Unit5 Lesson 3 Race to the pole 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

必修二 Unit5 Lesson3 你的姓名 Race to the pole 1 Learning Objectives(学习目标) Core competence(核心素养） 1. Linguistic Competence ：Sort out the experiences and results of the Antarctic race of Amundson and Scott. And analyze the inner world of Scott and his team by reading the direct quotes from Scott’s diary. 4. Learning ability：Get the main idea and some details of the passage by individual and group work. 3. Thinking quality ：Make own evaluations of Scott and his team’s behavior, and connect with personal life. 2. Cultural awareness：Understand the challenges of Antarctic exploration and further realize how to achieve harmony between human beings and nature 2 How much do you know about the South Pole? 3 Background information: The South Pole What is the end? Is the end of life? Is the end of time? Or the end of the world.  It is located on Antarctica, one of the Earth’s seven continents.  It is the southernmost point on the Earth. 4 Can you list some characteristics of the South Pole? The South Pole has : low temperatures humidity high elevation 5 After watching the video, and look at the photos of Antarctica. What difficulties do you think explorers may face there? temperature transportation weather terrain ... [təˈreɪn] n. 地形 6 What preparations do the explorers need to make? Try to think:  How would they get food?  What’s their way of transportation?  How would they get over the harsh weather? carry or depot enough food, build food bases... sledges, skis... carefully choose the optimal travel time... (careful plan) 7 Skim and scan the text, and find out the answers to the following questions. 2. Who involved in the race ? 3. When did the race begin and when did it end? 1. What was the race about ? 5. What was the result of the race ? 4. How did they get to the destination? 8 Work in groups to design a timeline. be on skis; dog pulling sledges be on horses; broken sledges pushed by people A S 1911.9.8 1911.11.1 1911.12.14 1912.1.17 1912.1.25 all died 9