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Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
Period1 SectionA (1a-2d)
新目标人教版 八年级下
Do you like geography
How much do you know about the world’s greatest (世界之最)
Lead in
What great places can you see in the video
Guessing game
Do you know the name of the place
It runs along the border(边界) between China and Nepal.
It is covered with snow all the year round.
It’s 8844.43 meters high, and 26 kilometers long.
延伸、贯穿
覆盖
Qomolangma
[ t m lɑ m ]
It is ____ ________ mountain in the world.
the highest
Do you know the name of the place
The river is more than 6,600 kilometers long.
It runs through 9 countries.
It runs into the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) in the end.
The Nile
It is ____ ________ river in the world.
the longest
desert
the Sahara
Sea
the Caspin
Do you know these places
Where are they
What do you know abut the numbers
The Yangtze River
1,025 meters deep
9,600,000 square kilometers in size
6211.31 kilometers long
1a Match the facts you know.
Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size
The Sahara 1,025 meters deep
The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long
The Nile 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
the highest mountain
比较级+than any other +单数名词=the+最高级
1c. Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
A: What is the highest mountain in the
world
B: Qomolangma.
What about Chinese famous rivers, mountains---
Do you know them
the Yangtze River
the Great Wall
the Yellow River
the Himalaya
Qomolangma
2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4)
in the order you hear them.
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. It’s 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, but it is the biggest country in Asia.
4
2
1
3
2b Listen again and fill in the blanks
in 2a with the numbers 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. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US.
6,300
5,464
___ 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, but it is the biggest country in Asia.
5,000
300
1
4
3
2
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. it’s much older than my country.
Practice
A: Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China
B: Yes, I did. It’s 6,300 meters long.
B: Wow! That’s long!
中国的长城共有近一万公里，东起河北秦皇岛的山海关，西到嘉峪关，这是明代修筑长城的两个最大关口，北京境内的长城有600余公里，比较著名的有八达岭长城、金山岭长城、司马台长城、慕田峪长城、居庸关长城和箭扣长城等。
The Great Wall
2d Read the 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.
2d
Role-play the conversation.
Guide: Feel free to ask me anything
on today’s Great Wall tour.
Tourist 1: How long is the wall
Guide: Ah, the most popular question! If
we’re only talking about the parts
from the Ming Dynasty, it’s about
8,850 kilometers long. This makes it
the longest wall in the world.
Tourist 2: Wow, that’s 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, it’s
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, it’s the most famous part.
1.…8,844 meters high. …8,844米高
… meters high (long, wide…)
……米高（长，宽……)。
英语表示“有多长（宽，高……）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。
e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide.
Language points
2.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world
that China is…是know的宾语从句。尽管主句的动词是过去时态，但由于宾语从句陈述的是客观事实，所以从句仍用一般现在时。
3. Fell free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour.
在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。
fell free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something，就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。
e.g.
A: Can I use your bathroom
我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？
B: Yes, feel free.
可以，请随意。
as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是“据我所知”。
4. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this.
据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。
e.g. As far as I know, Jack’s got twin sisters.
就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。
They’re not coming today, so far as I know.
他们今天不来了– 就我所知是这样的。
A: How high is Qomolangma
B: It’s 8,844 meters high.
Practice
The biggest desert in the world
is about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.
How big is the Sahara
It’s about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.
Finish the sentences with the right forms
of the adjs.
1. Kate is young, but Joe is _______.
2. My shoes are new. My sister’s are
______ than mine.
3. Her bag is heavy, and his is ______ than
hers. But yours is ___________ of all.
younger
newer
heavier
the heaviest
4. Tom’s kite is high. Jim’s is ______ than
Tom’s. Mike’s is __________ of them
all.
5. Bill is seven. John is nine and Tom is
eleven. Tom is ______ than John and
Bill. Bill is _______ than John. Bill is
________ and Tom is ___________
of the three.
the highest
older
younger
the youngest
the oldest
higher
1.To memorize the important phrases and sentences.
2.To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.
Homework
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人教新目标版英语八年级下册Unit7单元课时教学设计
课题 Period1Section A (1a-2d) 单元 7 学科 英语 年级 八下
教材分析 本课时关于世界之最的地理知识用英语表达。
学习 目标与核心素养 Knowledge objectives: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asian Skill objectives：1.The students can use the questions to get information to improve their listening and speaking abilities. 2.To train the students’ cooperation with their partners. Emotional objectives:To know our nature is so beautiful. Love nature, love our country. Thinking quality objectives: How to improve speaking and grammar skills.
重点 1.形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则 2.物体之间的对比。
难点 形容词和副词比较级和最高级的用法
Teaching Steps:
Teaching procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purposes
Step1 Warming up Show a video about the different nature sights in the world. Step 1 Warming up 1.Ss watch the video first and know something about the nature. 1.Get Ss to know some famous places in the world.
Step 2 Lead in 1.T shows some pictures about the famous places in the world. 2.Show the pictures of Qomolangma and say it’s a tall mountain. And ask the students what’s the name of this mountain. Step 2 Learning 1.Students look at the pictures and answer the name of the mountain is Qomolangma. The desert is Sahara. The river is the Nile. The sea is the Caspian Sea. Let Ss know the names of the tallest mountain, the longest river and so on in the world. Let students learn the new words desert.
Step 3 presentation T: Do you know these interesting places Show a passage to explain these famous places. e.g: Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. It’s 26 kilometers long. Step 3 Presentation From the pictures and the passages know something about Qomolangma, the Nile, the Sahara, the Caspian Sea and the Yangtze River. Ss know how to use the superlative adjective to describe the places.
Step 4 Listening Ask the Ss to match the facts they know in 1a. Listen and complete the sentences in 1b. 3. Pair work Step 4 Listening 1. Ss match the facts in 1a. Check the answers. Listen and fill in the blanks in 1b. 3. Make conversations with the information in 1b. To train Ss’ listening and speaking skills.
Step 5 Presentation 1.Show some pictures of the interests in China. And ask: What about Chinese famous rivers, mountains--- Do you know them Step 5 Presentation Say out the names of the pictures. Know some famous places of China.
Step 6 Listening Listen and number the facts(1-4) in the order you hear them. Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. Listen again and check the answers.. Step 5 Listening Listen and number the facts in the order you hear them. 2. Listen again fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. To train Ss’ listening skills by catching the numbers in the dialogues.
Step 7 Pair work Make conversations using the information in 2a. Step 7 Pair work A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world B: Yes, I did. It’s much older than my country. .to improve the students’ oral English.
Step 9 Homework Step 9 Homework To memorize the important phrases and sentences. To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects. Change the conversations into a passage, to improve the Ss’ oral English.
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world Period 1 What’s the highest mountain in the world highest longest tallest Qomolangma any other Which is the longest river in Asia desert The Nile is the longest in the world.
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