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
