Module 1
Deep south
Reading and Vocabulary (1)
Antarctica: the Last Continent
How moch have you remembered?
1 explorer 11 penguin
2 annual 12 Antarctica
3 depth 13 algae
4 state 14 lichen
5 adapt 15 moss
6 balance
7 treaty
8 promote
9 inhospitable
10 commercial
n. 探险者
adj. 每年的
n. 深度
n. 状态,状况
v. (使)适应
v./n. 使平衡;平衡
n. 条约,公约
v. 促进,增进
adj. 荒凉的
adj. 商业的
n. 企鹅
n. 南极洲
n. 藻类
n. 地衣
n. 苔藓
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Europe
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Oceania
Antarctica
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How much do you know Mr. Earth?
1-7 seven continents A-D four oceans
Asia
AntarcticaWhat
What• is the world’s largest continent?
• is the world’s coldest and driest continent?
To get general ideas
ØA great place for researchers
ØPlants and animals
ØThe Antarctic Treaty
ØThe discovery of Antarctica
ØThe land
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To get detailed information
True or false questions:
1.There are mountains and volcanoes in
Antarctica.
2.Not many animals live there.
3.Only two types of flowering plants are
found on the Antarctic continent.
4.There are lots of white rocks in
Antarctica.
5. The first person to land on Antarctica
was British.
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Complete the sentences according
to the information in the text:
1. Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s ice,
and most of its fresh water
is________________.
2. There are different types of _________ ,
flying birds, ______ and whales.
3. Antarctic rocks are very also very
important for research. Most of them are
__________ from outer space.
in a frozen state
penguins
seals
meteorites
Answer the following questions about
Para 4,5:
1.Who first crossed the Antarctic Circle?
And when?
2.What’s the aim of the Antarctic Treaty?
The British explorer James Cook crossed
the Antarctic Circle in the late 18th century.
To prevent the commercial and military
use of the continent. In particular, to
keep Antarctica free from nuclear tests
and radioactive waste, to promote
international scientific projects and to
end arguments about who owns the land.
Appreciate the sentences :
1. With annual rainfall close to zero, Antarctica is
technically a desert.
2. Covering about 14 million square kilometres
around the South Pole, it is the fifth largest
continent in the world.
3.Gases and minerals , in the form of vocanic dust
trapped in the ice , can tell us a lot about what the
world’s climate was like in past ages.
4. Not until the late 18th century did the British
explorer James Cook cross the Antarctic Circle,
but he never saw land.
5. Then in 1895, a Norwegian called Carstens
Borchgrevink became the first man to set foot on
the Antarctic mainland.
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