POLAR DREAM: At age 50, Helen Thayer became the first woman to travel solo to any of the world's Poles. On foot and without the support of a dog team or snowmobile, Helen and her dog Charlie survived the elements and repeated confrontations with polar bears to circumnavigate the Magnetic North Pole.

B A B C C Listen and choose the best answer. 1 Which season was in Antarctica when Helen began her journey in 1997? A Spring B Summer C Autumn D Winter 2 What does “around the corner” mean in the sentence “ But changes were just around the corner?” A Very near. B Out of sight . C Beyond the topic. D Position of the angle where two lines meet. 3 Which of the following is true according to the text? A The winds blew Helen and her tent away. B On the 22nd day of the expedition Helen had an accident. C Antarctica is another name for the North Pole. D Helen hadn’t had any training before. 4 Which can be used as another title for the text? A First woman to the North Pole. B Natural Disasters. C Journey of challenge and danger to the South Pole. D The 60th birthday in Antarctica. 5 From the text we can see that Helen is a person who is ___ A young and clever B wise and health C brave and determined D optimistic and generous B A B C C

Read again and divide the text into 4 parts. Read the text one part by one part. P1 . 1 Who’s the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole? ________________________ 2.What’s Helen’s purpose to Antarctica? _________________________ 3.How did she go there? __________________________________ 4. The general idea. ______________________________________ Helen Thayer To celebrate her 60th birthday. Walked and skied alone without dog team. The purpose and way to the South Pole.

P2-4 1. What was the weather like then? __________________________________________ ________________________________________ 2. What happened on November 12th ? _________________________________________ 3. Translate the long sentences. (1) On the third 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. (2) Within a few minutes the wind increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me and my tent away, but none of that happened. 4. The general idea. ______________________________________________ 1st days good, sunshine; 3rd day stormy weather; the next week, the wind grew stronger. The storm died down; my birthday came. The weather condition.

P5-7 How many accidents did she have?_______ What are they? What about the results? ___________________________________ 3. Translate the long sentences. A few days later, I was moving forward over a slope that seemed safe when suddenly without warning world my dropped out from under skis. I was in good health and all of my equipment was working well. 4. Say out the general idea. _____________________________________ 2 Moving forward--, I fell into --, hanging on --/ I went out. Hurt my leg / couldn’t stand, my head was woozy. Two accidents.

1 Did Helen complete her journey? _________________________ 2. What did she think about her decision? _______________________________ 3. Translate the sentence. It is an experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest of my life. 4. The general idea. No. Without regret . The final decision.

Writing Make up diary based on the pictures and key words if you were Helen Thayer. ski alone icy stormy wind tent

birthday thaw sing wind howling blow away Fall hang on the rope climb out hurt leg woozy climb into die