Great Women教案1

t : look at the picture .what are the animals ?
good .penguins .
t: where are they ?on the north pole or on the south pole ?
  quite right , on the south pole .
t :listen! here is a brainstorm :why polar bears never  eat penguins ?
  correct .there are no polar bears in antarctica. as we all know, polar bears live on the north pole .
t: please discuss in pairs the rest qs in pre-reading . then i’ll ask some of you to report your answers .
t: are you ready ? who’ d like to answer the first q ? volunteer !
step 3. presentation
t:    it is freezing cold in the south pole .few people ,in the world have
 ever been there .however ,there was a brave woman who had traveled alone to
the north pole and the south pole .do you know who she was ?
right , helen thayer .she was the first woman who traveled alone there .
today we are going to read about the great woman , helen thayer.
t:  at the first sight of the tile ,i can’t help wondering why she decided to  go there and how could a person be alone in antarctica .how could she  manage to do that ? what difficulty would she come across ? how could she survive in such a  freezing cold place ? what’s your impression as you see the title ?
t:   but helen thayer managed. do you want to know about helen thayer and her experience alone in antarctica ? ok ,let’s come to the text .
 step4.reading
task1 . skimming
1. :make a decision whether the statement true or false
t: this time i’ll play the tape for you to listen and follow .after listening，you are asked to decide whether the following statements are true or false .
show the following  on the screen :
 (f)1) she spent her 50th and 60th birthday in antarctica.                             
(f)2) during her expedition in antarctica ,the weather was very good though the wind                                               
 was very icy .
(t)3) every november there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day.             
(f)4) her birthday fall on the 22th day when her began her journey to the south pole .