailed to find you ,I sent you a note by find you ,I sent you a note by messenger(mess