人教PEP版八年级下册英语新课课件-Unit 7 第二课时(3a-3c)(Grammar Focus-4c) 28页

SectionA 3a-4c nature n. 大自然 ocean n. 海洋 freezing adj. 极冷的；冰冻的 thick adj. 厚的；浓的 achievement n. 成就；成绩 succeed v. 实现目标；成功 Reading 自读文章，在书中划出重点、疑点后，翻 译下列短语。先独立完成，后小组商议。 1. 最危险的山峰 2. 世界上最危险的运动之一 the most dangerous mountain one of the world’s most dangerous sports Reading 3. 来自世界各地的登山者 4. 横亘于中国的西南边界 5. 在所有的山峰中 the climbers from all over the world run along the southwestern part of China of all the mountains 3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Spirit of climbers Achievements of climbers Facts and dangers 3b. Read the article again and complete the chart. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 List four dangers for climbers. List three achievements List four comparisons thick clouds 1953—Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top most dangerous sport 3b snow can fall very hard freezing weather conditions heavy storms The first Chinese team reached the top in 1960. The first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. People can challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. Never give up trying to achieve our dream. Humans can be stronger than the forces of nature. 3c. Answer the questions using information from the article. 1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. How high is Qomolangma? In the southwestern part of China. It is 8,844.43 meters high. 3c 3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us? Because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties. We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. Grammar Focus What's the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma. How high is Qomolangma? It's 8,844.43 meters high. It's higher than any other mountain. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. It's much older than the US. 4a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. big much popular long old high 1. The Amazon River is one of the _______ rivers in the world. It’s a little _______ than the Yangtze River. longest longer 4a 2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _____. It’s one of the most ________ places for serious mountain climbers. 3. No ocean in the world is as _______ as the Pacific Ocean. 4. Although Japan is _______ than Canada, it is _______ smaller. high popular big older much 4b. Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts. Two rivers: _________________ and _________________ 1._________________________________ __________________________________ 2._________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ _ the Yangtze River the Amazon River The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River. The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. 4b Two cities: _________ and ___________ 1. _________________________________. 2. _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ . Singapore Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is as modern as Singapore. Singapore is bigger than Kuala Lumpur and has a larger population than Kuala Lumpur 4b Two animals: _________ and ______ 1. _______________________________. 2. _______________________________ _______________________________ . Monkey Dog A dog is bigger than a monkey. A monkey is smaller than a dog, but it climbs a tree faster than dog 4c. Write five questions using comparisons. Then ask your partner your questions. 1. _________________________________ 2. _________________________________ 3. _________________________________ 4. _________________________________ 5. _________________________________ What is the highest building in our city? What is the busiest subway station in our city? What is the largest shopping mall in our city? What is the biggest park in our city? What is the longest road in our city? Language points 1. One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing … “one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名 词”，意为“最……之一”。如： Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school. 王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之一。 2. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. “It is + adj. + to do sth. ”中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，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成“To do sth. is + adj.”。 Language points 如：It is important to study English well. 学好英语很困难。 It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。 Language points 3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. difficulty 既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词。 Language points 4. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. 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。 Language points 如：My grandfather wants to give up drinking wine. 我爷爷想戒酒。 Although English isn’t easy to learn, I won’t give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但我不会放弃。 Language points 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 even though it rains. 尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。 Language points 1.Fish take ____ oxygen through their gills. A. up B. into C. in D. for 2. There are so ____ toys in the shop that I can't decide which to buy. A. such B. many C. more D. that 3. The policeman showed great bravery ____ danger. A. in the face B. in the front of C. in the face of D. before C B C 4. It is said that it is ____ today as yesterday. Shall we go skating this afternoon? A. the hottest B. as hot C. hottest D. hotter 5. Shanghai is bigger than ____ in Japan. A. any other city B. all the other cities C. any city D. the other cities 6. She looks ____ than she does. A. the more older B. very older C. much older D. more older B A C 同学们，这一课学习的单词你 们都掌握了吗？现在大家来检验一 下，开始听写吧！