Unit 5 What an adventure!Understanding ideas-高中英語外研版（2019）必修第三冊

Unit5Whatanadventure!---Understandingideas1.Tomemorizesomenewwordsofadventure.2.Togetthemainideaofthispassage.3.Toformaromanticandadventurousattitude.Learningobjects:Whatanadventure!Payattentiontothevideo,andgetthemainideaofthisvideo.Lookatthemapandanswerthequestions.8848.86m1.Whowerethefirstpeopleconfirmedtohavereachedthetopofthemountain?Whendidthishappen?ThefirstpeopleconfirmedtohavereachedthetopwereEdmundHillaryandTenzingNorgayin1953.CLIMBINGQOMOLANGMA:WORTHTHERISKS?1.Lastyear,hundredsofpeoplespentgoodmoneyonanexperiencethattheyknewwouldincludecrowds,discomfortanddanger.Manywouldbecomesick,duetotheextremecoldandlowairpressure,andafewwouldevenlosetheirlives.Yet,despiteallthis,bytheendofthetripmanywerealreadyplanningtoreturn.Forthesepeople,climbingQomolangmaisanexperiencelikenoother,makingsomefeelweakandothers,powerful.WhatdoestheauthorthinkofclimbingQomolangma?Despiterisks,climbingQomolangmaisstillauniqueexperience.WhydopeopleclimbQomolangma?GeorgeMalloryWhatpeoplegetfromthisadventureisjust1（

）Peopleeatandmakemoneytobeableto2（

）,nottheotherwayround.sheerjoyenjoylife

BritishmountainclimberGeorgeMallorywroteofclimbingQomolangma,“Whatwegetfromthisadventureisjustsheerjoy...Wedonotlivetoeatandmakemoney.Weeatandmakemoneytobeabletoenjoylife.Thatiswhatlifemeansandwhatlifeisfor.”Sadly,Mallorywoulddieonthemountainin1924,althoughhisbodywouldnotbefounduntilmanyyearslater.ItisstillnotknownifhesucceededinreachingthetopofQomolangmabeforeittookhislife.AlanArnetteEachpersonhasa(n)

3.()reasonforclimbingamountain.Itforcespeopleto4.()themselves.Tosucceed,peoplemusthavethephysicalaswellas5.（

）.importantanduniquelookdeepinsidemental,toughnesstopushwhenyouwanttostop.

In2011,wordssimilartothoseofMallorywerespokenbyAmericanmountainclimberAlanArnette,whoclimbedQomolangmainthatyearandwasgoingtoclimbotherhighmountainsaroundtheworld.“Itbringsintofocuswhat’simportanttoyou.”Headded,“Thereareathousandreasonstoturnaroundandonlyonetokeepgoing.Youreallyhavetofocusontheonereasonthat’smostimportantanduniquetoyou.Itforcesyoutolookdeepinsideyourselfandfigureoutifyoureallyhavethephysical,aswellasmental,toughnesstopushwhenyouwanttostop.”ScientificreasonsRisk-takingmaybepartof6.().Peoplewhoaremorelikelyto7.()have“TypeT”personalities.Researchalsosuggeststhatourdesiretoseekriskscanbeconnectedtohowmuchweexpectto8.().humannaturetakerisksthanotherstobenefitfromtheresult

WiththemajorityofattemptstoclimbQomolangmaresultingeitherintotalsuccessorfailure,istherealsoascientificreasonbehindthisrisk-taking?Recentstudiesindicatethatrisk-takingmaybepartofhumannature,withsomeofusmorelikelytotakerisksthanothers.PsychologistFrankFarleyhasspentyearsstudyingpeoplewhojumpoutofplanesanddrivefastcars,aswellasthosewhoclimbQomolangma.Hereferstothepersonalitiesofthesepeopleas“TypeT”,withthe“T”standingfor“thrill”.5.SpeakingtotheLATimesaboutthe“TypeT”personalities,Farleysaid,“They’llsay,‘I’mnottakingrisks,I’manexpert…’Theydon’twanttodieand

theydon’texpecttodie.”6.Researchalsosuggeststhatourdesiretoseekriskscanbeconnectedtohowmuchweexpecttobenefitfromtheresult.7.Withthisinmind,arethebenefitsofclimbingQomolangmaworththerisks?It’stotallyuptoyou.Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.1ToencouragepeopletoclimbQomolangmaiffullyprepared,asrisksbringmanybenefits.2ToremindpeopletobalancethebenefitsandrisksbeforedecidingtoclimbQomolangma.3TosuggestthatpeoplestoptakingrisksandclimbingQomolangma,astherisksoutweighthebenefits.√Whatkindofspiritsdidexplorer

need?strong-minded,nevergivingup,