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（長(zhǎng)，寬) 英語(yǔ)表示“有多長(zhǎng)（寬，高）”時(shí)，一般將數(shù)詞和

6、數(shù)量單位放在表示長(zhǎng)寬高的形容詞前作狀語(yǔ)。 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. 中國(guó)是世界上人口最多的國(guó)家。,population意為“人口”時(shí)，是一個(gè)集合名詞。它在句中作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞通常用單數(shù)形式。其常用句型為“The population of+某地+is+數(shù)詞”或“某地+has a population of +數(shù)詞”，表示“某地有多少人口”。如：,Language point

14、s,The population of my city is three million. 當(dāng)表示人口“多”或“少”時(shí)，常用形容詞large，big或small修飾population。如： The town has a large / big / small population. 當(dāng)對(duì)人口數(shù)量進(jìn)行提問(wèn)時(shí)，要用疑問(wèn)詞what或how large。如： What / How large is the population of your country?,【運(yùn)用】完成句子，每空一詞。 (1) 這個(gè)國(guó)家人口少。 The country _ _ _ _. (2) 我的家鄉(xiāng)人口有100萬(wàn)。 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. 在今天的長(zhǎng)城游中，大家盡管問(wèn)我任何問(wèn)題，不要拘束。,feel free是英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中一個(gè)常用表達(dá)。若有人讓你feel free to do something，就是讓你無(wú)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? 我可以用一下你的衛(wèi)生間嗎？ B: Yes, feel free. 可以，請(qǐng)隨意。,1) as far as I know是一個(gè)固定的表達(dá) 方式，還可以說(shuō)so far as I know， 意思是“據(jù)我所知”。,3. As far as I know, there are no other 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(duì)孿生姐妹。 Theyre not co

17、ming today, so far as I know. 他們今天不來(lái)了 就我所知是這樣的。,2) 句中man-made是一個(gè)合 成形容詞，意為“人造的”。像這樣與-made復(fù)合而成的形容詞不止一個(gè)。用以描述產(chǎn)品的生產(chǎn)或制造手段，特點(diǎn)等，常見(jiàn)的有： handmade手工制作的 homemade家庭制作的 machine-made機(jī)制的 tailor-made量體定制的；特制的；定做的 甚至還有像self-made (自學(xué)而成的；自我?jiàn)^斗而成的；天然形成的)可以用來(lái)描述人。,e.g. We only sell homemade bread and cakes, and homemade win

18、e. 我們只賣(mài)私家烘焙的面包、蛋糕、以及家釀葡萄酒。 The movie role was tailor-made for that actor. 這個(gè)電影角色是專(zhuān)為那為男演員量身設(shè)計(jì)的。,. 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，選擇下列恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~填空，有的需要變換形式，每個(gè)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