Unit7

What’sthehighestmountain

intheworld?SectionAPeriodOneObjectivesTolearntocomparefactsTolearntoexpresslargenumbersTolearntotalkaboutgeographyandnatureTolearnnewwords:square,meter,deep,desert,population,Asia,tour,tourist,wall,ancient,protect,wide…squaremeterdeepdesertpopulationAsiafeelfreetourn.

平方；正方形n.

米；公尺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WordsreviewtouristwallamazingancientprotectwideasfarasIknown.

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；防護adj.

寬的；寬闊的就我所知WordsreviewQomolangmaTheCaspianSeaTheNileTheSaharaMatchthefactsyouknow.1aQomolangmaTheSaharaTheCaspianSeaTheNileabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsize1,025metersdeep6,671kilometerslong8,844.43metershighListenandcompletethesentences.Qomolangmais______thananyothermountainintheworld.TheSaharais_________desertintheworld.TheCaspianSeais_________ofallthesaltlakes.TheNileis_________riverintheworld.1bhigherthebiggestthedeepestthelongestA:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.1cPairworkUsetheinformationin1btomakeconversations.Listenandnumberthefacts[1-4]inthe

orderyouhearthem.__TheYangtzeRiverisabout_____kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris________kilometerslong.__Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.__Chinaisover_____yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven___yearsold.__ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.2a1432__TheYangtzeRiverisabout_____kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris_____kilometerslong.__Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.__Chinaisover_____yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven____yearsold.__ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox.2b6,3005,4645,0003006,3005,0005,46430014321.A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneof

theoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’smucholderthanmycountry.2cPairwork2.A:DidyouknowthatChinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.3.A:DidyouknowthatChinaisthebiggestcountryinAsia?B:Yes,Idid.It’salmostasbigastheUS.4.A:DidyouknowthatYangzeRiverismuchlonger

thantheYellowRiver?B:No,Ididn’t.Howlongisit?A:It’s6,300kilometerslong.B:Wow!That’sverylong!2dPairworkRole-playtheconversation.Guide:Feelfreetoaskmeanything

ontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1:Howlongisthewall?Guide:Ah,themostpopular

question!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Asyoucansee，

it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjects

asbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadaling

partoftheMingGreatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.Languagepoints1.population1)population意為“人口數(shù)量”，謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式。2)詢問人口數(shù)量時要用“What’sthepopulationof...?”提問，而不用howmany或howmuch等提問。3)表示人口“多”要用large或big；表示人口“少”要用small。Practice這個城市的人口是600萬。Thepopulation

ofthiscity

___sixmillion．中國的人口比美國的人口多很多。Thepopulation

ofChinais__________________thatoftheUSA.ismuch

largerthan2.Qomolangmais8,844.43metershigh.Itis…metershigh(long,wide…).

它……米高(長,寬……)。

這座山高三千多米。Themountainismorethanthreethousandmetershigh.這座綠色長城長7,000公里。

TheGreenGreatWallis7,000kilometerslong.Practice3.It’smucholderthanmycountry.muchhigher意為“高得多”。在形容比較級前還可以用much,even,alittle,still,alot,less等修飾詞表示程度。Practice他比我跑得更快。Heruns_________________I.日本土地面積只比德國大一點兒。Japanis__________________Germanyinarea.evenfaster

than

alittlelargerthan

4.Asfaras

Iknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.asfarasIknow意為“就我所知”，其他常用口語表達有as/sofarasIcanremember/Icantell/Icansee等。Practice根據(jù)我記得的，她過去住在芝加哥。ShelivedinChicago,_________________________.asfarasIcanrememberman-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(機制的)、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、特點等。Practice面包和糕點都是自家做的。Thebreadandpastryare__________.這個電影角色是專為那位男演員量身設(shè)計的。Thismovierolewas

____________forthatactor.homemadetailor-madeReview課時重點回顧What’sthepopulationof...?Itis…metershigh(long,wide…).much,even,alittle,still,alot,less+形容詞比較級asfarasIknow…as/sofarasIcanremember/Icantell/Icansee合成詞man-madeTestyourspelling.1.English-Chinesesquare,meter,desert,population,Asia,wall2.Chinese-English

深的；隨便；旅行；旅行者；令人大為驚奇的；古代的；保護；寬闊的；就我所知

當(dāng)堂檢測1.Thep________inourhometownisverylarge.2.Wet____bycareverysummer.3.Wehavetomakeplanstop_____theendangeredanimals.4.Theycametoa_____(寬闊的)river.5.Some_______(古老的)townshavewallsaroundthem.opulationourrotectwideFinishthefollowingsentences。ancient

當(dāng)堂檢測Choosethebestanswer.1.Mybrotheris___moreoutgoingthanme.A.manyB.littleC.much2.October12thwasoneof______daysin2005.Shenzhou-VIwaslaunched(發(fā)射)successfully.A.excitingB.moreexcitingC.themostexciting3.Whichcityis______,Beijing,ShanghaiorFuzhou?A.beautifulB.morebeautifulC.themostbeautiful4._____childrenthereareinafamily,____theirlifewillbe.A.Theless,thebetterB.Fewer,richerC.Thefewer,thebetter5.Mobilephonesareverypopularnowandtheyare______thanbefore.A.cheapB.cheaperC.thecheapest6.Inourcity,it’s_____inJuly,butit’seven___inAugust.A.hotter,