Song Qingling (1893-1981) married
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the vice president of the People’s
Republic for many years. She
busied herself with various welfare
activities, raging from heading the
Women’s Federation to a number
of committees involving children.
Marie Curie (1867-1934) was born
in Poland, moved to Paris and
studied chemistry and physics there.
She married Pierre Curie and
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materials and discovered radium.
In 1911 she received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry.
Pearl S.Buck (1892-1973) was born
in the USA but grew up in
Zhejiang province after her parents
moved to China in 1895. She first
learnt Chinese and later taught
English. From 1910 to 1914 she
studied in America and returned to
China. In 1931 she wrote her best
known novel,The Good Earth. She
won the Nobel Prize for literature
in 1938.
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nun. From the age of 18 she worked
in India to help the poor. For more
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people who were often mentally of
physically disabled. She was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1979. In 2003, she was honoured
with the name of Blessed Teresa.
去北极旅游
travel to the North Pole
 庆祝我的60岁生日celebrate my 60th birthday
 四百里的行程
400-mile journey
 独自行走和滑雪 walk and ski alone
 拉着我的雪橇
pull my sled
 马上开始
be about to begin


即将来临
around the corner

明媚的阳光
bright sunshine

与暴风雪天气搏斗 struggle through stormy weath

发现自己在帐篷里呆find myself spending a whole
一天
day in my tent
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
搭建帐篷
吹走我和我的帐篷
put my tent up
blow me and my tent away
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





变弱
使得那天特殊
把冻僵的蛋糕放火上
烤
以我的最大音量
翻过一个山坡
听到它着陆
练习自救
die down
make that day special
thaw a frozen cake
over my fire
at the top of my voice
move forward over a slope
hear it land
practise self rescue
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




身体健康
把工作时间增加到十
二个小时
撞地后发晕
挣扎着跪着
作出决定
在极端的气候下
考虑到我的家庭
in good health
increase my workday
to 12 hours
be woozy from hitting
the ground
struggle to my knees
make a decision
in an extreme climate
think of my family
alone and lonely
1.
2.
3.
4.
The house stands ______ on the hill.
I was ________ in the house.
When his mother died, he felt _______.
He went back to the ______ village
where he was born.
at the end of/by the end of/in the
end
1.
2.
3.
He tried many times and ______ he
succeeded.
__________ last term, we had learned
20 units.
We will have an mathematics
examination______ this week.
use
1.
2.
3.
4.
We _______ (live) in the
countryside when we were young.
Tom _________(get up) early
now.
Wood ______ (make) a table.
Glass _______(make) bottles.
Countries that are part of the North
Pole:Norway,Sweden,Russia,Finland,
US,Canada,Greenland(which is part of
Denmark)
Countries that are part of the South
Pole:Chile, Argentina,South Africa,New
Zealand
Helen Thayer
1. Imagine you are traveling alone to the
South Pole. What will you take with you?
why?
2.Do you know the names of three
countries that are part of the North
Pole? What about South Pole?
3.Which animals live on the North Pole?
And which on the South Pole?
4.Why do polar bears never eat penguins?
compass
radio transmitter
backpack
boots
Sleeping-bag
tent
ice pick
skis
sled
North Pole
South Pole
1.How did the writer celebrate her
60th birthday?
The writer travelled to the Antarctica to
celebrate he 60th birthday.
2.Has she ever been to the North Pole?
When?
Yes. When she was 50. She travelled to
the North Pole.
( F ) 1. She celebrated her 50th birthday by travelling close
to South Pole.
( F ) 2. She went to Antarctica with the dog team pulling her
sled.
( T )3. Everything went all right during the first few days.
( F )4. During the next week the wind grew so strong that it
blew away her tent.
( T )5. She had a special birthday at 60.
( T )6. She had an accident after her birthday.
( T )7. It was all her training that helped her out of danger.
( T )8. At last she gave up and went back home.
What happen to her during the journey?
Time
Weather
Nov.1-2,1997 good, wind,
bright sunshine
3rd-11th
Nov. 12th
stormy, wind
storm died down
a few days later storm died down
22nd
icy wind
What happened to her?
began her almost 400mile journey
spent a whole day in her
tent
celebrated her birthday
fell into a hole and was
hanging on the ropes
tied to the sled
had a bad accident with
the sled and hurt her leg
1.What kind of woman is Helen
Thayer?
Describe her in a few sentences.
2.Do you admire Helen Thayer? Why?
What can we learn from her?