Great Women教案1
(t)5) she had got self-rescue training before the expedition .
(t) 6) she will never forget the solo travel in the south pole.
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task 2.scanning :
1.more questions about text comprehension.
t: please read the text and try to find the answers to the following questions .
1) what about the weather in the south pole ?
2) how did she celebrate her birthday ?
3) how did she self-rescue after she had fallen into a hole ?
4) what was her biggest trouble she had met at last ?
5) did she continue the journey at last?
6) what kind of journey did she describe it ?
7) why did helen want to want to travel the south pole?
8) what kind of woman is helen?
2 . analyses the journey :
1) ask the students to divide the text into several parts
t: i’ll play the tape for you to listen and follow .after listening,please divide the text into certain parts .
beginning ; paragraph 1
process: paragraph2-7
ending: paragraph 8
2) give the time and ask the students to finish the events
t: please read the text again then try to complete the following chart according to the text ,and then discuss in pairs the qs given .
title alone in antarctica
par outline detail
1 the journey of challenge and danger began 1.what did she do at 50?
2.what would she do at 60?
3.when did she begin her journey?
2 the first days of the journey 1.what was the weather like?
2.how was the wind later?
3.how many hours did she travel when the winds increased?
3 her birthday in antarctica 1.when was it?
2.how did she spend her birthday?
4 self rescue 1.what happened when she was moving forward over a slope?
2.how did she rescue herself?
5 a bad accident 1.how did she hurt herself?
2.what’s the result of the accident?
6 making a decision how did she make a decision?
3) can you tell about the feeling of her at last ?
step5.careful reading
t: please read the text para. by para. and get as many details as you can to answer the following questions.
para.1 the journey of challenge and danger began
1. how did helen thayer celebrate her 50’s birthday?
2. how did she want to celebrate her 60’s birthday?
3. what does dog team mean , and what was it used for?
4. how do you understand the sentence “another journey of challenge and danger