师：Hello everyone, welcome to my class. This is Chang Wei. Today we're going to learn “Unified Humans and nature”, lesson 3 “Raise to the Pope”. In this class, you'll get the details of a race and form a structured knowledge graph. You'll further understand Scott's team and their distinctive qualities. We'll identify the functions of quotes in a story and evaluate what makes a capable explorer and the significance of exploring nature at the beginning. Let's watch a short video clip from a documentary “Only Antarctica”. While watching, think of some adjectives to describe the weather in the South Pole.
Do you want to guess what Antarctica is like? Even the smallest detail counts. Hold on. Antarctica, the coldest, windiest and highest continent on earth. It's just minus forty today. On January 2, 2009, there was the first organized race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen's fateful adventure nearly 100 years ago. TV presenter Ben Fogle and Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell, together with their third team member, raced over 750 km in one of the world's most hostile and remote environments. They were very much alone, racing 16 hours a day, facing blizzards, suffering frostbites and exhaustion. This is their story.
Okay, the video is over. What's the weather like in the South Pole?
生：The weather in the South Pole is the coldest and windiest in the world. It's quite different from the climate in China.
师：Would you like to go to such a place or live in the South Pole?
生：Perhaps not. It's really a big challenge. It's not a suitable place for us humans to live in.
师：However, in today's lesson, we'll read about two exploration teams who were brave enough to race to the South Pole about 110 years ago. Do you want to know what happened in their race? Do you want to know which team won?
Now, let's get started. First, please read the text quickly for details about the race and complete a table. Before reading, let's look at the table and see what information we need to find. This table is used to contrast Scott's team and Amundsen's team. First, what are their nationalities? Then what preparations did they make for the journey? When did it start? What happened during the journey? When did they arrive at the South Pole? And what was the result of the return journey? Is it clear? Okay, start reading.
Time's up. Let's look at the table.
生：Scott's team were British. Amundsen's team were Norwegian. They came from different countries. Both organized food bases as preparations for their journey to the South Pole.
师：Scott and his team started on November 1st, 1911, about two months later than Amundsen's team. What about the progress of their journey?
生：Amundsen's team made rapid progress because all of them were on skis and they used dogs to pull the sledges. However, Scott's team faced many challenges. Some sledges broke down on the way, so they had to push them themselves. What's worse, their horses had serious difficulties with the snow and cold.
师：When did each team reach the South Pole?
生：Amundsen's team reached the pole first on December 14th, 1911, and all of them arrived safely back at their starting base. Unfortunately, Scott's team lost the race. They reached the pole about one month later, but all of them died on their way back.
师：What a high price to pay. There's no doubt that the ending of Scott's team is regrettable. Now, what might have caused the misfortune of the team?
生：One reason is that their preparations were not careful and adequate. For example, Scott's team chose to use horses instead of dogs to pull the sledges. Compared with horses, dogs are more suitable for the extreme climate in the South Pole. Also, Scott and his men were from Britain. To some extent, this made it harder for them to survive the climate than Amundsen's team from Norway, who were more accustomed to it.