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1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1 1a2d,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 places?,Qomolangma,Qomolangma ru

2、ns along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. Its 8844.43 meters high, the highest mountain 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 lar

3、gest rivers that flows through the international states in the world and that 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

4、is located in the northern Africa. Climate conditions are very bad. It is one of the earths most not suitable for biological survivals.,the Sahara,The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first longest Asian rivers. Its 6211.31 kilometers long. It flows through 11 provinces and

5、 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.,8,844.43 meters high. 8, 844.43 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

6、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,Practice in pairs like this: A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? B: Its Qomolangma.,Practice,A: What is the in the ? B: ,A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844.43 meters high.,A: How deep/ big/ long is? B: Its meters/ ki

7、lometers .,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,1c Use the information in 1

8、b to make conversations.,What is the highest mountain in the world?,Qomolangma.,What is the in the world?,.,2a Listen and number the facts (1- 4) in the order you hear them.,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population i

9、n 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, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,2b Listen again and fill in the blanks with the numbe

10、rs 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 U

11、S is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,6,300,5,464,5,000,300,2c 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 any countr

12、y.,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!,The Great Wall,2d Read the conversation and answer the questions:,1. Which is the biggest man-made object in the world？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming

13、 Great Wall?,The Great Wall.,Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall.,Role-play the conversation.,1. China has the biggest population in the world. 中国是世界上人口最多的国家。,population意为“人口”时，是一个集合名词。它在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。其常用句型为“The population of+某地+is+数词”或“某地+has a population of +数词”，表示“某地有多少人口”。如：,Language point

14、s,The population of my city is three million. 当表示人口“多”或“少”时，常用形容词large，big或small修饰population。如： The town has a large / big / small population. 当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what或how large。如： What / How large is the population of your country?,【运用】完成句子，每空一词。 (1) 这个国家人口少。 The country _ _ _ _. (2) 我的家乡人口有100万。 My h

15、ometown _ _ _ _ one million. (3) 北京有多少人口？ _ _ _ _ _ Beijing?,has a small population,has a population of,What is the population of,2. Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。,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:

16、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。,1) 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”。,3. As far as I know, there are no other 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。,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 co

17、ming today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。,2) 句中man-made是一个合 成形容词，意为“人造的”。像这样与-made复合而成的形容词不止一个。用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，常见的有： handmade手工制作的 homemade家庭制作的 machine-made机制的 tailor-made量体定制的；特制的；定做的 甚至还有像self-made (自学而成的；自我奋斗而成的；天然形成的)可以用来描述人。,e.g. We only sell homemade bread and cakes, and homemade win

18、e. 我们只卖私家烘焙的面包、蛋糕、以及家酿葡萄酒。 The movie role was tailor-made for that actor. 这个电影角色是专为那为男演员量身设计的。,. 根据语境，选择下列恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式，每个限用一次。 deep, protect, tourist, wide, population 1. These American _ are all interested in the Summer Palace. 2. How _ is this lake? About 30m. But Im not sure.,Exercises,tourists,deep,deep, protect, tourist, wide, population 3. The _ of this city is 80, 000, 000. Wo