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Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Section A（3a-3c）
1.语言能力：读懂文章，了解珠穆朗玛峰的相关史实。
2.文化意识：学习人类克服困难，挑战极限的精神。
Teaching
3.思维品质：能提取、整理、概括稍长语篇的关键信息、主要内容、思想和观
Aims
点。
4.学习能力：通过阅读训练，培养学生在英语文章中获取信息的能力，提高阅
读效率。
Teaching
训练学生的阅读能力，掌握阅读技巧。
Difficulties
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Free Talk
Show some pictures on PPT P5, then ask the Ss to answer the
following questions.
Do you like mountain climbing ?
Do you know the most popular place to go for it?
One of the most popular places to go for mountain climbing is the
Himalayas.
Introduce the background knowledge of the Himalayas.
Ask Ss to watch the video about the Olympic torch relay on
Qomolangma.
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
3a
Look at the picture on PPT P14 and the title, and then guess.
Title: Qomolangma—the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?
What might be the dangers of climbing Qomolangma?
While-reading
1Task 1 Skimming and matching
Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Task 2 Scanning
Read Para. 1 and find out the key words to finish the mind map.
Task 3 Scanning for details
Read Para. 2 and fill in the chart.
Task 4 Scanning and answering
Read Para.3 and answer the questions.
1.Why do so many climbers risk their lives?
2.What spirit do the climbers show us ?
Answers:1. People want to challenge themselves in the face of
difficulties.
22.We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams and humans can
sometime be stronger than the forces of nature.
Presentation
3a
Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.
Ask the Ss to listen and read the passage.
Explain the key words and phrases.
3b
Ask the Ss to read the article again and complete the chart.
Answers:
33c
Answer the questions using information from the article.
1.Where are the Himalayas?
2. How high is Qomolangma?
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?
Answers:1.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.
2.Qomolangma is 8,848.86 meters high.
3.Many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
4.The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up
trying to achieve our dreams.
Ask the Ss to fill in the blanks according to the passage.
One of the most ___________ sports in the world is mountain _________,
and one of the most _________ places to go for this is the Himalayas.
These extremely high _______ attract(吸引) _________ from all over the
world. Many people say this is one of the most ________ parts of the
world.The Himalayas _______ along the ____________ part of china. Of
all the mountains, Qomolangma is the _________ and the most
_________.
It’s _____________ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _______
the top of the mountain. Even more serious ___________ include the
freezing ___________ conditions and the _______ storms.The first
_________ to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and
Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953. The first Chinese team __________ the
top in 1960, and in 1975, the first __________ did it too.
4Answers: dangerous climbing popular risks climbers
famous run southwestern highest famous the hardest
cover difficulties weather heavy people reached woman
Step 3 Language points learning
1. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions
and heavy storms.
include v. 包括；包含
His job includes looking after the wounded.
including 介词 意为“包括……在内”，后接名词或
代词作宾语。
included 形容词 意为“包括在内的”，位于所修饰的
名词或代词后。
There are 40 students in the classroom, including me.
= There are 40 students in the classroom, me included.
作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”。
e.g. He had great difficulty in finding a new job.
他找新的工作费了很大劲。
e.g. We found the house without difficulty.
我们轻而易举地找到了那座房子。
freezing adj. 极冷的；冰冻的
相当于extremely cold
【拓展延伸】
freezing 可以作名词，意为“冰点”。
e.g. The temperature is below freezing.
freeze v.冻结；使冻住，其过去式及过去分词分别为froze和frozen。
e.g. Water freezes at 0℃.
condition n. 条件；状况
既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。
【常用短语】
be in good / bad condition 处于良好/糟糕的状态
weather condition 天气状况
living condition 居住条件
out of condition 健康状况不佳
2. …, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan
in 1975.
succeed v. 实现目标；成功
succeed作不及物动词，其后不能直接跟宾语，主语通常是人或组织
5等，succeed in doing sth. 表示“成功做某事”。
Very few people succeed in losing weight and keeping it off.
【拓展延伸】
成功相关的词 反义词
succeed v. 成功 fail v. 失败
success n. 成功 failure / unsuccess n. 失败
successful adj. 成功的 unsuccessful adj. 不成功的
successfully adv. 成功地 unsuccessfully adv. 不成功地
3. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up
trying to achieve our dreams.
achieve v.达成；完成；成功
achieve 在此作及物动词，其主语通常为人， 宾语通常为目标、目
的或胜利、成功等。achieve one’s dream=realize one’s dream=make
one’s dream come true, 意为“实现某人的梦想”。
He achieved / realized his dream of becoming an engineer.
= His dream of becoming an engineer came true.
【拓展延伸】achieve + 后缀 -ment → achievement n. 成就；成绩
4. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the
forces of nature.
force n. 力；力量
force既可指实际意义上的力，如自然力，又可指抽象意义的力，如
影响力。the force of“......的力量/力”。
He changed the world through the force of his ideas.
【拓展延伸】force还可作动词，意为“迫使；强迫”，force sb. to do
sth. 表示“迫使某人做某事”。
Wars forced them to leave their homes.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P38 to P40.
Homework
Read and recite the passage in 3a.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
6This is the third period of the unit. In this period, we should practice
the target language more in reading and speaking activities. Besides,
Teaching
we can set some suitable tasks to help students do the reading
Reflection
comprehension in order to improve their reading skills.And students
should know the main content in this passage.
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