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#Section Ⅴ Lesson 3
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①Antarctica南极洲
②on the way to...在去……的途中
③Norwegian adj.挪威的
n.挪威人
④explorer n.探险者;勘察者
⑤preparation n.准备,预备
⑥sledge n.雪橇
⑦ski n.滑雪板vi.滑雪
⑧make progress稳步前进;取得进步
⑨break down停止运转,出故障
⑩have difficulty/trouble with sth在某事上有困难
⑪after a while不久;过一会儿
⑫prepare for为……做准备
⑬shock vt.震惊,惊骇
⑭goal n.目的;目标lose/achieve a goal失去/实现目标
⑮ambition n.抱负,雄心;追求,夙愿
⑯face vt.&.vi.面对,面向
⑰in the history of在……的历史进程中
⑱exploration n.探险;探索
⑲run out of 用完,耗尽
⑳hopeless adj.没有希望的 hopeful adj.有希望的
On 1 June, 1910, Captain Robert Falocn Scott left London to begin his journey to Antarctica①. While he was on the way to② Antarctica, he received a message from the Norwegian③ explorer④ Roald Amundsen which said he was going south,too. Then the race to the South Pole began!
During the polar summer of 1910—1911, both teams organised food bases in preparation⑤ for their journeys the next year. [1]Then came the total darkness of the polar winter. Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring.
[1]时间状语Then置于句首时引起的完全倒装结构。
Amundsen was[2]the first to leave on 8 September, 1911. He [3]had teams of dogs pulling the sledges⑥ and all his men were on skis⑦. Because of this, he made rapid progress⑧. Scott left on 1 November and soon had problems. First, his two sledges broke down⑨ and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with⑩ the snow and the cold. After a while⑪, Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves.
[2]动词不定式to leave作定语,修饰the first。
[3]have sb doing sth 使某人一直做某事。
Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for⑫ 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.
Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January,1912. They were shocked⑬ when they saw the Norwegian flag. Scott wrote in his diary.
“Well,we have now lost the goal⑭ of our ambition⑮ and must face⑯ 800 miles of hard pushi