八年级下册英语第七单元--sactionA.ppt课件

1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section A(3a3c)wordsQomolangma Himalayassouthwestern thick freezing succeed lives challege force naturetake in in the face ofWhat do you know about Qomolangma?Pre-readingParagraph 1 Spirit of climbersParagraph 2 Achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 Fact

2、s and dangers3a.Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.Qomolangma the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?Where are the Himalayas?2. How high is Qomolangma?The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.It is 8,844.43 meters high.3.What a mountain is Himalayas?Its one

3、 of the most popular places for mountain climbing.4.Why is it dangerous to climb Qomolangma?Because thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard.1.When did the first Chinese to reach the top of Qomolangma?In 19602.Who is the first woman to reach the top?Junko Tabei1. Why do so many people

4、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 because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.3

5、b. Read the article again and complete the chart.paragraph1paragraph2Paragraph1&3List four dangers for climbersList three achievementsList four comparisonsThick clouds1953-Tenzing Norgay and Jedmund Hillary were the first to reach the top .Most dangerous sportParagraph 1List four dangers for climber

6、s:thick cloudsSnow hard;Freezing weather conditions;Heavy storms;Very hard to breathe as you get near the top3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.Paragraph 2List three achievements:1953 - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top;1960 - The first Chinese team did

7、 so; 1975 Junko Tabei from Jupan was the first womam to reach the top.Paragraphs 1 & 3List four comparisons: most dangerous sport;most popular place; highest mountain; most famous mountain;more serious difficulties;stronger than the forces of nature One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountai

8、n climbing, “one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名词”，意为“最之一”。如： Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school.王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之一。Language points2. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. It is + adj. + to do sth.， it作形式主语 放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句 尾。常用于此句型的形容词有 important， difficult， d

9、angerous， necessary， useful， possible等，用 来对to do sth. 进行说明。3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。1）difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时, difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事”。例如：People learning a new language may face s

10、ome difficulties.人们学习一门新的语言 时可能会遇到一些困难。If you have any difficulties, you can call me for help.如果你遇到任何困难，给我打电话求助好了。作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”，例如：He had great difficulty in finding a new job. 他找新的 工作费了很大劲。.We found the house without difficulty. 我们轻而易举地找到广那座房子。2）include表示“包括；包含”，是一个及物动词。例如：Does

11、 your price of the bike include this light?你们的车价包含这盏车灯吗？4. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.这些登山者的精神向我们表明：我们绝不应该放弃实现自己梦想的尝试。1）give up doing something 的意思是“放弃做某事；半途而废”He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.他找到工作之后就放弃了对第

12、三门语言的学习。2 ) achieve our dreams 相当于make our dreams come true其中achieve是动词，表示“（通过努力）实现；达到（梦想、成功)”等。其名词为achievement意为“成绩;成就”。achieve 和come true都有实现（梦想）区别：achieveachieve的主语必须是人，且可以接宾语。come turecome ture主语是事物，可以是希望，愿望，梦想等。例如：He achieved great success in a short time.他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。I thought he could achieve his dream and his dream came true at last.我认为他能够实现梦想，最后他的梦想实现了。5. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管”，相当于even if，引导让步状语从句，一般不与并列连词but连用。如：M