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课件网) Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world Section A 3a-3c Step 1 Warm up and lead in Let’s watch a video and talk about Qomolangma. What do you know about Qomolangma It's the highest mountain in the world. It is 8,844.43 meters high. Heavy snow and thick clouds cover the top. The weather is freezing. 厚的；浓的 极冷的；冰冻的 hard to take in air v.吸入；吞入 Look and predict . Let’s read the article and check our prediction. Heavy snow covers the mountain mountain climbers Title: something about Qomolangma the dangers of mountain climbing in Qomolangma what we can learn from these climbers Step 2 Pre-reading 1. Skim the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.快速浏览文章，匹配大意 Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Spirit of climbers Achievements of climbers Facts and dangers n.成就；成绩 Step 3 While-reading 3a Tips: Skimming(略读) means to read just a few parts of the text, for example the first sentence of the para or key words and try to get main idea of the passage. 1. Read para.1 carefully and find the following information.细读第一段，找到以下信息 Scanning 1.Location(位置) _____ 2.Height（高度） _____meters high 1._____cover the top 2._____ 3._____weather conditions 4._____ 5._____as you get near the top 3.Dangers 8,844.43 the southwestern part of China snow can fall very hard heavy storms hard to take in air freezing thick clouds The Himalayas Qomolangma Para.1 Facts and dangers conditionn.条件；状况 includev.包括；包含 adj.西南的；西南方向的 Tips: Scanning（查读） means to read passages quickly without stopping and look for specific details, such as dates, times, numbers, questions to be answered. Even though it’s dangerous for climbers, many people still succeeded in reaching the top of Qomolangma. 2. Read para.2 carefully and fill in the chart. Time Achievements On_____ Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were _____. In _____ _____reached the top. In_____ Junko Tabei from Japan was_____. the first people to reach the top The first Chinese team the first woman to succeed Para.2 Achievements of climbers 3b 1960 May 29,1953 1975 Many people went to climb Qomolangma.Some people even lost their lives. Why do so many climbers risk their lives to climb Qomolangma even though it is dangerous. 冒着生命危险 3. Read para.3 carefully and answer the questions. Para.3 Spirit of climbers 1. 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 One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. It tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams and humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. 3c 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 They run along the southwestern part of China. It is 8,844. ... ...
