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Unit8Lesson32

AntarcticExpedition1

land:14millionsqkm(280,000sqkmice-free,13.72millionsqkmice-covered)

note:fifth-largestcontinent,followingAsia,Africa,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica,butlargerthanAustraliaandthesubcontinentofEuropeLocation:

continentmostlysouthoftheAntarcticCircle

2Geography:

thecoldest,windiest,highest(onaverage),anddriestcontinent;duringsummer,moresolarradiationreachesthesurfaceattheSouthPolethanisreceivedattheEquator;mostlyuninhabitable

3penguin4seal5salangane6expedition7RoaldAmundsen,bornin1872nearOslo,Norway,lefthismarkasoneofthemostsuccessfulpolarexplorerseverborn.OnDecember14th1911,hestoodvictoriouslyattheSouthPole.Hereachedagoalthatwasthedreamofmanymen.Forthefirsttime,humanvoicesbroketheawesomesilenceoftheworld'ssouthernmostpoint.8大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流可以互相讨论下，但要小声点9LtoR:Wilson,Evans,Scott,OatesandBowers10RobertFalconScottwasbornatOutlandsonJune6,1868.HehadaracewithRoaldAmunsdentotheSouthPole,andheandhisfourcompanionsarrivedonemonthlaterthanRoald.Butunfortunately,ontheirwayback,allofthemdiedofhungerandextremelycold.LtoR:Wilson,Evans,Scott,OatesandBowers1112True(T)orfalse(F)1.ScottandAmundsenstartedtheirjourneysinthepolarspring.2.Scott’suseofmotorsledgesandponieswasasuccess.3.AmundsentravelledmorequicklythanScott.4.WhentheygottothePole,Scott’sexpeditionhadacelebration.5.CaptianOateswentforawalkandgotlostinasnowstorm.6.Scott’slastletterwastohiswife.TFTFFT131.prepareV.prepare…for…e.g.Pleaseprepareatablefordinner.Hopeforthebestandpreparefortheworst.Languagepoints14preparationn.inpreparationfor为…作准备Theyputchairsintheschoolhallinpreparation

fortheconcerts.Joeistraininginpreparationforthenextfootballmatch.inpreparation在准备中Plansforsellingthenewproductarenowinpreparation.152.waitforsb./sth.Hewaitedimpatientlyforananswer.waittodosthIcantellyousomethingyou’vebeenwaitingtoknow.3.pullthesledge拉雪橇pushthesledge推雪橇164.breakdowna.机器,车辆等坏了Wearesorrytoarrivelate,butthecarbrokedown.b.身体跨了Hishealthbrokedown.c.失败,坚持不去了Theplanwaswellconceived,butitbrokedownbecausepeopleareunwillingtocooperate.17breakin蹩脚英语

breakinon/upon非法进入,强行进入breakout使人心碎breakone’sheart爆发,突然讲出brokenEnglish打搅,使停顿185.devastatevt.使…荒废,蹂躏devastatingadj.devastationn.Ahurricanealargesectionofthecoast.Theexplosioncausedcompleteofthefactory.devastatingdevastateddevastation196.despiteprep.

尽管(有某种情况)e.g.Hecametothemeetingdespitehisseriousillness.

Despitethemistakesandweakness,itdidagreatdealofgoodworkinsidethetradeunions.206.

havedifficulty/problemwithsth.havedifficulty/problem(in)doingsth.e.g.Idon’thavedifficultieswith

Englishgrammar.Hehassomedifficultyunderstandingthatman’saccent.p.s.difficulty可做可数名词也可做不可数名词.217.failvi.失败e.g.Allourplansfailed.failinsth.在…不足,在…失败.e.g.Hehasfailedinhismathematics.Shefailed