(共25张PPT)
Journey
to the Antarctic
Lesson 4 Unit 8
Letters Alive
To my widow
Dearest Darling -- we are in a very tight corner and I have doubts of pulling through. In our short lunch hours I take advantage of a very small measure of warmth to write letters preparatory to a possible end -- the first is naturally to you on whom my thoughts mostly dwell waking or sleeping -- if anything happens to me I shall like you to know how much you have meant to me and that pleasant recollections are with me as I depart. …
Well dear heart I want you to take the whole thing very sensibly as I am sure you will -- the boy will be your comfort. I had looked forward to helping you to bring him up but it is a satisfaction to feel that he is safe with you. …
I must write a little letter for the boy if time can be found to be read when he grows up. Dearest when the right man comes to help you in life you ought to be your happy self again. I hope I shall be a good memory and I like to think that the boy will have a good start in parentage of which he may be proud.
Dear it is not easy to write because of the cold . You know I have loved you, you know my thoughts must have constantly dwelt on you and, oh dear me, you must know that quite the worst aspect of this situation is the thought that I shall not see you again. ...
You see I am anxious for you and the boy's future -- make the boy interested in natural history if you can, it is better than games they encourage at some schools. …Oh my dear my dear what dreams I have had of his future and yet of my girl.
What lots and lots I could tell you of this journey. What tales you would have for the boy but oh what a price to pay to forfeit the sight of your dear dear face. ...
My dear one
How can I guess how things will be with you when you get this… But oh dearie I am full of hope. My brave man will win. …
Now don’t forget to brush your hair – and don’t smoke so much and altogether you’re a ducky darling and hurray for you!
I don’t know if you’ll ever get these silly little letters, and it’s truly to tell you that I love your and moreover I think you are splendid.
I am glad and happy and I’m getting to be very healthy and fit – when you come home we’ll feel closer and closer together and the long time we’ve been apart will seem only a little hour.
My all the good gods conspire to bring my Con through his great difficulties with a glad heart and a constant hope.
Bless you dearest of men. K.
These two letters, written by _______ and __________, were the last letters they wrote to each other.
As Scott battled through the Antarctic’s bitter temperatures and blinding winds, the loving letter which he got __________ (when) was one source of warmth he carried till the last moment of his life. The letter was found ___________(where) together with photos of his wife and only son.
When__________ he also wrote a letter to his wife___________(where), expressing his love and concern for his family.
Kathleen’s last letter to Scott
What do you think about Scott?
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)
Norwegian explorer of polar regions
A key expedition leader during
the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)
British Royal Navy officer and explorer
a popular hero in Britain
The Race to the Pole
“The geographical prize was the South Pole
- the most remote spot on earth”
Mind maps
Why did the explorers want to go to the South Pole? Why was there a race?
How did Scott and his men’s feelings change?
When they received Amundson’s message…
As they Organised food bases…
During the polar winter…
When they started the journey…
On the way south …
The moment they arrived at the south pole…
In the return journey…
When their team members died…
When the last storm came…
Why did the explorers want to go to the South Pole? Why was there a race?
How did Scott and his men’s feelings change?
How did Scott and his men face the end?
What did Scott’s team achieve?
Why did Scott and his men become heroes?
What do you think about Scott?
What were the main reasons for Scott’s team to fail?
Who won the race in your mind?
What might be Scott’s regrets?
“Amundsen knew of Scott's innovative motor sledges and feared the advantage they gave him, but unknown to him, they were soon abandoned due to mechanical failure in the cold. As Scott's men laid more depots, individual support teams and dogs successively turned back.”
---BBC History
“When Scott ordered the last of the dog teams back to base camp, the men pulled their heavy sledges themselves using man-harnesses. It was exhausting work but Scott believed it was less cruel than using animals and more noble.”
---BBC History
What were the main reasons for Scott’s team to fail?
Who won the race in your mind?
What might be Scott’s regrets?
“There is a piece of the Union flag I put up at the South Pole in my private kit bag together with Amundsen's black flag and other trifles -- give a small piece of the Union flag to the King and a small piece to Queen Alexandra and keep the rest a poor trophy for you!”
---Scott’s last letter to Kathleen
“Dear you will be good to the old mother. I write her a little line in this book.”
“I haven't time to write to Sir Clements -- tell him I thought much of him and never regretted him putting me in command of the Discovery.”
---Scott’s last letter to Kathleen
“I want to thank you for the friendship you gave me of late years, and to tell you how extraordinarily pleasant I found it to serve under you.”
---Scott’s last letter to his commanding officer
Sir Francis Bridgeman
“After all we are setting a good example to our countrymen, if not by getting into a tight place, by facing it like men when we were there.”
---Scott’s last letter to his commanding officer
Sir Francis Bridgeman
What do you think about Scott?
What can you learn from him?
How to study a text
Step 1: Read extensively to enlarge input.
Step 2: Read carefully to ensure understanding.
Step 3: Read repeatedly to promote deeper
thinking.
Step 4: Summarize, draw conclusions
and apply what you learn to life.
Step 1…
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Homework
Write a letter to Scott’s son
telling him 1. what his father was like
2. what you have learned from
his father
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