Unit4TheWondersofNatureSectionB1a1e课件人教版八年级英语下册

TheWondersofNatureUnit4SectionAWhatisamazingaboutnature?SectionB

1a-1e010203通过阅读攀登珠峰的文本，获取并正确认读与探险、登山相关的核心词汇（如climber,survive,determined,risk,curiosity,ambition等），感知描述极限挑战类文本的语言特点与结构。能够深入挖掘语篇的立意和价值，体会中国登山队不畏艰险、顽强拼搏、团结协作、不怕牺牲的精神和为国争光的坚定信念，以及人类敢干挑战自我、探索自然的大无畏精神。能够梳理语篇关于中国登山队员攀登珠穆朗玛峰的时间以及取得的不同成就、能够分析并掌握语篇在描写珠穆朗玛峰和登山过程时所使用的比较级、大数字以及比喻和夸张的修辞手法。LearningobjectivesDiscussionHowmuchdoyouknowaboutQomolangma?TheQuestion"Lookatthesenumbers.Wouldyoustillwanttoclimb?Whyorwhynot?"-30°C(colderthanyourfreezer!)1/3ofsealevel(everybreathisafight)above8,000m(bodystartstodieslowly)TheNumbersBehindQomolangmaThechangingnumbers...8,848.13m8,844.43m8,848.86m(最新数据)197520052020“Whydoyouthinkthenumbersaredifferent?”Erosion(侵蚀)earthmovementEarthquakeBettermeasurementtoolsChangesofsnowandicecold,freezingfalldownthickcloudshaveproblemsinbreathingheavystormsWhatmightbethedangersofclimbingQomolangma?Today,let’sentertheworldofQomolangma.

1aWhatdoyouknowaboutMountQomolangma?Tellapartner.Itisthehighestmountainintheworld,withaheightof8,848.86meters.MountQomolangmaItliesontheborderbetweenChinaandNepal.ThenorthernsideisinChina.Itisverydangeroustoclimbbecauseofcoldtemperatures,thinair,andchangeableweather.…珠穆朗玛峰简称珠峰，是喜马拉雅山脉的主峰，同时是世界海拔最高的山峰，位于中国与尼泊尔边境线上，北部在中国西藏定日县境内，南部在尼泊尔境内，是世界最高峰，也是中国跨越四个县的珠穆朗玛峰自然保护区和尼泊尔国家公园的中心所在。

藏语中“珠穆”是“女神”的意思，“朗玛”是“母象”的意思，整体意思为“大地之母”。1.Whatarethepeopledoinginthetwopictures?TheyareclimbingMountQomolangma.2.Whatdoesthetitlemean?ItmeansreachingthetopofMountQomolangma.3.Whatwillthetexttalkabout?thechallengesofclimbingMountQomolangma,theachievement…Italsomeansachievingnewgoalsormakinggreatprogressinexploration.PredictionLookatthetitleandthepicture,thendiscuss:1bScanthearticletofindtheinformationbelow.1.______:whatclimberscalledthewayupthenorthernsideofthemountain2.______:thedistancebetweentheSecondStepandsealevel3.______:whenthefirstChineseteamreachedthetopofQomolangma4.______:whenthesecondChineseteamreachedthetopofQomolangma5.______:theheightofQomolangmain2020ScanningYoucanreadatextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasnumbers,years,names,andplaces.NumbersandyearsareusuallyinArabicnumerals,whilenamesandplacesusuallystartwithcapitalletters.thedistancebetween...and...……和……之间的距离1.____________:whatclimberscalledthewayupthenorthernsideofthemountain2.____________:thedistancebetweentheSecondStepandsealevel3._______________:whenthefirstChineseteamreachedthetopofQomolangma4.____________:whenthesecondChineseteamreachedthetopofQomolangma5.______________:theheightofQomolangmain2020DeathRoad8,600metresOn25May1960In19758,848.86metres____Paragraphs1and2____Paragraphs3and4____Paragraph5A.AchievementsofChineseteamsB.ReasonsforclimbingQomolangmaC.Difficultiesanddangers

Tomostpeople,MountQomolangmaisoneofthegreatestwondersoftheworld.Onthehighestplaceonearth,youwillfeellikeyouareabletotouchthesky.Butonlythebestclimbersreachthetop,andthatisonlyiftheysurvivetheterribleconditionsfirst.Onthemountain,temperaturescanfallto-30degrees.Climbersmustalsodealwiththinair,highcliffs,andchangeableweather.Before1960,noonewasabletoreachthetopofQomolangmafromthenorthernside.Mountainclimbersevencalledthatwaythe"DeathRoad",butaChineseclimbingteamwasdeterminedtomaketheclimb.121cReadthearticleagain.Matchtheparagraphswiththemainideas.____Paragraphs1and2____Paragraphs3and4____Paragraph5A.AchievementsofChineseteamsB.ReasonsforclimbingQomolangmaC.DifficultiesanddangersOn24May1960,climbersLiuLianman,WangFuzhou,QuYinhua,andGongbuarrivedattheSecondStep.Itwas8,600metresabovesealevel.Peoplesaiditwassohighthatevenbirdscouldnotreachit.…,theChinesenationalflagflewabovetheworld'shighestmountainforthefirsttime.In1975,…Thistime,theybroughtaladdertotheSecondStep.Until2007,almostallclimbersfromthenorthernsideusedthis"ChineseLadder"toreachthetopmuchfaster.In2020,aChineseresearchteamwenttoQomolangmatomeasureitsheight—8,848.86metres.341cReadthearticleagain.Matchtheparagraphswiththemainideas.____Paragraphs1and2____Paragraphs3and4____Paragraph5A.AchievementsofChineseteamsB.ReasonsforclimbingQomolangmaC.Difficultiesanddangers

ClimbingQomolangmaisdangerous.Someclimbersreachthetopsuccessfully,butmanyfail.Whydopeoplestillrisktheirlivestoclimbthehighestmountainintheworld?Itisbecausehumancuriosityandambitioncannotbestopped.Or,astheEnglishexplorerGeorgeMalloryputit,itissimply“becauseit’sthere”!51cReadthearticleagain.Matchtheparagraphswiththemainideas.Readparagraphs1-2andfinishthetasks.DifficultiesanddangersHowhighisit?Onthe_____________onearthFeellikeyouareableto______________Whocanreachthetop?Onlythe____________canreachthetop,andthatisonlyifthey__________theterribleconditions.Whataretheconditionslike?Temperature:______________Air:____________Cliffs:__________Weather:___________Whatistheroadfromthenorthernsidecalled?The“________Road”highestplacetouchtheskybestclimberssurvive-30degreesthinhighchangeableDeathCarefulreading1960197520072020Date:

.Place:TheSecondStepis

abovesealevel.Story:LiuLianmanallowedhisteammatesto

.Result:TheChinesenationalflag

abovethemountain

on25May1960.8,600metressteponhisshouldersflewforthefirsttimeReadparagraphs3-4andfinishthetasks.CarefulreadingDatePlaceStoryResult1960197520072020Event:AnotherChineseteamclimbedtothetopofQomolangmato

.Did:Theybroughta

totheSecondStep.doresearchladderReadparagraphs3-4andfinishthetasks.CarefulreadingDatePlaceStoryResult1960197520072020EventDidFact:Almostallclimbersfromthe

.

sideusedthe

.northernChineseLadderEvent:AChineseresearchteamwenttoQomolangmato

itsheight.Height:TheheightofQomolangmais

metres.measure8,848.86Howdoesthewriterintroducetheclimbingstoriesinthispart?Bytellingaboutdifferenteventsindifferentyears.Readparagraphs3-4andfinishthetasks.CarefulreadingClimbingQomolangmaisdangerous.Someclimbersreachthetopsuccessfully,butmanyfail.Whydopeoplestillrisktheirlivestoclimbthehighestmountainintheworld?Itisbecausehumancuriosityandambitioncannotbestopped.Or,astheEnglishexplorerGeorgeMalloryputit,itissimply"becauseit'sthere"!WhatarethetworeasonswhypeoplestillclimbQomolangmatoday?1.

Becausehumancuriosityandambitioncannotbestopped.2.

Becauseit’sthere.(AstheEnglishexplorerGeorgeMallorysaid.)Readparagraph5andfinishthetasks.CarefulreadingGeorgeMallory(1886.6.18.-1924.6.8)是一位伟大的英国探险家。1922年马洛里首次从北坡挑战珠穆朗玛峰没有成功，2年后与队友AndrewIrvine再度尝试登顶，最终一去不复返，而有关两人死前到底是否曾经登顶的争议也成为登山历史上著名的"马欧之谜"。如果能够证明两人生前确曾登顶，则将改变珠峰的历史，这次攀登也将成为人类历史上首次征服珠穆朗玛峰。Readagain.CircleTfortrueorFforfalse.Thencorrectthefalsestatements.1.AfewclimbersreachedthetopofQomolangmafromthenorthernsidebefore1960.2.In1960,LiuLianman’steammatesusedaladdertogetpasttheSecondStep.3.TheChineseteambroughtanationalflagtothetopofQomolangmain1960.4.The“ChineseLadder”wasplacedat8,600metresabovesealevel.5.Climbersfirststartedtousethe“ChineseLadder”in2007.TFTFTFTFTF1Noone2steppedonLiuLianman’sshoulders3445Theyfirstuseditin1975,andalmostallclimbersusedituntil2007.1dFinishthemindmap.ReachingNewHeightsDifficultiesanddangersAchievementsofChineseteamsReasonsforclimbingoneofthe________wondersthe________placeonearthtemperaturescanfallto________,_____air,high______,and_________weather.calledthe“_______Road”.196019752020arrivedatthe______step,at8,600meters.steppedonLiu’s_________tomakeitpast.theChinese_______flagflewaboveitforthefirsttime.broughta______tothesecondstep.______2007,this“ChineseLadder”wereusedtoreachthetopmuch________._________itsheight---8,848.86metres.human________and__________.itissimply“Becauseit’sthere.”greatesthighest-30degreesthincliffschangeableDeathSecondshouldersnationalladderUntilfastermeasuredcuriosityambitionPostreading1eDiscussthequestions.1.HowdoyouthinktheChineseclimbersfeltwhentheyplacedthenationalflagontopofQomolangma?Ithinktheyfeltveryproudandexcited.2.WhatdoyouthinkGeorgeMallorymeantby“becauseit’sthere”?Hedoesn’thavecomplicated（复杂的）reasonsforclimbingit.Themountainisjustthere,

andthat’senoughtomakehimwanttoreachitstop.Forhim,climbingMountQomolangma

isachoicedrivenbycuriosityandambition,notformoneyorfame（名望）.3.Whatqualitiesdoyouthinkagoodmountainclimberneedstohave?Agoodmountainclimberneedstohavebothastrongbodyandastrongmind.Agoodmountainclimberneedstohaveteamspirit.（答案不唯一，仅供参考）Determination决心Teamwork协作Patriotism爱国Innovation创新Exploration探索WhatcanwelearnfromChineseclimbingteams?Furtherthinking:

Ifwemeetanydifficultiesinourlife,whatcanwedo?Wecanstaycalmanddon’tbeafraidofthedifficulties.Wecanthinkofgoodwaystosolvetheproblemsstepbystep.Wecanlearnfromtheclimbersandkeeptrying,nevergiveup.Wecanbelieveinourselves—wearealwaysstrongerthandifficulties....Languagepoints1Tomostpeople,MountQomolangmaisoneofthegreatestwondersoftheworld.Onthehighestplaceonearth,youwillfeellikeyouareabletotouchthesky.Butonlythebestclimbersreachthetop,andthatisonlyiftheysurvivetheterribleconditionsfirst.Onthemountain,temperaturescanfallto-30degrees.Climbersmustalsodealwiththinair,highcliffs,andchangeableweather.2Before1960,noonewasabletoreachthetopofQomolangmafromthenorthernside.Mountainclimbersevencalledthatwaythe“DeathRoad”,butaChineseclimbingteamwasdeterminedtomaketheclimb.ReachingNewHeights对于大多数人来说oneofthe+形容词最高级+可数名词复数

最……的……之一feellike感觉像；给……的感觉；感受到；其后可接名词、动词-ing形式或从句beabletodosth能够做某事只有……才（引导条件状语从句）先熬过恶劣的环境将至，跌到应对

处理高耸的悬崖变化莫测的bedeterminedtodosth决心做某事3On24May1960,climbersLiuLianman,WangFuzhou,QuYinhua,andGongbuarrivedattheSecondStep.Itwas8,600metresabovesealevel.Peoplesaiditwassohighthatevenbirdscouldnotreachit.Liuallowedhisteammatesto

steponhisshoulders.Bitbybit,theclimberspulledthemselvesup,andtheymadeitpasttheSecondStep.At4:20a.m.on25May,theChinesenationalflagflewabovetheworld’shighestmountainforthefirsttime.

在...上方so...that如此……以至于allowsbtodosth允许某人做某事steponone’sshoulders踩在某人的肩膀上一点一点地；逐渐地海拔pulloneselfup奋力向上爬

makeit①获得成功

②（尤指在困难情况下）准时到达第一次4In1975,anotherChineseteamclimbedtothetop

ofQomolangmatodoresearch.Thistime,they

broughtaladdertotheSecondStep.Until2007,

almostallclimbersfromthenorthernsideused

this“ChineseLadder”toreachthetopmuchfaster.

In2020,aChineseresearchteamwenttoQomolangmato

measureitsheight—8,848.86metres.5ClimbingQomolangmaisdangerous.Someclimbersreachthetopsuccessfully,

butmanyfail.Whydopeoplestillrisktheirlivestoclimbthehighestmountainin

theworld?Itisbecausehumancuriosityandambition

cannotbestopped.Or,as

theEnglishexplorerGeorgeMalloryputit,itissimply“becauseit’sthere”!开展研究把梯子带到...直到2007年

测量它的高度

riskone’slifetodosth冒着生命危险做某事usesthtodosth使用/利用某物做某事好奇心与雄心无法被阻挡assbputsit正如某人所言词讲练northern

/ˈnɔːðən/adj.北部的；向北的1.Thecityisinthe______partofChina,soit’scoldinwinter.A.northB.northernC.northeastD.northwest2.The______(west)partofthecountryisfamousforitsbeautifulmountains.3.Weplantotraveltothe_________(north)partofChinatoseethesnowscenerythere.

B构词法：由名词

north（北；北方）+后缀

-ern

构成同类拓展：

east

→

eastern（东方的；东部的）

west→

western（西方的；西部的）

south→

southern（南方的；南部的）westernnorthernLanguagepoints词讲练death

/deθ/n.死亡；毁灭；破灭单词词性词义用法说明death名词死；死亡在句中作主语或宾语。die动词死作谓语非延续性动词，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。dead形容词死的作定语或表语，表示状态；bedead可与一段时间连用。dying形容词临终的作定语，thedying指“临终者，垂死者”。语境例句：Theoldmanliesinbed,thinkingofhis_______armycomrades.They______fortheliberationofthepeople.Itisaworthy______.His______wishistoseehislivingarmycomrades.这位老人躺在床上,想起他死去的战友。他们为人民的解放事业而死,死得其所。他的临终心愿是去看看他仍然健在的战友。dead

dieddeathdyingLanguagepoints词讲练determined

/dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/adj.有决心的；坚决的1.Sheis______tofinishthetaskontime,nomatterhowharditis.A.determineB.determinedC.determinationD.determining2.Withgreat____________(determine),heovercameallthedifficultiesandsucceeded.3.翻译：尽管遇到了很多困难，他们依然决心完成这个项目。

determination构词法：由动词

determine（决定，决心）+后缀

-d

构成。核心短语：bedeterminedtodosth.

决心做某事例：I’mdeterminedtosucceed.（我决心要获得成功。）词形拓展：determinev.决定

→

determinationn.决心；坚定例：Hefoughttheillnesswithcourageanddetermination.

（他勇敢顽强地与疾病作斗争。）BAlthoughtheymetmanydifficulties,theywerestilldeterminedtofinishtheproject.Languagepoints词讲练risk

/rɪsk/v.使……冒风险（或面临危险）；n.危险；风险1.Youshouldn’trisk_______(drive)sofastintherain.It’sdangerous.2.Manyfirefightersrisktheirlives_______(save)peoplefromthefire.3.医生警告说，熬夜会增加患心脏病的风险。

Doctorswarnthatstayinguplatewillincrease___________heartdisease.

动词用法：riskone'slife(todosth.)

冒着生命危险（做某事）