1、 Understanding ideas What do you know about Qomolangma?Activity 1 Free talkActivity 1 View and sayWhat information can we get from the map?8844mfiveIt is exremely dangerous and some people even died.Activity 2 View and sayLook at the map and answer the questions.Qomolangma is the highest peak in the
2、 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
3、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
4、:WORTH THE RISKS?Activity 2 Predict and check What aspects have been mentioned about climbing Qomolangma?Activity 2 Read and checkCheck 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 th
5、ink 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 answerIt 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 tak
6、e the risks?How is the idea expressed about climbing Qomolangma in this passage?Activity 3 Read and drawRead the article and draw a mind map based on the information you have got.Climbing Qomolangma:a special experienceReasons Attitude Find the detailed information and check in your group.Climbing Q
7、omolangma:a special experienceReasons Attitudesubjective reasonscientificreasonwhat life means and what life is for.bring into foucus whats important and unique.sheer joyenjoy lifelook inside and figure out physical and mental toughnesspart of human nature:type“T”personalitiesbenefit from the result
8、crowds,discomfort and danger;extreme cold,low air pressure,and lose livesActivity 3 Read and draw Do you agree with Mallorys and Arnettes opinions?Why?Reasons subjective reasonwhat life means and what life is for.bring into foucus whats important and unique.sheer joyenjoy lifelook inside and figure
9、out physical and mental toughnessscientificreasonpart of human nature:type“T”personalitiesmans desire to benefit from the resultActivity 3 Read and drawChoose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1 To encourage people to climb Qomolangma if fully prepared,as risks bring many benefits.2 To remi
10、nd 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.3P52Activity 2 Read and choose In your opinion,is climbing Qomolangma worth the risks?Why?Activity 2 Read and choose W
11、hat are the risks of climbing Qomolangma?Why are many people willing to take the risksClimbing Qomolangma:a special experiencehow risky?how risky?Activity 3 Read and draw Why are many people willing to take the risks?Climbing Qomolangma:a special experienceReasons subjective reasonGeorge MalloryAlan
12、 ArnetteActivity 3 Read and draw Find the detailed information and check in your groupClimbing Qomolangma:a special experienceReasons Attitudesubjective reasonGeorge MalloryAlan Arnettescientificreasoncrowds,discomfort and danger;extreme cold,low air pressure,and lose livesActivity 3 Read and draw A
13、 Qomolangma climbing club is ready to recruit new members.Write a message for their subscription account(公众号)to call on more climbers to take this adventure,including:the information about Qomolangma the meaning of adventure a slogansubscriptionA1 Watch and PerceiveA2 View and Predict A3 Read and Co
14、nstructA5 Think CriticallyA6 Create and ShareA4 Elaborate and AnalyzeCriteriaPerformance(3/2/1)Content:cover the three parts mentioned(especially the meaning of adventure)Language:apply the sentence,phrases and words we newly learntOrganization:logic and coherence(use suitable transitional words and phrases)I still need to improve:Assignment:Polish your message and post it on Qomolangma Climbing subscription account.