2014新人教版八年级下册英语unit7_sectionA_3a-3c课件

the great spirit
Mark True (T) or False (F).
1. It is very dangerous to climb T Qomolangma. 2. The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1955. F 3. The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960. F 4. It shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature. T
3c
Answer the questions using
information from the article.
1. Where are the Himalayas? In the southwestern part of China. 2. How high is Qomolangma? 8,844.43 meters high.
8.更为严重的困难 more serious difficulties 9.寒冷的天气状况和强劲的暴风雪 freezing weather conditions and heavy storms
10.首次到达珠穆朗玛峰顶的人 the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma
2. 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， 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.。
the Nile the Yangtze River the Yellow River
6,670
6,300
5,500
The Yangtze River is not ____ as long ____ as the Nile. = The Yangtze River is not _______ longer than the Nile.
e.g. It is important to study English well. 学好英语很困难。 It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。 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。
a few people
the most dangerous
Paragraph 3 List the spirit of climbers
1. challenge themselves in face of difficulties.
2. never give up trying to achieve dreams. 3. be stronger than the forces of nature. the most dangerous
3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? Because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us? We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
Make sentences using the information in the forms.
the Nile the Yangtze River the Yellow River 5,500
6,670
6,300
The Yellow River is long. longer than The Yangtze River is a lot _______ the Yellow River. The Nile is ____________ the longest of all.
3a Read the article and match each
paragraph with the main ideas. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 spirit of climbers achievements ogers
the most dangerous
Paragraphs 2 Achievements of climbers List three achievements 1.1953-Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top. 2. 1960-the first Chinese team reached the top 3. 1975- Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the top
Read the passage carefully and 3b complete the chart in groups of four.
Paragraph 1 Paragraphs 2 List dangers for List three climbers achievements 1. thick clouds 1.1953-Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top. Paragraph 3 List the spirit of climbers 1. challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
实现目标；成功 日本 挑战；考验 面对（问题、困难等） 达到；完成；成功 力；力量 自然界；大自然 大海；海洋 太平洋
Free Talk Do you like mountain climbing? Do you know the most popular places to go for it?
喜马拉雅山脉 亚马逊河 段；段落 西南的；西南方向的 厚的；浓的 包括；包含 冻冰的；结冰的 条件；状况 吸入；吞入（体内）
succeed v. Japan n. challenge v. in the face of achieve v. force n. nature n. ocean n. the Pacific Ocean
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： He’s having financial difficulties. 他正手头拮据。 作不可数名词时，译作“困难，艰难， 幸 苦”，如： She had great difficulty in understanding him. 她很难理解他说的话。
自读文章，在书中划出重点、疑点后，翻 译下列短语。先独立完成，后小组商议。 1.最危险的山峰 the most dangerous mountain 2.世界上最危险的运动之一 one of the world’s most dangerous sports 3.登山（名词短语）/（动词短语）
mountain climbing/climb mountains
1. One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain 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。
Paragraph 1 Facts and dangers List dangers for climbers
1. thick clouds
2. hard snow 3. freezing weather conditions 4. heavy storms 5. hard to breathe
many dangers
Singapore
Malaysia
China
4,000,000
20,000,000
1300,000,000
1. The population of Singapore is large. 2. The population of Malaysia is much larger than that of Singapore. ______ 3. The population of China is _________ the largest of all.
Qomolangma Mount Huang 8,848 1,864
Mount Tai 1,545
Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little _______ higher than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is ____________ the highest of all. Mount Tai is not ___ as high ___ as Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _______ higher than Qomolangma.