【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 nish the T /F questions .( T) her first days in the expedition , the weather was very good though the wind was icy. ( F )2. Every November there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. ( F ) have to put her tent up after the winds became too strong. (T ) the winds were getting stronger and stronger, her tent was not blown away. Para. 4 Celebrate her birthday in Antarctica was her birthday? was the weather like on her birthday? did she do to celebrate her birthday? Self rescue happened when she was moving forward over a slope? helped her get out? Para. 6amp。7 A bad accident1. What was her plan for the 22nd day of expedition?2. What happened on the 22nd day of the expedition?3. How was her hurt ?4. How did she rescue herself this time ?Para. 8 Making a decisionT: Please read this paragraph quickly and choose the best answer. 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. –ReadingT: As we have finished reading the text ,please acplish the Post –Reading questions . Q1 .What kind of woman is Helen Thayer? Please describe Helen Thayer in a few sentences .Q2. What should we learn from Helen Thayer? And do you admire her ? Why ?T: Please finish off Ex1 Post –Reading questions . Answer to the questions: 1 B. 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. CDiscussion:T: Next let’s have a discussion .I’ll divide the whole class into two groups and discuss the following topic . Each group should give the opposite opinion .Are you clear ? Show the following on the screen . In a conference , some people just gave a proposal: In the 21th century , let women return to the families. How do you think of it Step Task1 . (Need to think )The processTime WeatherWhat happened to her?The first daysgood, icy wind, bright sunshinebegan her almost 400mile journeyThe 3rd11th day stormy weather, strong wind spent a whole day in her tentNovember 12ththe storm died downcelebrated her birthdayA few days laterNot mentionedfall into a hole The 21st dayNot mentionedshe decided to increase the workdayThe next morningcold windhad a bad accident with the sled and hurt her legTask2 .Close test the first daysThe first days the weather was good. The wind was icy but not very strong and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just _around the corner.the 3rd dayOn the 3rd day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the next week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending _a whole day in my tent. howling stormThe winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blowme and my tent away.My world dropped out from under my skis. I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled, I used to practise self rescue many times ,I was thankful for all the training I had had.a bad accidentOn the 22nd day I had a bad accident with the sled and hurt my leg . I couldn’t ____stand on my left leg and my head was __woozy from hitting the ground. I struggle to my knees, wiI have to put my tent up for shelter.Step .T: Today we’ve have a heat discussion about the text and have learned a lot from Helen Thayer ,especially her attitude towards difficulties and her wisdom in making a correct decision as a result of objective analysis of all the facts .The following is the main idea of the text : This reading passage mainly gives us the description of the bad weather ,the way Helen Thayer deals with her accidents ,and also her good decision to stop the travel and risk her life after the accident .All of these show us a brave ,unusual ,strong ,honest and responsible Helen Thayer .We’ve learnt a lot from her , for example , “Where there is a will there is a way。 Nothing is impossible to a willing heart .” No matter