外研必修第三冊Unit5Period1Startingout&Understandingideas(I)教學目

Lead-inDoyouliketojointhemtoclimbQomolangma?12Toknowaboutdifferentexplorersandtheirspirits.TotellthemainideaandstructureofthepassageandlistreasonforclimbingQomolangma,usethewords,phrasesandkeylanguagepointscorrectly.目標一：Toknowaboutdifferentexplorersandtheirspirits.Activity1:Lookatthemap,andreadtheinformationaboutthethreeexplorers.Matchtheroutestotheexplorers.斐迪南·麥哲倫

FerdinandMagellan(1480-1521)wasaPortugueseexplorerwhosailedwestfromSpainacrosstheAtlanticandPacificoceansinsearchofawestwardroutetotheSpiceIslands(nowpartof

Indonesia).b

達·伽馬VascodaGama(1460-1524)wasaPortugueseexplorerandthefirstEuropeantoreachIndiabysea.HisinitialjourneytoIndiaopenedup

thesearoutefromWesternEuropetotheeastbywayoftheCapeofGoodHope.c

克里斯托弗·哥倫布ChristopherColumbus(1451-1506)wasanItalianexplorerwho

completedjourneysbetweenSpainandtheAmericas,thusmarkingthebeginningofEuropeanexplorationoftheAmericas.aActivity2:Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.1WhatkindofdifficultiesdidXuXiakemeet?badweatherillnessdangerousanimalsrobbers2Doyouknowanyothergreatexplorers?Sharetheirstorieswiththeclass.ZhangQian(164BC~144BC)isknownasagreatdiplomatandexplorer.Heis“thepioneeroftheSilkRoad”,“thefirstChinesetoopenhiseyestoseetheworld”

and“ColumbusoftheEast”.HespreadthecivilizationoftheCentralPlainstothewesternregions,andintroducedspeciessuchassweatbloodhorse,grape,alfalfa,pomegranateandflaxfromthewesternregionstotheCentralPlains,whichpromotedtheexchangeofeasternandWesterncivilizations.目標二:TotellthemainideaandstructureofthepassageandlistreasonforclimbingQomolangma,usethewords,phrasesandkeylanguagepointscorrectly.Activity1:Lookatthemapandanswerthequestions.FactsaboutQomolangma?QomolangmaliesontheborderofNepalandtheTibetAutonomousRegionofChina.?ThebesttimetoclimbQomolangmaisinAprilandMay.?Thetemperatureonthemountaincangetaslowas-60℃.?ThefirstpeopleconfirmedtohavereachedthetopwereEdmundHillaryandTenzingNorgayin1953.1.Whowerethefirstpeopleconfirmedtohavereachedthetopofthemountain?Whendidthishappen?2.Whydoyouthinktheclimbersneedsomanycampsalongtheroute?3.WhatelsedoyouknowaboutQomolangma?

Sharetheinformationwiththeclass.EdmundHillaryandTenzingNorgayin1953.Itissuchalongwaythatitcannotbedonewithinoneday.Theclimbersneedthesecampsforarestandadaptthemselvestotheenvironment.Qomolangmaisthehighestmountainintheworldwiththeheightof8844metersabovethesealevel,anditisthemainpeakoftheHimalayas.Qomolangmaattractsmanyclimbers.Therearetwomainclimbingroutes,oneapproachingthesummitfromthesoutheastinNepalandtheotherfromthenorthinTibet.Activity2:Readthepassagequicklyandtickthetopicsmentionedinthetext.1

ClimbingQomolangmaisaspecialexperience.2

GeorgeMalloryexpressedhisreasonsofclimbing.3

AlanArnetteexpressedhisreasonsofclimbing.4

Therearesomescientificreasonsofrisk-taking.5

Someadventurersare“TypeT”personalities.6

ItisnotworththeriskofclimbingQomolangma.Activity3:Thinkabouttherelationshipoftheparagraphsandfindoutthewritingstyleandstructureofthetext.AnargumentationPara.1:IntroductionofthetopicPara.2—6:Reasonsforclimbers’risk-takingPara.7:ConclusionActivity4:Readthepassagecarefullyandfinishthetasks.Task1:ReadParagraph1andanswerthequestions.1.WhatarethepossibleresultsofclimbingQomolangma?2.WhydoestheauthormentionthatclimbingQomolangmaisanexperiencelikenoother?1Somepeoplemayreturn,somemaysucceedinclimbingthemountain,andafewevenlosetheirlives.ClimbingQomolangmaisanexperiencelikenoother,makingsomefeelweakandotherspowerful.2ClimbingQomolangmaisaspecialanddifficultexperience.Itwouldincludecrowds,discomfortanddanger.Manywouldbecomesickduetotheextremecoldandlowairpressure,andafewwouldevenlosetheirlives.Activity5:Readparagraphs2~6carefully,completetheparagraphswiththeexpressionsfromthepassage.

WhydopeopleclimbQomolangma?GeorgeMallory

Whatpeoplegetfromthisadventureisjust__________,Peopleeatandmakemoneytobeableto____________,nottheotherwayround.AlanArnetteEachpersonhasa(n)___________________reasonforclimbingamountain.Itforcespeopleto_______________themselves.Tosucceed,peoplemusthavethephysicalaswellas_______________.sheerjoyenjoylifeimportantanduniquelookdeepinsidementaltoughnessScientificreasonsRisk-takingmaybepartof_____________.Peoplewhoaremorelikelyto____________have“TypeT”personalities.Researchalsosuggeststhatourdesiretoseekriskscanbeconnectedtohowmuchweexpectto_____________________.humannaturetakerisksbenefitfromtheresultTask1:ReadParagraph7andanswerthequestionIsitworththerisktoclimbQomolangma?ClimbingQomolangmaisaspecialadventure,whichhasthebenefits,aswellasthedangers.Itistotallyuptothereaderstodecidewhetheritisworththerisks.Activity5:Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1

ToencouragepeopletoclimbQomolangmaiffullyprepared,asrisksbringmanybenefits.2

ToremindpeopletobalancethebenefitsandrisksbeforedecidingtoclimbQomolangma.3

TosuggestthatpeoplestoptakingrisksandclimbingQomolangma,astherisksoutweighthebenefits.Activity6:

Think&Share1DoyouagreewithMallory’sandArnette’sopinions?Why?

Yes,Ido.BecauseclimbingamountainlikeQomolangmaisadesireinmyheart.No,Idon’t.Therearestillotherthingstodotoenjoylifeandchallengesaheadoflifetoovercomewithdetermination.2Ifyouweregiventhechance,wouldyouliketoclimbQomolangma?Whyorwhynot?Version1IfIweregiventhechance,IwouldliketoclimbQomolangma.aIaminterestedinrisk-takingandthisiswhatIwanttodoinmyinnerheart.bIcanfindhappinessfromclimbingthehighestmountainintheworldandIhavetheconfidencetoconquerit.cIamayoungandexperiencedmountaineer.Ialsohaveenoughmoney,physicalandmentaltoughness.Version2:Idon’twanttoclimbQomolangma.aExploringthenatureisgreat,butitisnotsuitableforeveryone.Peoplehavedifferenthealthandeconomicconditions.NoteveryonehasstrongbodyandenoughmoneytoclimbQomolangma.bItisverydangeroustoclimbthemountainbecauseoftheterribleweather.Peoplemaybesickorevenloselives.Everyonehashisownvalue.Wecanmakegreatcontributionstooursocietybyworkinghard.外研必修第三冊Unit5Period1Startingout&Understandingideas(II)Activity7:Findtheimportantwords,phrases,andlanguagepointsyouwanttosharewithyourpartner.Thendiscussingroupsandsharetheirusagewiththeclass.1.confirmv.證實;證明;確認【課文原文】Thefirstpeopleconfirmed

tohavereachedthetopwereEdmundHillaryandTenzingNorgayin1953.1953年，埃德蒙·希拉里和丹增·諾爾蓋首次確認登頂。【知識歸納】本句中confirm是及物動詞,意為“證實,確認”,賓語可以是名詞、代詞或that從句。Ithasbeenconfirmedthat...據證實……;已經確認……confirmsbas...任命某人為……confirmationn.證實;證明;確認【即學即用】用confirm的正確形式填空(1)It___already______________thatthemeetingwillbeheldnextweek.(2)He_____________ascaptainfortherestoftheseasonyesterday.hasbeenconfirmedwasconfirmed2crowdn.人群;擁擠v.(使)擠滿;聚集【課文原句】Lastyear,hundredsofpeoplespentgoodmoneyonanexperiencethattheyknewwouldincludecrowds,discomfortanddanger.去年，成百上千的人花了大把的錢來體驗一次他們知道會有擁擠、不適和危險的經歷。【知識歸納】句中crowd為可數名詞,意為“人群;擁擠”。crowd還可以作動詞,意為“(使)擠滿;聚集”。acrowdof一群;許多crowdin(onsb)擠進;涌上心頭crowdinto擠入……crowdedadj.擁擠的becrowdedwith擠滿……【即學即練】語法填空(1)It’sabadtimetotravelbysubwaybecausecrowds________

peoplearerushinghomefromworkatthishour.(2)Fortunately,theygotonthe________(crowd)train.ofcrowed3ofocus使……成為焦點【課文原句】Itbringsintofocuswhat’simportanttoyou.它會讓你關注對你來說重要的事情?！局R歸納】句中ofocus意為“使……成為焦點;使人關注……”。what’simportanttoyou是what引導的賓語從句，作bring的賓語。focuson集中于focusone’sattention/eyes/mindson...集中注意力/目光/思緒于……comeintofocus輪廓明顯;清晰thefocusofattention/concern注意力/關注的焦點【即學即練】語法填空(1)Havingfocusedhisattention________urgentproblems,hehardlyhastimetoplaygameswithyou.(2)Thankyou.Yourviewhashelpedtobringthehistoricalsideofthematter________focus.on

into4attemptn.努力,嘗試v.企圖,試圖;嘗試【課文原句】Withthemajorityofattempts

toclimbQomolangmaresultingeitherintotalsuccessorfailure,istherealsoascientificreasonbehindthisrisk-taking?大多數攀登珠穆朗瑪峰的嘗試要么完全成功,要么失敗,在這種冒險行為背后是否也有科學依據?【知識歸納】句中attempt為可數名詞，后面跟不定式作定語，意為“……的嘗試和努力”。attempt還可以作動詞，意為“企圖,試圖;嘗試”，后面跟不定式作賓語。attempttodosth努力嘗試做某事;企圖做某事makeanattempttodo/atdoingsth試圖做某事atone’s/thefirst/thesecond...attempt(某人)第一/二……次嘗試【即學即練】語法填空(1)Ipassedmydrivingtest________thefirstattempt.(2)Heattempted____________________(escape)fromtheprison,buthecouldn’tfindanybodytohelphim.attoescape/atescaping5referto提及;談到;參考;查閱;指的是【課文原句】Herefersto

thepersonalitiesofthesepeopleas“TypeT”,withthe“T”standingfor“thrill”.他把這些人的性格稱為“T型”,“T”代表“興奮”?！局R歸納】句中referto...as...意為“把……稱為……”。referto還有“提及;談到;參考;查閱”之意。referto...as...把……稱作……referencen.提及;參考;查閱referencebook參考書;工具書6beupto取決于;勝任;忙于;多達【課文原句】It’stotallyuptoyou.這完全取決于你?！局R歸納】句中beuptosb意為“取決于某人”。常用于“beuptosbtodo...”句型,意為“由某人負責或決定做某事”。beupto還有“勝任;忙于;多達”之意。Activity8:Completethesummarywiththecorrectwordsorthecorrectformsofthewordsinthebracketaccordingtothepassage.WhypeopleliketoclimbQomolangma?(1)_________(hundred)ofpeoplespentgoodmoneyonanexperience(2)_________theyknewwouldinclude(3)_________(cr