1、,Unit7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A（1a-2d）,Do you know these places?,Warm-up,Free talk,Qomolangma,The Sahara,The Caspian Sea,The Nile,Ask and answer,Warm-up,Do you know how high is Qomolangma?,Its 8844.43 high.,Warm-up,Do you know how long is the Nile?,Its more than 6600 kilome

2、ters long.,Warm-up,Do you know how deep is The Caspian Sea?,Its 1,025 meters deep.,Warm-up,Do you know what size is The Sahara?,Its about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.,1a Match the facts you know.,Presentation,1b Listen and complete the sentences.,1. Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain in

3、 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,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia?. ,Pair work-Talk about these pictures in

4、pairs.,How long is the Yangtze River?,How long is the Yellow River?,Whats the population of China?,Whats the population of America?,How long does the history of China last?,How long does the history of America last?,Do,you,know,?,Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.,6,300 5,

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 US is not even _ years o

6、ld. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,6,300,5,464,5,000,300,Pair work-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.,Ex

7、ample 1:,A: Did you know that China 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:,Read th

8、e conversation and answer the questions:,1. Which is the 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.,Language points,1. Feel 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。,fee

9、l free是英語口語中一個常用表達。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。,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是一個固定的表達方式，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，再沒有像它這樣大的人造物體了。,e.g.

10、As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一對孿生姐妹。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他們今天不來了 就我所知是這樣的。,. 用所給詞的適當形式填空 1. Many_(tour) come here to visit the big tree every year. 2. India is one of the_ (old) countries in Asia. 3. The population of China_ (be) the biggest in the world.

11、4. Mountain Tai is a lot_ (high) than any other mountain in Shandong. 5. Dale didnt go to the party. The main reason was_ (study) for the test.,Exercise,tourists,oldest,is,higher,to study,. 句型轉(zhuǎn)換 1. This is a 2, 500-meter-long river. (改為同義句) This river is 2, 500 . 2. The US is not as large as Russia. (改為同義句) Russia is the US. 3. The population of Australia is 19, 300, 000. (對畫線部分提問) the population of Australia?,meters long,larger than,What is,4. The Great Wall is the longest wall. (改為同義句) The Great Wall is any oth