英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section A 3a-3c.ppt

1、R 八年级下册,Unit 7,Whats the highest mountain in the world?,SectionA 3a-3c Grammar-4c,nature n. 大自然,ocean n. 海洋,freezing adj. 极冷的；冰冻的,thick adj. 厚的；浓的,achievement n. 成就；成绩,succeed v. 实现目标；成功,Reading,自读文章，在书中划出重点、疑点后，翻译下列短语。先独立完成，后小组商议。,1.最危险的山峰 2.世界上最危险的运动之一,the most dangerous mountain,one of the worlds

2、 most dangerous sports,Reading,3.来自世界各地的登山者 4.横亘于中国的西南边界 5.在所有的山峰中,the climbers from all over the world,run along the southwestern part of China,of all the mountains,3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.,3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.,3b,3c. Answer th

3、e questions using information from the article.,1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. How high is Qomolangma?,In the southwestern part of China.,It is 8,844.43 meters high.,3c,3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?,B

4、ecause people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.,Grammar Focus,语法内容请见学案对应处,4a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.,big much popular long old high,1. The Amazon River is one of the _ rivers in

5、the world. Its a little _ than the Yangtze River.,longest,longer,4a,2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _. Its one of the most _ places for serious mountain climbers.,3. No ocean in the world is as _ as the Pacific Ocean. 4. Although Japan is _ than Canada, it is _ smaller.,high,popular,big,older,much,

6、4b. Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts.,Two rivers: _ and _ 1._2._,the Yangtze River,the Amazon River,The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River. The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Yangtze River is the longest river in China.,4b,Two cities: _ and _ 1. _

7、. 2. _ _ _ .,Singapore Shanghai,Singapore is as modern as Shanghai.,Shanghai is bigger than Singapore and has a larger population than Singapore.,4b,Two animals: _ and _ 1. _. 2. _ _ .,Monkey Dog,A dog is bigger than a monkey.,A monkey is smaller than a dog, but it climbs a tree faster than dog,4c.

8、Write five questions using comparisons. Then ask your partner your questions.,1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _,What is the highest building in our ciry?,What is the busiest station in our city?,What is the largest shopping mall in our city?,What is the biggest park in our city?,What is the longest road in o

9、ur city?,Language points,One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, “one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名词”，意为“最之一”。如： Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school. 王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之一。,2. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. It is + adj. + to do sth.

10、it作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容词有important, difficult, dangerous, necessary, useful, possible等，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成To do sth. is + adj.。,Language points,如：It is important to study English well. 学好英语很困难。 Its very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。,Language points,3. Even more serious

11、difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. difficulty 既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词。,作可数名词时通常用复数，表示具体概念，即：各 式各样的 “困难，难题，难事”。 如：Hes having financial difficulties. 他正手头拮据。 作不可数名词时，译作“困难，艰难，幸苦”。 如：She had great difficulty in understanding him. 她很难理解他说的话。,Language points,4. The spirit of these

12、 climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. give up 意为“放弃”，后面可以接名词、代词或v-ing形式作宾语。 注意：如果其宾语是名词，那么名词可以放在 give和up之间，也可以放在up之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只能放在give和up之间。,Language points,如：My grandfather wants to give up drinking wine. 我爷爷想戒酒。 Although English isnt easy to learn, I won

13、t give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但我不会放弃。,Language points,5. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管，相当于even if，引导让步状语从句，一般不与并列连词but连用。 如：Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains. 尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。,Language points,1.Fish take _ oxygen through

14、 their gills. A. up B. into C. in D. for 2. There are so _ toys in the shop that I cant decide which to buy. A. such B. many C. more D. that 3. The policeman showed great bravery _ danger. A. in the face B. in the front of C. in the face of D. before,C,B,C,4. It is said that it is _ today as yesterday. Shall we go swimming this afternoon? A. the hottest B. as hot C. hottest D. hotter 5. Shanghai is bigger than _ in Japan. A. any