英语人教版八年级下册u7section A .doc

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Section A 1 (1a 2d)Teaching aims：New words：square ，meter ，deep ，desert ， population ，population ，Asia ，tour，tourist，wall，amazing，ancient，wide Ability goals: Improve students listening skills and speaking skills.Moral goals: China is a country with a long history.We should learn to appreciate the culture and the beautiful scenery. Teaching important pointsStudents can master the new words and finish the tasks.Teaching difficult pointsStudents can know and master the usage of the comparative degree.Teaching methodCommunicative approaches.Teaching aidsCIATeaching proceduresStep 1 PresentationPresent some new words.Step 2 Warming-upWatch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big.Step 3 Matching1a Match the facts you know.Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers longThe Nile8,844.43 meters highStep 4 Listening 1. 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 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.Step5 Practice 1c Make conversations in pairs.Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world?B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.Step6 Role play2d 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?Step7Homew