《What’s the highest mountain in the world?》SectionA PPT教学课件(第2课时)

人教版八年级英语下册《What’s the highest mountain in the world?》SectionA PPT教学课件(第2课时)，共47页。

Objectives

To learn about Qomolangma.

To learn new words: achievement, thick, include, condition, succeed, achieve, force, nature…

Free Talk

Do you like mountain climbing?

Do you know the most popular places to go for it?

Words and Expressions

achievement  n. 成就；成绩

southwestern  adj. 西南的；西南方向的

thick  adj. 厚的；浓的

include  v. 包括；包含

freezing  adj. 极冷的；冰冻的

condition  n. 条件；状况

take in  吸入

Answer the questions using information from the article.

1.Where are the Himalayas?

The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.

2. How high is Qomolangma?

It is 8,848.86 meters high.

3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?

One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. 

4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?

The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.

Language points

1. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.

更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。

1)difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。

作可数名词时，difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事”。例如：

People learning a new language may face some  difficulties.

人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。

If you have any difficulties, you can call me for

help.如果你遇到任何困难，给我打电话。

作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；

艰难；辛苦；费劲”，例如：

He had great difficulty in finding a new job.

他找新的工作费了很大劲。

We found the house without difficulty.

我们轻而易举地找到了那座房子。

2) include表示“包括；包含”，是一个及物动词。例如：

Does your price of the bike include this light?

你们的车价包含这盏车灯吗？

2. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.

这些登山者的精神向我们表明：我们绝不应该放

弃实现自己梦想的尝试。

1)give up doing something 的意思是“放弃做某事；半途而废”

He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.

他找到工作之后就放弃了对第三门语言的学习。

2) achieve our dreams 相当于make our dreams come true 其中动词achieve表示“（通过努力）实现；取得；获取；达到（梦想、成绩、成功、目的)”等。例如：

He achieved great success in a short time.

他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。

Lin Tao achieved very good exam results.

林涛考试取得了很好的成绩。

3. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.

山顶上浓云覆盖，而且雪可能下的很大。更严重的困难是冰冻天气和强烈的暴风雪。

thick   adj.

1) 厚的；粗的

How thick is the board?

这块木板有多厚?

2) 浓的，浓厚的；粘稠的；混浊的

It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.

在浓雾天驾车很危险。

freezing  adj.

冻结的；冰冻的；极冷的

It’s freezing outside now.

现在外面冷极了。

It’s very cold today, the temperature has dropped to freezing point.

今天很冷，温度降到了冰点。

表现“寒冷”时常与weather搭配的形容词：cold, freezing, icy

表现暴风雨之“凶猛”时部分与storm搭配的常见形容词：bad, big, great, heavy,

terrible, disastrous, fierce, tremendous,  violent

表现snow之“强弱”时的搭配：heavy,  thick, light

表现云层“疏密”时常与cloud搭配的形容词：light, thick, heavy, dense

表现“乌云”时cloud一词的常见搭配：black, dark, gray, dense

表现空气“稀薄”、“浑浊”、“潮湿”时与air搭配的形容词：thin, thick, humid

4. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.当你接近山顶时，吸入空气也会很困难。

1)动词不定式在作主语时，常用it作形式主语，而往往将动词不定式放在谓语或表语之后。

It’s not easy to learn a foreign language well.

= To learn a foreign language well is not easy.

学好一门外语不容易。

2) take in 吸入

take in: (to understand completely the meaning or importance of something)理解；领会；领悟

Fish take in oxygen through their gills(鳃).

I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.

Summary

1.最危险的运动之一

one of the most dangerous sports

2. 登山，攀岩

mountain climbing

3. 全世界

in the world

4. 中国的东南边境

the southwestern part of China

5. 山顶

mountain top

6. 严寒的天气条件

freezing weather condition

7. 暴风雪

heavy storms

8. 冒着生命危险

risk one’s life

9. 放弃

give up

10. 实现梦想

achieve one’s dream

Dictation

English-Chinese

southwestern, condition, nature, force,

Chinese-English

成就；厚的；包括；极冷的；吸入；实现目标；挑战；面对(问题、困难等)；达到；即使

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