Unit 5 Lesson 3 Race to the Pole 课件-2022-2023学年高一英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Humans and Nature Unit 5 Lesson 3 Race to the Pole Antarctica How much do you know about Antarctica? 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 www.515ppt.com 2 It is the fifth largest continent in area. Area: 1400km² The coldest month: July Average temperature: -51.5℃ It is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent. It has the highest average elevation (海拔) of all the continents. Now look at the photos of Antarctica and think: What difficulties do you think explorers may face there? What preparations do they need to make? ①The weather is extremely cold. ②It is hard to get food. ③There is no civilisations close by. … Now, let's read the adventures of two teams of explorers to the South Pole. Possible answers: The race to the ______ Pole was between _________________ from _______ and _____________ from ________. South Roald Amundsen Norway Captain Scott Britain 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 5 The Journey to the Pole Hero Amundsen Scott Time of start Equipment Speed Time of arrival 15 October, 1911 1 November, 1911 sledges pulled by teams of dogs two sledgeshorses fast/rapid slow 14 December 17 January Read the text and find out some basic information about the two teams. Task 1 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 6 Scott’s team Amundsen’s team Nationality of the two teams Before the journey Journey to the destination Arrival at the destination The return journey Read again. Complete the information about the two exploration teams. Then talk about the journeys based on your notes. Task 3 P38 3 Amundsen’s team Scott’s team Nationality Before the journey Journey to the destination Task 3 P38 3 British Norwegian organised food bases. 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 pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis. ▲Because of this, he made rapid progress. Amundsen’s team Scott’s team Arrival at the destination The return journey ▲Scott arrived at the P