2014春人教新目标八下Unit 7 What's the Highest Mountain in the World Section A-1

2014春人教新目标八下Unit7What'stheHighestMountainintheWorldSectionA-1by文库LJ佬2024-05-24CONTENTSMountEverest-TheTallestPeakonEarthTheSevenSummits-ConqueringtheHighestPeaksonEachContinentMountKilimanjaro-TheRoofofAfrica01MountEverest-TheTallestPeakonEarthMountEverest-TheTallestPeakonEarthMountEverest-TheTallestPeakonEarthIntroduction:

DiscoverthefascinatingfactsaboutMountEverest.InterestingFacts:

LearnmoreabouttheuniquefeaturesofMountEverest.IntroductionGeographicalLocation:

MountEverestislocatedintheHimalayas,ontheborderbetweenNepalandChina.Height:

Standingat8,848metersabovesealevel,MountEverestisthehighestmountainintheworld.ClimbingChallenges:

ClimbingMountEverestposesnumerouschallenges,includingextremeweatherconditionsandaltitudesickness.InterestingFactsHillaryandTenzing:

SirEdmundHillaryandTenzingNorgaywerethefirstclimberstoreachthesummitofMountEverestin1953.MeltingGlaciers:

Duetoglobalwarming,theglaciersonMountEverestaremeltingatanalarmingrate.Sherpas:

TheSherpapeopleofNepalarerenownedfortheirexpertiseinguidingclimbersupMountEverest.02TheSevenSummits-ConqueringtheHighestPeaksonEachContinentTheSevenSummits-ConqueringtheHighestPeaksonEachContinentOverview:

ExplorethechallengeofclimbingtheSevenSummits.ClimbingStrategies:

LearnaboutthedifferentstrategiesclimbersusetoconquertheSevenSummits.OverviewDefinition:

TheSevenSummitsarethehighestmountainsoneachofthesevencontinents.MountKilimanjaro:

ThehighestpeakinAfrica,MountKilimanjaro,isapopularchoiceforclimbersattemptingtheSevenSummitschallenge.Denali:

LocatedinAlaska,DenaliisthehighestpeakinNorthAmericaandpresentsclimberswithextremeweatherconditions.ClimbingStrategiesAcclimatization:

Climbersmustacclimatizetohighaltitudestoavoidaltitudesicknessduringtheirascent.TrainingRegimen:

PhysicalfitnessandendurancearecrucialforclimbersattemptingtheSevenSummitschallenge.Logistics:

ProperplanningandlogisticsareessentialforasuccessfulSevenSummitsexpedition.03MountKilimanjaro-TheRoofofAfricaMountKilimanjaro-TheRoofofAfricaIntroduction:

DiscovertheallureofMountKilimanjaro.CulturalSignificance:

LearnabouttheculturalsignificanceofMountKilimanjarotothelocalChaggapeople.IntroductionTanzania:

MountKilimanjaroislocatedinTanzaniaandisthehighestpeakinAfrica.ClimbingRoutes:

ThereareseveralclimbingroutestothesummitofMountKilimanjaro,eachofferinguniquechallenges.EcologicalDiversity:

ClimbingMountKilimanjaroallowsyoutoexperiencevariousecologicalzones,fromlushrainforeststobarrenalpinedeserts.CulturalSignificanceMythology:

TheChaggapeoplebelievethatMountKilimanjaroistheabodeofthegodsandspirits.EconomicImpact:

ClimbingtourismonMountKilimanjaroprovidesasignificantsourceofincomefor