Unit 7 What’sthe highest mountain in the world ?

Section A(3a-4c) 阅读课

Learning Goals

Learn and use the words and phrases: achievement,thick, include, freezing, condition, succeed, achieve, force, narure, ocean .Learn some geography knowledge using t he drills “What’s the highest mountain in the world? Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? It’s…….meters long/wide/high”,.And learn the spirit of the climbers,we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. Teaching procedures:

Step One: Review

Let the students look at the pictures and the words to make a free talk like this:

A: Did you tour to the Great Wall?

B: Yes/No……

A: Do you know how long the Great Wall is?

B: It’s about 8850 kilometers long. The parts from the Ming Dymasty. A: Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?

B: The main reason was to protect their part of the country

A: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?

B: Yes, it’s the most famous part.

【设计意图】此环节是让学生在图片的帮助下，更直观地复习上一节课的重要内容，巩固基础，从而衔接下一环节。

Pre-reading activities

Step Two: Preview and test:

1) Let the students read the following words according to the phonetic symbols and spelling rules.（根据音标和拼读规则让学生学会自学、自读。为终身学习奠定基础。）

Achievement southwestern thick include freezing condition succeed challenge achieve force nature ocean the pacific Ocean

2) Look at P51-52, put the following into English orally, and then write them down without looking at the textbook.

1.世界上最危险的运动之一是登山

2. 所有的山脉当中，珠穆朗玛峰高耸入云，是最著名的。

3. 更为严重的困难包括极冷的天气和暴风雪。

4. 随着你离山顶越近，呼吸也越来越困难。

5.为什么这么多的登山者会冒着生命危险呢

6.人们想面对困难挑战自己。

7.我们永不放弃实现我们的梦想。

8.里海是世界上最深的咸水湖。

【设计意图】一方面培养学生的预习习惯，另一方面，可了解学生的预习情况，做到有针对性的教学，为下一步的学习做个铺垫。Step Three: Warming up and leading in

T：Do you like climbing mountains?

Ss: Yes, we do.

T: What’s the most dangerous mountain to climb in the world?

S1: Qomolangma.

T: Good!Let’s come to know more about it.

Qomolangma

【设计意图】利用学生感兴趣的话题进行谈论，使学生对接下来的学习感兴趣。

Step Four: While- reading activities

1. Read for the general idea（阅读文章，感知大意）

The general idea of the article is about _____ .

A, spirit of climbers

B. the most dangerous mountain in the world

C. achievements of climbers【设计意图】训练学生快速阅读，敏锐捕获信息的能力且简单明了，易于完成，增强求知的信心。培养学生初步感知文章的能力。

Read for the specific ideas of 3a（阅读文章，感知细节）

3b Read the article again and complete the chart

3c Answer the questions using the information in the article

Post-reading Activitiese

○11. Read after the recorder, pay attention to your pronunciation.

【设计意图】本环节的作用是让学生跟着录音进行阅读，一方面纠正学生的语音语调，另一方面培养学生英语语感。

○22. Read the article by yourselves loudly.

【设计意图】加深对所学文章深层次的理解，锻炼学生的口语表达能力。

○3Complete the passage without looking at your book.

One of the world’s most _____ sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most _______ places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalays ____ along the _______ part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma _______ the highest and is the most ______. It is 8,844.43 meters _________ and so is very dangerous to ________ Thick clouds ________ the top and snow can ________ very hard. Even more serious difficulties ________ freezing weather conditions and heavy ______ .It is also very hard to ________ in air as you get ________ the top.

The first people to _______ the top were Tenzing Norgoay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953.The first Chinese team _______ so was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

Why do so many climbers risk the _____ ? One of the main reasons is because people want to _______ themselves in the face of ________ . The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up

________ to achieve our dreams . It also ________ that humans can sometimes be ________ than the forces of ________.

○4Retell the article according to the questions given below.

1.Where are the Himalayas?

2.How high is Qomolangma?

3.Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is

dangrtous?

4.What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?

【设计意图】根据问题来复述课文，一来抓住了文章的灵魂，再者，简化了文章的内容，让学生一目了然地把握了文章的整体结构，Grammar Focus and Exercising

Put the sentences in Grammar Focus into Chinese.

4a Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.

4b Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts.

4c Write five questions using comparisons.Then ask your partner your questions.

Step Six: Inquiry into knowledge by translation

【设计意图】本节课的翻译探究让学生重新复习形容词的比较级和最高级的加法规则，然后讨论教师给予帮助，鼓励同学们大胆发言，敢于挑战新问题，并锻炼出透过现象看本质的归纳能力，避免教师的单一灌输，体现了学生的主体地位。

The end- of class test

一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.Of all the mountains, Qomolangma ____(rise) the highest and is the

most famous.

2.It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous ________ (climb).

3.It’s also very hard _____ (take) in air as you get near the top.

4.The first people _______ (reach) the top were Tenzing Norgay and

Edmund Hillary.

5.The spirit of these climbers show us that we should never give up

______ (try) to achieve our dreams.

二，翻译下列句子。

1.我们城里最高的建筑物是什么？

2.在所有的山中，黄山是最美的。

3.面对困难，我们应该挑战自己。

4.当你接近山顶的时候，呼吸是很困难的。

答案：

一．

1.rises

2.to climb

3. to take

4. to reach

5. trying

二．

1. What’s the highest building in the city?

2. Of all the mountains, Mountain Huang is the most beautiful.

3. We should challenge ourselves in the face of difficulties.

4. It’s very hard to take in air as you geet near the top.

Step Eight: Homework

以“the Yangtze River” 为题写一篇短文。

【设计意图】写作练习是一种高度反映学生的综合运用能力的一种方式，在写的过程中，学生不仅要复习所学过的生词或短语，更要学会把课本上的知识转化成自己的知识，在遣词造句的过程中，更加深了对知识的深层次理解，从而达到熟练运用的目的。

不足之处：

本节课的生词和短语较多，课前，学生预习的不够充分，在翻译短语和句子时，显得有些吃力。另外，在Group work环节，学生虽然能想出如何发扬登山精神，但是，却不会用英语表达。由此可见，学生的课外积累还非常欠缺，以后应加强这方面的练习。

使用建议：

在学习本课前，教师应引导学生进行充分的预习，以降低难度，同时，写的环节相对较少，应加强此方面的练习。

【设计意图】此环节的用意是在学生找到细节后，通过对比，再次强化文章的重要内容。

Step Five : Post-reading activities读后活动

Task One:

1. Read after the recorder, pay attention to your pronunciation.

【设计意图】本环节的作用是让学生跟着录音进行阅读，一方面纠正学生的语音语调，另一方面培养学生英语语感。

2. Read the diary by yourselves loudly.

【设计意图】加深对所学文章深层次的理解，锻炼学生的口语表达能力。

3.Retell the diary according to the chart and pictures ,using the drill“I’m going to ...”.

【设计意图】根据表格和图片，用“I’m going to ...”句型来复述课文，一来抓住了文章的灵魂，即表示打算的未来趋向；再者，简化了文章的内容，让学生一目了然地把握了文章的整体结构，图片的选用也是应情应景，既能展现课文的主要内容，又给学生以美的享受，可以帮助学生省时高效的完成既定目标。

4. Read the diary again, fill in the blanks.

J uly 1

My dream job

When I grow up, I’m going to do 1 . I’m going to move

2 . Paris sounds like a city that I could enjoy. They have lots of exhibitions there. I want to be

3 . So how am I going to do it? First,

I’m going to find a 4 job for a year or two and save some

5 .Then I’m going to b e a

6 at an art school in Paris. And I’m going to study French at the same time. Next, I’m going to hold art

7 because I want to be rich and buy a big

8 for my parents. I also want to travel all over the

9 . One day, I’m going to 10 somewhere quiet and beautiful.

【设计意图】通过课文原文填空，再次强化了学生对课文的掌握程度，

同时更好地把本课所学的重要词汇加以落实，在语篇中应用词汇。

Task Two: Pair work

First, fill in the chart with the information about what you are going to be.Then discuss with your partner in activity 3b.

A: What are you going to be when you grow up?

B: I’m going to be a/an ……

A: How are you going to do that?

B: I’m going to ……

A: Where are you going to work?

B: I’m not sure yet. Maybe Beijing or Shanghai.

Task Three:

Divide the class into groups, in each group there are 8 students, one student acts as an interviewer to ask the others some questions, make a survey according to the chart:

Interviewer: May I ask you some questions about dream jobs?

A: Sure.

Interviewer: What are you going to be when you grow up?

A: I’m gong to be a/an…

Interviewer: Why?

A: Because I think…

Interviewer: How are you going to do it?

A: I’m going to…

Then make a report like this:

Report

Today I interviewed some of my classmates about what they are going to

be when they grow up. Here are the results of the survey. About five students are going to be actors .They think it’s interesting to be an actor.They are going to take acting lessons. About students are going to be teachers. They are going to work hard and read more books .No students are going to be a/an .Because they think it’s too difficult for them.

Task Four: Group work

T: look at the pictures, please. Beijing is hosting the 2008

Olympic

Games.What can you and your classmates do to help keep the Olympic spirit alive? If China has a chance to host another Olympic Games, what are you going to do?

Make a list with “be going to”.

Step Six: Inquiry into knowledge by translation

一、When I grow up, I’m going to do what I want to do.

1.What I want to do 是一个宾语从句，宾语从句的语序必须用语序。What在句中表示“”。what有时也表示疑问，意为“”。如：

（1）我收回我所说的话。

I take back .

(2)我不知道他现在正在做什么。

I don’t know .

2.want意为“”，其后跟动词不定式。Want to do sth.意为“”;

Want sb. to do sth.意为“”。如：

告诉我你想去哪里。

Tell me .

二、翻译下列句子，注意黑体字的含义和用法。

1. I’m going to move somewhere interesting.

2. I’m going to retire somewhere quiet and beautiful.

3. Is there anything new in today’s ne wspaper?

4. There is nothing exciting in today’s newspaper.

句中的黑体字anything, nothing被称为不定代词，而somewhere 被称为不定副词。不定代词或不定副词由词修饰时，形容词通常放在不定代词或不定副词的面。

三、

Paris sounds like a city that I could enjoy.

1. 观察下列句子，探究sound 的用法。

1）That sounds good.(great / boring/ surprising )

2）That sounds like a city that I could enjoy.

3）That sounds like a good idea.

4）That sounds like yours.

Sound 意为，其后常跟词。而sound like意为，其后常跟词或词。

2. that I could enjoy在此作city的定语，是一个定语从句。That是关

联词，即可指人，又可指物。定语从句也可由关系代词来引导，也可由关系副词when, why, where来引导。如：

1）He is the man who knows the answer.

2) That is the place where I was born.

答案：

一、我长大后准备做我想做的事情。

1.陈述句；所…的；什么

（1）W hat I said (2)what he is doing now

2.想，想要；想要做某事；想要某人做某事；where you want to go

二、1.我将搬到有趣的地方居住。

2.我打算退休后到一个安静而美丽的地方安度晚年。

3.今天的报纸上有什么新消息吗？

4.今天的报纸上没有什么令人振奋的消息。

形容词；后

三、巴黎听上去像是我会喜欢的城市。

1．听上去；形容词；听起来像；名词或代词

2.that,which,whose；

1）他是知道答案的人。

2）那是我出生的地方。