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Antarctic
Arctic
North Pole
Where is it?
South Pole
How about this picture?
North PoleNorth Pole (Arctic)(Arctic)
South PoleSouth Pole(Antarctica)(Antarctica)
iceberg
ice cave
ice flowersice flowers
hillshills
polar lights
sunset
Pre-reading:
1.What will you take with you? Why?
2. Do you know the names of three countries that are part of the North Pole?
What about the South Pole?
3.Which animals live on the North Pole? And which on the South Pole?
4.Why do polar bear never eat penguins?
sled
cellphone
a map
ice pickskis
boots
backpack
sleeping-bag
tent
compass
radio transmitter
Which animals live on the North Pole?
polar bear walrus seal
reindeer snow foxkiller whale
Which animals live on the South Pole?
walrus seal
penguin whale
polar bear penguin
Why do polar bears never eat penguins?
Alone in Antarctica
Helen Thayer
Listening :
What is solo travel?
Why did the writer want to travel in Antarctica?
Time Weather What happened to her?Nov.1,
1997fine, icy, not strong wind
began her almost 400-mile journey
3rd-11th
storm, strong wind
spent a whole day in her tent
Nov. 12th
storm died down
celebrated her birthday
a few days later
storm died down
fell into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled
22nd icy windhad a bad accident with the sled and hurt her leg
Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1. She spend her 50th and 60th birthday in Antarctic.
2. She already traveled 400 miles on Nov.1st , 1997.
3. During her expedition in Antarctica, the weather was very good though the wind was icy.
4. During the expedition , the weather was very changeable .
5. Every November there is bright sunshine 24 hours
a day. 6. The wind was so strong that her tent was blown away .
7. Her birthday fell on the 22nd day when she began
her journey to the South Pole. 8.She fell into the bottom of the hole but managed to climb out .
9. She had got self-rescue training before the expedition.
11.The challenges of the travel earned the writer a lot of money.
12. She will never forget her solo travel in the South Pole.
smart generous loyal out-going warm-hearted activehonest experienced friendly aggressive hardworking helpfulcheerful strong optimistic open-minded adventurous
Choose some words to describe Helen Thayer and explain why
“My journey was like life itself. We all have our problems as we travel to our goals, but we can all reach our goals just as I did, one step at a time, never giving up on ourselves. If we reach for the top and believe we can do it, we can all make our dreams come true.”
“A goal is only a dream if you don’t have a plan.” ----Helen Thayer
alone
stormycelebrate
drop outstruggle to
give up
IV.Retell the text: (Key words)
Famous women