1、Learning aims(学习目标):1.Learn how to grasp the structure and main idea of a passage.2.Learn how to find useful and specific information3.learn to cooperate with partners.4.Learn how to deal with new words and the inversion structure(倒装结构）of“not until”.Challenge your reading speedChallenge your compreh
2、ensionChallenge your memoryChallenge your grammarChallenge your speakingPenguinsA flying birdWhaleSealmassAlgaeLichenMeteoriteLets start off!Fast-reading tRead the passage and choose a heading for each paragraph Fast-reading(Challenge your reading speed)A great place for researchers Plants and anima
3、ls The Antarctica Treaty The discovery of Antarctica The land Reading tip:just look through，pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph AntarcticaLandFast-reading(Challenge your reading speed)Para.1Brief introduction of Antarctica Name:_Location:around the _ Area:_ square kilometers;the 5t
4、h_ continent in the worldClimate:coldest and_ on EarthNumbers:90%of_,70%in_,98%is covered in_AntarcticaSouth Pole14 millionlargestdriestthe worlds icea frozen statethe ice capCareful-readingPara 2 What animals or plants does Antarctica have?Careful-readingParagaph 3and 41.Why is Antarctica a great p
5、lace forresearchers?2.Who discovered the Antarctica and when?Because most of the ice has been there for thousands of years Careful-readingIn 1895.a Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevink Say you,say meWhat can we do facing difficulties in daily life?1.Face them bravely and be confident in ourselves.
6、2.Keep calm,analyze the reason for the trouble.3.Dont be afraid or sad Learn to use.(Challenge your grammar)Not until the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctic circle,but he never saw land.直到18世纪晚期，英国探险家詹姆斯.库克才横穿南极圈，但他没能见到（南极洲）大陆 直到午夜他才回家。Not until midnight did he
7、 go home.Para 5Why was a treaty(条约)made?Time Countries _countries,including_,_and _.to prevent the_and_ useAims to keep it free from_and_ promote international_ end_about who owns the landResult It became the mostwork together for In 1961 12 Britain France the USAcommercialmilitarynuclear testradioa
8、ctive wastescientific projectsargumentsCareful-readingTo review the whole textComplete the article with one word in each blank.Antarctica is the coldest and driest place in the world.It is technically a _.It _ 90%of the worlds ice and most of its fresh water is in a frozen _.In some places it reache
9、s a _ of five kilometers.The wildlife in Antarctica has _ to its extreme conditions,but few types of plants can survive there because of the long winter night,the extreme cold and _ of rainfall.Researchers can get a lot of _ from the ice,gases,minerals and rocks there.Rocks in dark color which _ _ a
10、gainst the white are easy to find and collect.In 1895,a Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevinkbecame the first man to _ _ _ the Antarctica mainland.Today scientists from many countries travel to Antarctica to study its _.desert holdsstatedepthadaptedlackinformationset foot onresourcesstandoutDialogu
11、emaking Choose any one of the 4 topics to introduce the Antarctica:A:hello,can I ask you some questions about Antarctica?B:sure,go ahead A:.B:.1.what is the climate like there?Are there animals and plants(for example)?2.Do scientists love Antarctica why(a window give useful.)?3.Did Antarctic exist b
12、efore people knew it?when was Antarctica discovered?4.When was The Antarctic Treaty made?How many countries were involved(参与)？Topic:Antarctica:the last continentTime:May 24th Place:The 28 classroom Homework:Students from Class 28 invite you to give a lecture named“Antarctica:the last continent”.Prepare a speech paper(150words)