八年級英語下冊 Unit 7 Section A 1

1、Unit 7,Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1 1a2d,Presentation,square n. 平方,meter n. 米,deep adj. 深的,desert n. 沙漠,population n. 人口,Asia n. 亞洲,tour v. n. 旅行,tourist n. 旅行者,wall n. 墻,amazing adj. 令人大為驚奇的,ancient adj. 古代的,wide adj. 寬的；寬闊的,Do you know these interest places?,Qomolang

2、ma,Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. Its 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. Its 26 kilometers long.,The Nile is the longest river in the world. Its more than 6600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries, its one of the lar

3、gest river flows through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) in the end.,the Nile,the Caspian Sea,The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world. It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.,The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located i

4、n the northern Africa, climate conditions are very bad, is one of the earths most not suitable for biological survival.,the Sahara,The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first Asian rivers. Its 6211.31 kilometers long. The Yangtze River Basin, east-west width of 3219 kilomete

5、rs, about 966 kilometers wide north-south, passing through 11 provinces. It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.,the Yangtze River,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia?. ,Talk about these pictures in pairs.,1a Match the facts you know.,Practice in pai

6、rs like this: A: What is the in the ? B: ,Practice,8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 meters high (long, wide) 米高（長，寬)。 英語表示“有多長（寬，高）”時(shí)，一般將數(shù)詞和數(shù)量單位放在表示長寬高的形容詞前作狀語。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide.,Explaination,A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844 meters high.,Practice,The biggest desert in the world is a

7、bout 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,1b Listen and complete the sentences.,1. Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain in the world. 2. The Sahara is _ desert in the world. 3. The Caspian Sea is _ of all the salt lakes. 4. The

8、 Nile is _ river in the world.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,What is the highest mountain in the world?,Qomolangma.,2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ k

9、ilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US. _ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it

10、 is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than th

11、e population of the US.,6,300,5,464,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.,5,000,300,2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.,A: Did you know that Chin

12、a is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. its much older than my country.,Practice,A: Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China? B: Yes, I did. Its 6,300 meters long. B: Wow! Thats long!,中國的長城共有近一萬公里，東起河北秦皇島的山海關(guān)，西到嘉峪關(guān)，這是明代修筑長城的兩個(gè)最大關(guān)口，北京境內(nèi)的長城有600余公里，比較著名的有八達(dá)嶺長城

13、、金山嶺長城、司馬臺(tái)長城、慕田峪長城、居庸關(guān)長城和箭扣長城等。,The Great Wall,2d Read the conversation and answer the questions:,1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?,The Great Wall.,Badaling part of the wall.,1. Fell free to ask me anything on todays Great

14、 Wall tour. 在今天的長城游中，大家盡管問我任何問題，不要拘束。,fell free是英語口語中一個(gè)常用表達(dá)。若有人讓你feel free to do something，就是讓你無需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。,Language points,e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的衛(wèi)生間嗎？ B: Yes, feel free. 可以，請隨意。,as far as I know是一個(gè)固定的表達(dá)方式，還可以說so far as I know，意思是“據(jù)我所知”。,2. As far as I know, there are no ma

15、n-made objects as big as this. 據(jù)我所知，再?zèng)]有像它這樣大的人造物體了。,e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一對孿生姐妹。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他們今天不來了 就我所知是這樣的。,feel free the most popular question talk about the Ming Dynasty the ancient emperors the main reason as far as I know the Ming Great Wall,Important phrases and sentences.,How long