选修8 Module 1 PPT课件

Para 4 How was Antarctica discovered?
Antarctica was the last continent_to__b_e_d_is_c_o_ve_r_e_d. More than 2 thousands years ago,G__r_ee_k_g_e_o_g_ra_p_h_e_r_s believed there was a large land existing in the south. However, it was not until_t_h_e _la_te_1_8_th_c_en_t_u_ry_ that a _B_r_i_ti_sh_ explorer crossed the A__n_ta_r_c_ti_c circle. In 1895, a_N_o_r_w_e_g_ia_n_ become the 1st man to_s_e_t _fo_o_t_o_n_ Antarctica and it was finally_r_e_ac_h_e_d_ on 11th December 1911.
Fast-reading
Read through the passage and choose a heading for each paragraph
Para 1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Para 5
Plants and animals The discovery of Antarctica Brief introduction of Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty A great place for researchers
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(2) Antarctic rocks may
contain_e_v_i_d_e_n_c_e_o_f__e_x_t_ra_-_t_e_r_re_s_t_r_ia_l_l_i_fe__
Chinese Antarctica scientific explorers on Antarctica
Para 5 Why was a treaty(条约) made?
Aims
to prevent
the_c_o_m__m__e_r_c_ia_l_and_m__i_li_t_a_r_yuse
① to keep it free
from_n_u_c_l_e_a_r__t_e_s_t and_r_a_d_i_o_a_c_t_iv_e__w_a_s_te
Para 2 animals & plants penguins
seals
whale
There are different types of penguins,flying birds, seals and whales.
Few plants survive there except mosses, algae and lichen.
② promote international_s_c_ie_n_t_i_fi_c_p_r_o_j_e_cts
③ end_a_r_g_u_m__e_n_t_sabout who owns the
land
Focus on CEE 聚焦高考
Which sentence in the text can replace the following one?
Tips: 抓住关键词 找清同义短语 揪出不变成分
Translate the sentence into Chinese.
Para.1 Brief introduction of Antarctica
Name: _A_n_t_a_r_c_ti_c_a_
Location: around the _S_o_u_t_h_P__o_le_ Area:1_4__m_i_ll_io_n_ square kilometers;
the 5th_la_r_g_e_s_t_ continent in the world Climate: coldest and_d_r_ie_s_t_ on Earth Numbers: 90% of_t_h_e_w__o_r_ld_’_s_i_ce_,70% in_a_f_r_o_z_e_n_s_t_a_te_,98% is covered int_h_e__ic_e_c_a_p_
However, because of the long cold winter night lasting as long as 182 days and lack of rain, there aren’t many types of plants that can live there
But the long Antarctic winter night, which lasts for 182 days, as well as the extreme cold and lack of rainfall, means that few types of plants can survive there.
182 days (the longest period of continuous darkness on earth)
Para 3 A great place for researchers
1 How can they help the researchers? (1)Gases & minerals can
Careful-reading for more informatioe of each paragraph?
The topic sentence is Antarctic is the coldest place on Earth. Yet Antarctica is full of wildlife, which has adapted to its extreme conditions