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Unit 1
What’s the matter?
R 八年级下册
Section B 2a-2e
Objectives
To learn the story of Aron Ralston
To learn new words: ourselves, climber, risk, situation, kilo, rock, knife, blood, mean, importance, decision, control, spirit, death, nurse…
Did these accidents happen to you?
When they happen, what should you do?
Lead-in
____ fall down ____ get sun burned
____ cut ourselves ___ get hit by a ball
____ have problems breathing
____ hurt our back or arm
B
B, C
B
C
A
B
Accidents or problems can sometimes happen when we do sports. Write the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen.
2a
A = soccer C = swimming
B = mountain climbing
2b
Read the passage and underline the words
you don’t know. Then look up the words in
a dictionary and write down their meanings.
Words Meanings
Finding the Order of Events
Writers describe events in a certain order. Finding the order of the events will help you understand what you are reading.
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Aron Ralston is an American mountain 1_______. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because 2____ accident. On April 26, 2003, He found himself in a very dangerous 3________ when climbing in Utah. On that day, Aron’s arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by 4_______ in the mountains.
climber
of
situation
himself
Because he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that 5_________ would find him. But when his water ran 6____, he knew that he would have to do something to 7_____ his own life. He was not ready to die that day. So he used his knife to 8___ off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so 9_____ he would not lose too much 10_______.
someone
out
save
cut
that
blood
After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help. His love for mountain climbing is 11__ great that he kept on 12________ mountains even after this experience.
so
cl