1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 3a-3c,Mount Fuji,Eiffel Tower,The Great Wall,A f r i c a,Red Sea,N,I,E,L,The Nile is the longest river in the world.,RUSSIA,Iran,The Caspian Sea,The Caspian sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.,A f r i c a,The Sahara,The Sahara is the bi
2、ggest desert in the world.,Tibet,Qomolangma,H,i,m,a,l,a,y,a,s,Qomolangma is the _ mountain in the world.,highest,Many people went to climb the Qomolangma.,Do you want to climb Qomolangma? Do you think it is easy to climb it?,Death and Dangers,Only few people can achieve the goal.,Spirit of climbers,
3、Learn more about Qomolangma.,1.How many paragraphs of this passage? 2. What a mountain is Himalayas? 3.When did the first Chinese reach the top of Qomolangma? 4.What is the main idea of each paragraph?,Skimming,3,Its one of the most popular places for mountain climbing.,In 1960.,2. What a mountain i
4、s Himalayas?,3.When did the first Chinese reach the top of Qomolangma?,4.What is the main idea of each paragraph?,Paragraph 1 spirit of climbers Paragraph 2 achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 facts and dangers,（Find out the key words),Careful reading,Read the article again and complete the chart.,
5、3b,Answer the questions using information from the article.,1. Where are the Himalayas?2. How high is Qomolangma?,In the southwestern part of China.,8,844.43 meters high.,Post- reading,3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?4. What does the spirit of the clim
6、bers tell us?,Because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.,One of the worlds _ sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular _ for this is the Himalayas. Qmolangma rises the _ and is very dangerous _. More s
7、erious difficulties _ freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard _ in air as you get near the top.,According to the passage, fill in the blanks.,most dangerous,places,highest,to climb,include,to take,The first woman _ was Junko Tabei from in 1975.Many climbers risk their live
8、s to _ themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these _ shows us that we should never give up _ to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the _ of nature.,to succeed,challenge,climbers,trying,forces,One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountai
9、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 points,2. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. -ern形容词后缀 方位，的,Southern 南方的,Eastern 东方的,Western,Northern,Northeastern 东北方的,Southwestern,Sou
10、theastern,Northwestern,3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.difficulty 既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词。,作可数名词时通常用复数，表示具体概 念，即：各式各样的 “困难，难题，难 事”，如： Hes having financial difficulties. 他正手头拮据。,作不可数名词时，表抽象意义的“困难” ，译作“困难，艰难，幸苦”，如： She had great difficulty in understandin
11、g him. 她很难理解他说的话。,4. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.It is + adj. +(for sb.)+ 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， dangerous， necessary， useful， possible等，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成To do sth. is + adj.(+for sb.)。,e.g. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。Its very di
12、fficult to climb Qomolangma.To climb Qomolangma is very difficult.,It is important for us to study English well.学好英语很困难。 _ is important for us.,To study English well,5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. give up 意为“放弃”，后面可以接名词、代词或v-ing形式作
13、宾语。 注意：如果其宾语是名词，那么名词可 以放在 give 和 up 之间，也可以放在 up 之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只 能放在 give 和 up 之间。如：,My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。 Although English isnt easy to learn, I wont give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但我不会放弃。,6. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? even though
14、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： Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains. 尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。,译一译： 小明是我们班最有趣有学生之一。 对我们来说，学好英语是很重要的。 这是西南航空公司吗？（Airline） 他在旅行中遇到过不少伤脑筋的事。 不好的（bad)计划会给以后带来(lead to)困难。 永远不要放弃希望。 即使很困难，我还是坚持学习。,The Yellow River is long. The Yangtze River is a lo
15、t _ 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
16、 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 all.,larger,the largest,4. The population of Singapore is not _ large _ that of China. 5. The population of Singapore is not _ than that of China.,as,larger,as,Retell the article, then preview the Grammar focus.,Homework,
