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Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world?
Section A (3a~3c)
新课导入
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珠穆朗玛峰(Qomolangma),简称珠峰,
又译作圣母峰,尼泊尔称为萨加马塔峰,
也叫“埃非勒斯峰”(Everest),位于中
华人民共和国和尼泊尔交界的喜马拉雅
山脉之上,终年积雪。高度8844.43米,
为世界第一高峰,中国最美的、令人震
撼的十大名山之一。
2
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能熟悉并正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语
能用英语说出攀登喜马拉雅山危险的原因
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能用英语说出登山运动员的精神
学习目标
预习检测
1.The Yangtze River is one of ________ in the world.
A.the longest rivers B.the longest river
C.longer rivers D.longer river
2.I don't like Xiao Shenyang's performances ________ many people like them.
A.all in all B.because of C.so that D.even though
3.We should be calm ________ the face of danger.
A.at B.with C.of D.in
A
D
D
4.—I’m afraid I can't pass the exam.
—Don’t worry. If you work hard,you’ll ________.
A.succeed B.finish
C.begin D.develop
5. You may feel difficult to ________ enough air in Tibet.
A.take away B.take on
C.take in D.take off
A
C
知识梳理
Language points
1. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. 更严峻的困难包括冰冻的天气条件和大风暴。
(1) difficulty既可作可数名词,也可作不可数名词。作可数名词时,difficulty通常用复数,表示具体的概念,即各种困难、难题、难事等。如:
People climbing mountains may often face various difficulties.
爬山的人们经常会面对各种各样的困难。
difficulty作不可数名词时,表示抽象的概念,意为“艰辛;费劲”。如:
I had great difficulty in finding my lost dog.
为了找我丢失的狗,我费了好大的劲。
(2) include是及物动词,意为“包括;包含”。如:
Does the price include the glasses and frame?
这个价格包括镜面和镜框吗?
including不是include的动名词或现在分词形式,而是一个介词,意思也是“包括”。如:
The band played many songs, including some of my favorites.
乐队演奏了很多歌曲,包括几首我最喜欢的。
2. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
当你接近山顶时,连呼吸都会有困难。
(1)It is+adj.(+for sb.)+to do sth.意为“(对某人来说)……是很……的”。如:
It's very important for us to get along well with each other.
大家彼此相处和睦对我们很重要。
(2)as在此意为“当……时”;as还可意为“像;由于;因为”。如:
Don't worry! I'll do it as you tell me.
别担心!我会按照你说的去做。
3. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succe