Integrating Skills

Heroes of the North

I Lead-in1 Can you guess who are these people?2 Where do they live?

3 what kind of transportation do they use? Riding a sled drawn by a team of dogs.

Who do you think the three persons are?

Mr. Rivers

Mr. Parks Ms. Welch

the host of a program

maybe a historian the granddaughter of Dr. Welch

What is the program talking about?It was a story about the eightieth anniversary of the Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race.

What questions did Mr Rivers ask about the story?

What happened?

What sickness was it?

Where could they get it?

Was that a problem? What was to be done?

How was the vaccine brought to Nenana?

Did Dr Welch get to Nome on time?

Scanning

Heroes of the north

the Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race

(a race against time)

What happened?

Where did the story happen?The story happened in a small city called Nome.

What happened to the children?Some children in the city had a terrible disease and they would die if they couldn’t get enough vaccine.

Indication( 迹象 )

throat …red and painful

temperatures …very high

breathing shallow

Heroes of the north

the Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race

(a race against time)

What sickness was it?

A few days later several children were sick. They all had diphtheria, a disease that spreads very fast. If untreated (=it were untreated), it would produce a powerful poison…kill the patient.

What was the only way to prevent the catastrophe?

The only way to prevent the catastrophe was to get more as quickly as possible.

Where could they get the vaccine that would save the children?

A hospital in Anchorage had a good

supply of 300,000 units.

It was far away from Nome.

…how to deliver it to Nome fast.

Problem

Delivering the vaccine to Nome

Why did delivering the vaccine to Nome become a problem?

What was chosen

as the best transport?

Difficulties with the medicine delivery

Their attitudes and solutions

Traffic problems: The sea frozen; the only two planes stored; no quick traffic

Traffic problems: The sea frozen; the only two planes stored; no quick traffic

A train took the medicine from Anchorage to Nenana; A relay of dog teams between Nenana and Nome

A train took the medicine from Anchorage to Nenana; A relay of dog teams between Nenana and Nome

Snow storms and low temperatureSnow storms and low temperature

Kept going without stopKept going without stop

Time limitationTime limitationCovered almost 700 miles in little more than 127 hoursCovered almost 700 miles in little more than 127 hours

The sea is frozen and the only two planes had been stored.

How was the vaccinebrought to Nome? A relay of dog teams

…wrapped the medicine in a quilt and tied it up, and sent it by train

At last the children of Nome were saved

What was the result ? Who were the real heroes during the delivering the vaccine to Nome?

a bronze sculpture of a dog was placed in New York City’s Central Park: a memorial to all who risked their lives to save those of others.

( )1 Sixty years ago, the first Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race was not a race at all.

( )2 The race was held to remember twenty brave people and their dogs.

Eighty years ago

diphtheria

( )3 Doctor Welch thought that the children had the flu.

( )4 Doctor Welch had only vaccine for five people, so they must get more to save the people.

( )5 Because of the cold weather, planes couldn’t fly in the sky.

Because the planes had been stored.

13 days

( )6 At first, people thought that they would use 14 days to complete the whole trip.

( )7 The doctor in Anchorage wrapped the medicine and used a train to take the medicine from Anchorage to Nome.

( )8 The last driver faced a very heavy storm,but he didn’t spend time waking the next driver,because time was limited.

Nenana

( )9 At last, they managed to go back on time. And the patients there were saved.

Useful expressions• 80 周年纪念日• 同时间赛跑• 在 100 英里以外• 防止大灾难• 大量备有…• 一支狗接力队• 行程…• 占据• 分秒必争• 包扎• 在危险中• 一座青铜塑像• 纪念某人• 冒着生命危险

• the 80th anniversary of…• a race against time• lay 1000 miles away• prevent a catastrophe• have a good supply of…• a relay of dog team• cover a distance of • take up• Every minute counts• tie up• at stake• a bronze sculpture of • a memorial to sb• risk one’s life to do sth.

1. …, Dr Curtis Welch discovered that some children had a terrible disease for which he had no medicine.这是一个由“介词 + 关系代词”引导的定语从句，先行词为“ a terrible disease”

e.g: At dawn we arrived at a house,in front of which sat a little boy.

拂晓时我们到达了一所屋舍，屋舍前坐着一个小男孩。

medicine for …. 治疗……的药物

2.a man came to my grandfather asking him

for help.

asking him for help 在句中做伴随状语

3. They all had diphtheria, a disease that spreads very fast

a disease 做 diphtheria 的同位语， that 引导一个定语从句。

She is a pretty girl, a girl who is easy to get along with.

她是一个漂亮的女孩，一个很容易相处的女孩。

• 4. If untreated , it would produce a powerful poison that would kill the patient .

• = If it was untreated , it would …

• 1)__________, the water will be boiling.

• 2)__________, I won’t go to his party.

• 3)_________( 多给点时间 ), I would have worked on the problems.

• 1) If heated

• 2) Unless invited

• 3) Given more time

5.There was widespread relief when...只有当 ..时候 .... 才有所缓解

relief ( 痛苦 ,困苦 ,忧虑等 )减轻或解除 ,救济 ,援助

1) 当我发现问题解决时 ,感到轻松了许多 宽心地舒了一口气

I felt great relief when I found the problem solved. breathed a sight of relief

What can you learn from the passage?

the spirit of perseverance

strong belief

team cooperation

……

Homework:

Rewrite their story in a short report according to the pictures.

高考试题赏析：

(NMET 2004) The English play_____ my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.

A. for which B. at which C. in which D. on which

C

这是一个定语从句，“ in which” 在句中表示“在这个英语话剧之中”

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One day, in the winter of 1925, Dr Welch discovered that some children had a terrible disease for which he had no medicine.

The doctor in Anchorage wrapped the medicine in a quilt and tied it up. A train took the packet from Anchorage to Nenana.

Eighteen drivers rode day and night for five days through snow storms and the temperature was more than 30 degrees below zero.

In December that year a bronze sculpture of a dog was placed in New York City’s Central Park: a memorial to all who risked their lives to save those of others.