Who are you?
Where are you from?
We are penguins.
We are from the south pole.
Where are you from?
We are from the north
pole. We are polar bears.
polar bear
Eskimo
penguin
Antarctic research stations of China
一、Vocabulary :
1.continent
2.permanently
3.ice cap
4.inhospitable
5.seals and whales
6.mass
7.reserve
8.rivalry
n. 大洲
adv. 永久地
adj. 荒凉的,不宜居住的
n. 海豹和鲸鱼
n.块、团、堆
n.保留地、专用地
n. 竞争
n. 冰盖
finish P4-4
1.rainfall
2.depth
3.gravity
4.adapt
5.extreme
6.mineral
7.trap
8.explore
9.treaty
10.nuclear
11.radioactive
12.promote
降雨量
深度
重力、地心引力
适应
极其的、极度的
矿物质
储存、留存
探索、勘探、探测
条约、公约
核的、核能的
放射性的
促进、增进 finish P3-3
二、Reading:
1、fast reading: finish Book P2-1
《学案》P2- step two
2、detailed reading: finish Book P2-2
《学案》P2- step three
三、Filling the blanks:
Antarctica,the coldest place on Earth,is the
fifth1 ______(large)continent in the world. The
conditions there are quite 2_______with nearly
no 3_______. 98 percent of the surface is covered
4______ (permanent) by ice and strong winds
driven by 5______blow from the pole to the
coastline. However, It is full of wildlife like the
famous 6_____, which can 7____to its hard
conditions. The ice there has become a window
on the past with gases and minerals8______(trap)
in it. It was not until 1895 9______ the Norwegian
10 _____called Carstens Borchgrevink set
11 ______on the Antarctic mainland.
largest
extreme
rainfall
permanently
gravity
penguins adapt
trapped
that
explorer
foot
In 1961, 12 countries signed a12______to
make it the world’s biggest nature reserve.
Today scientists from all over13_____world
go there to study its resources and
14________ (work) together for progress
and peace.
treaty
the
to work
the North Pole
the South Pole
the equator
northernmost、
Eskimo、polar bear
middle、 hot、forest、
more rainfall
southernmost、
the coldest、 penguin 、
no inhabitants、
recearch stations、
Antarctica
四、summery:
tropical
rain forest
南极大陆是世界上发现最晚的大陆,
在地球最南端,约98%面积被冰雪覆
盖,有“白色大陆”之称。自从19
世纪发现南极大陆起,人类便开始探
索这片神秘土地。根据1961年正式
执行的《南极条约》,南极先在不属
于任何一个国家,它属于全人类。
五、Homework:
1、finish Book P4-5
2、Preview Book P11、P13— two
passages