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CLIL / History 1

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A. Who was the first man to get to the South Pole? Listen, read and check your answers.

B. Now look at the highlighted words in the text and find their definitions in a dictionary.

The race to the Back in the 1910s two men
S P wanted to be the first to get
outh ole
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to the South Pole. It wasn’t
an easy race!

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT ROALD AMUNDSEN was born in
was a British naval o icer 1872 in Norway. His father was a
and an explorer. He was shipowner and he taught him to
born in 1868 and he went love the sea and exploring.
on two trips to Antarctica.

4 Jan 1911
Scott and his team arrived
on the vessel Terra Nova
and set up camp. Scott 29 Mar 1912
was determined to get
to the South Pole and Scott and his team 19 Oct 1911
had to return, but
he wasn’t afraid of polar they didn’t make it. Amundsen and his team arrived on the
conditions. ship Fram and began their expedition. In his
They experienced team there were ive men on four sledges,
extreme cold and which were pulled by dogs. Amundsen did
blizzards, and all not follow the same route as other explorers
of them died
1 Nov 1911 17 km away did. He took a risk and tried to reach the
South Pole by another route.
Scott’s team began their from one of
expedition to the South their camps.
Pole. Sixteen men with
ponies, dogs and motor C. Read again and answer the questions.
sledges were ready to get 1. How many men did Scott have on
to the South Pole irst. his team?
2. What was the name of Amundsen’s
ship?
17 Jan 1912 3. How did Amundsen travel across
Scott arrived at the the ice?
South Pole. He found 4. What did Scott ind at the South
a Norwegian lag and Pole?
understood he was
second to get there. 5. What happened to Scott and his
14 Dec 1911 team on the way back?
Amundsen became the irst
man to get to the South Pole.
He and his team gathered a
lot of useful information about D. Discuss the following.
the features of the South Pole. Why do you think Scott didn’t manage
to get to the South Pole irst?
Project

Find information about another scientific expedition to the South Pole and write a short text about it.

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