课件21张PPT。 Unit 8 Lesson 32
Antarctic Expeditionland: 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
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
penguinsealsalanganeexpeditionRoald 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.
L to R: Wilson, Evans, Scott, Oates and Bowers 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 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.
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.TFTFFT1. prepare V.
prepare …for…
e.g. Please prepare a table for dinner.
Hope for the best and prepare for the
worst.Language pointspreparation n.
in preparation for 为…作准备
They put chairs in the school hall in
preparation for 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.
2. 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.
3. pull the sledge 拉雪橇
push the sledge 推雪橇
4. 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.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5. 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.devastatingdevastateddevastation
6. 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.
6. have difficulty/problem with sth.
have difficulty/problem (in) doing sth.
e.g. I don’t have difficulties with
English grammar.
He has some difficulty understanding that man’s accent.
p.s. difficulty 可做可数名词也可做不可数名
词.
7. 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.