(共28张PPT)
Unit 7
What’s the
highest mountain
in the world
Section A
(1a-2d)
How much do you know about the following places
Qomolangma珠穆朗玛峰
the Nile尼罗河
the Caspian Sea里海
the Sahara撒哈拉沙漠
Task 1. 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
Interaction
英语中表示计量的方式：
基数词+单位词+形容词(long长的，wide宽的，high高的，deep深的)
基数词+单位词+in+名词 (size面积, length长度, width宽度, height高度, depth深度等)
特殊疑问句—How big/deep/long/high(山)/tall(人、树、建筑物)…
1,025 6,671
6,300
8,844.43
9,600,000
3,333,333
Can you read the numbers in English
one thousand and twenty-five
six thousand six hundred and seventy-one
six thousand three hundred
eight thousand eight hundred and forty-four point four three
nine million six hundred thousand
three million three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three
Conclusion
三位一读。从数字的右边起，第一个逗号读_________; 第二个逗号读_________; 百位数与十位数之间加_______; 十位数与个位数之间加__________.
thousand
million
“连字符-”
and
1.The Sahara is about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size. 面积大约9,600,000平方千米。
2.My grandma often dances on the square after dinner. 我奶奶晚饭后经常在广场上跳舞。
见《课时练》P85
Research:
Discuss the usage of “square”.
作不可数名词时，意思是“_________”。
作可数名词时，意思是“______________”。
平方
正方形；广场
Task 2. 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
你想知道形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的一些特殊用法？
2. 比较级前还可加其他表示数量的词。如：
My sister is ten years younger than me.
We reached here two days earlier than the
others.
我们已经学习过形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成及基本用法。下面我们进一步学习与其相关的其他知识点。
◆形容词和副词比较级的修饰语
1. 比较级前可加far, much, a lot, a bit, a little, any, even, still等词修饰。如：
You must work much faster.
You look a lot happier than you did yesterday.
He was too tired to walk any further.
This book is even more useful than that one.
3. 隐性比较（没有than的情况）
e.g. Who runs faster, Lucy or Lily
You’d better come earlier next time.
He worked hard last term, but he
works even harder this term.
1. the+比较级 + of the ….
e.g. Lucy is the fatter of the two girls.
◆形容词和副词比较级的其它情况
2. “a/an + 比较级” 表示“又一，再一”
e.g. Lily has a doll, but she wants a bigger one.
3. 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级可以互相转换。如：
Jane is taller than any other girl in the club.
= Jane is taller than the other girls in the club.
= Jane is the tallest girl in the club.
1. 形容词最高级可被second, third等序数词修饰,即”the+序数词+形容词最高级+可数名词的单数形式”表示”第几最…的…”如：
The building is the second tallest in this city.
◆形容词和副词最高级的特殊用法
2. 形容词最高级常用于句型“one of +the+形容词最高级 + 可数名词的复数形式”，意为“最……之一”。如：
Liu Li is one of the most popular girls in our class.
Read the examples on P89 on you exercise books. then summarize the structures.
more… than… 可与________________________互换。
2. 表示最高级可以用以下两种结构：
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
3. 表示“越来越……”的结构：__________________
______________________________________
4. 表示“最……的……之一”结构：
________________________________
5. 表示“第几最……的……”结构：
________________________________
less…than; not as/so … as
比较级+than + any other + 可数名词单数
比较级+than + the other + 可数名词复数
比较级+ and + 比较级
more and more + 形容词或副词原级
one of + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数
the + 序数词+ 形容词最高级+可数名词单数
Do the exercise on Page 89
Shanghai is larger than any other city in China.
Shanghai is larger than any city in India.
Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries
in the world
Extension
Think about the following questions:
What’s the difference between “than any other city” and“than any city”
2) Why it has different tenses in the third sentence
Conclusion:
“any other + 名词单数”表示“其他任何一个”指在_____
(不同/同一)范围内除了某人或物以外的其他人或物。
当相互比较的人或物_____(在/不在)同一范围或不属于同
一类别的，_____(用/不用) other.
2) 宾语从句表示_______________，应用一般现在时。
同一
不在
不用
客观事实或真理时
1. Our family has bought a car so we can travel _____ than before.
most easily B. less easily
C. easily D. more easily
2. My father told me a story last night. It is ____ one I’ve ever heard.
the funniest B. funniest
C. funnier D. the funnier
D
A
Feedback
3. The ____ friends you have, the ___ you will be.
A. more, happy B. many, happy
C. more, happier D. many, happier
4. When he heard a cry for help, he ran out as _______ as he could.
A. hardly B. quickly
C. finally D. slowly
C
B
5. This place is not big enough for Lucy’s birthday party. We should find a _____ one.
A. big B. small
C. bigger D. smaller
C
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
big much popular long old high
1. The Amazon River is one of the _______ rivers in the world. It’s a little _______ than the Yangtze River.
2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _____. It’s one of the most ________ places for serious mountain climbers.
3. No ocean in the world is as _____ as the Pacific Ocean.
4. Although Japan is _____ than Canada, it is _______ smaller.
longest
longer
high
popular
4a
big
older
much
What is the longest river in China
the Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first Asian rivers. It’s 6211.31 kilometers long, passing through 11 provinces. It runs into the East Sea finally.
Task 3. 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, and it is the biggest country in Asia.
4
2
1
3
Task 4. 2b Listen again and fill in the blanks
with the numbers in the box.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
1.China has the biggest population in the world.
The population of Luoyang is more than 6 million.
2.Three quarters of the population are workers.
3.India has a large population.
4.What/How large is the population of India
Discuss the usage of “population”.
见《课时练》P85
population常与定冠词the连用, 作主语用时, 谓语动词常
用第三人称单数形式。
当主语是表示“人口的百分之几、几分之几”时, 谓语动
词用复数形式。
表示人口的“多”或“少”时, 要用“big/large"或"small"。
问某地有多少人口时, 应用“How large”或"What"。
Practice makes perfect.
1. The population of the village ___ (be) 4,000.
2. 10 percent of the population of the school
____ (be) teachers.
3. _________ the population of China (是多少)
4. The population of India is _______ (多) than
that of China.
is
are
What’s
larger
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.
Interaction
Task 1
Task 2
Puzzling Sentences
Feel 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。
feel free to do 用于口语，“随便……，欢迎……”
表示很随意做某事
tour n./v.观光 tourist n. 观光者
e.g. Lots of tourists come to Luoyang in spring.
3. As far as I know, there are no other man-made
objects as big as this.
据我所知，没有和它一样大的其他人造物体了。
as far as I know = so far as I know
2. The main reason is to protect their part of the country.
protect … from (doing) sth.
保护…..免于
eg. Sunglasses protect us from the strong sunshine.
protection(n.)
Summary
Some famous places.
Phrases:
about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size
higher than any other mountain in the world
the biggest population in the world
one of the oldest countries in the world
feel free to do sth
as far as I know
Feedback
This river is 2,000 kilometers ____ and 2 kilometers
____.
wide, long B. long, widely
C. long, wide D. widely, long
2. -___ the population of Hong Kong
-Seven million people.
A. How is B. How much is C. What are D. What is
3. The magazine was started by Becky, ___ I know.
A. as far as B. as well as
C. as soon as D. as much as
4. Please feel free_______(drink) something you like.
to drink
Homework
Workbook: PP85-87
Newspaper: 第一版语法聚焦 & Section A (1a-2d)
背诵3a。默写3a在一张纸上，写上名字，家长签字。
Qomolangma runs along the border(边界) between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8,844.43 high, the highest in the world.
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6,600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries.
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 lies in the northern Africa, and the climate conditions are very bad.
