1、Unit 5 Humans and NatureLesson 3 Race to the Pole 教学目标与核心素养：知识目标：Students can learn some new words and expressions and theusage of suffixes.能力目标：Students can have a further understanding of the passage.情感目标：Students can think individually and learn cooperatively.教学重难点教学重点：How to learn the new words
2、and expressions and theusage of suffixes.教学难点：Howto make students have a better understanding of the passage.课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔教学过程：一、Pre-reading1. Greeting2. Leading-inACTIVATE AND SHARE教师活动：教师提问Look at the photos of Antarctica. What difficulties do you think explorers may facethere? What preparations
3、do they need to make?Ask students to think and share their answers.二、 While- readingREAD AND EXPLORE1. 学生活动：阅读文章，获取信息。Here is an account of two teams journeys to the South Pole. Read the text and find out when the two journeys began and what happened to the two teams.2. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成表格。Read again. Co
4、mplete the information about the two exploration teams. Then talkabout the journeys based on your notes.Scotts teamAmundsens teamNationality of the two teamsBritishNorwegianBefore the journeyThey organised foodbases.Theyorganisedfoodbases.Journey to the destinationTwo sledges broke down, and the hor
5、seshad difficulties with the cold. Scott and hismen had to push the sledges themselves.He had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this,he made rapid progress.Arrival at the destinationScott arrived at the Pole with four team memberson17January, 1912.Amundsen re
6、ached the Pole on 14 December,1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey.The return journeyMen were very tired and were running out of food. The weatherconditions were terrible. They broughtrocks back for scientific evaluation. Allmembers died.Amundsen and his teama
7、rrived safely back to their starting base on 25January, 1912, ten daysahead of their plannedschedule.3. 学生活动：Pair Work Summarise the change of feelings on Scotts teams return journey. Givereasons for the words or phrases you have chosen.(Suggested answers:hopeless and helpless (The men were tired an
8、d were running out of food. )determined and devoted (They found time to look for rocks and carried twenty kilos of rocks all the way with them.)sad but courageous (Edgar Evans had a terrible disease and died. The next to go was Captain Oates. We all hope to meet the end with a similar spirit.)full o
9、f sadness, completely hopeless, sorry (A terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scotts letter tell you lots and lots about this journey stories for the boy what a price to pay.)4. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。Read the underlined sentences from Scotts diary and letter. Work out the implied mea
10、ning of these sentences from the context. Write your inferences below.line 21 _line 26 _line 33 _line 42 _(Suggested answers:line 21: They lost the reason for the journey.line 26: The men were getting weaker.line 33: He is going to walk into the cold and die away from the team.line 42: The journey c
11、ost the men their lives.)三、After-reading学生活动：Group Work Think and Share1. Would you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not?(Even though Scott and his team lost the race to the Pole, they showed true determination and strength of character which is seen in heroes. Scott and his team
12、are inspirational and not losers. Scotts team had always kept their goals in mind. They carried the rocks even in extremely difficult situations. The spirit and what they have done helped followers do further research.)2. How do you understand Amundsens saying about Scotts death Captain Scott left a
13、 record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything that makes a man?(Captain Scott wrote a diary detailing his journey, each entry was truthful and honest. He was honest about the feelings of his team and his fears. Captain Scott and his team brought back rocks for research, they did not o
14、nly think about themselves but also about the greater good of humankind and the effect of the research.)FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: SUFFIXES学生活动：Complete the Word Builder. Then use the correct form of the words in the Word Builder to complete the sentences below.1. Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spr
15、ing during the Antarctic winter of 1911.2. Amundsen got to the South Pole before Scott because he had done more _ before leaving for the Pole.3. Scott and his team got into a difficult _ because their sledges broke down.4. Scotts team tried to stay_ despite all the difficulties they faced.5. Scott e
16、xperienced a great sense of_ after realising that all of his efforts toreach the South Pole were for nothing.6. Scott wrote about their _ situation in his diary.7. The bad weather increases the danger of their _.(Answers:situation; hopeless(ness) ; cheerful; exploration; anxiously;sadness2. preparat
17、ion 3. situation 4. cheerful 5. sadness 6. hopeless 7. exploration)EXPRESS YOURSELF1. 学生活动：Pair Work Read the sentences from Scotts diary and letter again.1. Discuss what he was trying to say in each one.2. Highlight the parts that impress you most and explain why.2. 学生活动：Pair Work Discuss the follo
18、wing questions. Read the text again if necessary.1. Why do you think the writer of the text used the word race in the title?2. Why was the world shocked by Scotts death?3. 学生活动：Search online for the main events in Chinas Antarctica exploration. Why do people try to explore the toughest part of the E
19、arth?语法：后缀后缀是一种重要的构词法，通过后缀常常可以判断出一个词的词性。一个英语单词可以分为三个部分：前缀、词根及后缀。单词中位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀，可以改变单词的意思。在语言学里，后缀，又称词尾，是一种后置于其他词素后的词缀。例如：下列词加一个合适的后缀构成一个新词drive(驾驶)v. driver(司机)n.act(扮演)v.actor(演员)n.host(主持)v. hostess(女主人)n.friend(朋友)v. friendship(友谊)n.mouth(嘴)n. mouthful(满嘴的)adj.educate(教育)v. education(教育)n.mo
20、ve (移动) v. movement (运动) n.arrive (到达) v. arrival (到达) n.happy (高兴的) adj. happiness (幸福) n.home (家) n. homeless (无家可归的) adj.brother (兄弟) n. brotherly (兄弟般的) fort (安慰) v. comfortable (舒适的) adj.person (人) n. personal (个人的) adj.imagine (想象) v. imaginary (虚构的) adj.attract (吸引) v. attractive (有魅力的) adj.s
21、trange (奇怪的) adj. strangely (奇怪地) adv.1.常见名词后缀+-ment,+-ion/-tion/-ation/-sion/,+-ance,+-ing,+-ure例如：下列词加一个合适的后缀构成名词agree agreement (同意)attract attraction (有吸引力的事或人) conclude conclusion (结论) compete competition (竞争；比赛) discuss discussion (讨论) organize organization (组织) appear appearance (外貌；出现) perfo
22、rm performance (演出)mean meaning (意义) say saying(谚语) press pressure (压力) fail failure (失败) 2.常见形容词后缀+-y,+-ed,+-ful/-less,+-able,+-ous,+-al,+-ly,+-en,+-cal及-ce变-t例如：下列词加一个合适的后缀构成形容词anger angry (生气的) health healthy (健康的) balance balanced (平衡的) gift gifted(有天赋的) care careful/careless (小心的/粗心的) use usele
23、ss/useful (无用的/有用的) harm harmful/harmless (有害的/无害的) change changeable (易变的) knowledge knowledgeable (博学的) danger dangerous (危险的) humor humorous (幽默的) confidence confident (自信的) difference different (不同的) class classical (经典的) nature natural (自然的) friend friendly (友好的) love lovely (可爱的) wood wooden (
24、木制的) gold golden (金色的) chemistry chemical (化学的) physics physical (身体的) importance important (重要的) 3.常见副词后缀+-ly；辅音字母y变ily例如：下列词加一个合适的后缀构成副词correct correctly(正确地) quiet quietly(安静地) easy easily (容易地) healthy healthily (健康地) lucky luckily (幸运地) polite politely (有礼貌地) fortunate fortunately (幸运地) safe sa
25、fely (安全地) 练习：1. Jack doesnt want to buy a pair of gym shoes but to take _ (fit) classes.2. The _ (relation) between the twospeakers is classmates.3. The man seldom does exercise because he lacks _ (motive).4. All across the country, _ (recover) centers have begun building Healing Gardens.5. The ad
26、had a phone number for a town in _ (south) Michigan.6. But then we got an_ (office) letter and we wereblown away.7. Most of us volunteers _ (breath) a sigh of relief when the season ends.8. It is difficult to figure out a _(globe) population of polar bears.9. Whether sick or fine, she is always _ (c
27、heer).10. The social environment is extremely influential when were making_ (decide).(Answers: 1. fitness 2. relationship 3. motivations 4. recovery 5. southern6. official 7. breathe 8. global 9. cheerful 10. decisions)四、Summary 重点词汇：shock, goal, ambition, prove, distant, within, on the way, in preparation for, break down, have difficulty doing sth.重点句型：全部倒装重点语法：后缀五、HomeworkWrite a short passage to express your opinions about the text.
