1、Unit 7 What the highest mountains in the world? Period 2 Section A(3a 3c) Step 1 Lead-in Look at the photos.Answer the following questions: Which is the longest river inAsia? Which is the highest mountain in the world? Step 2 Learn the new words. 1. achievement n. 成就；成绩 e.g. We felt a great sense of
2、 achievement when we reached the top of the mountain.当我们到达山顶的时候，我们有一种巨大的成就感。 2. achieve v. 达到；完成；成功 e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesnt work harder. 如果他不加紧努力工作，他会一事无成。 3. southwestern adj. 西南的；西南方向的 e.g. Is this Southwestern Airline? 这是西南航空公司吗？ 4. include v. 包含；包括 e.g. Her hobbies inclu
3、de swimming and gardening.她爱好游泳和园艺。 5. condition n. 条件；状况 e.g. The piano was in good condition. 这台钢琴状况良好。 6. take in 吸入；容纳 e.g. Fish take in oxygen through their gills.鱼用鳃吸氧气。 7. succeed v. 实现目标；成功 e.g. If you try hard youll succeed. 你如果努力就会成功。 常用短语：succeed in doing sth. e.g. Police have finally suc
4、ceeded in solving the mystery. 警察最终成功破解了这个 疑案。 8. challenge v. 难事; 难题”。 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。 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
5、举的找到了那座房子。 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？ 3. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. It is + adj. + to do sth.， it 作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常 用于此句型的形容词有 important， difficult， dangerous， necessary， useful， possible 等，用来
6、对 to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成 To do sth. is + adj.。 e.g. It is important to study English well.学好英语很困难。 Its very difficult to climb Qomolangma.攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。 4. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. 1) give up 意为“放弃”，后面可以接名词、代词或 v-ing 形式作宾语。 注意：如果其
7、宾语是名词，那么名词可以放在 give 和 up 之间，也可以放在 up 之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只能放在 give 和 up 之间。如： My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。 Although English isnt easy to learn, I wont give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但我不会 放弃。 2) achieve our dream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： e
8、.g. 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。 5. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管”，相当于 even if，引导让步状语 从句，一般不与并列连词 but 连用。如： Mr. Wang will come on time eve
9、n though it rains. 尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。 Step 6 Exercise To make sentences using the information in the forms. the Nilethe Yangtze Riverthe Yellow River 6,6706,3005,500 The Yellow River is very long. The Yangtze River is a lot _ than the Yellow River. The Nile is _ of all. The Yangtze River is not _ long _
10、 the Nile. = The Yangtze River is not _ than the Nile. check the answers: longer, the longest, as as, longer QomolangmaMount HuangMount Tai 8,8481,8641,545 Mount Tai is very high. Mount Huang is a little _ than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is _ of all. Mount Tai is not _ high _ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is n
11、ot _ than Qomolangma. check the answers: higher, the highest, as as, higher SingaporeMalaysiaChina 4,000,00020,000,0001300,000,000 1. The population of Singapore is large. 2. The population of Malaysia is much _ than that of Singapore. 3. The population of China is _ of all. 4. The population of Sin
12、gapore is not _ large _ that of China. 5. The population of Singapore is not _ than that of China. check the answers: larger, the largest, as as, larger Step 7 Homework Retell the article, and then preview the Grammar focus. Blackboard design 1. the most dangerous mountain2. one of the worlds most dangerous sports3. mountain climbing/climb mountains 4. the climbers from all over the world5. run along the southwestern part of China6. of all the mountains7. thick clouds8. more serious difficulties 9. freezing weather conditions and heavy storms10.the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma
