英語人教版八年級下冊unit7 SectionA period 1.ppt

1、Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A Period One,Whats the highest mountain in the world? How high is it?,Do you know?,Qomolangma,Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is 8,844.43 meters high.,Now let enjoy the beautiful scenes of Qomolangma:,What do you know about t

2、he following numbers?,1,025 meters deep,The Caspian Sea,What do you know about the following numbers?,6,671 kilometers long,The Nile,What do you know about the following numbers?,9,600,000 square kilometers in size,The Sahara,square meter deep desert population Asia feel free tour,n. 平方；正方形 n. 米；公尺

3、adj. 深的；縱深的 n. 沙漠 n. 人口；人口數(shù)量 n. 亞洲 (可以)隨便(做某事) n.&v. 旅行；旅游,Words review,tourist wall amazing ancient protect wide as far as I know,n. 旅行者；觀光者 n. 墻 adj. 令人大為驚奇的；令人驚喜的 adj. 古代的；古老的 v. 保護(hù)；防護(hù) adj. 寬的；寬闊的 就我所知,Words review,Objectives,To learn to compare facts To learn to express large numbers To learn to

4、 talk about geography and nature To learn new words: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia, tour, tourist, wall, ancient, protect, wide,Match the facts you know.,1a,Qomolangma The Sahara The Caspian Sea The Nile,about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size 1,025 meters deep 6,671 kilometers lon

5、g 8,844.43 meters high,Listen and complete the sentences.,Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain in the world. The Sahara is _ desert in the world. The Caspian Sea is _ of all the salt lakes. The Nile is _ river in the world.,1b,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,A: What is the highest moun

6、tain in the world? B: Qomolangma.,1c,Pairwork,Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,A: What is the biggest desert in the world? B: The Sahara.,Example 1:,A: What is the longest river in the world? B: The Nile.,Example 2:,Listen and number the facts 1-4in the order you hear them.,_The Yang

7、tze 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 US is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as

8、 big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,2a,1,4,3,2,_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 longe

9、r 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.,Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.,2b,6,300,5,464,5,000,300,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,1,4,3,2,A: Did you know that China is one of the old

10、est countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.,2c,Pairwork,Make conversations using the information in 2a.,A: Did you know that China has the biggest population in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,Example 1:,A: Did you know that Ch

11、ina is the biggest country in Asia? B: Yes, I did. Its almost as big as the US.,Example 2:,A: Did you know that Yangze River is much longer than the Yellow River? B: No, I didnt. How long is it? A: Its 6,300 kilometers long. B: Wow! Thats very long!,Example 3:,2d,Pairwork,Role-play the conversation.

12、,Guide: Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. Tourist 1: How long is the wall? Guide: Ah, the most popular question! If were only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, its about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world.,Pairwork,Tourist 2: Wow, th

13、ats amazing! Why did the ancient emperors build the wall? Guide: The main reason was to protect their part of the country. As you can see, its quite tall and wide. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. Tourist 3: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall? Guide: Yes, its the

14、most famous part.,Language points,1. population,population意為“人口數(shù)量”，謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式。 詢問人口數(shù)量時(shí)要用“Whats the population of .?”提問，而不用how many或how much等提問。 表示人口“多”要用large或big；表示人口“少”要用small。,Practise,這個(gè)城市的人口是600萬。 The population of this city is six million 中國的人口比美國的人口多很多。 The population of China is much larger

15、than that of the USA.,2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters high.,It is meters high (long, wide). 它米高(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。,這座山高三千多米。 The maintain is more than three thousand meters high. 它離我們只有三十八萬公里。 It is only 380,000 kilometers away. 這座綠色長城長7,000公里。 The Green Great Wall i

16、s 7,000 kilometers long.,Practise,3. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? that China is是know的賓語從句。盡管主句的動詞是過去時(shí)態(tài)，但由于賓語從句陳述的是客觀事實(shí)，所以從句仍用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。,4. Its much older than my country.,much higher 意為“高得多”。在形容比較級前還可以用much, even, a little, still ,a lot, less等修飾詞表示程度。,Practise,他比我

17、跑得更快。 He runs even faster than I. 日本土地面積只比德國大一點(diǎn)兒。 Japan is a little larger than Germany in area.,5. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.,as far as I know意為“就我所知”，其他常用口語表達(dá)有as / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can see等。,Practise,根據(jù)我記得的，她過去住在芝加哥。 She lived in Chicag

18、o, as far as I can remember.,as far as也可表示“遠(yuǎn)至” (在否定句中也可用 so far as)。,Practise,我們坐火車到北京，然后轉(zhuǎn)乘公共汽車。 We will go by train as far as Beijing, and than take a bus. 我們不如其他人走得遠(yuǎn)。 We didnt go as/so far as the others.,man-made為合成形容詞，意為“人造的”。 英語中像這樣與-made復(fù)合而成的形容詞還有：handmade(手工制作的)、homemade (家庭制作的)、machine-made (

19、機(jī)制的)、tailor-made (量體定制的；特制的；定做的)等，用以描述產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)或制造手段、特點(diǎn)等，甚至還有像self-made (自學(xué)而成的；自我奮斗而成的；天然形成的)可以用來描述人。,Practise,面包和糕點(diǎn)都是自家做的。 The bread and pastry are homemade. 這個(gè)電影角色是專為那位男演員量身設(shè)計(jì)的。 This movie role was tailor-made for that actor.,Review,課時(shí)重點(diǎn)回顧,Whats the population of .? It is meters high (long, wide). muc

20、h, even, a little, still ,a lot, less+形容詞比較級 as far as I know as / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can see as far as 遠(yuǎn)至 合成詞man-made,Now 2 mins to test your spelling.,Spelling Bee,1. English-Chinese square, meter, desert, population, Asia, wall 2. Chinese-English 深的；隨便；旅行；旅行者；令人大為驚奇的；古代的；保護(hù)

21、；寬闊的；就我所知,When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best.,Choose the best answer. 1. My brother is _ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much 2. October 12th was one of _ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched(發(fā)射) successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting

22、3. Which city is _, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the most beautiful,4. _ children there are in a family, _ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are _ than before. A. chea

23、p B. cheaper C. the cheapest 6. In our city, its _ in July, but its even _ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter,7. Of the two skirts, the pink one is _. A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer 8. Jacks handwriting is as _ as Mikes. A. good B. better C. best 9. We can do the work bett

24、er with _ money and _ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less 10. Jim is the tallest student in our class and Tom is the second _ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest,Finish the sentences with the right forms of the adjs. 1. Kate is young, but Joe is _. 2. My shoes are new. My sisters are _ than mi