英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 SectionA(2A-2D).docx

Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Period 1 Section A ( 2a 2d)教学目标：1语言目标：掌握本课时重点词汇及能用比较级和最高级谈论之最。2 技能目标：能听懂和谈论有关地理和自然的话题。3情感目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识。教学重点：Phrases: one of the biggest, the most popular question, talk about, the ancient emperors, the main reason, as far as I know, man-made objects, mountain climbing,Sentences: China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.教学难点：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法和物体之间的对比。教学过程：Step 1 Greeting and warming-up 1. Greet the class as usual.2. Watch the photos and talk about them using the comparison of the adjectives.Which is the highest mountain in the world?Which is the longest river in the world?Which is the longest river in Asia?Step 2 Listening (2a-2d)(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.Step 3 Practice (2c)Make conversation 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 (2d ) Read the conversation and answer the questions:1.Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？2. How long is the Great Wall?3. Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?4. Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall? Step 5 Language points and summary1. Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour.feel 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 twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。Step 6 Challenge yourself一、根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。1India is one of the_ (old) countries in the world.2I think mountain climbing is_ (dangerous) than skiing.3Do you think Mo Yan is_ (famous)than any other writer in China?4In our class，only Bill is as_ (strong)as Jerry.5Which teacher is_ (popular)in your school，Ms.Green， Mr.Smith or Mrs.Rice?二、单项选择。6Lin Fang comes home_ _than before this term. She doesnt have so many classes in the afternoon.AEarlyBEarlierCLateDLater7We are happy to see our city is developing_ these years than before.AQuickly BThe most quickly CVery quickly DMore quickly8I have a lovely room. Its the_ in the hotel.Anice Bnicer Cnicest Dmost nice9T is one of_ shopping websites in China.Alarge Blarger Clargest Dthe largest10The box was_ than I had expected. I was out of breath when I got home.Amore heavier Bmuch heavier Clittle heavier Dvery heavierSummaryIn this class, we learned the comparison of the adjectives to compare the facts and numbe