八下Unit 7 Section A 1a-2d.doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Main activities: Section A (1a-2d)Teaching period: 1 periodTeaching aims and demands:1. Phrases:in size, in the world, 2 meters tall/long/wide, talk about, as far as I know, mountain climbing, the southwestern part of China, risk ones life, challenge oneself, achieve ones dream，the spirit of the climbers, many times more than ,live up to, prepare for., in the remaining forest, endangered animals, in the future2. Grammar focus: Talk about geography and nature.3. Patterns:1) Whats the highest mountain in the world?2) How long is Qomolangma?Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than any other mountain.3) Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake.4) Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.Difficulties:The changes of comparative and superlativeTeaching tools: Multi-media and SCRTeaching procedure:New lesson:Step1.Task one:Presentation1a Look at the picture. Match the facts you know.Qomolangma About 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers longThe Nile8,844.43 meters highStep 2. Task two:1.Listening 1b Listen and complete the sentence.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 Nile is _ river in the world.2. 2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.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 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 is the biggest country in Asia.Step3. Practice2c .Make conversations using the information in 2a.A. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?B. Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.Step 4. Task four2d Role play the conversation1.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?(5) Language points and summary1. Fell free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。fell free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something, 就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B: Yes, feel free. 可以，请随意。2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know, 意思是“据我所知”。e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got