外研版选修8 Module 1 Deep South Reading 课件（30张PPT）

(共30张PPT)
Feedback
-about the words and Phrases
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Rush to answer
-words and phrases
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rivalry
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treaty
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ice cap
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inhospitable
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explorer
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rainfall
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gravity
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keep/lose his balance
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depth
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stand out
Antarctica:
the last Continent
Fast Reading
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Why is Antarctica called 'the last continent'?
Careful Reading paragraph by paragraph

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Prargraph1.The Land
rainfall
Strong
winds
Water
and ice
Mountain
range
size
Close to zero … desert
14 million… fifth
Trans-Antarctic range…cutting
90%…world’s ice
70%…frozen
98%…permanently
Driven by…
blow from
The land
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2
3
4
5
Paragraph 2


1.The long Antarctic winter night，2.The extreme cold，
3.lack of rainfall
Why can just few types
of plants survive there？
But the long Antarctic winter night,which lasts for 182 days ,as well as the extreme cold and lack of rainfall, means that few types of plants can survive there.

You as well as I are fond of Antarctica.
Paragraph 3
1.What can the ice tell us mainly?
(A)The climate in the past.
(B)Lots of useful information.
(C)Evidence of extraterrestrial life.
(D)The discovery of Antarctic.

2.Gases and minerals, in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice, can tell us a lot about what the world’s climate was like in the past ages.

1.Most of the ice has been there for thousands of years.As a result, it has become a window on the past, and can give researcher lots of useful information.
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Paragraph 4: Read and find what happens
2000 years ago
Greek geographers believed that
there was a large land mass in the south.
In the 15th century
Europeans discovered the continent of America.（exploration）
the late 18th century
The British explorer James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle
in1895
Carstens Borchgrevink set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
1911.12.11
Norwegian Roald Amundsen reached the Antarctic pole.
Greek geographers…mass…which
Europeans…America…exploration
The British explorer James…
Carstens…first ...mainland
Norwegian Roald
Paragraph 5:Read and answer








What is the main aims of the Antarctic treaty ?
Speaking
-group work

1.Why should we protect the Antarctica?
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It is an imperfect world,but it the only one we have got.
2.Suppose you are the representatives of
the explorers and science,
the presidents,
the international travel agents ,
the teachers,
the common people ，
What will you do to protect the Antarctica?
Speaking
-group work

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We know that a spirit of international friendship has replaced the rivalry that existed between many of the earlier explorers.
Emotional
Education

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How to end the rivalry between China and America?
China is unwilling to fight,
not afraid to fight
and has to fight when necessary
'Antarctica has become perhaps the most successful symbol of man’s efforts to work together for progress and peace.'
I believe it will not be the last one
Homework
1.Reread your geographical map book and write a report about Arctic in English.
2.Finish activity 1~4 on page11 ‘Welcome to the South Poles
3.Watch the micro lesson carefully and try to analyse the five long sentences written on the back blackboard.
THANKS