Oceania
Antarctica
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South
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America
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• Do you like them?
• Do you know
where they live?
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your partner.
Scenery
in Antarctica
The polar quiz: north or south?
1.Which pole has no land?
2.Which pole has more ice?
3.Which pole has polar bears?
4.Which pole has penguins?
5.Which pole has the longest period of total darkness?
6.Which pole has no inhabitants?
7.Which pole was reached first by explorers?
8.Which pole is protected by an international
agreement?
N
S
N
S
SS
N
S
ØA great place for researchers
ØPlants and animals
ØThe Antarctic Treaty
ØThe discovery of Antarctica
ØThe land
2.What are the animals and plants in Antarctica?
ANIMALS:
PLANTS:
different types of penguins,
flying birds, seals, and whales.
two types of flowering plants,
mosses, algae, and lichen.
3.What are mentioned as important evidences for researchers
in Antarctica?(多选）
A. Ice.
B. Rocks.
C. Flowering plant.
D. Gases and minerals.
4.Who is the first person that reached Antarctica?
A. Roald Amundsen.
B. James Cook.
C. Carstens Borchgrevink.
James Cook Carstens Borchgrevink Roald Amundsen
5.Which of the following is NOT true about the aim of the
Antarctic Treaty?
A. To make 80% of the world’s population know it.
B. To prevent Antarctica from nuclear tests and radioactive
waste.
C. To work for progress of international scientific projects.
D. To make everyone know Antarctica doesn’t belong to any
country.
Summary: A clozing test
Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, is the fifth 1.______
(large) continent in the world. The 2.___________(condition)
there are quite extreme with 3. (near) no rainfall. 98% of
the surface is covered permanently by ice and strong winds
4.________(drive) by gravity blow from the pole to the
coastline. However, it is full of wildlife like the famous
penguins, 5. can adapt to its hard conditions. The ice
there 6.________ (become) a window on the past with gases
and minerals 7. (trap) in it. It was not until 1895
8. the Norwegian explorer called Carstens Borchgrevink
set foot 9. the Antarctic mainland. In 1961, 12 countries
signed a treaty to make it the world's biggest nature reserve.
Today scientists from all over the world go there to study its
resources 10. to work together for progress and peace.
largest
conditions
nearly
driven
which
has become
trapped
that
and
on
Analyze the following sentences（关注长难句）
1.But the long Antarctic winter night, which
lasts for 182 days (the longest period of
continuous darkness on the earth ) as well
as the extreme cold and lack of rainfall,
means that few types of plants can survive
there.
Tips:从句交织：拨开枝杈(定、状、补和插入成
分)，直扑主干(主、谓、宾)，抓谓语动词。
宾语从句
主语
谓语
但是南极洲冬天的夜晚长达182天(地球上持续时间
最长的黑暗时期), 气候极度寒冷降雨量极少,这意
味着很少有植物能够在这里生存。
• 仿写:持续了两天的大雨，还有断电，就意味着营
救人员会遇见更多的困难。
Answer: The heavy rain, which lasted for
two days ,as well as the power cut, means
that rescuers would meet more difficulty.
Now write your own sentences.
2. Gases and minerals, in the form of
volcanic dust trapped in the ice, can tell us a
lot about what the world’s climate was like
in past ages.
这些以火山灰形式封冻冰层里的气体和矿物质可
以告诉我们很多关于远古时期全球气候的状况。
Ø仿写1:他以提问题的形式提建议。
He made the suggestion in the form of a question.
Now write your own sentences.
Ø仿写2：被困在燃烧的房子里，他们很危险。
Trapped in the burning house ,they were in danger.
介词短语做
后置定语
过去分词做后置定语 谓语
3. Not until the late 18th century did the
British explorer James Cook cross the
Antarctic Circle, but he never saw land.
直到18世纪末，英国探险家詹姆斯 · 库克
才穿越了南极圈，但他却从未发现陆地。
not until 用在句首应该用倒装结构。
仿写：直到妻子下班他才停止了工作。
Not until his wife came back did he stop working.
Now write your own sentences.
Homework
Imagine you visited the South Pole scientific
station. Write a short visitor’s report to
describe what life was like for you.
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