Unit 5 Humans and nature Lesson 3 Race to the pole 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 5 Lesson 3 Race to the Pole (1) 新 课 导 入 Let’s talk What do we know about Antarctica? location climate wildlife Quiz T (true) or F (false) ( ) the southernmost continent on the Earth; ( ) smaller than Australia; ( ) the coldest and driest continent on the Earth; ( ) home to many wild animals. T F T T 课 堂 学 习 Pre-reading Look at the photos of Antarctica. What difficulties do you think explorers may face there? What preparations do they need to make? What are the temperatures like? How would you dress to deal with the weather? How would you get food? Are there civilisations close by? 1 While-reading Here is an account of two teams' journeys to the South Pole. Read the text and find out when the two journeys began and what happened to the two teams. 2 Scott’s team Amundsen’s team, Departure time Arrival time 8 September, 1911 1 November, 1911 14 December, 1911 17 January, 1912 Scott and his team didn’t make it.They died on their return journey. Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule. 3 Read again. Complete the information about the two exploration teams. Then talk about the journeys based on your notes.   Scott's team Amundsen's team Nationality of the two teams Before the journey Journey to the destination British Norwegian They organised food bases. Two sledges broke down, and 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. They organised food bases.   Scott's team Amundsen's team Arrival at the destination The return journey Scott arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912. Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey. Men were very tired and were running out of foo