高三英语Unit2 Crossing limits 教学设计及教案

S: Besides all the necessary equipment and preparations, it needs the climber’s skill, courage, strong will and wisdom.
T: Look at the title and answer the questions.
Questions:
1. What does “going high” mean?
2. What is the passage going to talk about? The pioneers or the third pole?
Sa: In my opinion, going high means climbing the mountains.
Sb: I think the passage is going to talk about the pioneers.
Task two: Read and check information
T: Please read the first two paragraphs and answer the 3 questions of exercise 1 on page 17.
After a few minutes
Sa: “The third pole” means that Mount Qomolangma can be compared with the North Pole and the South Pole for its extreme conditions.
Sb: First, both the North Pole and the South Pole lie in the southernmost and northernmost points of the world, while Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. Second, like the North Pole and the South Pole, people find it hard to conquer because its extreme conditions.
Sc: Tibet is rich in high mountains and to this point there are hundreds of mountains that can be called the third poles. All these mountains are high and difficult to conquer because of their extreme conditions.
Task three: Questions and answers
T: Read from paragraph 3 to paragraph 5 and answer the following questions.
1. Why can the Tibetans live at ease in such extreme conditions?
2. What makes Sherpas the most reliable guide in every attempt to climb Mount Qomolangma?
3. What might have been the possible reasons that made British expeditions fail in 1922 and in 1924?
4. Why could Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay make it to the summit of Mount Qomolangma?
5. How do you understand the sentence “Like winning in the Olympic Games, climbing a mountain such as Mount Qomolangma is a great personal achievement”?
6. After the first successful climbing, why did so many people still want to climb Mount Qomolangma?
Sample keys:
1. Tibetans can live at ease in such extreme conditions because they have lived in Himalayas for centuries and have adjusted to the conditions at such a height.
2. Sherpas’ strength, skill, honesty and dedication have made them the most reliable guide.
3. They were not prepared to many unexpected difficulties and they were not very familiar with Mount Qomolangma.
4. After World War Two, technological advances in clothing and equipment had been made and more was known about the mountain itself.
5. Mountain climbing itself means exploring human possibilities and every success proves the conqueror’s courage, endeavor and ability.
6. Different people represent different countries and different “number ones”.
Task four: Survey
T: Read from paragraph 6 to paragraph 7 and finish the following cloze.
Cloze:
The Chinese ___(首次成功攀登) in 1960. The team members ___(包括) Gongbu, Wang Fuzhou and Qu Yinhua. It was dark when they ___(到达顶峰). Thus they ___(没能够拍到照片) to produce evidence. On their return, they ___(被颂扬为) as national heroes. On May 27, 1975, another team ___(到达顶峰) of Mount Qomolangma from its northern side. Over the past 40 years, 29 other Chinese people___(已经攀登) Mount Qomolangma.
Keys: made their first successful attempt, included, reached the summit, were unable to take photos, were praised, arrived at the peak, have climbed
Step IV Scanning
Task one: Build the schema chart
T: You are required to build the schema char according to chart below.
Students scan the text and build the schema chart.
Sample chart:
Title
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
Keys:
Title Going High: the Pioneers of the Third Pole
P1 By the middle of 1920s, Mount Qomolangma remained to be greatest challenge for human beings.
P2 Climbing Mount Qomolangma was dangerous and it seemed almost impossible because of its extreme conditions.
P3 Sherpas prove to be the ideal guide since the first attempt.
P4 Though several attempt failed in 1920s, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their first successful attempt to the summit in 1953.
P5 After the first successful attempt to conquer Mount Qomolangma, it remains man’s great challenges until now.
P6 The Chinese successfully reached the summit of it in 1960.
P7 Over the past 40 years, other 29 Chinese reached the summit for scientific research or sport.
Step V Post Reading
Task one: Paraphrasing
T: Please turn to page 17 and look at exercise 2. Explain the following phrases and sentences from the text in English. (pair work)
Sa: Going to Mount Qomolangma was regarded as difficult as going to the moon.
Sb: The death zone means that people find it almost impossible to live in the area.
Sc: They didn’t know what conditions were to be faced with.
Sd: English air refers to oxygen.
Task two: Questions and answers
T: Look at exercise 3 and 4, and find answers to the two questions.
Sa: In spite of the first successful attempt, there still exist many other “first attempts” to be proved and other scientific work to be done.
Sb: They left behind an iron container with the national flag and a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong.
Step Ⅵ Homework
Task one: Recite the important sentences. (refer to Target Language)

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