文档介绍：Unit17 Revision
penguins
the South Pole
Polar bears
the North Pole
Why do polar bears never eat penguins?
Polar bears live only on the North Pole while penguins live only on the South Pole.
Lead-in
Antarctica
The South Pole
Arctic Ocean(北冰洋)
The North Pole
B
A
Two ends of the world
Where is the South Pole?
Find the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. A pair of gloves are necessary in freezing weather.
2. A warm coat as well as a hat are of great help.
3. Many a cell phone have been put in my suitcase.
4. More than one tent has been set up at the foot of
the mountain.
5. All kinds of medicine is to be considered when you are making preparations for an adventure.
6. Nothing but a map and pass is lost.
7. There are a national flag, a rope and some dry food in my bag.
Helen Thayer
Alone in Antarctica
The 1st woman who traveled alone to the North Pole at the age of 50. Ten years later, she made a similar expedition to the South Pole.
Ask the class to describe the heroine in the story.
Her name is Helen Thayer ,she was born in New Zealand,When she was 50,she had been to the North Pole and when she was 60,she walked alone in Antarctica as her sixty birthday’s gift,she is the first woman who got to two poles in the world. She wrote her adventurous experiences
in a book named Polar Dream.
Decide if the statements are true “T” or false“F”. Correct if it is “F”.
She spent her 50th and 60th birthday in Antarctica.
She went to Antarctica with the dog team pulling her sled.
3. Everything went all right during the first few days.
4. During the next week the wind grew so strong that it blew away her 15
without the dog
F
F
F
T
she had to spend a
whole day in the tent.
fell into a hole when she was moving forward over a mountain.
6. She had got self rescue training before the expedition.
had a bad accident and her head was woozy because of her poor health.
will never forget her solo travel in the South pole althoug