【课堂新坐标】（教师用书）2013-2014 学年高中英语 Module 1 Deep South 教案 外研版选修 8【美文阅读】 被称为“最后的大陆”的南极洲，自十九世纪初被发现以来，以它的神秘吸引着人们对它的关注，留下了人类探索的脚步，体现了人类的智慧和勇气。16 February 1904－Discovery Escapes the IceCaptain Robert Falcon Scott's 1902 attempt to reach the South Pole during the Discovery expedition had been unsuccessful.They had been forced to turn back 770 kilometres from their goal and the return journey was a race against starvation.When they finally reached their base at Hut Point in February 1903，they found that their ship，Discovery，was trapped by the ice that had built up over the winter.The ship sent to relieve them ， Morning ， had arrived ， but the Discovery could not leave.There were eight kilometres of ice between the ship and open water.Morning took some of the Discovery crew home ， and Scott and his men prepared for another winter on the ice.Next summer ， Morning returned with a second ship ， Terra Nova ， and instructions for Scott to abandon Discovery if it could not be freed.Scott's ship was now blocked by more than 30 kilometres of ice.The ships' crews began sawing at the ice ， or blasting( 击 毁 ， 摧 毁 )it with explosives ， but little progress was made.Then，in late January，the ice started to break up.The men continued their blasting ， and by 12 February ， there were only three kilometres between the Discovery and open sea.The relief ships joined in ， butting( 顶 ； 撞 )into the ice，and at 10：30 p．m. on 16 February the Terra Nova broke through to the trapped Discovery.It departed for Lyttelton three days later.【诱思导学】 1．How many ships went to relieve the trapped ship?________________________________...
