人教版英语八年级下册 Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Section A 3a-3c 课件 (共24张PPT)

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Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section A 3a-3c
1. To learn about Qomolangma
2. To learn new words:
achievement, thick, include, condition, succeed, achieve, force, nature…
3. To know about the spirit of the climbers
4.Apply reading strategies of doing the fast-reading and careful-reading.
the Caspian Sea
The Nile is river
in the world.
the longest
The Sahara is desert in the world.
the biggest
TheCaspian Sea is
salt lake.
the deepest
Qomolangma is mountain in the world.
the highest
the Nile
Review
let’s think!
Where are they
What are they doing
Qomolangma
the highest mountain in the world.
the most dangerous mountain in the World
A. Something about Qomolangma
B. The dangers of mountain climbing
C. The dangers of mountain climbing and what we can learn from the climbers
Pre-reading
What will the article talk about
Task 1
Title:
mountain climbers
Tip1:The title .the picture and the first sentence can be helpful to understand the text.
A. Something about Qomolangma
B. The dangers of mountain climbing
C. The dangers of mountain climbing and what we can learn from the climbers
Pre-reading
What will the article talk about
Fast reading
Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
Task2
Tip2: Circle the key words that support your opinions.
1.One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,848.86 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
Qomolangma——
the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World
2.The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
Qomolangma——
the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World
3.Why do so many climbers risk their lives One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers show us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
Qomolangma——
the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World
Facts
Where (the Himalayas)
Height(高度)of Qomolangma
in the part of China
8,848.86 meters high
Eight thousand eight hundred and forty-eight point eight six
East
North
West
South
southwest
Careful reading
southwesten
Task3
3c
Para1.
One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
Para 1 Facts and dangers
3b list four dangers
1. thick clouds
2. heavy snow and storms
3. freezing weather conditions
4. hard to take in air
One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,848.86 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
3b
Para2 Three achievements of climbers
Human achievements
In 1953, the first _______to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
In 1969, the first _____________ reached the top.
In 1975, the first _________ from Japan succeeded in reaching the top.
Chinese team
woman
people
Careful reading
3b
Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
2. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
It tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
It also tells us that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Careful reading
Para3. Spirit of climbers
3c
Read paragraph 1&3:list four comparisions(比较；对比）
4.stronger than the forces of nature
3.the most famous
2.the highest
1.one of the most popular places
3b
Think and Discuss!
As a student, what is the most difficult for you Why
A. study B. health
C. relations with parents D. other things
How to face it
Learning is like climbing. we should challenge ourselves and never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
I want to tell you :
Nothing is impossible! 一切皆有可能!
Enjoy sayings!
step by step, I can get to the top.
Where there is a will , there is a way.
有志者，事竟成 ！
Exercises Fill in the blanks .
The Himalayas the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma is the and the most famous. It is difficult to climb, because there are many difficulties including clouds, heavy snow and storms and freezing weather . It is also hard to______ air.
The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to ________was Junko Tabei.
People want to climb the mountain because they want to___________
themselves in the face of difficulties.So we should never________ trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the _____ of nature.
run along
thick
conditions
succeed
challenge
give up
forces
highest
take in
Qomolangma
Facts and dangers
Achievements
of climbers
1.the Himalayas __________ (where）
2.Qomolangma （海拔）
Spirit of climbers
dangers
1. __________________
2. __________________
3.___________________
4. __________________
1953
1960
1975
We should _______________________________.
Humans can sometimes _______________________.
Facts
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund
Hillary were _____________________
Summary
southwestern
8,848.86meters high
thick clouds
freezing weather conditions
heavy snow and storms
hard to take in air
challenge ourselves in the face of difficulties and never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
be stronger than the forces of nature.
the first to reach the top
In 1960,________________ reached the top.
In 1975,____________from Japan succeeded in reaching the top.
the first Chinese team
the first woman
HomeworkHomework
2.Write a passage about what you have learnt from
the article in 3a.
1.Translate the phrases on the paper into English.
Thank you!