初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section A教学设计

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?

Section A (3a~3c)

教学目标

【知识与技能】

1. 学习并掌握下列单词：achievement, include, freezing, condition, succeed, force…

2. 能正确使用以下常用表达：take in, in the face of, even though, run along the … give up, trying to achieve their dreams…

3. 能熟练掌握并使用下列重点句式：One of+最高级+可数名词复数， It shows that…

【情感、态度与价值观】

培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识，为创建绿色校园贡献自己的一份力量。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

谈论地理和自然环境。

【教学难点】

正确使用本课时词汇和句子；读写训练

教学准备

图片、视频、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Revision

Look at the photos. Answer the following questions.

Which is the highest mountain in the world?

Which is the longest river in Asia? …

Step 2 Learn the new words.

1. achievement n. 成就；成绩

e.g. We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the

mountain.  当我们到达山顶的时候，我们有一种巨大的成就感。

2. achieve v. 达到；完成；成功

e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesn’t work hard.

如果他不加紧努力工作，他会一事无成。

3. southwestern adj. 西南的；西南方向的

4. include v. 包含；包括

e.g. Her hobbies include swimming and gardening.  她爱好游泳和园艺。

5. condition n. 条件；状况

e.g. The piano was in good condition. 这台钢琴状况良好。

6. take in 吸入；容纳

e.g. Fish take in oxygen through their gills.  鱼用鳃吸氧气。

7. challenge v. & n. 挑战；考验

e.g. The job doesn’t really challenge him. 这项工作不能真正的考验他。

The new government’s first challenge is the economy.

新政府面临的第一个挑战是经济问题。

8. in the face of 面对（困难、问题等）

e.g. In the face of difficulties, he’s completely unafraid. 他在困难面前毫不胆怯。

9. force n. 力；力量

e.g. The thief took the money from the old man by force. 窃贼用暴力抢了老人的钱。

Step 3 Pre-Read Talk below questions in pairs.

What do you know about Qomolangma?

Is Qomolangma the most dangerous mountain in the world？

Step 4 Reading

Read the article by yourself and find the following phrases.

1.最危险的山峰                         2.世界上最危险的运动之一

3.登山（名词短语）/（动词短语）      4.来自世界各地的登山者

5.横亘于中国的西南边界               6.在所有的山峰中

7.厚厚的云层                        8.更为严重的困难

9.寒冷的天气状况和强劲的暴风雪      10.首次到达珠穆朗玛峰顶的人

Answers: 1. the most dangerous mountain       2. one of the world’s most dangerous sports 

3. mountain climbing/climb mountains          4. the climbers from all over the world 

5. run along the southwestern part of China       6. of all the mountains 

7. thick clouds                              8. more serious difficulties

9. freezing weather conditions and heavy storms  10. the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma 

3a Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.

Paragraph 1            spirit of climbers

Paragraph 2            achievements of climbers

Paragraph 3            facts and dangers

3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.

3c Answer the questions using information in the article.

1. Where are the Himalayas?   In the southwestern part of China.

2. How high is Qomolangma?   8,844.43 meters high.

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

Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.

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

We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.

According to the passage, fill in the blanks.

     One of the most ___________ sports in the world is mountain _________, and one of the most _________ places to go for this is the Himalayas. These extremely high _______ attract _________ from all over the world. Many people say this is one of the most ________ parts of the world. The Himalayas _______ along the ____________ border of china. Of all the peaks (tops), Qomolangma is the _________ and most _________. It’s _____________ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _______ the top of the mountain. Even more serious ___________ include the freezing ___________ conditions and the _______ storms. The first _________ to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953. The first Chinese climber __________ the top in 1960, and in 1975, the first __________ did it too.

Answers: dangerous, climbing, popular, risks, climbers, famous, runs, southwestern, highest, famous, the hardest, cover, difficulties, weather, heavy, people, reached, woman

Step 5 Language points

1. One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, …

 “one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名词”，意为“最……之一”。如：

 Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school.

王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之一。

2. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.

1) Difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。做可数名词时，difficulty常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难; 难事; 难题”。例如：

People learning a new language may face some difficulties.

人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。

作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”，例如：

He had great difficulty in finding a new job.他找新的工作费了很大劲。

We found the house without difficulty.我们轻而易举的找到了那座房子。

2) include表示“包括；包含”，是一个及物动词。例如：

Does your price of the bike include this light?你们的车价包含这盏车灯吗？

3. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.

 It is + adj. + to do sth.， it作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容词有important， difficult， dangerous， necessary， useful， possible等，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成To do sth. is + adj.。

e.g. It is important to study English well.  学好英语很重要。

   It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma.  攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。

4. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was

  Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

succeed作动词，意为“实现目标；成功”，succeed in doing sth.意为“成功地做某事”。如：

The climber succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain. 登山者成功登到了山顶。

5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to

achieve our dreams.

    1) give up意为“放弃”，后面可以接名词、代词或v-ing形式作宾语。

    注意：如果其宾语是名词，那么名词可以放在give和up之间，也可以放在 up之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只能放在 give和up之间。如：

My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。

Although English isn’t easy to learn, I won’t give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但我不会放弃。

2) achieve our dream相当于make our dreams come true。

6. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?

even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管”，相当于even if，引导让步状语从句，一般不与并列连词but连用。如：

Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains.尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。

Step 6 Exercises

根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。

1. We try to celebrate the ____________ (成就) of those great scientists.

2. He wanted to reach the top of the mountain and he _________ (成功).

3. I have a small house. It _________ (包括) a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom.

4. You should work hard to _________ (实现) your dream.

5. If you go to the poor village, you will be shocked by the living _________ (条件).

课堂作业

Retell the article, and then preview the Grammar focus.                  

教学反思