(共24张PPT)
What an adventure!
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Climbing Qomolangma：
Worth the risks
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
1. To acquire some information about adventures and Qomolangma by reading.
2. To conclude reasons for climbing Qomolangma by analyzing.
3. To express your opinions on taking risks to climb Qomolangma.
summit / s m t/
ridge /r d /
zone /z n/
oxygen / ks d n/
border / b d (r)/
confirm /k n f m/
crowd /kra d/
sheer / (r)/
bring…into focus
attempt / tempt/
psychologist/sa k l d st/
thrill /θr l/
n 顶峰
n 山脊
n. 地区，地带
n. 氧气
adj. 国界，边界
v. 证实，证明
n. 人群
adj. 纯粹的，十足的
使……成为焦点
n. 努力，尝试
n. 心理学家
n. 惊险，刺激
Read and remember Words and Expressions .
An unforgettable adventure experience
How much do you know about Qomolangma.
Pre-reading
How much do you know about
QOMOLANGMA
1.Qomolangma lies on____.
A.The border of Nepal and the Tibet.
B.The south-east Qinghai.
C.The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau
2.The height of Qomolangma is ____.
A.8848m B.8000m C.7500m
3.The temperature on the mountain can get as low as__
A.-30℃ B.-45℃ C.-60℃
4.Only ___ oxygen is available at 8000m above sea level.
A.20% B.30% C.40%
Careful Reading
Scan Para.1 and answer the two questions:
1. What are the risks of climbing Qomolangma
2. Why do many people still want to climb Qomolangma
What are the risks of climbing Qomolangma
Why do many people still want to take the risks
unique
Let’s go back to 1924 and 2011 to interview two famous climbers by time machine
George Mallory
Alan Arnette
3. What’s Mallory’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
What’s Mallory’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
4. What’s Mallory’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy.We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life.
What’s Alan’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
What’s Alan’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
What’s Alan’s opinion of climbing Qomolangma
We need to focus on one reason that’s most important and unique to you...physical and mental toughness.
Careful Reading
Scan Para.4 and answer:
4. What’s the scientific reason behind this risk-taking
Risk-taking may be part of human nature,with some of us more likely to take risks than others.
Careful Reading
Scan Para.5 and answer the question:
5. What can you infer from the last paragraph
A. Why people like to climb Qomolangma.
B. It’s worth climbing Qomolangma.
C. It depends on you whether to climb or not.
D. Climbing Qomolangma is dangerous.
discuss & share
Have you ever taken an adventure What have you learnt from it Share with us.
An unforgettable adventure experience
Today’s experience is like an everlasting flower,blooming in the river of my memory,warming the rest of my life!
Para 1: Climbing Qomolangma is a special
experience.
Introducing the topic
Reasons for the climbers' risk-taking
Conclusion
Subjective
reasons
Para 2: George Mallory: just sheer joy; __________
Scientific
reasons
Para7: It's totally ______ you to decide whether it is worth the risks to climb Qomolangma.
Para 3: Alan Arnette: It forces people to ____________________ and figure out if they really have the physical and
________________.
Paras 4-5: perhaps part of human nature: “Type T”personality
Para 6: man's desire to expect to ____________________
enjoy life
look inside themselves
mental toughness
benefit from the result
up to
Homework
Write your own reasons about why or why not climb Qomolangma.
Try to climb, the world is at your feet.
