Do you know the following famous women in the world?Bing XinDiana Margret ThatcherDeng Yingchao Deng YapingPearl S. Buck Madame CurieSong QinglingMother TeresaWomen can hold up half of the sky.A Chinese saying goes: Helen Thayer —New ZealandThe first woman to travel solo to any of the world’s poles(South Pole and North Pole). The North PoleThe South Pole Antarctica ( South Pole )Temperature :1) average: -50 ℃2) coldest: -80℃Wind speed :1) average: 200km/h2) strongest: over 300km/h the Arctic penguin(on the south pole) polar bearon the north poleDo you know Why polar bears never eat penguins ?Because polar bears only live on the North Pole,while penguins live only on the South Pole. Fast reading Read the title,the first paragraph and the last one quickly to get the main idea of the whole passage Helen Thayer’s travel alone to AntarcticaHer ________ to the _____ PoleexpeditionsouthTrue or false:1. ( ) Helen was the second woman to travel alone to the North Pole at 50 .2. ( ) There was bright sunshine 24 hours a day in the Antarctica.3. ( ) Helen thawed a frozen cake and sang“Happy birthday” at the low of her voice.4. ( ) Helen used to practise self rescue beside the sea. 5. ( ) Helen had a bad accident and her head was woozy because of hitting the ground..FFFTTfirsttopin the mountain 1.The journey of challenge and danger began2.The first days of the journey3.Her birthday in Antarctic4.Self rescue5. A bad accident6.Making a decisionMain idea:How does the writer develop the passage?In order of timeTimeWeatherWhat happened to her?Nov.1-2,1997fine, icy, not strongbegan her almost 400-mile journey3rd-11thstorm, strong windspent a whole day in her tentNov. 12thstorm died downcelebrated her birt...
