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Race to the pole
北师大版必修二Unit 5 Lesson 3
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Where is it?
Do you know anything about it?
Perceiving and Noticing
Antarctica
南极洲
Perceiving and Noticing
Covered by_______
lowest temperature
________
Very dry
Transportation: ________
Do you want to go there?
What do you prepare to get there?
What if you have difficulties on the way?
How do you think of the people trying to get there?
Material preparation?
Mental preparation?
glaciers
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sledges
Today’s reading task: Read an account!
An account is a written report or description of an event or experience. It is written in proper order (usually time order), which allows the readers to reach a conclusion. The author of an account is free to give his opinion about the event.
The first paragraph must necessarily answer the question of “what”, “where” and “when” followed by the details and explanations about the event.
Reading task 1 – Fast reading
Look at the title and read paragraph 1 on page 35. Answer the following questions.
What is the race?
Who are the competitors?
When and where did the race happen?
Retrieving & Summarizing
A competition between Scott and Amundsen to see who would get to the south pole first.
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Captain Scott
Roald Amundsen
Retrieving & Summarizing
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Reading task 2 – Read for Details of the Account
Read the text again and complete the following notes about their trips.
Scott’s Team Amundsen’s team
Preparation ________ bases
Starting time: ________ ________ bases
Starting time: ________
Process _____________:
1. Sledges__________
2. Horses__________
3. Scott and his men
______________
4. Along the return journey:
1) ___________ 2) ___________
3) ___________ 4) ___________
5)They carried________________ _____________:
1. Teams of _________
2. Make_____________
Results Arrival time: __________ Arrival time: __________
Retrieving & Summarizing
Challenges
Achievement
1 November, 1911
17 January, 1912
14 December, 1911
8 September, 1911
Food
Food
broke down.
had difficulties with the cold
pushed the sledges themselves
Exhaustion
Food shortage
Extreme weather
Injury, death
dogs
rapid progress
carried 20 kilos of rocks
Reading task 2 – Read for Details of the Account
Read the text again and complete the following notes about their trips.
Scott’s Team Amundsen’s team
Preparation ________ bases
Starting time: ________ ________ bases
Starting time: ________
Process _____________:
1. Sledges__________
2. Horses__________
3. Scott and his men
______________
4. Along the return journey:
1) ___________ 2) ___________
3) ___________ 4) ___________
5)They carried________________ _____________:
1. Teams of _________
2. Make_____________
Results Arrival time: __________ Arrival time: __________
Retrieving & Summarizing
Challenges
Achievement
1 November, 1911
17 January, 1912
14 December, 1911
8 September, 1911
Food
Food
broke down.
had difficulties with the cold
pushed the sledges themselves
Exhaustion
Food shortage
Extreme weather
Injury, death
dogs
rapid progress
What made Scott lose the race?
carried 20 kilos of rocks
Whose sledge was this? What do you think of it?
Analyzing & Judging
Scott and his men pulled the sledges themselves.
Analyzing & Judging
Amundsen’s team of dogs
——What are their advantages?
Analyzing & Judging
Reading task 3 – Critical Thinking
What feelings/spirits can you tell from the following sentences? You can use the structure “a mix of A and B”. (Group Discussion)
Analyzing & Judging
‘We are very cheerful but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.’
‘They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them…’
‘We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death. …we knew the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We hope to meet the end with a similar spirit…’
‘I can tell you lots and lots about this journey…but what a price to pay’
Reading task 3 – Critical Thinking
What feelings/spirits can you tell from the following sentences? You can use the structure “a mix of A and B”. (Group Discussion)
Analyzing & Judging
‘We are very cheerful but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.’
‘They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them…’
‘We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death. …we knew the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We hope to meet the end with a similar spirit…’
‘I can tell you lots and lots about this journey…but what a price to pay’
A mix of tiredness and hopelessness
A mix of expectation and pity
A mix of sadness and determination/bravery
Devotion to science/mankind
‘We are very cheerful but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.’
‘They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them…’
‘We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death. …we knew the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We hope to meet the end with a similar spirit…’
I can tell you lots and lots about this journey…but what a price to pay’
Analyzing & Judging
Keep going on, for the development of human society.
With the mixed feelings, did they give up?
What did they do?
HERO
Do you agree with the author?
‘Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage shown by Scott and his men made them heroes.’
What did you learn from Scott’s story?
Don’t be pessimistic, even when things seem hopeless. Embrace the difficulties with a brave heart.
When doing something important, always, always, always prepare as well as you can!
Material preparation
Mental preparation
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