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Unit 5 What an adventure!
Understanding ideas
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Climbers 2019
Please tell briefly what the movie is about.
What mountain are these people climbing in the poster
Activity 1
Look at the map and answer the questions.
1 Who were the first people confirmed to have reached the top of the mountain When did this happen
2 Why do you think the climbers need so many camps along the route
3 What else do you know about Qomolangma Share the information with the class.
Activity 2
Read the passage and find out what “Type T”
personalities are.
CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS
Activity 3
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
1 To encourage people to climb Qomolangma if fully prepared, as risks bring many benefits.
2 To remind people to balance the benefits and risks before deciding to climb Qomolangma.
3 To suggest that people stop taking risks and climbing Qomolangma, as the risks outweigh the benefits.
Activity 4
Complete the paragraphs with expressions from the passage.
1 sheer joy
2 enjoy life
3 important and unique
4 look deep inside
5 mental toughness
6 human nature
7 take risks
8 benefit from the result
Activity 5 Discourse analysis
1 Find out the topic sentence or summarise the main idea of each paragraph.
2 Think about the relationship of the paragraphs and work out the logical line in them.
3 Make a mind map of the text organization.
Activity 5
Think & Share
1 Do you agree with Mallory’s and Arnette’s opinions Why
2 If you were given the chance, would you like to climb Qomolangma Why or why not
Unit 5 What an adventure!
Starting out
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Activity 1
Look at the map, and read the information about the three explorers. Match the routes to the explorers.
1-b 2-c 3-a
Activity 2
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What kind of difficulties did Xu Xiake meet
Do you know any other great explorers Share their stories with the class.
Questions for more details:
1) What did he love doing and wish to do as a child
2) What special thing did he do when he wrote about his discoveries
3) What achievements did he make before he passed away
4) How do people comment on his works
5) What is Xu Xiake considered as in China
Discussion
Compare Xu Xiake with the three European explorers and try to find out what they have in common.
Explorers Time & Country Adventures Achievements & Influence
Ferdinand Magellan 1480-1521 Portuguese sailed west from Spain across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Spice Islands (now part of Indonesia) explored the westward
route to South-east Asia
Vasco da Gama 1460-1524 Portugal opened up the sea route from Western Europe to the east by way of the Cape of Good Hope the first European to reach
India by sea
Christopher Columbus 1451–1506 Italian completed journeys between Spain and the Americas marked the beginning of
European exploration of the
Americas
Xu Xiake 1587-1640 Chinese (the Ming Dynasty) explored famous mountains and rivers, and went to places that had never been visited before covered almost half of modern China travelled on foot corrected several mistakes
in earlier books
discovered that the Jinsha
River was the true source
of the Yangtze River
Unit 5 What an adventure!
Project
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Making a poster about a modern-day adventurer
From the first explorers to today’s travellers, humans have always had a desire to discover new places and experiences. This adventurous spirit is part of what drives understanding, learning and progress. Even today, there are still many adventurers constantly pushing human limits. Make a poster about a modern-day adventurer and find out more about this big, exciting world.
Investigate
1 Find out the most famous modern-day adventurers. Make notes about:
their names, ages and nationalities
where they went and what they did there
2 Work in groups. Choose one of the adventurers and research him / her in
more detail. You may want to find out about:
his / her experiences
his / her motivation
the risks and dangers he / she faced
what skills and knowledge he / she had beforehand
Plan
Decide what information you will include in your poster.
Draft the layout of your poster. Include photos and maps to bring the adventurer’s story to life.
Create
Make your poster according to your draft layout.
Prepare a short commentary explaining why you chose this adventurer and what you think we can learn from him / her.
THANK YOU

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