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adventure!
Understanding ideas
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What do you know about Qomolangma?
Activity 1 Free talk
Activity 1 View and say
What information can we get from the map?
8844m
five
It is exremely dangerous and some people even died.
Activity 2 View and say
Look at the map and answer the questions.
Qomolangma is the highest peak in the world. Its Tibetan meaning of “Goddess the Third” adds more mysterious color and magic power to the subject. It has been built as one of the national natural reserves(自然保护区), in which stand thousands of kinds of
plants, hundreds of varieties of wild animals
and dense(密集的) virgin (原始的) forests.
Many of these are precious and rare, like the first-class protected animal.
crevasse
冰裂缝
Xia Boyu, a 69-year-old man, lost his feet when climbing Qomolangma in 1975. However, he still tried four times and eventually succeeded in climbing to the summit in 2018!
What will be talked about in this passage?
CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS?
Activity 2 Predict and check
What aspects have been mentioned about climbing Qomolangma?
Activity 2 Read and check
Check your prediction and find out the main idea.
What are the risks of climbing Qomolangma?
What does George Mallory think of climbing Qomolangma?
What does Alan Arnette think of climbing Qomolangma?
What is Type T personality and who developed it?
What will people with Type T personality do and say?
Activity 2 Read and answer
It is natural for them to do risky things and is in their human nature.
What are the risks of climbing Qomolangma?
Why are many people willing to take the risks?
How is the idea expressed about climbing Qomolangma in this passage?
Activity 3 Read and draw
Read the article and draw a mind map based on the information you have got.
Climbing Qomolangma:
a special experience
Reasons
Attitude
Find the detailed information and check in your group.
Climbing Qomolangma:
a special experience
Reasons
Attitude
subjective reason
scientific
reason
Some feel weak.
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