高一英语(师大版)-必修二 Unit 5 Humans And Nature (6)（78张PPT）课件

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必修二 Unit 5 Humans And Nature (6)
高一年级 英语



Lesson 3 Race to the Pole (2)
Reading
Race to the Pole
Roald Amundsen
Scott
What made Amundsen win?
Good __________ and careful _______ of time contributed to Amundsen’s success.
preparation
planning
lead to
What problems did Scott and his team meet on
the way to the Pole?
Scott’s Odyssey
2. What happened on their return journey?
What was people’s opinion towards
Scott and his team?
What problems did Scott and his team meet on
the way to the Pole?
Scott’s Odyssey
2. What happened on their return journey?
What was people’s opinion towards
Scott and his team?
a long journey full of experiences
What problems did Scott and his team meet on
the way to the Pole?
Scott’s Odyssey
His two sledges broke down, and then the horses began to have difficulties with the snow and the cold. They had to push the sledges themselves.

Scott’s Odyssey
2. What happened on their return journey?
They were soon very tired and were running out of food.

The weather conditions were terrible.
All five men died.
Scott’s Odyssey
What was people’s opinion towards Scott and
his team?
The news of Scott’s death shocked the world. Scott had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the great courage shown by Scott and his men made them heroes.

Fill in the blanks using the proper form of the given words and phrases.
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base
The great expedition began in the polar summer of 1911, Captain Scott, the British _________ and his Norwegian counterpart (对手) Roald Amundsen set off for the race to the South Pole. Before the journey, both parties organised food ________. On the way to the destination, Amundsen made rapid progress.
The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

Captain Scott, on the other hand, soon had problems. His two sledges ___________. They had to push the sledges themselves.
Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first. He left a letter to Scott and headed back. Scott came to the destination one month later. When he saw the letter and the Norwegian flag, he and his men were disheartened.
The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

On their way back, Scott and his men carried twenty kilos of rocks with them all the time. These rocks ________ that the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants once.
Both Amundsen and Scott were _________ enough to conquer the South Pole. Their ________ and strong will made them heroes.
The great expedition began in the polar summer of 1911, Captain Scott, the British _________ and his Norwegian counterpart (对手) Roald Amundsen set off for the race to the South Pole. Before the journey, both parties organised food ________. On the way to the destination, Amundsen made rapid progress.
The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

explorer
bases
The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

Captain Scott, on the other hand, soon had problems. His two sledges ___________. They had to push the sledges themselves.
Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole first. He left a letter to Scott and headed back. Scott came to the destination one month later. When he saw the letter and the Norwegian flag, he and his men were disheartened.
broke down
The journey to the Pole
ambition explore bravery
prove break down base

On their way back, Scott and his men carried twenty kilos of rocks with them all the time. These rocks ________ that the continent of Antarctica was covered by plants once.
Both Amundsen and Scott were _________ enough to conquer the South Pole. Their ________ and strong will made them heroes.
proved
brave
ambition
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Work out the implied meaning of these sentences. Write your inferences below.

implied meaning
: meaning that is not directly expressed
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Work out the implied meaning of these sentences. Write your inferences below.

making inferences
Sometimes things are not stated directly in the text. To understand what is meant, we need to read between the lines. This is called “making inferences”.
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Work out the implied meaning of these sentences. Write your inferences below.

read between the lines
: to figure out the hidden meaning
in the context
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Work out the implied meaning of these sentences. Write your inferences below.

☉Read the sentence / paragraph carefully.
☉Read the lines before and after it.
☉Use your logic and knowledge to understand the implied
meaning of the text.
“Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing —— and goodbye to most of our dreams.”
line 21 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

“Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing —— and goodbye to most of our dreams.”
line 21 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

“Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing —— and goodbye to most of our dreams.”
line 21 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

They lost the reason for the journey.
The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
line 26 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
line 26 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Why?
The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
line 26 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Why?
The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
line 26 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Why?
They were getting weaker.
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death...”
line 33 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death...”
line 33 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

For how long?
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death...”
line 33 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

For how long?
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death...”
line 33 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

For how long?
He is going to walk into the cold and die
away from the team.

Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy… But what a price to pay.”
line 42 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy… But what a price to pay.”
line 42 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

to what extent?
Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy… But what a price to pay.”
line 42 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

to what extent?
Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy… But what a price to pay.”
line 42 _________________________________________
_______________________________________________

The journey cost the men their lives.


to what extent?
Now, do you know how to
make inferences in the context?
Read the content on P37, summarise the changes of feelings on Scott’s team’s return journey.
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
hopeless
helpless
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
hopeless
helpless
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation: “... 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.”
Showing an optimistic attitude under severe conditions
hopeless
helpless
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
determined
devoted
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
determined
devoted
Still devoted to science and their missions after the shock of failure
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
If you were Scott, would you do the same thing?
determined
devoted
Still devoted to science and their missions after the shock of failure
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
sad
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
sad
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
sad
courageous
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking. Scott recorded his death: “He said, ‘I am just going outside and I may be some time.' We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death, but though we tried to stop him, we knew that it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit, and certainly the end is not far.”
sad
courageous
Accepting death with a calm spirit
Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy … But what a price to pay.”
Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy … But what a price to pay.”
Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy … But what a price to pay.”
in total despair
desperate
Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy … But what a price to pay.”
Scott and two of his team members carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food bases. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. He wrote a letter full of sadness to his wife Kathleen: “I could tell you lots and lots about this journey. What stories you would have for the boy … But what a price to pay.”
Being a loving and responsible husband and father till the end of his life
Would you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why
or why not?
2. How do you understand Amundsen’s saying about Scott’s
death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for
bravery, for everything that makes a man”?
Discussion
Discussion
☉Work in groups to discuss the questions.
☉Consult a dictionary, define the meaning of “loser” and “hero”.
☉List the key words to help organise your thought process.
Would you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not?
Even though Scott and his team lost the race to the Pole, they showed true determination and strength of character which is seen as in heroes. Scott and his team are inspirational and not losers. Scott’s team had always kept their goals in mind. They carried the rocks even in extremely difficult situations. The spirit and what they have done helped followers do further research.
2. How do you understand Amundsen’s saying about Scott’
death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for
bravery, for everything that makes a man”?
Captain Scott wrote a diary detailing his journey. Each entry was truthful and honest. He was honest about the feelings of his team and his fears. Captain Scott and his team brought back rocks for research, they did not only think about themselves but also about the greater good of humankind and the effect of the research.
What kind of man was Amundsen?
☉ The food?they?had packed for?the?dog-sledge?journey?across?Antarctica proved?
not enough,?so?Amundsen?and?his?men?
decided to?shoot and?eat?some?of their?dogs.


What kind of man was Amundsen?
☉?In?1926,?he?was?the?first?expedition?
leader?for the?air?expedition?to?the North Pole.
☉?In June 1928, while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia, the plane he was in disappeared.
More facts about Captain Scott
☉ Not only did he write letters to his wife, but he wrote to all the teammates’ family and his country named “Message to the Public”.
More facts about Captain Scott
☉ He ended with these words: ?We took risks, we knew we took them. Things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint…determined still to do our best to the last…
More facts about Captain Scott
☉ Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

More facts about Captain Scott
☉ The bodies of Scott and his companions were discovered by a search party in 1912,
8 months after his death. Their final camp became their tomb(坟墓).

More facts about Captain Scott
☉ Scott soon became a national icon. An eleven-year-old
British girl wrote a poem in honor of him which ended:
Though naught but a simple cross
Now marks those heroes’ grave,
Their names will live forever!
Oh England, Land of the Brave!

☉ A scientific Station named the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was built at the South Pole in 1957. Its name honors Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott for their great contributions to mankind.
Suffixes
prepare preparation
situate
hope
cheer
explore
anxious
sad
-tion
-less
-ful
-ness
-ly
situation
hopeless
/ hopeful
cheerful
exploration
anxiously
sadness

prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
1. Scott and Amundsen waited __________ for spring during the Antarctic winter of 1911.
2. Amundsen got to the South Pole before Scott because he had done more ____________ before leaving for the Pole.
3. Scott and his team got into a difficult __________ because their sledges broke down.
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.
prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.

4. Scott’s team tried to stay ________ despite all the difficulties they faced.
5. Scott experienced a great sense of _________ after realising that all of his efforts to reach the South Pole were for nothing.
6. Scott wrote about their ________ situation in his diary.
prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.

7. The bad weather increases the danger of their __________.

prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
1. Scott and Amundsen waited __________ for spring during the Antarctic winter of 1911.
2. Amundsen got to the South Pole before Scott because he had done more ____________ before leaving for the Pole.
3. Scott and his team got into a difficult __________ because their sledges broke down.
anxiously
preparation
situation
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.
prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.

4. Scott’s team tried to stay ________ despite all the difficulties they faced.
5. Scott experienced a great sense of _________ after realising that all of his efforts to reach the South Pole were for nothing.
6. Scott wrote about their ________ situation in his diary.
cheerful
sadness
hopeless
prepare situate hope cheer explore anxious sad
Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.

7. The bad weather increases the danger of their __________.
exploration
Homework
Can you give other examples of people showing courage in the face of failures or extreme difficulties?
Write a short passage to demonstrate your thoughts.
Better give us some examples to support your ideas.