Objectives/aims
l Better understanding of the text
l Mastery of some language points: treacherous, folly, vintage, tatter, assault, tenacity, reconnaissance, wane, buoy up, mosaic, macabre, enigma, elusive
l Learn sth about mountain expedition
l Learn from the early mountaineers and explorers, try to be courageous, dare to challenge difficulties in study and everyday life
l Master the reading skill: read the news story
l Get the main clues of the story
l Full understanding of the text
l Explanation of some difficult words
l Knowing how to read the news story
l Several expeditions are woven in the text so students might be confused in distinguishing one from the other
l Some words might cause difficulty in students’ understanding of the text
l Students don’t read news stories frequently. They are not quite clear about the structure of the news story
l Title explanation
l Text analysis
l questions
l language points
l summary of the text
l discussion
l Ex. about the text
l Reading Skills
l Fast
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l Internet
l PPT (12)
l The Advanced Learner’s
l Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Longman 1978
l Master those new words
l Read some news story
l Home Reading & Ex
l Preview Unit 6
Compared with the previous two texts this one is a little more difficult for students to understand.
Students are active in discussion.
Students are educated to learn from the early explorers to be courageous in face of difficulty
Students are a little slow in reading news stories
