英语人教版八年级下册unit 7sectionA 1a--2d.ppt

1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1 1a1c,Presentation,square n. 平方,meter n. 米,deep adj. 深的,desert n. 沙漠,population n. 人口,Asia n. 亚洲,tour v. n. 旅行,tourist n. 旅行者,wall n. 墙,amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的,ancient adj. 古代的,wide adj. 宽的；宽阔的,Do you know these interest places?,Qomolangma,Qomo

2、langma 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 largest ri

3、ver 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 in the n

4、orthern 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 kilometers, abo

5、ut 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 pairs like

6、 this: A: What is the in the ? B: ,Practice,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.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the lo

7、ngest,1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,What is the highest mountain in the world?,Qomolangma.,8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 meters high (long, wide) 米高（长，宽)。 英语表示“有多长（宽，高）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide.,Explaination,A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,

8、844 meters high.,Practice,The biggest desert in the world is about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,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 _ kilomete

9、rs 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

10、 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 the popul

11、ation 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 China is on

12、e 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!,中国的长城共有近一万公里，东起河北秦皇岛的山海关，西到嘉峪关，这是明代修筑长城的两个最大关口，北京境内的长城有600余公里，比较著名的有八达岭长城、金山岭长城、

13、司马台长城、慕田峪长城、居庸关长城和箭扣长城等。,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 Wall t

14、our. 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。,Language points,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。,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”。,2. As far as I know, there are no other man

15、-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。,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。,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