Reading Class

Do you know any famous explorers? Why do some people do dangerous

and diffcult things?

Vocabulary

The North PoleEx: Many polar bears live in the North

Pole.

Freeze [fri:z] (v)froze-frozen

Ex: Water is frozen in the Winter.

Journey ['dʒə:ni] (n)

Ex: Alicia and her father were on a journey to the North Pole.

Arctic ['ɑ:ktik](adj)

Antarctic [æn'tɑ:ktik] (adj)

Train [trein] (V)

Ex: Alicia has trained a lot for the trip.

Route [ru:t] (n)

Ex: I go on a same route to the farm everyday.

Mountain ['mauntin] (n)

Ex: This moutain is more than 500 ms high.

Answer

Has Alicia been to the North Pole before? Yes, she does. Who is she going walk with? Her physical education teacher. What has she been doing to prepare for

the journey? She’s been walking a lot with a heavy

backpack… What has her father done in his exploring

career? He traveled to the North and the South

Pole, climbed the highest mountains in all 7 continents.

Answer

What does he think about the trip? It’s going to be very hard for her. What does he think her main

problem will be? The cold How do Alicia’s mother and great-

grandmother feel about it? They think she is too young to make

the journey.