Unit8Lesson4JourneytotheAntarcticopen

1、lesson 4journey to the antarcticobjectives of this class:predict what a text is about by reading the title and analyzing the pictures.work out the meaning of a new word through contextual analysis or word formation.retell a story by referring to an outline of the story.know two great explorers and t

2、heir expedition to the antarctic.do you know anything aboutthe antarctic?what difficulties the explorers might meet on their journey to the antarctic?prediction:what is the text about?maybe it is about the race between roald amundsen and captain scott to the south pole.1st reading to know the main i

3、dea and structure of the textpreparation and the successful journeys to the south polepart ipart iipart iiiscotts hard return journey from the south polethe end of the story-scotts heroic death(para1-3)(para4-7)(para8)what is the main idea of the text?check your prediction:preparation and the succes

4、sful journeys to the south polescotts hard return journey from the south polethe end of the story-scotts heroic deaththe story mainly tells us that2nd reading (pair work)preparation and the successful journeys to the south pole1.why the norwegian explorer, amundsen could reach the south pole earlier

5、 than scott? part i(para1-3)because he started earlier than scott and he had a team of dogs pulling the sledges and his men were on skis. 2.what difficulties did scotts team have on their journey to the pole?first, his two sledges broke down, and then, after a while, they had to push 3.what did scot

6、ts team feel when they found they lost the race? they were shocked/disappointed and2nd reading (pair work)scotts hard return journey from the south poleachievementthey carried 20 kilos of rocks, _proved the antarctic was once_ by plants in the _ past.disasters & difficultiesthey were_ and _ food._ a

7、nd _ died on the return journey.scott and his two team members _ their journey and when they got near one of their food bases, they met a terrible _.whichcovereddistantexhaustedrunning out ofedar evanscaptain oates carried onstorm2nd readingthe end of the story-scotts heroic deathscotts death _ the

8、world. although he and his team members _ win the race and died on the return journey, they were made into _ because of _ _they showed in the exploration.shockedfailed to heroesextraordinarycouragedealing with new words：work out the meaning of these new words. (pair work)1. the men were soon exhaust

9、ed and were running out of food. the weather conditions were terrible. scott started to realize their hopeless situation: “we are very cheerful, but ” (line26-31)2. we all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.(line44)3. he wrote a letter full of sadness to his

10、 wife kathleen. (line50)retell the storypreparation and the successful journeys to the south polescotts hard return journey from the south polethe end of the story-scotts heroic deathl on 1 june, 1910lin preparation for/prepared for lwaited anxiously.lamundsendogs pulling the sledgesl broke down, ha

11、ve serious difficultiesl 20 kilos of rockslvery tired, run out of ltwo team members lcaptain oateshave difficultyl recorded his deathlcarried on, storml shocked the world.lfailed to winlheroes.lextraordinary couragevoice your opinions1.what spirits should a great explorer have? 2.do you really think scott was a hero? 3.some people think scott was not a wise man because he could retur