Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world? Section A (1a-2d)-课件（16张PPT）

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Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world
Section A
(1a-2d)
What's the highest mountain in the world
What's the largest desert in the world
What's the longest river in the world
Do you know
the highest mountain
Qomolangma
the longest river
the Nile
the Caspian Sea
the biggest salt lakes
the Sahara
The biggest desert
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
1a
Match the facts you know.
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
1b
Listen and complete the sentences.
A: What is the highest
mountain in the world
B: Qomolangma.
1c
Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
Which is the longest river in the world
The Nile.
__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.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
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4
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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 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.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
2b
Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.
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.
2c
Make conversations using the information in 2a.
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.
2d
Role-play the conversation.
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 other 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. To memorize the important
phrases and sentences.
2. To make some dialogues about
asking the size of objects.
Homework