(共39张PPT)
Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world
Section A 1
1a—2d
Presentation
square n. 平方
meter n. 米
deep adj. 深的
desert n. 沙漠
population n. 人口
Asia n. 亚洲
tour v. n. 旅行
tourist n. 旅行者
wall n. 墙
amazing adj.
令人大为惊奇的
ancient adj. 古代的
wide adj.
宽的；宽阔的
Do you know these places
Qomolangma
Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 meters high, the highest mountain in the world. It’s 26 kilometers long.
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries. It’s one of the largest 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 is located in the northern Africa. Climate conditions are very bad. It is one of the earth’s most not suitable for biological survivals.
the Sahara
The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first longest Asian rivers. It’s 6211.31 kilometers long. It flows through 11 provinces and 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.
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
…8,844.43 meters high. …8, 844.43 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.
Explaination
Practice in pairs like this:
A: Which is the highest mountain in the
world
B: It’s Qomolangma.
Practice
A: What is the … in the …
B: …
A: How high is Qomolangma
B: It’s 8,844.43 meters high.
A: How deep/ big/ long is…
B: It’s … meters/ kilometers ….
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 1b 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 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
2b Listen again and fill in the blanks
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.
___ 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
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. It’s much older than any 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!
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 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.
中国是世界上人口最多的国家。
population意为“人口”时，是一个集合名词。它在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。其常用句型为“The population of+某地+is+数词”或“某地+has a population of +数词”，表示“某地有多少人口”。如：
Language points
The population of my city is three million.
◆ 当表示人口“多”或“少”时，常用形容词large，big或small修饰population。如：
The town has a large / big / small population.
◆ 当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what或how large。如：
What / How large is the population of your country
【运用】完成句子，每空一词。
(1) 这个国家人口少。
The country ___ _ _____ _________.
(2) 我的家乡人口有100万。
My hometown ___ _ _________ __ 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 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。
1) 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”。
3. As far as I know, there are no other 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。
2) 句中man-made是一个合
成形容词，意为“人造的”。像这样与-made复合而成的形容词不止一个。用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，常见的有：
handmade—手工制作的
homemade—家庭制作的
machine-made—机制的
tailor-made—量体定制的；特制的；定做的
甚至还有像self-made (自学而成的；自我奋斗而成的；天然形成的)可以用来描述人。
e.g. We only sell homemade bread and cakes, and homemade wine.
我们只卖私家烘焙的面包、蛋糕、以及家酿葡萄酒。
The movie role was tailor-made for that actor.
这个电影角色是专为那为男演员量身设计的。
Ⅰ. 根据语境，选择下列恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式，每个限用一次。
deep, protect, tourist, wide, population
1. These American _________ are all
interested in the Summer Palace.
2. —How _________ is this lake
—About 30m. But I’m not sure.
Exercises
tourists
deep
deep, protect, tourist, wide, population
3. —The ___________ of this city is 80,
000, 000.
—Wow, so many people!
4. This river is 30m long and 12m
_________.
5. Everyone should try their best to
_________ our environment.
population
wide
protect
Ⅱ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 孩子们，桌子上的东西随便吃！
Children, ____ ___ to eat anything on the table!
2. 在所有湖中哪一个最大？
Which one is the biggest __ __ ___ _____
3. 他迟到了，主要原因是他起晚了。
He was late and the ____ ______ was that he got up late.
feel free
of all the lakes
main reason
Homework
1. Memorize the important phrases
and sentences.
2. Make some dialogues about asking
the size of objects.
