1、Lesson 42,North America,Think About It:,How many continents are there in the world? What are they? How many main countries are there in North America? What are they?,Three. Canada, America and Mexico.,Seven. Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctic.,Seven continent

2、s,North America,New words,million square Rocky Mountains Spanish Mexican,n. 百萬 n. 平方，廣場，正方形 落基山脈 adj.西班牙（人）的， n. 西班牙語 n.墨西哥人，墨西哥語 adj. 墨西哥（人）的,5,Listen and Answer,6,Which country has a larger population, Canada or Mexico?,Canada.,Whats the third most common language in Canada?,Chinese is the third m

3、ost common language.,7,Which country has the largest population in North America?,The population in the U.S. is much larger than any other country in North America.,is the largest,Max is much taller than any other students in our class.,Max is the tallest in our class.,8,Read and Match,Read the less

4、on again and complete the table,24 million square kilometres,3 main countries,The Great Lakes,The Rocky Mountains,Canada,English, French, Chinese, Spanish,Language points,1. To the south of Canada is the United States. to the south/north of 在（范圍之外的）南部/北部。 例如：Hebei province is to the north of Hainan.

5、 in the south of 意思是“在(范圍之內(nèi)的)南部/北部” 例如：Hanzhong is in the south of Shaanxi province. on the south/north of 意思是“與接壤或相鄰的南部/北部” 例如：Henan province is on the south of Hebei province.,2.Together, these three countries cover about 24 million square kilometres. square kilometre 意思是“平方千米/平方公里” 3.That is a la

6、rge population, but smaller than that of china. 表示人口多與少，常用large 或 small 來修飾。 句中的“that”用來替代上文中提到的 population, 在比較級或含有比較意味的句子中，常用 that 來替代上文提到的名詞。例如： The weather in Shenyang is colder than that in Beijing.,Choose the best answers. 1.The number of the students in our school is _ than _. A. much larger;

7、 that of No.8 middle school. B. more larger; that of No.8 middle school. C. much large; No.8 middle school. D. more large; No.8 middle school. 2. Guangdong province is _ the south of China and it is _ the east of Guangxi province. A. on; to B. in; to C. in; on D. to; on 3. The population of China is very _. A. many B. much C. large D. Small,A,C,C,13,Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box