文档介绍：Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Section A 3a-3c
3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
Paragraph 1 List four dangers for climbers:
Very high;
It can snow hard;
Freezing weather conditions;
Heavy storm;
Very hard to breathe as you get near the top
3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.
thick clouds
Paragraph 2
List three achievements:
1960 - The first Chinese team reach the top;
1975 – the Japanese Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the top
1953 - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top
Paragraphs 1 & 3
List four comparisons:
most popular place;
the highest mountain;
the most famous mountain;
More serious difficulties;
stronger than the forces of nature
most dangerous sport;
Where are the Himalayas?
2. How high is Qomolangma?
3c. Answer the questions using information from the article.
The Himalayas run along the southwestern
part of China.
It is 8, meters high.
3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?
4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?
One of the main reasons is because people want
to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
The spirit of these climbers shows us that we
should never give up trying to achieve our
dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes
be stronger than the forces of nature.
1. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。
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。作可数名词时, difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事”。
例如：
People learning a new language may