英语人教新目标八年级下册U7SA Reading 2

Whatisthenewsabout?Warming-upWhatmightbethedangersforclimbers?climber8844.43metershighQomolangmaDangersmayinclude:highthick

cloudshardtotakeinairheavysnowfreezingweather

conditionsheavystormsrunalongHimalayas

southwestern(adj.)WhereisQomolangma?NorthSouthWestEastPre-readingPredictwhatthepassageisaboutfromthetitleandthepicture.Qomolangma---theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?A.somethingaboutQomolangmaB.thedangersofmountainclimbingC.thedangersofmountainclimbinginQomolangmaandwhatwecanlearnfromtheclimbersReadthearticlefastandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.TaskOneParagraph1FactsanddangersParagraph2TNEHJTAchievementsofclimbersParagraph3SpiritofclimbersReadthearticlefastandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3TaskOneFactsanddangersAchievementsofclimbersSpiritofclimbersReadPara.1carefullyandunderlinethefactsandcirclethedangersaboutQomolangma.TaskTwoWhile-readingOneoftheworld'smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.It’s8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesinclude

freezingweatherconditionsandtheheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougonearthetop.TaskThreeReadPara.2

fastandfindouttheseclimbers'achievements.Thefirst______toreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryon_______________.

Thefirst______________didsoin_________.

Thefirst______tosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin__________.peopleMay29,1953Chineseteam1960woman1975reachedthetopShesucceededinclimbing

themountain.TaskFourReadPara.3andanswer.1.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?

Oneofthemainreasonsisthatpeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.......Theyarenotafraidofdifficulties,andtheytrytogetoverthesedifficulties.ThefirstChinesedisabledmantoclimbThefirstonetoclimb1.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?

TaskFourReadPara.3again

andlistthespiritoftheseclimbers.1._________themselves_________ofdifficulties.2.Never_______tryingto_________theirdreams.3.Be________thanthe_______ofnature.SpiritChallengeinthefacegiveupachieveforcesstrongerPost-readingTaskFour

Discussion:Whatdoyouthinkofthetitle?humansQomolangma

bigdifficultiesQomolangma---theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Whatwill