Going High:

The Pioneers of the Third Pole

Mount Qomolangma

Task 1:Please read the first two paragraphs,and then answer the following questions:

Because the extreme conditions are like the North Pole and the South Pole, and going to Mount Qomolangma was regarded as difficult as going to the moon.

1.What is meant by “The third pole ”in the text?

2. Why does the writer call it the third pole?

3.What difficulties and dangers will a person face when he climbs Mount Qomolangma?

He will face the cold,thin air and low oxygen levels.

4.What’s the “death zone”?It is the area on mountains higher than 5,200 metres, where humans can only survive for a couple of days.

Task 2: Read from paragraph 3 to 5, and decide whether the following sentences are true or false:

1. The Tibetans can’t adapt to the living conditions at such a height. ( )

2. Sherpas are the most reliable guides for every Qomolangma expedition. ( )

3. Two British expeditions in 1922 and 1924 successfully reached the top. ( )

4. “English air” in fact refers to oxygen. ( )

5. Because of good weather, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay could be the first to reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma.( )

6. After the first successful climbing in 1953,few people want to climb Mount Qomolangma. ( )

F

T

F

T

F

F

Task3: Read paragraph 6 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.

made their first successful attempt

included

reached the summit

were unable to take photos

were praised

arrived at the peak

have climbed

Task4:Close your books,listen to the tape and catch the key words and phrases

1._______the cold,thin air and low oxygen levels can cause mountain sickness, which can kill.

2.The local Tibetans and Sherpas laughed at the strange bottles containing what they_________as “English air”.

3.In 1924 two British men were lost. When their oxygen_______,they had no chance of surviving.

4.In later years the question ____who was the first to reach the top.

5.On their return, they __________as national heros.

Apart from

referred to

ran out

arose

were praised

1.apart from 主要有两个含义：（ 1 ）撇开……来说；除……之外

It’s a well-written article, apart from several spelling mistakes.

except for翻译：

1. 他除了鼻子以外，哪儿都好看。

2. 除了几个单词以外，我对法语一无所知 1.Apart from his nose,he is good-looking.

(2) 此外，除此……而外还有… .=besides, in addition to

Apart from being too large,the trousers don’t suit me.

=The trousers are not only too large,they also don’t suit me.

2.Apart from a few words,I don’t know any French at all.

2.refer to : vt. 提及，涉及，查阅，求助于，与… . 有关refer to a dictionary

The author referred to his teacher twice in his essay.

refer to …as… 将… .. 称为…

Zheng He has often been referred to as the Chinese Columbus.

高考试题赏析：

The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without______his notes.

A.Bringing up B referring to C looking for D trying on

reference: n. 参考，提及

In reference to : (prep.) 关于… .

3.run out :vi 用完，结束，过期，失效（主语通常为时间，金钱，食物等名词）

The petrol is running out.

Our time is running out.

My passport has run out.

run out of sth. 用完（表主动含义，此时主语为人）He is always running out of money before payday.

give out: vi 用完，耗尽，筋疲力尽（主语为物）After a month their food supplies gave out.

use sth. up 用尽（材料），耗尽某事物，使某事物衰竭The oil is used up.

4.arise: (arose, arisen) vi. 出现，发生，起来， 上升。 往往与 from 连用 , 构成：

arise from sth. 因某事物而产生，造成，引起

Accidents can arise from carelessness.

New difficulties will arise from such situation.

这种状况会产生新的难题。

5. praise

(1)vt. 称赞，赞美praise sb. for sth. 因某事而称赞某人The guest praised her for her courage.

praise …as… 称赞…是…

(2)n. 不可数 . 称赞，赞美，表扬

His book received high praise from readers.

In praise of 称赞… .

This is a book in praise of country life.

sing high praise for … 高度赞扬…

People sang high praise for his bravery.

Task 6: Discussion

What can we learn from the passage?

1.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.　　世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 2.No way is impossible to courage.　　勇者无惧。 3.No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。

4.The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.　　烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。