“ Scott of the Antarctic”
Lessons 2,3
9
UNIT
Who is your role model ?
Main menu
dangerous
windy
heroes
snow
Warming - Up
frost
1. What words come to your mind
when you think about the South Pole ?
snow storm
ice
beauty
low temperature
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food
matches
medicine
mobile phone
skis
warm clothes
maps
experience
good luck
good crew
Warming - Up
sleeping bags
2. What things would you take with
you if you went to the South Pole ?
tent
beauty
3
Read the story and
answer the questions.
5
Who was
Falcon Scott ?
Amundsen ?
3
Read the story and
answer the questions.
5
What is
3
Put the paragraphs in the right order,
match them with the titles and read
the text. There is one extra title.
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1. The Great Success.
2. “To strive, to seek, to find and
not to yield.”
3.The Worst Journey in the World.
4. Scott’s Dream.
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next
3
3
Number the events in
the correct order.
Homework
B
- Scott bought the equipment for his expedition.
- Scott left England.
- The ponies died.
- Amundsen got to the South Pole.
- The men pulled the sledges.
- Scott selected four strong men.
- Scott got to the South Pole.
- Scott and his people died.
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10
Answer the questions.
1. When did Scott leave England ?
On 15 June
1910
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10
Answer the questions.
2. Where did he go ?
To the Antarctic
3
10
Answer the questions.
3. How many men went with him ?
Eleven, but afterwards
he chose the strongest
four of them to go to the Pole.
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10
Answer the questions.
4. When did Scott start the expedition?
On 1 November 1912
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10
Answer the questions.
5. How long did it take Scott to get to
the South Pole ?
More than
2.5 months
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10
Answer the questions.
6. Who was the first man at
the South Pole ?
Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen
and his crew
3
10
Answer the questions.
7. Whose flag did Scott see
at the South Pole ?
Norwegian
3
No, ne ver !
10
Answer the questions.
8. Did Scott come back ?
They couldn’t walk the last 11 ml
out of 1,766 to their next depot.
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Сравните два путешествия по основным параметрам представленным в таблице
Роберт Фалкон Скотт
Линии сравнения
Руал Амундсен
Команда
Снаряжение, подготовка к экспедиции
Опыт
Способ передвижения
Сроки экспедиции
Погодные условия
Удача
Роберт Фалкон Скотт
65 малознакомых полярников, были не уверены друг в друге
12 человек отправляются к полюсу, но доходят только 4
Линии сравнения
Команда
Продовольственные склады, надежда на мотосани и пони, и только одна собачья упряжка
Руал Амундсен
Снаряжение, подготовка к экспедиции
Имел опыт зимовок на берегах Антарктиды
19 опытных, проверенных, закаленных в путешествиях моряков с сильным характером, хорошо знали друг друга, до полюса шло 5 человек
Опыт
Маньчжурские пони, моторные сани
Четверо нарт, удачное место зимовки и старта- на 100 км ближе к полюсу, продовольственные склады (последний на 270 км ближе к полюсу)
Есть опыт зимовки в антарктических водах в конце 19 в., экспедиции в Арктике
Способ передвижения
11 ноября (на 22 дня позднее) 1911 года, 18 января 1912 года достигли полюса
Сроки экспедиции
Холод, сильная пурга
Собачьи упряжки (52 лайки), лыжи
Погодные условия
Сани сломались, пони были не пригодны: достигнув полюса, на обратном пути погибли
С 20 октября 1911года,
16 декабря 1911 года достигли полюса
Удача
-20 градусов по Цельсию, не было страшных холодов, ни затяжных метелей
Дошли до полюса туда и обратно за 99 дней, за антарктическое лето
1
Put the verbs in brackets
in the right tense form.
1. Robert Scott __________ a dream, because he __________ to the Antarctic before.
2. Before he __________ to the South Pole, he
__________ the route.
3. Scott __________ about Amundsen who
also __________ to the Antarctic.
had
had been
went
had planned
knew
had gone
1. have, be
2. go, plan
3. know, go
1
Put the verbs in brackets
in the right tense form.
understood
4. Very quickly Scott _____________ that he _____________ a lot of mistakes.
5. When Scott and his men __________ to the South Pole, they _____________ that they
_____________ the race.
had made
got
saw
had lost
4. understand, make
5. get, see, lose
Homework
A
Complete the sentences with
these words.
1. Robert Falcon Scott was
_______________ .
2. Roald Amundsen was
a famous _____________ .
3. Roald Amundsen went
to ________________ from
_________________ .
- England
- Norway
- sea-officer
- South Pole
- Antarctic
- traveller
a sea-officer
traveller
the Antarctic
Norway
Homework
A
Complete the sentences with
these words.
4. Scott left _______________ in 1910.
5. Scott wanted to be the first man on
_______________ .
England
the South Pole
Number the events in
the correct order.
B
Homework
17-18 January 1912
- Scott got to the South Pole.
- Amundsen got to the South Pole.
- Scott left England.
- Scott and his people died.
- Scott bought the equipment for his expedition.
- Scott selected four strong men.
- The ponies died.
- The men pulled the sledges.
14 December 1911
15 June 1910
February-March 1912
First half of 1910
3 January 1912
November-December 1911
December 1911-
January 1912
Number the events in
the correct order.
Homework
B
- Scott bought the equipment for his expedition.
- Scott left England.
- The ponies died.
- Amundsen got to the South Pole.
- The men pulled the sledges.
- Scott selected four strong men.
- Scott got to the South Pole.
- Scott and his people died.