Unit7What'sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA23a-3cWhichisthehighestmountainintheworld?WhichisthelongestriverinAsia?…Revisionfreezingadj.極冷的；冰凍的nature

n.大自然thick

adj.厚的；濃的zxxkNewwords1.achievementn.成就；成績e.g.Wefeltagreatsenseofachievement

whenwereachedthetopofthemountain.當(dāng)我們到達(dá)山頂?shù)臅r候，我們有一種巨大的成就感。2.achievev.達(dá)到；完成；成功e.g.Hewillneverachieveanythingifhedoesn’tworkharder.如果他不加緊努力工作，他會一事無成。Learnmorenewwords.3.southwesternadj.西南的；西南方向的e.g.IsthisSouthwesternAirline?這是西南航空公司嗎？4.includev.包含；包括e.g.Herhobbiesincludeswimmingandgardening.她愛好游泳和園藝。5.conditionn.條件；狀況e.g.Thepianowasingoodcondition.這臺鋼琴狀況良好。6.takein吸入；容納e.g.Fishtakeinoxygenthroughtheirgills.魚用鰓吸氧氣。7.succeedv.實現(xiàn)目標(biāo)；成功e.g.Ifyoutryhardyou’llsucceed.你如果努力就會成功。常用短語：succeedindoingsth.e.g.Policehavefinallysucceededinsolving

themystery.警察最終成功破解了這個疑案。8.challengev.&n.挑戰(zhàn)；考驗e.g.Thejobdoesn’treallychallengehim.這項工作不能真正的考驗他。Thenewgovernment’sfirstchallengeistheeconomy.新政府面臨的第一個挑戰(zhàn)是經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。9.inthefaceof面對（困難、問題等）e.g.Inthefaceofdifficulties,he’scompletelyunafraid.他在困難面前毫不膽怯。10.forcen.力；力量e.g.Thethieftookthemoneyfromtheoldmanbyforce.竊賊用暴力搶了老人的錢。WhatdoyouknowaboutQomolangma?TalkaboutQomolangmainpairs.Zxx，kPre-reading自讀文章，在書中劃出重點、疑點后，翻譯下列短語。先獨立完成，后小組商議。1.最危險的山峰

2.世界上最危險的運動之一3.登山（名詞短語）/（動詞短語）themostdangerousmountainoneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsmountainclimbing/climbmountainsReading4.來自世界各地的登山者5.橫亙于中國的西南邊界6.在所有的山峰中7.厚厚的云層theclimbersfromallovertheworldrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChinaofallthemountainsthickclouds8.更為嚴(yán)重的困難9.寒冷的天氣狀況和強(qiáng)勁的暴風(fēng)雪10.首次到達(dá)珠穆朗瑪峰頂?shù)娜薽oreseriousdifficultiesfreezingweatherconditionsandheavystormsthefirstpeopletoreachthetopofQomolangmaReadthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Paragraph1spiritofclimbersParagraph2achievementsofclimbersParagraph3factsanddangers3aReadthearticleagainandcompletethechart.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Listtourdangersforclimbers.ListthreeachievementsListtourcomparisonsthickclouds1953—TenzingNorgayandEdmundHillarywerethefirsttoreachthetopmostdangeroussport3bsnowcanfallveryhard。freezingweatherconditions。heavystorms。ThefirstChineseteamreachedthetopin1960.ThefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Peoplecanchallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Nevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdream.Humanscanbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.Answerthequestionsusinginformationfromthearticle.1.WherearetheHimalayas?2.HowhighisQomolangma?InthesouthwesternpartofChina.8,844.43metershigh.3c3.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?4.Whatdoesthespiritoftheclimberstellus?Becausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Weshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.

Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,…

“oneof+the+形容詞的最高級+復(fù)數(shù)名詞”，意為“最……之一”。如：MissWangisoneofthemostpopularteachersinourschool.王老師是我們學(xué)校最受歡迎的老師之一。Languagepoints2.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop.

Itis+adj.+todosth.，it作形式主語放在句首，而把真正的主語放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容詞有

important，difficult，dangerous，necessary，useful，possible等，用來對todosth.進(jìn)行說明。此句型可以轉(zhuǎn)換成Todosth.is+adj.。3.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.difficulty既可作可數(shù)名詞也可作不可數(shù)名詞。e.g.ItisimportanttostudyEnglishwell.學(xué)好英語很困難。

It’sverydifficulttoclimbQomolangma.攀登珠穆朗瑪峰很難。作可數(shù)名詞時通常用復(fù)數(shù)，表示具體概念，即：各式各樣的“困難，難題，難事”，如：He’shavingfinancialdifficulties.他正手頭拮據(jù)。作不可數(shù)名詞時，譯作“困難，艱難，幸苦”，如：Shehadgreatdifficultyinunderstandinghim.她很難理解他說的話。4.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.

giveup意為“放棄”，后面可以接名詞、代詞或v-ing形式作賓語。注意：如果其賓語是名詞，那么名詞可以放在give和up之間，也可以放在up之后；如果其賓語是代詞，那么代詞只能放在give和up之間。如：Myunclewantstogiveupdrinkingwine.我叔叔想戒酒。AlthoughEnglishisn’teasytolearn,Iwon’tgiveitup.雖然英語不易學(xué)，但我不會放棄。5.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?eventhough用作從屬連詞，意為“即使；盡管”，相當(dāng)于evenif，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，一般不與并列連詞but連用。如：Mr.Wangwillcomeontimeeventhough

itrains.盡管下雨，但王老師會按時來。theNiletheYangtzeRivertheYellowRiver6,6706,3005,500TheYellowRiverislong.TheYangtzeRiverisalot

_______thantheYellowRiver.TheNileis____________ofall.longerthelongestMakesentencesusingtheinformationintheforms.ExerciseTheYangtzeRiverisnot____long____theNile.=TheYangtzeRiverisnot_______thantheNile.asaslongertheNiletheYangtzeRivertheYellowRiver6,6706,3005,500QomolangmaMountHuangMountTai8,8481,8641,545MountTaiishigh.MountHuangisalittle

_______than

MountTai.Qomolangmais____________ofall.MountTaiisnot___high