2014八年級下冊英語unit7全單元

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. 亞洲,tour v. n. 旅行,tourist n. 旅行者,wall n. 墻,amazing adj. 令人大為驚奇的,ancient adj. 古代的,wide adj. 寬的；寬闊和,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: Which is the in the ? B: ,Practice,8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 meters high (long, wide) 米高（長，寬)。 英語表示“有多長（寬，高）”時(shí)，一般將數(shù)詞和數(shù)量單位放在表示長寬高的形容詞前作狀語。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide.,Explaination,A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844 meters high.,Practice,The biggest desert in the world is about 8

7、,000,000 square kilometers in size.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,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

8、is _ river in the world.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,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 _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a

9、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.,4,2,1,3,2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box

10、.,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.,6,300,5,464,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US

11、 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

12、 know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China? B: Yes, I did. Its 6,300 meters long. B: Wow! Thats long!,中國的長城共有近一萬公里，東起河北秦皇島的山海關(guān)，西到嘉峪關(guān)，這是明代修筑長城的兩個(gè)最大關(guān)口，北京境內(nèi)的長城有600余公里，比較著名的有八達(dá)嶺長城、金山嶺長城、司馬臺長城、慕田峪長城、居庸關(guān)長城和箭扣長城等。,The Great Wall,2d Read the conversation and answer the questions:,1. Which is the

13、 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 tour. 在今天的長城游中，大家盡管問我任何問題，不要拘束。,fell free是英語口語中一個(gè)常用表達(dá)。若有人讓你feel free to do something，就是讓你無需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事

14、。,Language points,e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的衛(wèi)生間嗎？ B: Yes, feel free. 可以，請隨意。,as far as I know是一個(gè)固定的表達(dá)方式，還可以說so far as I know，意思是“據(jù)我所知”。,2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 據(jù)我所知，再?zèng)]有像它這樣大的人造物體了。,e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一對孿生姐妹

15、。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他們今天不來了 就我所知是這樣的。,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 is the wall? Its about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes

16、it the longest wall in the world. Its the most famous part.,Homework,A: To memorize the important phrases and sentences. B: To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.,Section A 2 3a-3c,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia? ,Revision,freezing ad

17、j. 極冷的； 冰凍的,nature n. 大自然,thick adj. 厚的；濃的,New words,1. achievement n. 成就；成績 e.g. We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the mountain. 當(dāng)我們到達(dá)山頂?shù)臅r(shí)候，我們有一種巨 大的成就感。 2. achieve v. 達(dá)到；完成；成功 e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesnt work harder. 如果他不加緊努力工作，他會(huì)一事無成。,Learn more

18、new words.,3. southwestern adj. 西南的；西南方向的 e.g. Is this Southwestern Airline? 這是西南航空公司嗎？ 4. include v. 包含；包括 e.g. Her hobbies include swimming and gardening. 她愛好游泳和園藝。 5. condition n. 條件；狀況 e.g. The piano was in good condition. 這臺鋼琴狀況良好。,6. take in 吸入；容納 e.g. Fish take in oxygen through their gills.

19、魚用鰓吸氧氣。 7. succeed v. 實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)；成功 e.g. If you try hard youll succeed. 你如果努力就會(huì)成功。 常用短語：succeed in doing sth. e.g. Police have finally succeeded in solving the mystery. 警察最終成功破解了這個(gè)疑案。,8. challenge v. & n. 挑戰(zhàn)；考驗(yàn) e.g. The job doesnt really challenge him. 這項(xiàng)工作不能真正的考驗(yàn)他。 The new governments first challenge is

20、the economy. 新政府面臨的第一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)是經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。 9. in the face of 面對（困難、問題等） e.g. In the face of difficulties, hes completely unafraid. 他在困難面前毫不膽怯。,10. force n. 力；力量 e.g. The thief took the money from the old man by force. 竊賊用暴力搶了老人的錢。,What do you know about Qomolangma? Talk about Qomolangma in pairs.,Pre-reading,自讀

21、文章，在書中劃出重點(diǎn)、疑點(diǎn)后，翻譯下列短語。先獨(dú)立完成，后小組商議。,1.最危險(xiǎn)的山峰 2.世界上最危險(xiǎn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)之一 3.登山（名詞短語）/（動(dòng)詞短語）,the most dangerous mountain,one of the worlds most dangerous sports,mountain climbing/climb mountains,Reading,4.來自世界各地的登山者 5.橫亙于中國的西南邊界 6.在所有的山峰中 7.厚厚的云層,the climbers from all over the world,run along the southwestern part o

22、f China,of all the mountains,thick clouds,8.更為嚴(yán)重的困難 9.寒冷的天氣狀況和強(qiáng)勁的暴風(fēng)雪 10.首次到達(dá)珠穆朗瑪峰頂?shù)娜?more serious difficulties,freezing weather conditions and heavy storms,the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma,Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.,Paragraph 1 spirit of climbers Pa

23、ragraph 2 achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 facts and dangers,3a,One of the most _ sports in the world is mountain _, and one of the most _ places to go for this is the Himalayas. These extremely high _ attract _ from all over the world. Many people say this is one of the most _ parts of the worl

24、d.,According to the passage, fill in the blanks.,dangerous,climbing,popular,risk,climbers,famous,The Himalayas _ along the _ border of china. Of all the peaks (tops), Qomolangma is the _ and most _. Its _ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _ the top of the mountain. Even more serious _ include

25、 the freezing _ conditions and the _ storms.,runs,southwestern,highest,famous,the hardest,cover,difficulties,weather,heavy,The first _ to reach the top of Qomolangma Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary did it in 1953. The first Chinese climber _ the top in 1960, and in 1975, the first _ did it too.,pe

26、ople,reached,woman,Read the article again, and answer the following questions.,1.What a mountain is Himalayas? 2.Why is it dangerous to climb Qomolangma? 3.When did the first Chinese reach the top of Qomolangma?,Its one of the most popular places for mountain climbing.,Because thick clouds cover the

27、 top and snow can fall very hard.,In 1960.,Read the article again and complete the chart.,3b,Answer the questions using information from the article.,1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. How high is Qomolangma?,In the southwestern part of China.,8,844.43 meters high.,3c,3. Why do so many people try to cli

28、mb this mountain even though it is dangerous? 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?,Because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.,One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, “one of + the +

29、形容詞的最高級 + 復(fù)數(shù)名詞”，意為“最之一”。如： Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school. 王老師是我們學(xué)校最受歡迎的老師之一。,Language points,2. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. It is + adj. + to do sth.， it作形式主語 放在句首，而把真正的主語放在句 尾。常用于此句型的形容詞有 important， difficult， dangerous， necessary， usef

30、ul， possible等，用 來對to do sth. 進(jìn)行說明。此句型可以 轉(zhuǎn)換成To do sth. is + adj.。,3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. difficulty 既可作可數(shù)名詞也可作不可 數(shù)名詞。,e.g. It is important to study English well. 學(xué)好英語很困難。 Its very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗瑪峰很難。,作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)通常用復(fù)數(shù)，表示

31、具體概 念，即：各式各樣的 “困難，難題，難 事”，如： Hes having financial difficulties. 他正手頭拮據(jù)。 作不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)，譯作“困難，艱難，幸 苦”，如： She had great difficulty in understanding him. 她很難理解他說的話。,4. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. give up 意為“放棄”，后面可以接名詞、代詞或v-ing形式作賓語。 注意：如果其賓

32、語是名詞，那么名詞可 以放在 give 和 up 之間，也可以放在 up 之后；如果其賓語是代詞，那么代詞只 能放在 give 和 up 之間。如：,My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。 Although English isnt easy to learn, I wont give it up. 雖然英語不易學(xué)，但我不會(huì)放棄。,5. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? even though 用作從屬連詞，意為“即

33、使； 盡管”，相當(dāng)于even if，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從 句，一般不與并列連詞but連用。如： Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains. 盡管下雨，但王老師會(huì)按時(shí)來。,The Yellow River is long. The Yangtze River is a lot _ than the Yellow River. The Nile is _ of all.,longer,the longest,Make sentences using the information in the forms.,Exercise,The Yangtze

34、River is not _ long _ the Nile. = The Yangtze River is not _ than the Nile.,as as,longer,Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little _ than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is _ of all.,Mount Tai is not _ high _ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _ than Qomolangma.,higher,the highest,as as,higher,1. The population

35、of Singapore is large. 2. The population of Malaysia is much _ than that of Singapore. 3. The population of China is _ of all.,larger,the largest,4. The population of Singapore is not _ large _ that of China. 5. The population of Singapore is not _ than that of China.,as,larger,as,Retell the article

36、, then preview the Grammar focus.,Homework,Section B 1 1a-2e,New words,weigh v. 稱重,adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的,bamboo n. 竹子,endangered adj. 瀕危的,research n.&v. 調(diào)查；研究,keeper n. 飼養(yǎng)員,awake adj. 醒著,excitement n. 激動(dòng),illness n. 疾病,artwork n. 插圖,wild adj. 野生的,government n. 政府,Compare facts about these two animals.

37、 Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.,1a,Elephant is 350 cm tall weighs 5,000 kilos eats 150 kilos of food a day,Discussion,Panda is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) weighs 100 kilos eats 10 kilos of food a day,Example sentences: This elephant weighs many times more than this pa

38、nda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more),大熊貓最奇特的一點(diǎn)是新生兒在出生時(shí)相當(dāng)?shù)牟怀墒?，體重僅是它母親體重的0.1%，平均為145克左右，約為成年的千分之一。照顧孩子是一項(xiàng)非常艱巨的任務(wù)，通常歷時(shí)18個(gè)月，有時(shí)長達(dá)兩年，直到她的下一個(gè)孩子出生。,大象是現(xiàn)存世界最大的陸棲動(dòng)物，主要外部特征為柔韌而肌肉發(fā)達(dá)的長鼻和扇大的耳朵，具纏卷的功能，是象自衛(wèi)和取食的有力工具。象肩高約2米，體重37噸。非洲象耳大，體型較大，體重較重。亞洲象耳小，身體較小，體重較輕。,

39、Listen and check() the numbers you hear.,Listening,100 16 20 50 120 0.1 0.2 150,1b,Listen again and complete the sentences.,1. At birth, a baby panda is about _ to _ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is _ and it has no _. 4. A panda can live up to

40、_ to _ years.,0.1,0.2,15,pink,teeth,20,30,1c,Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.,Practice,A: A baby panda cannot see. B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.,1d,Here are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences.,Discussion,Koala is 75 cm ta

41、ll weighs 10 kilos eats leaves sleeps 20 hours a day,Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.,Reading,2a,big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,閱讀策略：Scanning,This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to f

42、ind specific information.,略讀時(shí)，只需讀每一段第一句話（較長的段落，讀前兩句）。第一句話常是整段討論的主題。在結(jié)論段，重點(diǎn)可能在最后一句。閱讀時(shí)，把文本標(biāo)出來，是幫助回答問題好方法?？蓪㈥P(guān)鍵詞畫線或在段落旁寫下本段主題，一兩個(gè)字就夠了，關(guān)鍵在于涵蓋全文的速度。 略讀時(shí)遇到不懂單詞，試觀察前后字來猜出意思。比如，在不懂的單字前面是形容詞，那么這個(gè)字可能會(huì)是名詞；在不懂的單字之前是副詞，那么這個(gè)字可能會(huì)是動(dòng)詞。只要了解段落大意就好了。,Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean.,10, 12, 200, 20

43、00,2b,Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.,What is Lin Weis job?,2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?,3. What do adult pandas eat?,A panda keeper.,Milk.,Bamboos.,2c,4. Why are pandas endangered?,5. What is one way of saving pandas?,Less forest for pandas to live.

44、,Teaching children.,Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.,The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.,keepers,prepare,2. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and some of the babies only live for a shor

45、t time because of _.,often,illnesses,2d,4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _ and how to save them.,endangered,5. The _ is also helping to save the pandas. Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.,Chinese government,necessary to plant,3. Another reason for fewer

46、 and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live.,trees,children,Discussion,Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.,2e,Important phrases,prepare for be awake run over fall over take care of play with ones own be special to sb.

47、,every two years die from illness spend time doing sth. cut down an education program endangered animals the way to in the future,1. At birth, a baby panda is about birth v. 出生 at birth 出生時(shí) e.g. Mans natureat birthis good. 人之初，性本善。 give birth to 生（孩子）；產(chǎn)生 e.g. My auntgave birth toa beautiful baby gir

48、l yesterday. 昨天我嬸嬸生下一個(gè)漂亮的小女孩。,Language points,2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. up to 到達(dá)（數(shù)量，程度等）；不多于 e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地區(qū)，孩子最多受教 育到12歲。,3. they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! run

49、 over 跑上前去 over adv.穿越；從的一邊到另一邊 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didnt recognize her. 她跑過來打招呼，但我沒有認(rèn)出她 來。,walk into （走路時(shí)意外）撞上 e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree. 由于他陷入深思，沒有注意看路，徑直撞到了一棵樹上。,fall over 摔倒；倒下 e.g. Dont ru

50、n too fast, or you might fall over. 別跑的太快，要不你會(huì)摔跤的。 fall over something 被某物絆倒 e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. Tommy被那只狗絆了一跤，磕斷了 門牙。,4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. living in the remaining forests 是一個(gè)現(xiàn)在 分詞短語，用做定語，修飾pandas

51、。 e.g. the girls singing under the tree 樹下唱歌的女孩們 the women washing clothes by the river 河邊洗衣服的女人們,Summary,1. cm taller/shorter 2. much /even/a little/less +比較級 times more than . Talk about how to protect pandas.,Make a list about how to save pandas.,Section B 2 3a-Self check,Summary,Important phrase

52、s:,feel free as far as I know in the face of even though at birth up to run over walk into fall over or so,隨意 就我所知 面對（問題、困難） 即使；雖然 出生時(shí) 到達(dá) 跑上前去；跑過去 走路時(shí)撞著 絆倒 大約,Important sentences:,Whats the highest mountains in the world? Qomolangma. How long is Qomolangma? Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than

53、any other mountain. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.,1. cm taller/shorter 2. much /even/a little/less +比較級 times more than . T

54、alk about how to protect pandas.,Important structures:,鯨的體型是世界上存在的動(dòng)物中最大的，鯨是終生生活在水中的哺乳動(dòng)物，對水的依賴程度很大，以致它們一旦離開了水便無法生活，鯨形狀像魚，鼻孔在頭的上部，用肺呼吸。體長可達(dá)三十米，是現(xiàn)在世界上最大的動(dòng)物。,對于鯨魚你知道多少？,鯨為適應(yīng)水中生活，減少阻力，它們的后肢消失，前肢變成劃水的漿板。身體成為流線型，酷似魚。因而它們的潛水能力很強(qiáng)，小型齒鯨可潛至100-300米的水深處，停留4-5分鐘，長須鯨可在水下300-500米處待上1小時(shí)，最大的齒鯨-抹香鯨能潛至千米以下，并在水中持續(xù)2小時(shí)之久。

55、,Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.,1. Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil 2. Eat small fish and other sea life 3. Jump high out of the water 4. Rules on whale protection 5. Huge 6. Water pollution,3a,7. Live in the sea 8. Some kinds

56、have teeth 9. Learn more about whales 10. Stop putting rubbish into the sea 11. Sing songs 12. Whale parts sold to make things likes candles and soap,5 8,7,2,3 11,1 6 12,4 9 10,Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.,3b,Whales

57、are They live in They eat They can One interesting fact is Another interesting fact is Some kinds of whales are in danger because We should protect whales from I think people should/shouldnt,clever-cleverer-cleverest nice-nicer-nicest easy-easier-easiest fat-fatter-fattest thin-thinner-thinnest beautiful-more beautiful-the most beautiful careful-more careful-the most careful good/well-better-best bad-worse-worst many/much-more-most,仔細(xì)觀察，試著總結(jié)規(guī)律！,火眼精金,Self check,1. Complete the char