高二下(选修8) 鹦骼爨懈仰
Module Deep South Reading practice
Module 1 Deep South Reading Practice
Reading Practice 1-Look at the title of the passage. Write down a question which you hope the writer willl answer, pen For example: How many south Poles are there? What are they What's the weather like there? Are there any plants and animals?
Reading Practice 1 --Look at the title of the passage. Write down a question which you hope the writer will answer. Open For example: How many south Poles are there? What are they? What’s the weather like there? Are there any plants and animals?
Reading Practice 2-Answer the questions I. What do you think the dangers of life at the south pole? In my view, the glare of the sunlight is very dangerous. If you go out without wearing sunglasses or using suncream, there would be a severe risk that you'll damage your eyesight or get badly sunburnt. What's more, there's heavy frost even on the warmest summer days so the cold weather is the most dangerous
1. What do you think the dangers of life at the South Pole? In my view, the glare of the sunlight is very dangerous. If you go out without wearing sunglasses or using suncream, there would be a severe risk that you’ll damage your eyesight or get badly sunburnt. What’s more, there’s heavy frost even on the warmest summer days, so the cold weather is the most dangerous. Reading Practice 2– Answer the questions
2. What do you think the climate is like there? It's cold and dry. As said in the passage, the temperature is between minus 21C in summer and minus 78C in winter and it doesn't snow much-only about 4 millimeters a year
2. What do you think the climate is like there? It’s cold and dry. As said in the passage, the temperature is between minus 21ºC in summer and minus 78ºC in winter, and it doesn’t snow much-only about 4 millimeters a year
3. What advice do you think the writer will give you The writer advised us not to take cameras there, because photography is tricky, as film is fragile and the camera battery doesn't work in the cold weather. Another thing is that we should not leave any rubbish there because the ecology of Antarctica is very delicate and not to take any souvenirs home, and be careful to leave nothing but footprints
3. What advice do you think the writer will give you? The writer advised us not to take cameras there, because photography is tricky, as film is fragile and the camera battery doesn’t work in the cold weather. Another thing is that we should not leave any rubbish there because the ecology of Antarctica is very delicate and not to take any souvenirs home, and be careful to leave nothing but footprints
Reading Practice 4---Fill in each paragraph the main idea and its supporting ideas. Paragraph Main idea/theme Supporting ideas sentence South a ceremonial pole poles? TThere are three How many/ South pales a geographical pole a magnetic pole are there? Is it safe? There's a severe risk high altitude that you will damage intense sunlight your eyesight or get It's also reflected badly sun burnt. by the snow
Reading Practice 4---Fill in each paragraph the main idea and its supporting ideas. Paragraph Main idea /theme sentence Supporting ideas South poles? How many are there? Is it safe? There are three south poles. a ceremonial pole a geographical pole a magnetic pole There’s a severe risk that you will damage your eyesight or get badly sun burnt. high altitude intense sunlight It’s also reflected by the snow
Is there 1. The air is very pure anything possibly 2. It doesn't snow very good about the calmest much the place on 3. There's very little weather?Earth wind and the sky is usually clear. What's it 1. Sunrise and sunset like to live Life is come once every six here? q uite months. total abnormal. absence of daylight in the winter 2. totally isolated
Is there anything good about the weather? What’s it like to live here? It’s possibly the calmest place on Earth. Life is quite abnormal. 1. Sunrise and sunset come once every six months, total absence of daylight in the winter. 2. totally isolated. 1. The air is very pure. 2. It doesn’t snow very much. 3. There’s very little wind and the sky is usually clear
Where The south 1. a min of 28 people living do we/ pole here in the winter and a max live? scientific is of 125 people in the e summer situated on 2. The living quarters are a plat form modest, with few luxuries of Ice but cozy Any There are 1. Conventional equipment other some doesnt always work as it advice? important should do thing to 2. Dont leave any rubbish remember 3. Remember it's a privilege to be here. south pole
Where do we live? Any other advice? The south pole scientific is situated on a plat form of ice 1. a min of 28 people living here in the winter and a max of 125 people in the summer 2. The living quarters are modest, with few luxuries, but cozy. There are some important thing to remember in the south pole. 1. Conventional equipment doesn’t always work as it should do. 2. Don’t leave any rubbish. 3. Remember it’s a privilege to be here
Reading Practice 4-Read the passage and decide where you might find it. The story may be taken from (a)an encyclopedia (b )a scientific report (c)an information leaflet for visitors (d)a handbook for experienced polar explorers
The story may be taken from ____. (a) an encyclopedia (b) a scientific report (c) an information leaflet for visitors (d) a handbook for experienced polar explorers Reading Practice 4–Read the passage and decide where you might find it