Unit 5 Lesson 3 第1课课件-2022-2023学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 5 Humans and Nature Lesson 3 Race to the Pole Period 1 Use some words to describe the South Pole Use some words to describe the South Pole Pre-reading If you have a chance to travel to the South Pole, what preparations should you make? Why? Read and Explore You are going to read an account of two teams’ journeys to the South Pole. What may happened to them? Scott’s team Amundsen’s team Nationality of the two teams Before the journey Journey to the destination While-reading British. They organized food bases. Two sledges broke down, the horses had difficulties with the cold. Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves. Norwegian. They organized food bases. He had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this, he made rapid progress. Scott’s team Amundsen’s team Arrival at the destination The return journey While-reading Scott arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912, and was disheartened. Men were very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. They brought rocks back for scientific evaluation. All members died. Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey. Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule. 1. Why were they shocked to see the Norwegian flag? 2. What prevented them from getting back to their food bases? 3. What difficulties did they have to face during the race? 4. What happened to Scott and his men during their return journey? What was the feelings in each period? 5. What are the reasons of Scott’s team’s misfortune? Think about the following questions. While-reading 1. Why were they shocked to see the Norwegian flag? Because it meant that they lost the race to the South Pole and the Norwegian explorers won the race. They lost the goal of their ambition and must face 800 miles of har