1、Lesson 4 Journey to the Antarctic,Common sense Quiz,1. In which polar season should u go?,2. Which equipment should you take?,summer,3. What difficulties will you face?4. What will you see there?,The Race to the Pole,A competition to see who is the fastest,Captain Scott,Roald Amundsen,The captain of
2、 each expedition,Who succeeded? Who failed? Why?,Answer,Amundsen: had teams of dogs pulling the sledges; all his men were on skis Scott: two sledges broke down; the horses had serious difficulties with the snow and the cold; had to push the sledges,Read the text more carefully and put the following
3、statements in the right order,Captain Oats had great difficulty walking and then died. On his way, Scott received a message from Amundsen. Scott wrote a letter to his wife telling her their story. Two sledges broke down. Amundsen left a Norwegian flag and then returned. Scott and his team were out o
4、f food. Captain Scotts courage moved the whole world.,B-D-E-F-A-C-G,Work in pairs to work out the meanings of these words,anxiously break down shocked ambition exhausted run out of,hopeless cheerful distant carry on within,anxiously break down shocked ambition exhausted run out of,worriedly stop fun
5、ctioning extremely surprised sth.you want to achieve extremely tired have nothing left/use up,Work in pairs to work out the meanings of these words,hopeless cheerful distant carry on within,without hopehappyfar awaycontinueinside,Work in pairs to work out the meanings of these words,Language points,
6、1. expedition : 探险;远征;探险队go on an expedition 去探险 make an expedition 远征，探险a polar expedition 极地探险队,2. prepare V. prepare sth 准备 prepare for为做准备 e.g. She was preparing dinner at that time. The students are busy preparing for the test.Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. n. preparation in prepa
7、ration for make preparation(s) for,3. break down a. 机器,车辆等坏了 We are sorry to arrive late, but the car broke down. b. 身体跨了 His health broke down. c. 失败,坚持不去了 The plan was well conceived, but it broke down because people are unwilling to cooperate.,have difficulty with sth. have difficulty (in) doing
8、sth.,One person may have difficulty with language development. 有的人可能在语言发展方面有障碍。 I have no difficulty in communicating with foreigners.,at one time 有一时期(一次,曾经),At a time At the time At all times At times At other times At no time In no time,一次，逐一，每次 当时，在那时 随时，总是 有时，间或 在其他时候 决不，在任何时候都不 立刻，马上,Carry on
9、with sth./doing sth.,=carry sth on After his death, his children will certainly carry on his career. carry sth. out =carry out sth.实现；执行 They swear to carry out their duties faithfully.他们发誓要忠实履行自己的职责。 carry sb. through sth. 帮助某人渡过难关 His determination carried him through.,Discussion : The spirit of explorers,Eric the red Biarni Leif Zheng He Christopher Columbus Marco Polo Captain Scott Roald Amundsen,
