1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A (3a-3c),北城中學(xué) 馬謙,What is the highest mountain in the world? What is the longest river in the world? ,Revision,Lead-in,Mountain: the Himalayas 喜馬拉雅山脈 Mountain climbers: Tenzing Norgay 丹增諾爾蓋 Edmund Hillary艾德蒙希拉里 Junko Tabei田部井淳子,freezing adj. 極冷

2、的； 冰凍的,nature n. 大自然,thick adj. 厚的；濃的,New words,achievement n. 成就 southwestern adj.西南的 thick adj.厚的 include v.包括 freezing adj.結(jié)冰的 condition n.條件 take in 吸入,succeed v.成功 challenge v.挑戰(zhàn) in the face of 面對 achieve v.達(dá)到；完成 force n.力；力量 nature n. 自然界 even though （=even if） 即使；雖然,New words,Lets know more a

3、bout Qomolangma?,Pre-reading,Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.,Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers,3a,Reading,Read again and Complete the chart.,3b,heavy snow,freezing weather conditions,heavy storms,very hard

4、 to breath as you get near the top,1960The first Chinese team reached the top,1975Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the top,the most popular places,more serious difficulties,stronger than the forces of nature,the highest,the most famous,Mark T or F.,1. It is very dangerous to climb

5、 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,Answer the questions using information from the article.,1. Wh

6、ere 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?,3c,Answer the questions using information from the article.,1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. How high is Qomolangma?,The H

7、imalayas run along the southwestern part of China.,Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters high.,3c,3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?,Many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous because they want to challenge themselves in the face of diffi

8、culties.,4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?,The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also tells us that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.,Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little _ than Mount Tai. Qomo

9、langma is _ of all.,Mount Tai is not _ high _ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _ than Qomolangma.,higher,the highest,as as,higher,Exercise,GROUPWORK,Qomolangma,Qomolangma is in the southwest of China. Its the highest and most famous mountain in the world. Its 8844.43 meters high. Its very dangerous to

10、 climb. Many difficulties include thick clouds, heavy snow, freezing weather conditions, heavy storms and thin air on the top. Many mountain climbers want to reach the top in order to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,Choose one to talk about.,GROUPWORK,the Sahara,the Yangtze River,the Caspian Sea,the Nile,the Great Wall,Summary,1.New words achievement, southwestern, thick, include, freezing, condition, take in, succeed, challenge, in the face of, achieve, force, nature, even though（=even if） 2.Two sentences We should cha