北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 8 Adventure lessons4-1

[00:04.39]Unit 8 Adventure
[00:06.84]Lesson 4 Journey to the Antarctic¹
[00:11.06]The RACE to the POLE
[00:13.47]On 1 June, 1910,
[00:16.16]Captain Scott left London to begin his journey
[00:19.62]to the Antarctic.
[00:21.04]On his way, he received a message
[00:23.36]from the Norwegian explorer² Roald Amundsen:
[00:26.82]"I'm going South." So the race to the South
[00:30.75]Pole was on!
[00:32.51]During the polar³ summer of 1910-1911,
[00:36.47]both teams organized food bases
[00:39.10]in preparation for their journeys the next year
[00:42.52]Then came the total darkness
[00:44.55]of the polar winter.
[00:46.26]Scott and Amundsen waited anxiously for spring.
[00:50.50]Amundsen was the first to leave,
[00:52.85]on 15 October, 1911.
[00:55.83]He had teams of dogs pulling the sledges⁴
[00:58.59]and all his men were on skis⁵.
[01:01.20]Because of this, he made rapid progress.
[01:04.85]Scott left on 1 November
[01:07.03]and soon had problems.
[01:08.81]First, his two sledges broke down,
[01:11.49]and then the horses begs to have serious
[01:13.95]difficulties with the snow and the cold.
[01:17.30]After a while,Scott and his men
[01:19.97]had to push the sledges themselves.
[01:21.17]

1 Antarctic   

adj.南极(区)的；n.(the A-)南极洲，南极圈

参考例句：

• The Antarctic is a mountainous area.南极洲是一个多山的地区。
• It is well known that penguins live in the Antarctic.企鹅生活在南极洲是众所周知的。

2 explorer   

n.探险家，探测者

参考例句：

• His father is an Arctic explorer.他父亲是一位北极探险者。
• The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole.那位考察者组织了一个去北极的探险队。

3 polar   

adj.两极的，极地的，南辕北辙的，南极的，北极的，极性的；n.极线，极面

参考例句：

• It's very cold in the polar regions.南北极地带是很寒冷的。
• Love and hatred are polar feelings.爱与恨是完全相反的感情。

4 sledges   

n.雪橇，雪车( sledge的名词复数 )v.乘雪橇( sledge的第三人称单数 )；用雪橇运载

参考例句：

• Sledges run well over frozen snow. 雪橇在冻硬了的雪上顺利滑行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They used picks and sledges to break the rocks. 他们用[镐和撬]来打碎这些岩石。 来自互联网

5 skis   

n.滑雪板( ski的名词复数 )v.滑雪( ski的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• a pair of skis 一副滑雪板
• His skis crossed and he sat down in a most undignified manner. 他的滑雪板交叉在一起坐下时，姿势很不雅观。 来自辞典例句