Moduleone

Antarctica:theLastContinent

Leaningaims

1.TogetsomeinformationaboutAntarctica

2.Toimproveourreadingability

3.Toinspireourlovefornatureandraiseourawarenessaboutprotectingnature

Preview

Newwords(givethemeaningsofnewwords)

penguinexplorerAntarcticaannualrainfall

statedepthgravityinhospitableextremeflower

mossalgaelichenadapt(to)

trapmeteoriteextraterrestrialmassbalance

explorationsetfootonrivalrytreatycommercialnucleartest

radioactivepromote

StepILead-in

ShareashortmovieaboutAntarcticaandguesstheplacetoincreasestudentsinterestinlearning

(hetext.

Guesswhereisit?

Step2Fastreading

Matchtheheadingswith5partsofthepassage.

PartiA.agreatplaceforresearchers

Part2B.Plantsandanimals

Par(3C.TheAntarcticTreaty

Part4D.ThediscoveryofAntarctica

Part5E.Theland

Aim:tomakethestudentsknowthemainideasofthefiveparts.

Step3Carefulreading

Supposeyouarcaguide,pleaseintroduceAntarcticatothevisitors

Readpart1-2andfillinthetable

continentAntarctica

location

size

climate

animals

SharepicturesaboutAntarctica

南極地區

坤山打（市h）5

Readpart3andanswerthequestion.

Whatmakeitagreatplaceforresearchers?

1)—thousandsofycars/awindowonthepast

2)-intheformofvolcanicdusttrappedin(heice/whattheclimatelike.

3)meteoritesfromouterspace/darkincolour.

Readpan4andanswerthequestion

Whathappenedinthefollowingyears?

1.Inthe15thcentury:

2.Untilthelate18thccntuiy:

2.in1895

ReadPart5—TheAntarcticaTreaty

When____________________________________________

Countries:______________________________________________________________

Aims:_____________________________________________________________________________

Aims:workslowlyandsettledowntoreadthetextindetail,andtrytounderstandtheinformation

andstructureofthetext.

Step4Post-reading

TasklFillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.

Antarctica,the1.(cold)placeonearth,isthe2.(five)largestcontinentintheworld.

Withannualrainfallclose3._zero,thecontinentisthedriest.Itssurfaceiscovered4.

(permanent)byiceandstrongwindsblowfromthepoletothecoastline.However,

itisfullofwildlifelikethefamouspenguins,5.canadapttoitshardconditions.Theice

therehasbecomeawindowonthepastwithgasesandminerals6.(trap)init.Notuntil

18957.theNorwegianexplorersetfoot8._theAntarcticmainland.In1961,12countries

signedatreaty,whoseaimis9.(prevent)thecommercialandmilitaryuseofthe

continent.Todayscientistsfromallovertheworldgothere10.(study)itsresourcesand

toworktogether