(共24张PPT)
Why do polar bears never eat penguins?
Iceberg
Polar lights
Since Antarctica is so fantastic, why not learn more details about it through reading ?
penguin
Activity 4 on P4
1、Read the passage and choose a heading for each paragraph. (3’)
A great place for researchers
Plants and animals
The Antarctic Treaty
The discovery of Antarctica
The land
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
There are mountains and volcanoes in Antarctica.
Not many animals live there.
There aren’t many plants.
4. There are lots of white rocks in Antarctica.
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2、Check the true statements. (8’)
5. People guessed that Antarctica existed before it was discovered.
6. The first person to land on Antarctica was British.
7. France was one of the first countries to sign the Antarctic Treaty.
8. The treaty has three main aims.
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Remember the following words as soon as possible(3’), then fill in the blanks:
treaty
adapt (to)
depth
explore
gravity
mineral
radioactive
rainfall
surface
trap(v.)
nuclear
适应
深度
探索
重力
矿物
核能的
放射性的;有辐射的
降雨量
表面
储存;使受限
条约
1.The ________ of something is the top or outside part of it.
2.If you ________ a place, you hope to discover something there.
3.If you ______ to a new situation, you change.
4.A _________ is a substance that is formed naturally in the earth.
5. A _______ a special written agreement between different countries.
6. _________ is the amount of rain which falls
in a particular place.
surface
explore
adapt
mineral
treaty
Rainfall
7._________ is a force which makes things fall to earth.
8. If you ______ something or someone, they can’t move.
9.__________ energy comes from the centre of an atom.
10._______ means how deep something is.
11._____________ refers to a dangerous form of nuclear energy.
trap
Gravity
Nuclear
Depth
Radioactive
Nuclear radiation 核辐射
Each person, each sentence , to describe Antarctica.(2’)
The penguin is a kind of bird which can’t fly. But it can walk straight , swim and dive (潜水) just like a man.
The adult penguins replace all the feathers once a year.
Penguins don’t exist only in Antarctica. There is a kind of African penguins living in South Africa. Can you believe it?
They are famous for their howls (嚎叫) which are continuous and unbelievable, just like the ones of donkeys. So, they have an funny name -- “donkey penguin”.
The blood colour of fishes in Antarctica is between grey and white.
No oil spills
No global warming
No rubbish throwing
To live a low-carbon and harmonious life!
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Choose one of them:
1、Connect the oral sentences into writing a compositon to introduce Antarctica.
2、Prepare a presentation about Arctic (The North Pole).