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Lead-in Discuss What difficulties and dangers will a person face when he climbs Mount Qomolangma? The climbers will face the cold, thin air and low oxygen levels. Besides, continuous bad weather may endanger the climbers’ lives. Worse still, they may meet with snow collapse, which is fatal. Lastly, there will be no chance to survive if the oxygen runs out. Pre-Reading 1. What does “going high” mean? In my opinion, going high means climbing the mountains. 2. What is the passage going to talk about? The pioneers or the third pole? I think the passage is going to talk about the pioneers. Read and check information 1. What is meant by “the third pole” in the text? “The third pole” means that Mount Qomolangma can be compared with the North Pole and the South Pole for its extreme conditions. 2. Why dose the writer call it the third pole? Because the climate is like the North and South pole and they were the last destinations for explorers. 3. Which other mountains would be third pole, and who are the pioneers of the third pole? Mountains higher than 5,200 metres can be called the third pole. And people who can climb such mountains are the pioneers. Read Paragraph 3-5 1. Why can the Tibetans live at ease in such extreme conditions? Tibetans can live at ease in such extreme conditions because they have lived in Himalayas for centuries and have adjusted to the conditions at such a height. 2. What makes Sherpas the most reliable guides in every attempt to climb Mount Qomolangma? Sherpas’ strength, skill, honesty and dedication have made them the most reliable guides. 3. What might have been the possible reasons that made British expeditions fail in 1922 and in 1924? They were not prepared to many unexpected difficulties and they were not very familiar with Mount Qomolangma. 4. Why could Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay make it to the summit of Mount Qomolangma? After World