Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world？ Section A 3a-3c 课件(共20张PPT)

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Section A
3a-3c
1. Read to learn what the article is mainly about.
2. To learn the words and expressions.
Language Goals
Free Talk
Do you like mountain climbing
Do you know the most popular places to go for it
Lead in
Qomolangma — the Most
Dangerous Mountain in the World
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 (it) 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.
3a
The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in I960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
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 shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows thathumans can
sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Spirit of climbers
Achievements of climbers
Facts and dangers
3a
Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.
Mark True (T) or False (F).
1. It is very dangerous to climb Qomolangma.
2. The first people to reach the top were Tenzing
Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1955.
3. The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960.
4. It shows that humans can sometimes be stronger
than the forces of nature.
T
F
F
T
Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 1＆3
List four dangers for climbers List three achievements List four comparisons
thick clouds ... 1953—Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top ... most dangerous sport
...
3b
Read the article again and complete the chart.
thick clouds 1953-Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top most dangerous sport
very high
it can snow hard
freezing weather conditions
heavy storms
very hard to breathe as you get near the top
1960-The first Chinese team reached the top
1975- Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the top
most popular place highest
most famous
more serious difficulties
stronger than the forces of nature
1. Where are the Himalayas
2. How high is Qomolangma
The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.
Qomolangma is 8,848.86 meters high.
3c
Answer the questions using information from the article.
3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even
though it is dangerous
4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
1. Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour.
在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。
feel free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to
do something, 就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。
· A: Can I use your bathroom
我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？
B: Yes, feel free. 可以，请随意。
Language points
2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.
据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。
as far as I know 是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说 so far as I
know，意思是“据我所知”。
·As far as I know, Jack’s got twin sisters.
据我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。
·They’re not coming today, so far as I know.
他们今天不来了，据我所知是这样的。
3. the Ming Great Wall 明长城
“明长城”是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、 直辖市、自治区，全长约8850千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。
4. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather
conditions and heavy storms.
更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。
(1) difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时, difficulty通常用作复数，表示具
体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事”。
·People learning a new language may face some difficulties.
人们学习一门新的语言 时可能会遇到一些困难。
作不可数名词时, difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”
·He had great difficulty in finding a new job.
他找新的工作费了很大劲。
·We found the house without difficulty.
我们轻而易举地找到广那座房子。
(2) include表示“包括；包含”，是一个及物动词。
·Does your price of the bike include this light
你们的车价包含这盏车灯吗？
5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never
give up trying to achieve our dreams.
这些登山者的精神向我们表明：我们绝不应该放弃实现
自己梦想的尝试。
(1) give up doing something 的意思是 “放弃做某事;半途而废”
·He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.
他找到工作之后就放弃了对第三门语言的学习。
(2) achieve our dreams 相当于make our dreams come true
其中动词achieve表示“(通过努力)实现；取得；获取；
达到(梦想、成绩、成功、目的)”等。
·He achieved great success in a short time.
他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。
·Lin Tao achieved very good exam results.
林涛考试取得了 很好的成绩。
1. Lily gets up __________ than Lucy. (early)
2. Which goes _______________ , Tom or Jim (slowly)
3.This book is _______________________ than that one.(interesting)
4. She works ________________________ in her school. (careful)
5. Who goes to bed __________ Jim, Tom or Jack (late)
6. I think turkey is _____________________ of all. (delicious)
earlier
more slowly
more interesting
根据所给词的适当形式填空。
the most carefully
latest
the most delicious
Exercises
Can you think of more examples to show…is the most…
in the world
Compete with your classmates.