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Unit 8 Lesson 32 Antarctic Expedition

Unit 8 Lesson 32 Antarctic Expedition. land : 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) note : fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe.

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Unit 8 Lesson 32 Antarctic Expedition

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  1. Unit 8 Lesson 32 Antarctic Expedition

  2. land: 14 million sq km (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe Location:continent mostly south of the Antarctic Circle

  3. Geography:the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface at the South Pole than is received at the Equator; mostly uninhabitable

  4. penguin

  5. seal

  6. salangane

  7. expedition

  8. Roald Amundsen, born in 1872 near Oslo, Norway, left his mark as one of the most successful polar explorers ever born. On December 14th 1911, he stood victoriously at the South Pole. He reached a goal that was the dream of many men. For the first time, human voices broke the awesome silence of the world's southernmost point.

  9. Robert Falcon Scott was born at Outlands on June 6, 1868. He had a race with Roald Amunsden to the South Pole, and he and his four companions arrived one month later than Roald. But unfortunately,on their way back, all of them died of hunger and extremely cold. L to R: Wilson, Evans, Scott, Oates and Bowers

  10. Read the text carefully. Are these statements true (T) or false (F) 1.Scott and Amundsen started their journeys in the polar spring. 2.Scott’s use of motor sledges and ponies was a success. 3.Amundsen travelled more quickly than Scott. F F T

  11. F 4.When they got to the Pole, Scott’s expedition had a celebration. 5.Captian Oates went for a walk and got lost in a snow storm. 6. Scott’s last letter was to his wife. F T T

  12. Language points

  13. 1. expedition : 探险;远征;探险队 go on an expedition 去探险 make an expedition 远征，探险 a polar expedition 极地探险队

  14. 2. prepare V. prepare …for… e.g. Please prepare a table for dinner. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

  15. preparation n. in preparation for 为…作准备 They put chairs in the school hall in preparationfor the concerts. Joe is training in preparation for the next football match. in preparation 在准备中 Plans for selling the new product are now in preparation.

  16. 3. wait for sb. / sth. He waited impatiently for an answer. wait to do sth I can tell you something you’ve been waiting to know. 4. pull the sledge 拉雪橇 push the sledge 推雪橇

  17. 5.make progress in/with sth. progress 不可数名词 e.g. Are you making any progress with your study? They are making slow progress in the construction of the new road.

  18. 6. break down a. 机器,车辆等坏了 We are sorry to arrive late, but the car broke down. b. 身体跨了 His health broke down. c. 失败,坚持不去了 The plan was well conceived, but it broke down because people are unwilling to cooperate.

  19. break in 蹩脚英语 break in on/upon 非法进入,强行进入 break out 使人心碎 break one’s heart 爆发,突然讲出 broken English 打搅,使停顿

  20. 7. devastate vt.使…荒废,蹂躏 devastating adj. devastation n. A hurricane a large section of the coast. The explosion caused complete of the factory. devastating devastated devastation

  21. 8. despite prep.尽管(有某种情况) e.g. He came to the meeting despite his serious illness. Despite the mistakes and weakness, it did a great deal of good work inside the trade unions.

  22. besides prep. & adv. • prep. 除了 e.g. Besides you, no one is qualified. What has he done, besides reading the paper? • adv. 此外,除此之外 e.g. Besides, I want you to promise me one thing. Her intention were good. Besides, it was pleasant to be with her.

  23. except prep. 除去,除掉 e.g. They all went to sleep except the young Frenchman. We go there every day except Sunday. except for 除了有…之外 e.g. Your composition is good except for a few spelling mistakes. Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.

  24. 9.have difficulty/problem with sth. have difficulty/problem (in) doing sth. e.g. I don’t have much difficulty with English grammar. He has some difficulties understanding that man’s accent. p.s. difficulty 可做可数名词也可做不可数名 词.

  25. 10. spend sb. spend …on sth. sb. spend … (in) doing sth. e.g. He doesn’t spend much time on his homework. He spent much time correcting my grammar.

  26. 11. fail vi. 失败 e.g. All our plans failed. fail in sth. 在…不足,在…失败. e.g. He has failed in his mathematics. She failed in her last English exam. fail to do sth. 没有能够,没有 e.g. He fails to understand its real significance. When I failed to find you ,I sent you a note by messenger.

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