2010年11月22日 星期一

Robert Scott: A Race to the South Pole

1. Cool Antarctica



新增影片2. Pre-reading questions
  • Where is the South Pole?
  • How is the Antarctica different from the Arctic?
  • What kind of climate does Antarctica have?
  • Which animals can be found in the Antarctica?

3. Reading comprehension questions
  • Who are Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott? (P1)
  • What was the contribution of Scott's first expedition to the Antarctica? (P2)
  • What was the goal of Scott's second expedition? (P3)
  • How is Amundsen's plan different from Scott's? (P4)
  • What other differences are there between the two expeditions? (P5)
  • How difficult was Scott's expedition? What mistake did he make during the journey? (P7)
  • How was Scott's return trip? (P9)
  • How did Scott record his expedition? Did Scott's team succeed in returning home? (P11)


4. Usage and grammar
  • ..., but he planned to have his men pull the sleds ... (line 25)
  • ..., he sent all but four men back to the base camp. (line 52)
  • They became exhausted and had more and more difficulty pulling their sleds. (line 70)
  • Then another became so weak that he knew he was endangering the lives of theothers. (lines 72-73)

5. Collocations
  • lead an expedition to ... (line 7)
  • a number of (line 17)
  • different from (line 21)
  • a ton of supplies (line 39)
  • ahead of the others (line 41)
  • because of blizzards (line 51)
  • full of supplies (line 64)
  • They became weak from hunger. (line 66)
  • ..., but he is remembered as one of the great heroes of exploration. (line 94)

6. Quizlet

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