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TRAVEL DIARY
Unit 4
The Wonders of Nature
Section B Why do we explore nature
课型：阅读课
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。
Learning Goals
能够分析并掌握语篇在描写珠峰和登山过程时所用的比较级、大数字以及比喻和夸张的修辞手法。
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，以及人类敢于挑战自我、探索自然的大无畏精神。
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What do you know about Mount Qomolangma
Where is it
How high is it
Why is it famous
Who has climbed it
What is the weather like
Where is it
How high is it
Why is it famous
Who has climbed it
What is the weather like
It’s the world’s highest mountain and is famous for extreme conditions.
Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard.
On the China-Nepal border, it’s part of the Himalayas.
It's 8848.86 meters high.
Many people.
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Look and predict.
Scan the article and find the information below.
1b
1.__________: what climbers called the way up the northern side of the mountain
2.__________: the distance between the Second Step and sea level
3.__________: the year the first Chinese team reached the top of Qomolangma
4.__________: the height of Qomolangma in 2020
Year
Tip:focus on numbers, years, names, and places
Death Road
8,600 metres
1960
8,848.86 metres
How many paragraphs？
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2
3
4
5
How many parts？
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2
3
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C. Difficulties and dangers
A. Achievements of Chinese teams
B. Reasons for climbing Qomolangma
Read the article again. Match the paragraphs with the main ideas.
C
A
B
Read for content
Read part 1 and try to answer the following questions.
Q1:Why is it difficult to climb Qomolangma
Temperatures: ；
Cliff: ；
Air: ；
Weather: ；
-30 degrees
thin
high
changeable
terrible conditions
Death Road
Read for content
Read part 1 and try to answer the following questions.
Q2:Why is the road called “Death Road”
No one was able to reach the top of Qomolangma from the northern side before 1960.
Read for content
Read part 2 and try to answer the following questions.
Time Achievement
Q3:What achievement have the Chinese climbing teams made？
May 25, 1960
The Chinese national flag flew above the world’s highest mountain for the first time.
In 1975
Another Chinese team climbed to the top Qomolangma to do research and brought a ladder to the Second Step
measure its height--8848.86 metres.
In 2020
Careful Reading: Para 5 (The "Chinese Ladder")
Photo: The "Chinese Ladder" on the Second Step
Key Q&A
A ladder to help pass the Second Step.
In 1975 by the Chinese team.
8,848.86 metres.
Language: pull themselves up(攀登，拉上去)
Symbol of Chinese Courage & Willingness to Help
Q: What is it
Q: When placed
Q: 2020 Height
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Climbing Qomolangma is dangerous. Some climbers reach the top successfully, but many fail. Why do people still risk their lives to climb the highest mountain in the world It is because human curiosity and ambition cannot be stopped. Or, as the English explorer George Mallory put it, it is simply "because it's there"!
Read part 3 and try to answer the following questions.
1. Why do people still risk their lives to climb Qomolangma
2. What did the English explorer George Mallory say about why people climb mountains
It is because human curiosity and ambition cannot be stopped.
He said, "because it's there!"
Critical thinking
Q3:What qualities do you think a good mountain climber-student needs to have
Strong body
Bravery
Teamwork
Determination
We should face difficulties bravely in our study and life, just like the climbers
Critical thinking
Q2：What do you think George Mallory meant by “because it’s there”
It means humans are driven by curiosity and the desire to explore, even if the challenge is dangerous.
Read again. Circle T for true or F for false. Then correct
the false statements.
1d
1.A few climbers reached the top of Qomolangma from the northern side before 1960.
2.In 1960, Liu Lianman’s teammates used a ladder to get past the Second Step.
3.The Chinese team brought a national flag to the top of Qomolangma in 1960.
4.The “Chinese Ladder” was placed at 8,600 metres above sea
level.
5.Climbers first started to use the “Chinese Ladder” in 2007.
T F
T F
T F
T F
T F
No one
stepped on Liu Lianman’s shoulders
They first used it in 1975.
Where there's a will, there's a way
Summary
Reaching New Heights
Difficulties and dangers
Achievements of Chinese teams
Reasons for climbing
Reading words:
climber n. 攀登者 northern adj. 北部的distance n. 距离 survive v. 生存
condition n. 条件 degree n. 度
cliff n. 悬崖 changeable adj. 易变的
death n. 死亡 determined adj. 坚决的
Reading skill: scan (扫读)，
read quickly to find numbers, years, names, and places. pay attention to Arabic numerals, capital letters.
Homework
基础作业
熟读课文并整理本课词汇及表达笔记。
拓展作业
完成任务单中“中国登山队时间轴”梳理，回顾登顶历史关键节点。
实践作业
用英文绘制一幅人类攀登珠穆朗玛峰的思维导图，总结梳理攀登的困难、成就及意义，并尝试用英文讲解。

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