T: Yes, you are right. If you want to get more information about it, please turn to P2, and read the text fast, paying attention to the heading for each paragraph given in Activity 1 and try to choose a proper one for each paragraph in the text. Three minutes later, I will check your answers.

Step II Fast-reading

Deal with the text on Page 2.

T: Are you ready? What do you know about the Antarctica in the first part?

S: It is the fifth largest continent in the world; also it is the coldest place on Earth.

T: Yes. Antarctica is not only the coldest, but also the driest in the world. Is Antarctica suitable for life?

S: No. 98% of the surface is covered permanently in the ice cap. Strong winds driven by gravity blow from the pole to the coastline, while other winds blow round the coast, so it is difficult to imagine a more inhospitable place.

T: Great done. By answering the questions above, what's the right heading for this part?

S: I think "The land" is a suitable one.

T: Yes, very good. Next paragraph, read the first sentence, please.

S: Yet Antarctica is full of wildlife, which has adapted to its extreme conditions.

T: Good, so from this sentence, who can tell us the heading for this part?

S: Maybe it is "Plants and animals".

T: Very good. And what does the next paragraph tell us?

S: Ice, gases, minerals and rocks can give researchers lots of useful information.

T: Right, so what is the heading for this paragraph?

S: A great place for researchers.

T: You are so clever. And the fourth one?

S: The writer tells us the process of the discovering of Antarctica, so I think the heading for this part is "The discovery of Antarctica".

T: Yes. What about the last one?

S: The heading for the last paragraph is "The Antarctic Treaty", because it talks about the spirit of international friendship and the cooperation between many of