英语八年级下册Section A精品课件ppt

课题名

Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world ？Section A (3a-3c)

教学目标

1.Language ability: To learn the spirit of mountain climbing.

2.Learning ability: ① Be able to talk about geography and nature. ② Enable the students to write an article about whales or other animals.

3.Thinking ability: ① Let the students know how to talk about geography and nature.② Let the students know that our country is so beautiful that we should love her.

教学重点

The vocabulary:

achievement; southwestern; thick; include; freezing; condition; take in; succeed; challenge; in the face of; achieve; force; nature; even though; even if; risk one’s life; achieve one’s dream.

Target language:

1. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous.

2. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.

教学难点

To learn the spirit of mountain climbing.

教学准备

Teacher Preparation: multimedia courseware, textbook recordings

Student Preparation: pre-class preparation

教学过程

1.New words

achievement/ə'tʃiːvmənt/n.成就;成绩

southwestern/ˌsaʊθ'westə(r)n/adj.西南的;西南方向的

thick /θɪk/ adj.厚的;浓的

include /ɪn'kluːd/ v.包括;包含

freezing /'fri:zɪŋ/ adj.极冷的;冰冻的

condition /kənˈdɪʃn/ n.条件;状况

take in吸入;吞入(体内)

succeed /səkˈsiːd/ v.实现目标;成功

challenge /'tʃælɪndʒ/v.&n.挑战;考验

in the face of面对(问题、困难等)

achieve /əˈtʃiːv/ v.达到;完成;成功

force /fɔː(r)s/ n.力;力量

nature /'neɪtʃə(r)/ n.自然界;大自然

even though(=even if)即使;虽然

2.lead in

(1)Ask students questions：

Do you like mountain climbing ?

Do you know the most popular place to go for it?

(2) Watch a video and ask :

•What’s this video about?

•What do you see in it?

•Do you want to climb Mount Qomolangma?

3.Pre-reading

(1)Look at the picture and the title, and then guess.

4. While-reading

(1)Match the main ideas with each paragraph.

(2)Read Para. 1 and find out the key words to finish the mind map.

(3)Read Para. 2 and fill in the chart.

(4)Read Para.3 and  answer the questions.

1.Why do so many climbers risk their lives?

2.What spirit do the climbers show us ?

(5)Explain some language points in the passage.  

5.Post-reading

(1)Finish 3b,3c and check the answers.

(2)Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

One of the most ___________ sports in the world is mountain _________, and one of the most _________ places to go for this is the Himalayas. These extremely high _______ attract(吸引) _________ from all over the world. Many people say this is one of the most ________ parts of the world.The Himalayas _______ along the ____________ part of china. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma is the _________ and the most _________.

It’s _____________ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _______ the top of the mountain. Even more serious ___________ include the freezing ___________ conditions and the _______ storms.The first _________ to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953. The first Chinese team __________ the top in 1960, and in 1975, the first __________ did it too.

6.Summary

1.世界上最危险的运动之一     one of the world’s most dangerous sports

2.绵延                       run along

3.浓云                       thick clouds

4.吸入空气                   take in the air

5.第一个成功的妇女           the first woman to succeed

6.冒着某人的生命危险         risk one’s life

7.挑战自己                   challenge oneself

8.面对困难                   in the face of difficulties

9.自然的力量                 the force of nature

10.实现某人的梦想            achieve one’s dream

7. Language points

(1)include

(2)succeed

(3)achieve

(4)force

8.Exercises

Ⅰ.单项选择。

1.To________ somebody to do something means to make somebody do something they don’t want to do.

A. expect            B. allow        C. force         D. help

2.Dreams are beautiful. However, to ______ them needs lots of time and work.

A. discover       B. find         C. achieve       D. stop

3.________ the traffic was heavy yesterday, we got to the bus station on time.          

A. Even though     B. So that      C. Unless        D. As soon as 

4.Do you know China is one of ________ in the world?

A. the old country　        B. oldest country   

C. the oldest countries　        D. oldest countries

Ⅱ.根据汉语提示或用所给词的适当形式填空。

1.No one can _________ (success) without any hard work.

2.You should drive more carefully in ________(freeze) weather.

3.Sally studies hard at school to ________(achievement) her dream.

4.The tour _________(include) a visit to the Disneyland, so you needn’t pay for the tickets.              

5.Confidence is an important _________(条件) if you want to achieve success.

板书设计

1.世界上最危险的运动之一     one of the world’s most dangerous sports

2.绵延                       run along

3.浓云                       thick clouds

4.吸入空气                   take in the air

5.第一个成功的妇女           the first woman to succeed

6.冒着某人的生命危险         risk one’s life

7.挑战自己                   challenge oneself

8.面对困难                   in the face of difficulties

9.自然的力量                 the force of nature

10.实现某人的梦想            achieve one’s dream

课后作业

Do the exercises in students’ book.

教学反思

In order to achieve better teaching effect, the teacher can play the videos about the rivers, the deserts in China or in the world. Besides, the students need to learn how to summarize the main idea in the paragraphs.