人教版八年級(jí)英語下冊(cè)《What's the highest mountain in the world?》SectionA PPT教學(xué)課件(第2課時(shí))，共47頁。
Objectives
To learn about Qomolangma.
To learn new words: achievement, thick, include, condition, succeed, achieve, force, nature…
Free Talk
Do you like mountain climbing?
Do you know the most popular places to go for it?
Words and Expressions
achievement n. 成就；成績(jī)
southwestern adj. 西南的；西南方向的
thick adj. 厚的；濃的
include v. 包括；包含
freezing adj. 極冷的；冰凍的
condition n. 條件；狀況
take in 吸入
Answer the questions using information from the article.
1.Where are the Himalayas?
The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.
2. How high is Qomolangma?
It is 8,848.86 meters high.
3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?
One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?
The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Language points
1. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
更加嚴(yán)峻的困難包括極冷的天氣狀況和巨大的風(fēng)暴。
1)difficulty既可作可數(shù)名詞也可作不可數(shù)名詞，在此用作可數(shù)名詞。
作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)，difficulty通常用作復(fù)數(shù)，表示具體概念，即：各種各樣的“困難；難題；難事”。例如：
People learning a new language may face some difficulties.
人們學(xué)習(xí)一門新的語言時(shí)可能會(huì)遇到一些困難。
If you have any difficulties, you can call me for
help.如果你遇到任何困難，給我打電話。
作不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)，difficulty可譯作“困難；
艱難；辛苦；費(fèi)勁”，例如：
He had great difficulty in finding a new job.
他找新的工作費(fèi)了很大勁。
We found the house without difficulty.
我們輕而易舉地找到了那座房子。
2) include表示“包括；包含”，是一個(gè)及物動(dòng)詞。例如：
Does your price of the bike include this light?
你們的車價(jià)包含這盞車燈嗎？
2. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
這些登山者的精神向我們表明：我們絕不應(yīng)該放
棄實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)想的嘗試。
1)give up doing something 的意思是“放棄做某事；半途而廢”
He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.
他找到工作之后就放棄了對(duì)第三門語言的學(xué)習(xí)。
2) achieve our dreams 相當(dāng)于make our dreams come true 其中動(dòng)詞achieve表示“（通過努力）實(shí)現(xiàn)；取得；獲��；達(dá)到（夢(mèng)想、成績(jī)、成功、目的)”等。例如：
He achieved great success in a short time.
他用很短的時(shí)間取得了極大的成功。
Lin Tao achieved very good exam results.
林濤考試取得了很好的成績(jī)。
3. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
山頂上濃云覆蓋，而且雪可能下的很大。更嚴(yán)重的困難是冰凍天氣和強(qiáng)烈的暴風(fēng)雪。
thick adj.
1) 厚的；粗的
How thick is the board?
這塊木板有多厚?
2) 濃的，濃厚的；粘稠的；混濁的
It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.
在濃霧天駕車很危險(xiǎn)。
freezing adj.
凍結(jié)的；冰凍的；極冷的
It’s freezing outside now.
現(xiàn)在外面冷極了。
It’s very cold today, the temperature has dropped to freezing point.
今天很冷，溫度降到了冰點(diǎn)。
表現(xiàn)“寒冷”時(shí)常與weather搭配的形容詞：cold, freezing, icy
表現(xiàn)暴風(fēng)雨之“兇猛”時(shí)部分與storm搭配的常見形容詞：bad, big, great, heavy,
terrible, disastrous, fierce, tremendous, violent
表現(xiàn)snow之“強(qiáng)弱”時(shí)的搭配：heavy, thick, light
表現(xiàn)云層“疏密”時(shí)常與cloud搭配的形容詞：light, thick, heavy, dense
表現(xiàn)“烏云”時(shí)cloud一詞的常見搭配：black, dark, gray, dense
表現(xiàn)空氣“稀薄”、“渾濁”、“潮濕”時(shí)與air搭配的形容詞：thin, thick, humid
4. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.當(dāng)你接近山頂時(shí)，吸入空氣也會(huì)很困難。
1)動(dòng)詞不定式在作主語時(shí)，常用it作形式主語，而往往將動(dòng)詞不定式放在謂語或表語之后。
It’s not easy to learn a foreign language well.
= To learn a foreign language well is not easy.
學(xué)好一門外語不容易。
2) take in 吸入
take in: (to understand completely the meaning or importance of something)理解；領(lǐng)會(huì)；領(lǐng)悟
Fish take in oxygen through their gills(鰓).
I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.
Summary
1.最危險(xiǎn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)之一
one of the most dangerous sports
2. 登山，攀巖
mountain climbing
3. 全世界
in the world
4. 中國的東南邊境
the southwestern part of China
5. 山頂
mountain top
6. 嚴(yán)寒的天氣條件
freezing weather condition
7. 暴風(fēng)雪
heavy storms
8. 冒著生命危險(xiǎn)
risk one’s life
9. 放棄
give up
10. 實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想
achieve one’s dream
Dictation
English-Chinese
southwestern, condition, nature, force,
Chinese-English
成就；厚的；包括；極冷的；吸入；實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)；挑戰(zhàn)；面對(duì)(問題、困難等)；達(dá)到；即使
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