Unit 5 What's the highest mountain in the world? Section A 1a~2d课件(共30张PPT)

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Section
Unit 5 What’s the highest mountain in the world
第 1 课 时 (1a—2d)
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A
学习本课时新单词、短语及句型：
单词：square, meter(metre), deep, desert, population, Asia, tour,
tourist, wall, amazing, ancient, protect, wide, man-made
短语：feel free, as far as I know
句型：Which is the deepest salt lake in the world
The Amazon is the second longest river in the world.
The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometers long.
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大数的表达；学习使用比较级和最高级谈论地理和自然事物。
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Learning Goals
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Warming-up
Do you know these places
[ t m lɑ: m ]
Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8848.86 meters high, the highest in the world. It’s 26 kilometers long.
[na l]
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6,600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries. It’s one of the largest river flowing through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean Sea (地中海) in the end.
[ 'k spi n ]
The Caspian Sea (里海) is the biggest inland lake in the world. The max depth is 1,025m (in the southern part). It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.
[s 'hɑ:r ]
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located in the northern Africa. Its climate conditions are very bad and is one of the earth's most unsuitable for biological survival.
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 8,848.86 meters high
1a
6,671
1,025
12,657,430
9,123,456,789
six thousand, six hundred and seventy-one
one thousand and twenty-five
twelve million, six hundred and fifty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty
nine billion, one hundred and twenty-three million, four hundred and fifty-six thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine
Practice
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
the highest mountain
bigger than any other desert
1b
What is the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma.
How high is it
It’s 8848.86 meters high.
Use the information in 1a and 1b to make conversations.
1c
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.
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2
_____ 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.
1
3
2a
_____ 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.
Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with numbers in the box.
6,300
5,464
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
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2
1
3
5,000
300
2b
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.
2c
A: Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest
river in China
B: Yes, I did. It’s 6,300 meters long.
A: Wow! That’s long!
A: Did you know that China has the biggest
population in the world
B: Yes, I did. It’s a lot bigger than the
population of the US.
A: Wow! That’s amazing!
1. Why did the ancient emperor build the Great Wall
__________________________________________________
2. Are there any man-made objects bigger than it
__________________________________________________
3. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall
__________________________________________________
The main reason was to protect their part of the country.
No, there are no other man-made objects as big as it.
It's Badaling (Great Wall).
Read the conversation carefully and answer the following questions.
2d
Let's feel free ______ (talk) about the Great Wall. If we are only
talking about the parts from Ming Dynasty, it is about 8,850
_______________. This makes it ______________ in the world.
The ancient emperors built it __________ (protect) their part of the
country. It's quite ____ and _____. There are no other man-made
________(object) as ______ (big) as it. And Badaling is
_______________ part of the Great Wall.
to talk
kilometers long
the longest wall
to protect
tall
wide
objects
big
the most famous
Role-play the conversation and complete the passage.
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
慕田峪长城
population作名词,意为“人口;人口数量”。表示“人口多”时要用big或large来修饰population;表示“人口少”时要用small来修饰population。
Language points
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China has the biggest population in the world.
Our country has a large population and abundant resources.我国人口众多,资源丰富。
询问“某地有多少人口”时,要用what,即“What's the population of+地点 ”。注意该句式中的特殊疑问词不能用how many或how much。
【拓展】
—What's the population of Hong Kong 香港有多少人口
—Sorry,I don't know. Let's ask Mr.Lee.
对不起,我不知道。我们问问李老师吧。
“one of+the+形容词最高级+复数名词”意为“最……的……之一”。
2
Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world
Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school.
在我们学校,王老师是最受欢迎的老师之一。
square kilometer(s)=km2 平方千米
square meter(s)=m2 平方米
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5
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度量单位表达：
数字+meters/kilometers+high/deep/long/wide
询问事物的长宽高等信息：
How+high/deep/long/wide… +be+主语？
大数的表达：从右往左每三位数分为一段，用“，”隔开，
分别读作thousand, million和 billion；数字中间的“0”读作and。
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写出单词
1. The hole is so d that we can’t see the bottom(底部) at all.
2. China is about 9,600,000 s kilometers in size.
3. Some animals are becoming fewer and fewer. We must p_______
them.
4. Singapore is a small country with a_____________(人口)of over 5
million people.
5. Jenny wants to learn more about __________ (古代的) buildings
of China.
Exercises
eep
quare
population
ancient
rotect
1. The population of Suihua is much smaller than______of
Harbin.
A. it B. one C. that
2. Yuan Longping is recognized as one of _______ agricultural
scientists in the world.
A. great B. greater C. greatest D. the greatest
3. Daqing is in ________ north of China and it has ________
population of more than 2. 7 million.
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
C
D
C
二、单项选择。
4. ______ I know，Mr. White has taught English at this school
for at least ten years.
A. As far as B. As soon as C. As long as
5. My brother Bob is ______ hard-working than me, but I am
______ than him.
A. most; funnier B. most; funniest
C. more; fun D. more; funnier
6. ______ is the population of China
A. How many B. How much
C. Which D. What
A
D
D
三、根据汉语意思完成句子。
1．就我所知, 这个游泳池有20平方米。
____________________, this swimming pool is twenty square meters.
2．长城是世界上最古老的城墙之一。
The Great Wall is _____________________________walls in China.
3．游客们可以随便问问题。
Tourists can _______________to ask questions.
As far as I know
one of the most ancient
feel free
4．撒哈拉是世界上最大的沙漠吗？
Is the Sahara ____________________________in the world
5．这条河比那条宽得多。
This river is ____________________than that one.
6. 最深的咸水湖有1,025米深。
______________ salt lake is 1,025 _______________.
the biggest/largest desert
much wider
The deepest
meters deep
Homework
1. Write a passage about China, using
the information in 2a, 2b and 2d.
2. Preview the passage in 3a.