Bài hát: Listening Practice Through Dictation CD 2-01 - V.A

Nature and the Environment
Unit 1 Antarctica
B : Antarctica is another name for the South Pole.
It is also a continent. A long time ago, the South
Pole was close to the equator. That was 500
million years ago. It was once joined to Australia.
Then, all the land on Earth started to move.
Antarctica moved away from Australia and went
south.
Dinosaur bones were once found at the South
Pole. Do you know why? Dinosaurs lived there
millions of years ago. This was before it moved
away from the equator.
About 98% of this continent is frozen. The
rest is made up of rock. The South Pole has 87%
of the world’s ice. But did you know that it gets
very little snow? Only about two inches of snow
falls each year.
How many people live on your continent? No
one lives in the South Pole. Only animals, like
penguins, live there. Scientists and tourists visit
there, but they don’t stay long. Do you want to
visit Antarctica? It is the coldest, driest place on
Earth!