3. curious
【感知】
» Today, the lake still attracts many curious travellers.
如今,这个湖仍然吸引着许多好奇的旅行者。
» The child is curious about everything around him.
这个孩子对周围的一切都感到好奇。
» I'm curious to know what happened.
我很想知道发生了什么。
【探究】
(1)curious形容词,意为"好奇的;求知欲强的",常见用法:
① 对某事感到好奇
② 很想做某事;急于知道某事
(2)curiosity名词,意为"好奇心;求知欲"。
out of curiosity 出于好奇
(3)curiously副词,意为"好奇地;奇怪的是"。
【应用】
①完成句子:孩子们对新事物总是充满好奇。
Children are always new things.
②用所给单词的适当形式填空:Her (curious) about science led her to become a scientist.

[探究](1)①be curious about sth
②be curious to do sth
[应用]①curious about ②curiosity

Ⅰ.完成句子
1. 这座山海拔3 000米。
The mountain is 3,000 metres .
2. 这个国家有许多不同类型的美食。
The country has many food.
3. 这个小镇吸引了许多旅行者。
The small town .
4. 这个公园位于城市的中心。
The park the centre of the city.
5. 他一点一点地完成了作业。
He finished his homework .

1. above sea level
2. different types of
3. attracts many travellers
4. is located in
5. bit by bit

Ⅱ.(教材p.36 & p.37 1b改编)语篇填空
阅读短文,根据语篇内容,用所给词的适当形式完成短文。
To most people, Mount Qomolangma is one of the greatest wonders in the world. But getting to the top is very 1. (risk). Terrible 2. (condition)—like low temperatures, thin air, and 3. (change) weather—make it a challenge only the bravest 4. (climb) dare to take.
Before 1960, the northern "Death Road" was never climbed, until a 5. (determine) Chinese climbing team decided to try. On 24 May 1960, Liu Lianman, Wang Fuzhou, Qu Yinhua, and Gong Bu reached the 8,600-metre Second Step. Liu let his 6. (teammate) stand on his shoulders, and they climbed past it 7. (success). In 1975, another Chinese team brought a ladder to help future climbers. In 2020, a third team measured its height as 8,848.86 metres.
Why do people risk 8. (die) to climb it? It's because of human 9. (curious) and ambition. As George Mallory said, people climb 10. (simple) "because it's there"—a show of the strong spirit of exploration!

1. risky 2. conditions 3. changeable
4. climbers 5. determined 6. teammates
7. successfully 8. death 9. curiosity
10. simply