内容正文:
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas — Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 识记本课时的重要语言点;
2. 阅读课文,理解文章的主要内容,理解探险的目的;
3. 了解三位欧洲探险家的相关信息,完成图文匹配练习;
4. 观看有关徐霞客的视频,了解其贡献,回答相关问题;
5. 简要评价这四位探险家的成就并总结其优秀品质,激活与主题相关的知识和语言表达。
词汇互译
1. confirm v. 证实,证明
2. crowd n. 人群
3. attempt n. 努力,尝试
4. failure n. 失败
5. thus adv. 因此;从而
6. 开始的,最初的 adj. initial
7. 纯粹的,十足的 adj. sheer
8. 惊险,刺激 n. thrill
9. 地区,地带 n. zone
10. 氧气 n. oxygen
11. 国界;边界 n. border
12. 心理学家 n. psychologist
13. bring... into focus 使……成为焦点
14. succeed in 在……取得成功
15. figure out 弄清楚,弄明白,理解
16. refer to 谈论;涉及
17. make money 赚钱
18. in search of 寻找
19. stand for 代表;表示;象征
20. result in 导致
21. open up 开辟
22. 一大笔钱 good money
23. 夺去某人的生命 take one's life
24. 人类的天性 human nature
25. 冒险 take risks
表格填空
Parts
Main ideas
Details
Part 1
(Para. 1)
Many people think climbing Qomolangma is an 1. experience like no other.
Last year, many people went through an experience — climbing Qomolangma, which was 2. crowded, uncomfortable and dangerous.
Part 2
(Para. 2 —
Para. 3)
George Mallory and Alan Arnette have 3. similar ideas.
·George Mallory said, “We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life 4. means and what life is for.”
·Alan Arnette said, “There are a thousand reasons to turn around and only one to keep 5. going. You really have to focus on the one reason that's most important and 6. unique to you.”
Part 3
(Para. 4 —
Para. 5)
Risktaking may be 7. part of human nature.
Psychologist Frank Farley has spent years 8. studying people who jump out of planes and drive fast cars, as well as those who climb Qomolangma. He refers to the 9. personalities of these people as “Type T”, with the “T” standing for “thrill”.
Part 4
(Para. 6 —
Para. 7)
It's 10. up to you whether to climb Qomolangma.
Our desire to seek risks can be 11. connected to how much we expect to benefit from the result.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. Why did some people want to climb Qomolangma? __A__
A. They thought it wa