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)

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