英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 Period One.ppt

1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1 1a2c,Presentation,square n. 平方,meter n. 米,deep adj. 深的,desert n. 沙漠,population n. 人口,Asia n. 亚洲,Do you know these interest places?,Qomolangma,Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year rou

2、nd. Its 8844.43meters 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 river flows through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean

3、Sea(地中海) in the end.,The Nile,The Caspian Sea,The Caspian Sea is the biggest salt 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 northern Africa, climate conditions are very bad, is one of the earths most not suit

4、able 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 passes through 11 provinces. It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.,The Yangtze River,Which is the highest mountain in th

5、e world? Which is the longest river in Asia?. ,Talk about these pictures in pairs.,Practice in pairs like this: A: Which is the in the ? B: ,Practice,A: Which is the in the world? B: ,1a Match the facts you know.,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

6、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 about 8,844 meters high.,Practice,How long is The Nile? Its 6671.43 meters high.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,How deep is the Caspian Sea? Its 1025 meters deep.,

7、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 longest,2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) i

8、n the order you hear them.,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 t

9、he US. The US is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the 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 _ kilometer

10、s long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population 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 one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. its much older than my country.,Practice,A: Did you know that Y