1. Great Women
Unit 17
Madame Curie
Pearl S.Buck
Song Qingling

2. Women can hold up half of the sky.
A Chinese saying goes:
Women can hold up half of the sky.

3. Alone in Antarctica

4. The North Pole
The South Pole

5. Antarctica ( South Pole )
Temperature :
1) average: -50 ℃
2) coldest: -80℃
Wind speed :
average: 200km/h
strongest: over 300km/h

6. Russia , US , Canada , Greenland . Chile , Argentina , South Africa ,
Countries that are part of the North Pole :
Norway , Sweden , Finland ,
Russia , US , Canada , Greenland .
Countries that are part of the South Pole :
Chile , Argentina , South Africa ,
Australia , New Zealand .

7. What kind of animals can you see at the south pole?
whale
seal
penguin

8. What kind of animals can you see at the north pole?
polar bear
wolf
snow fox

9. Why do polar bears never eat penguins?VS
He must be kidding. How can they eat us? By air????
Polar bears live only on the north pole while penguins live only on the South Pole

10. Helen Thayer
—New Zealand
The first woman to travel solo to any of the world’s poles(South Pole and North Pole).

11. Predicting (预测) ALONE IN ANTARCTICA
Use title and pictures to predict the content
ALONE IN ANTARCTICA
where?
who ?
when?
why?

12. Her ________ to the _____ Pole
Fast reading
Read the title,the first paragraph and the last one quickly to get the main idea of the whole passage
Helen Thayer’s travel alone to Antarctica
expedition
south
Her ________ to the _____ Pole

13. Skim the text to check if your prediction is true
Para.
Outline 1.
The journey of challenge and danger began
2.3
The first days of the journey 4
Her birthday in Antarctica 5
Self rescue
6.7
A bad accident 8
Making a decision

14. True or false:
( ) Helen was the second woman to travel alone to the North Pole at 50 .
( ) There was bright sunshine 24 hours a day in the Antarctica.
( ) Helen thawed a frozen cake and sang“Happy birthday” at the low of her voice.
( ) Helen used to practise self rescue beside the sea.
( ) Helen had a bad accident and her head was woozy because of hitting the ground.. F
first T F
top F
in the mountain T

15. Choose the best answer to the following questions.
1. Antarctica is another name for ____________
A. Australia B. the South Pole C. the North Pole D. Canada
2. The sun does not go down in Antarctica, so Helen’s workdays were usually ____________
A.2 hours B. more than 12 hours C. less than 12 hours D. 24 hours.
3. Helen Thayer was born on ________.
A.1 November B. 12 November C. 22 November D. 1 November 199

16. Choose the best answer for the following questions.
4. On the 22nd day of the expedition Helen Thayer had an accident. What happened?
A. She was attacked by a polar bear.
B. Her tent was blown away by the storm.
C. She fell into a hole that was a few hundred feet deep.
D. The sled knocked her over and hurt her leg.
5. What decision did Helen make after the accident?
A. She spent a whole day in her tent.
B. she waited till she got better and continued her journey.
C. She gave up and went back home.
D. She was thankful for all the training she had had.

17. celebrate her 60 birthday an experience of solo travel
Antarctica
Destination
Reason
celebrate her 60 birthday
Time
November 1st , 1997
Ways
walk and ski alone
Process:
an experience of solo travel
Result

18. How does the writer develop the passage?
In order of time

19. What happen to her during the journey?
Time
Weather
What happened to her?
Nov.1-2,1997
fine, icy, not
strong
began her almost 400-mile journey
storm, strong
wind
spent a whole day in her
tent
3rd-11th
Nov. 12th
storm died down
celebrated her birthday
fell into a hole and was
hanging on the ropes
tied to the sled
a few days later
Fine but icy
had a bad accident with
the sled and hurt her leg
22nd
Fine but icy

20. At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the _____ Pole.
Purpose: to celebrate my ____th birthday. 60
North
Way: walked and _____ alone without ____ team
skied
It was an unforgettable and _______ experience.
dog
Alone in Antarctica
valuable
Accident1:when I was moving forward over a _____, I had ____ into a hole and hanging on the ropes ____ to the sled Accident2: I had a bad accident with the ____ and hurt my ____and my head was ______.
Weather: The first days was very ____ ,there was bright _______ 24 hours a day.On the third day there was a _____ and during the next week the wind grew _______.
slope
fallen
good
sunshine
tied
storm
sled
stronger
leg
woozy

21. What kind of woman is Helen Thayer?
Helen Thayer is a special woman.
She has a very strong will.
She enjoys great challenges.
She is brave and very active.
She is responsible ,as she knows that the
people in her life, such as her family, are
more important than her personal achievement.

22. Helen Thayer is optimistic
She is calm.
She is persevering.
She is healthy.
She is honest.
She is determined.

23. What can you learn from her ?
1.Helen Thayer shows us that no matter whether we are men or women and no matter what age , we can set ourselves goals and work hard to achieve them .
2. In the process of getting to our goals , we will experience difficulties and set-backs and we can use them to change our methods or ways to reach the goal.
3.Where there is a will ,there is a way .

24. Thank you!
see you!