1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 2 3a-3c,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia? ,Revision,1.nature 2. freezing 3. thick 4. achievement 5. achieve 6. southwestern 7. include 8. condition 9. succeed 10. 吸入,容納 11. 成功做某事 12. 挑戰(zhàn),考驗 13. 面對（

2、困難、問題等) 14. 力,力量 .,Preview-check,1. We felt a great sense of when we reached the top of the mountain. 2. He will never anything if he doesnt work harder. 3. Her hobbies swimming and gardening. 4. The piano was in good . 5. difficulties, hes completely unafraid.,6. Is Kunming in China? 7. If you try

3、hard youll in passing the exam. 8. The job doesnt really him. 9. The thief took the money from the old man by . 10. We oxygen(氧氣) and breathe out carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) to live.,What do you know about Qomolangma? Talk about Qomolangma in pairs.,Pre-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

4、 2.登山 3. 世界上最危險的運動之一 4.橫亙于中國的西南邊界 5.在所有的山峰中 6.厚厚的云層 7.更為嚴重的困難 8.寒冷的天氣狀況和強勁的暴風雪 9.首次到達珠穆朗瑪峰頂?shù)娜?10.冒生命危險,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,1. What are the facts and

5、 dangers about Qomolangma? 2. What are the achievements of climbers? 3. Whats the spirit of climbers?,Read the article again and complete the chart.,3b,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 clim

6、b this mountain even though it is dangerous? 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?,3c,One of the most _ sports in the world is mountain _, and one of the most _ places to go for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas _ along the _border of China.,According to the passage, fill in the blanks

7、.,Of all the peaks (tops), Qomolangma is the _ and most _, also, it is the_ to climb because of the _ clouds, _ weather conditions and _ storms. This extremely high _ attracts _ from all over the world.,The first _ to reach the top of Qomolangma were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953. The fi

8、rst Chinese climber _ the top in 1960, and in 1975, the first woman _ , too.,One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, “one of + the + 形容詞的最高級 + 復數(shù)名詞”，意為“最之一”。如： Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school. 王老師是我們學校最受歡迎的老師之一。,Language points,2. It is also very har

9、d to take in air as you get near the top. It is + adj. + to do sth.， 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to do sth. 進行說明。此句型可以 轉(zhuǎn)換成To do sth. is + adj.。,3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy

10、storms. difficulty 既可作可數(shù)名詞也可作不可 數(shù)名詞。,e.g. It is important to study English well. 學好英語很困難。 Its very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗瑪峰很難。,作可數(shù)名詞時通常用復數(shù)，表示具體概 念，即：各式各樣的 “困難，難題，難 事”，如： Hes having financial difficulties. 他正手頭拮據(jù)。 作不可數(shù)名詞時，譯作“困難，艱難，幸 苦”，如： She had great difficulty in understanding him. 她

11、很難理解他說的話。,4. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. give up 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：,My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。 Although English isnt

12、 easy to learn, I wont give it up. 雖然英語不易學，但我不會放棄。,5. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? even though 用作從屬連詞，意為“即使； 盡管”，相當于even if，引導讓步狀語從 句，一般不與并列連詞but連用。如： Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains. 盡管下雨，但王老師會按時來。,The Yellow River is long. The Yangtz

13、e River is a lot _ than the Yellow River. The Nile is _ of all.,longer,the longest,Make sentences using the information in the forms.,Exercise,The Yangtze River is not _ long _ the Nile. = The Yangtze River is not _ than the Nile.,as as,longer,Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little _ than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is _ of all.,Mount Tai is not _ high _ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _ than Qomolangma.,higher,the highest,as as,higher,1. The population of Singapore is large. 2. The population of Malaysia is much _ than that of Singapore. 3. The population of China is _ of al