Unit7What sthehighestmountainintheworld SectionA1a 2d LanguageGoal Talkaboutgeographyandnature Qomolangmaabout9 600 000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1 025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6 671kilometerslongTheNile8 844 43metershigh 1a Matchthefactsyouknow 1 Qomolangmais thananyothermountainintheworld 2 TheSaharais desertintheworld 3 TheCaspianSeais ofallthesaltlakes 4 TheNileis riverintheworld 1b Listenandcompletethesentences higher thebiggest thedeepest thelongest 1c Usetheinformationin1btomakeconversations A Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld B Qomolangma A Whatisthebiggestdesertintheworld B Sahara A Whatisthedeepestsaltlakeintheworld B Caspiansea Pairwork A Whatisthelongestriverintheworld B Nile TheYangtzeRiverisabout kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris kilometerslong Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld It salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS 2a Listenandnumberthefacts 1 4 intheorderyouhearthem 6 3005 0005 464300 2 4 Chinaisover yearsold IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS TheUSisnoteven yearsold ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia 1 3 2b Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox TheYangtzeRiverisabout kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris kilometerslong Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld It salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS 6 3005 0005 464300 2 4 6 300 5 464 Chinaisover yearsold IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS TheUSisnoteven yearsold ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia 1 3 5 000 300 A DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld B Yes Idid It smucholderthanmycountry 2c Makeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a Groupwork Guide Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday sGreatWalltour Tourist1 Howlongisthewall Guide Ah themostpopularquestion Ifwe reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty it sabout8 850kilometerslong Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld 2d Role playtheconversation Tourist2 Wow that samazing Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall Guide Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry Asyoucansee it squitetallandwide AsfarasIknow therearenoman madeobjectsasbigasthis Tourist3 IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall Guide Yes it sthemostfamouspart 3a Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas Qomolangma theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld Oneoftheworld smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartof China Ofallthemountains Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous Itis8 844 43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29 1953 ThefirstChineseteamdidsoinI960 whilethefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975 Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3Factsanddangers Paragraph1Listfourdangersforclimbers thickcloudsSnowslide Freezingweatherconditions Heavystorm 3b Readthearticleagainandcompletethechart Paragraph2Listthreeachievements 1953 TenzingNorgayandEdmundHillarywerethefirsttoreachthetop 1960 ThefirstChineseteamdidso 1975 theJapaneseJunkoTabeisucceededdoingso Paragraphs1 3Listfourcomparisons mostdangeroussport mostpopularplaces thehighestmountain themostfamousmountain WherearetheHimalayas 2 HowhighisQomolangma 3c Answerthequestionsusinginformationfromthearticle TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina Itis8 844 43metershigh 3 Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous 4 Whatdoesthespiritoftheclimberstellus Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature 1 Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday sGreatWalltour 在今天的长城游中 大家尽管问我任何问题 不要拘束 feelfree是英语口语中一个常用表达 若有人让你feelfreetodosomething 就是让你无需拘束 只管按照自己的意愿去做某事 e g A CanIuseyourbathroom 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗 B Yes feelfree 可以 请随意 Languagepoints 2 AsfarasIknow therearenoman madeobjectsasbigasthis 据我所知 再没有像它这样大的人造物体了 asfarasIknow是一个固定的表达方式 还可以说sofarasIknow 意思是 据我所知 例如 AsfarasIknow Jack sgottwinsisters 就我所知 杰克有一对孪生姐妹 They renotcomingtoday sofarasIknow 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的 3 theMingGreatWall明长城 明长城 是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰 历时一百多年在北部地区修筑的军事防御工程 这段长城东起辽宁虎山 西至甘肃嘉峪关 从东向西横贯多个省 直辖市 自治区 全长约8850千米 是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整 最坚固的 4 Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms 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 Peoplelearninganewlanguagemayfacesomedifficulties 人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难 Ifyouhaveanydifficulties youcancallmeforhelp 如果你遇到任何困难 给我打电话求助好了 作不可数名词时 difficulty可译作 困