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Unit 5 What an adventure
第一课时 Starting out & Understanding ideas
Learning Aims:
Know the adventure of the explorers at home and abroad.
Comprehend the passage and analyze the detailed information & Remember important phrases and translate long sentences.
Part 3 Understanding ideas
Step 2
Climbing Qomolangma is very dangerous, but it is becoming a trend to challenge it.
Read the passage and finish Activity 2 & 3 & 4
CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS?
Step 2
Activity 3
Activity 3 Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
1. To encourage people to climb Qomolangma if fully prepared, as risks bring many benefits.
2 To remind people to balance the benefits and risks before deciding to climb Qomolangma.
3 To suggest that people stop taking risks and climbing Qomolangma, as the risks outweigh the benefits.
Part 3 Understanding ideas
v. 重于,大于,超过
Why Do People Climb Qomolangma?
George Mallory
What people get from this adventure is just 1___________. People eat and make money to be able to 2.____________ not the other way round.
Alan Arnette
Each person has a(n) 3._________reason for climbing a mountain. It forces people to 4.__________themselves. To succeed, people must have the physical as well as 5.______________.
sheer joy
unique
look deep inside
mental toughness
enjoy life
Scientific reasons
Risk-taking may be part of 6. __________ People who are more likely to 7.__________ have “Type T”
personalities. Research also suggests that our desire to seek risks can be
connected to how much we expect to 8.________________
human nature
take risks
benefit from the result
文章脉络结构
1) WhatdoweknowaboutmountainclimbingfromParagraph1?
A.There were few people climbing Qomolangma.
B.Most people lost their lives while climbing.
C.Climbing Qomolangma makes a man powerful.
D.Many people planned to return before the end of the trip.
2).What do George Mallory and Alan Arnette have in common?
A.They both succeeded in climbing Qomolangma.
B.Theybothclimbedmanyotherhighmou