高中英語新教材book-3-unit-5-understanding-ideas-Climbing-Qomolangma-worth-the-risks課件

ClimbingQomolangma:

WorthTheRisks?1Whowerethefirstpeopleconfirmedtohavereachedthetopofthemountain?Whendidthishappen?2Whydoyouthinktheclimbersneedsomanycampsalongtheroute?3WhatelsedoyouknowaboutQomolangma?Sharetheinformationwiththeclass.Lookatthemapandanswerthequestions.MountQomolangma,themainpeakoftheHimalayamountains,isthehighestmountainpeakintheworld.Atanaltitudeof8848meters,itislocatedontheborderlinebetweenChinaandNepal.ItsnorthernpartisinDaliCounty,Tibet,China,thesouthisinNepal.

InTibetan,"ZhuMu"isthemeaningofgoddess,"LangMa"isthemeaningofthird.BecausetherearefourpeaksnearMountQomolangma,MountEverestisthird,soitiscalledMountQomolangma.

PeopleknowItincludescrowds,discomfortanddanger.Manywillbecomesick,duetotheextremecoldandlowairpressure,andafewwillevenlosetheirlives.WhatdifficultieswillyoufacetoclimbQomolangma?WhatanexperiencetoclimbQomolangma?despitebytheendof

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likenoother

makesomefeelsick

others,powerfulSubjective

reasonsfortheclimbers`risk-taking“Whatwegetfromthisadventureisjustsheerjoy”

GeorgeLeighMalloryBritishmountainclimberGeorgeMallory

sadly

diedonthemountain

in1924

hisbody

manyyearslater

succeedinreachingthetop

beforeittookhislifeAmericanmountainclimber

AlanArnette“Itbringsintofocuswhat`simportanttoyou.”“Thereareathousandreasonstoturnaroundandonlyonetokeepgoing.Youreallyhavetofocusontheonereasonthat`smostimportantanduniquetoyou.Itforcesyoutolookdeepinsideyourselfandfigureoutifyoureallyhavethephysical,aswellasmental,toughnesstopushwhenyouwanttostop.”Scientific

reasonsfortheclimbers`risk-takingpsychologistFrankFarley

Recentstudiesindicatethatrisk-takingmaybepartofhumannature:“TypeT”personalities.Researchalsosuggeststhatman`sdesiretoseekriskscanbeconnectedtohowmuchtheyexpecttobenefitfromtheresult.IsitworththeriskstoclimbtheQomolangma?It`stotallyuptoyou!WhoistherealQomolangma?中國登山隊于1960年5月25日清晨4點20分（北京時間）勝利登上珠穆朗瑪峰。1975年5月27日，我國運動員索南羅布、羅則、侯生福、桑珠、大平措、貢嘎巴桑、次仁多吉、阿布飲、潘多從北坡登上珠峰。5月27日11時，2020珠峰高程測量登山隊8名攻頂隊員成功登頂珠穆朗瑪峰。此時，距離1960年中國人首次登頂珠峰，已是整整60年。Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1ToencouragepeopletoclimbQomolangmaiffullyprepared,asrisksbringmanybenefits.2ToremindpeopletobalancethebenefitsandrisksbeforedecidingtoclimbQomolangma.3TosuggestthatpeoplestoptakingrisksandclimbingQomolangma,astherisksoutweighthebenefits.1sheerjoy2enjoylife3importantandunique4lookdeepinside5mentaltoughness6humannature7tak