1、Unit 5 What an adventure!Understanding ideas新标准新标准英语英语高中必修第三册高中必修第三册Activity 1Look at the map and answer the questions. 1 Who were the first people confirmed to have reached the top of the mountain? When did this happen?Activity 1Look at the map and answer the questions. 2 Why do you think the climb
2、ers need so many camps along the route?3 What else do you know about Qomolangma? Share the information with the class.Activity 2Read the passage and find out what “Type T”personalities are. CLIMBING QOMOLANGMA: WORTH THE RISKS?Activity 3Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1 To encourag
3、e people to climb Qomolangma if fully prepared, as risks bring many benefits.2 To remind people to balance the benefits and risks before deciding to climb Qomolangma.3 To suggest that people stop taking risks and climbing Qomolangma, as the risks outweigh the benefits.Tell whether the following stat
4、ements are true( T ) or false(F).( )1. Climbing Qomolangma costs less money.( )2. George Mallory thought climbing Qomolangma was to enjoy life.( )3. George Mallory thought that people should live to make money. ( )4. Some of the people like taking risks according to human nature.( )5. The passage to
5、ld us that it was not worth climbing Qomolangma. Activity 4 Complete the paragraphs with expressions from the passage.1 sheer joy 2 enjoy life 3 important and unique 4 look deep inside 5 mental toughness 6 human nature 7 take risks 8 benefit from the result Think & Share1 Do you agree with Mallorys
6、and Arnettes opinions? Why?2 If you were given the chance, would you like to climb Qomolangma? Why or why not?攀登攀登珠穆朗玛峰珠穆朗玛峰: :值得值得冒险吗冒险吗? ?1 Last year, hundreds of people spent good money on an experience that they knew would indude crowds, discomfort and danger. Many would become sick, due to the
7、extreme cold and low air pressure, and a few would even lose their lives. Yet, despite all this, by the end of the trip many were already planning to return. For these people, climbing Qomolangma is an experience like no other, making somefeel weak and others, powerful. 明知道会是一次拥挤、不舒适而又危险的体验，去年仍有数百人愿
8、意为此花费大价钱。由于极端严寒与低气压，很多人会生病，甚至有少数人会丢掉性命。尽管如此，在旅程的结尾，已经有很多人在计划着重返这里。对于这些人来说，攀登珠穆朗玛峰是一项独一 无二的体验，它让一些人感受到脆弱的同时也让另一些人感受到强大。2 British mountain climber George Mallory wrote of climbing Qomolangma,“What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money
9、 to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for. Sadly, Mallory would die on the mountain in 1924, although his body would not be found until many years later. It is still not known if he succeeded in reaching the top of Qomolangma before it took his life.英国登山家乔治.马洛里曾这样记述攀登珠峰
10、的体验:“我们从这项冒险活动中获得的是纯粹的快乐. .我们活着不是为了吃饭和挣钱。我们吃饭和挣钱是为了能够享受生活。这才是生活的意义和目标。”可惜的是,1924年马洛里在登山过程中身亡,而他的遗体多年后才被找到。至今人们也不知道他生前是否成功登顶了珠峰。3 In 2011，words similar to those of Mallory were spoken by American mountain climber Alan Arnette, who climbed Qomolangma in that year and was going to climb other high moun
11、tains around the world.“It brings into focus whats important to you. He added, There are a thousand reasons to turn around and only one to keep going. You really have to focus on the one reason thats most important and unique to you. It forces you to look deep inside yourself and figure out if you r
12、eally have the physical, as well as mental, toughness to push when you want to stop.2011年，美国登山家艾伦. 阿内特也说过与马洛里类似的话。那一年他登上了珠峰，之后又准备去攀登世界各地其他的高山。“登山让你聚焦于对你而言重要的事，”他补充道，“纵使有一千个理由让你回头，但总有一个让你继续前行。你必须专注于那一个对你来说最重要也最独特的理由。它会强迫你去深入地审视自己，去思考自己的身体和心灵是否足够坚强，能在你想放弃的时候推动你继续向前。”4 With the majority of attempts to
13、climb Qomolangma resulting either in total success or failure, is there also a scientific reason behind this risk -taking? Recent studies indicate that risk taking may be part of human nature, with some of us more likely to take risks than others. Psychologist Frank Farley has spent years studying p
14、eople who jump out of planes and drive fast cars, as well as those who climb Qomolangma. He refers to the personalities of these people as“Type T”, with the“T” standing for“thill. 攀登珠峰的大多数尝试要么大获全胜，要么彻底失败，这一冒险行为的背后是否也有科学解释呢?近日有研究指出，冒险可能是人类天性中的一部分，而有些人比其他人更愿意去冒险。心理学家弗兰克.法利曾花费数年时间研究那些高空跳伞、飚车以及攀登珠峰的人。他把
15、那些人的人格特征称作“T型人格”“T”代表“刺激”5 Speaking to the LA Times about the“Type T”personalities, Farley said,“Theyll say, Tm not taking risks, Im an expert. They dont want to die and they dont expect to die. 6 Research also suggests that our desire to seek risks can be connected to how much we expect to benefit from the result. 7 With this in mind, are the benefits of climbing Qomolangma worth the risks? Its totally up to you.5 在对洛杉矶时报描述“T型人格”时，法利说道:“他们会说我并不是在冒险，我是这方面的专家.他们并不想死，也不认为自己会死。”6 还有的研究表明，我们对于冒险的渴望与我们期待从中获得多少收益有关。7 了解这些之后，你认为攀登珠峰带来的好处值得人们去冒险吗?答案完全取决于你自己。
