(共22张PPT)
Unit 7 What’s the highest
mountain in the world
第四课时 Section B (1a-1d)
Quick response
What animal is it
Warm-up
What is the tallest animal in the world
The giraffe.
How tall is it
It’s more than 4 meters tall.
Brainstorm
What is the biggest animal on land (陆地上)
The elephant
How heavy is it
It weighs 3,000 to 5,000 kilos.
称重
What animal lives only in China
The panda
There are less than 200 wild pandas in China.
野生
Elephant
is 350 cm tall
weighs 5,000 kilos
eats 150 kilos of food a day
Do you know
Pre-listening
大象是现存世界最大的
陆栖动物，主要外部特征为柔韧而肌肉发达的长鼻和扇大的耳朵，具缠卷的功能，是象自卫和取食的有力工具。象肩高约2米，体重3～7吨。非洲象耳大，体型较大，体重较重。亚洲象耳小，身体较小，体重较轻。
Some more facts about elephants
Panda
is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs)
weighs 100 kilos
eats 10 kilos of food a day
Try to describe the panda using the information above.
Do you know
大熊猫最奇特的一点
是新生儿在出生时相当的
不成熟，体重仅是它母亲
体重的0.1%，平均为145
克左右，约为成年的千分之一。照顾孩子是一项非常艰巨的任务，通常历时18个月，有时长达两年，直到她的下一个孩子出生。
Some more facts about pandas
Example sentence:
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)
Compare facts about these two animals. Using the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
an adult
cm
(centimeter)
adult
up to
at birth
birth
weigh
Words game
点击足球，复习单词。
Listen and check ( ) the numbers you hear.
_____ 100 ______ 16 _______ 20
_____ 20 ______ 50 ______ 120
_____ 0.1 ______ 0.2 _______ 150
1b
√
√
√
√
√
√
While-listening
Listen again and complete the sentences.
At birth, a baby panda is about ___ to ___ kilos.
At birth, a baby panda is about ____ cm long.
A baby panda is not black. It is ____ and it has no _____.
A panda can live up to ___ to ___ years.
1c
0.2
0.1
pink
15
20
teeth
30
1d
Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.
A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
Talking
Post-listening
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
1. weigh v. 重量是……；称……的重量用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。weigh也可表示某物重达多少,接表示数量的名词性状语。 名词形式：weight 常用短语：in weight 在体重方面
e.g. She is afraid of becoming fat.She weighs
herself every day.她怕发胖。每天都称体重。
他称了这条鱼。He weighed the fish.
这只羊的重量是多少？What’s the weight of the sheep
Language points
2. time在此意为“倍数,次数”。表示三倍或三倍以上时使用。many times more than 意为“比……多很多倍”
e.g. The desk is three times as long as that one.
这张书桌是那张的3倍长。
I have been to Beijing three times.
我去过北京三次了。
A dog weighs about five times more than a cat.
狗大约比猫重五倍。
【拓展】
倍数的表达方法
“A+谓语动词+倍数+形容词/副词的比较级+
than +B”表示“A比B……多少倍”
“A+谓语动词+倍数+as+形容词/副词的原级+as + B”表示“A是B的多少倍……”。
“A+谓语动词+倍数+the height / weight / length …+of + B ”表示“A的高度/重量/长度……是B的多少倍”。
3.A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years.
up to到达(某数量、程度等);至多有;不多于。其中to为介词，后接名词作宾语。up to 的相关短语 ：up to now直到现在go up to 走到，走上前 run up to 跑到（某人面前）be up to 由某人决定 live up to指“活到……岁”。
e.g. 房间里多达20人。
There are up to twenty people in the room.
The old man can live up to ninety years.这位老人能活到九十岁。
1. Jim is very _______. Li Lei is _________ than Jim. (hungry)
2. Kate’s moon cakes are ___________ (nice) of all.
hungry
hungrier
the nicest
Ⅰ.用括号内所给词的正确形式填空
3. Your box is ________ than mine, but his is ___________ of the three (heavy).
4. Unit 2 is quite _____. Unit 3 is _______ than Unit 2. It’s ___________ in Module 1. (hard)
heavier
the heaviest
hard
harder
the hardest
Exercises
5. This TV play is _______ (good) than that one.
6. My mother is very ______. She is __________ in my family. (busy)
7. Lingling gets to school ________(early) than the others.
8. She speaks English _____ (well) in our class.
9. Lucy jumped quite _____. (far)
better
busy
the busiest
earlier
best
far
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成英语句子
1．那头大象大约有350厘米高。
The elephant is about ____________________．
2．它每天吃十公斤的食物。
It eats ________________________food a day.
3．一只大熊猫能够活到20到30岁。
A panda can _______________________20 to 30 years.
350 cm tall
ten kilos of
live up to
4．我刚出生时有60厘米长。
_____________,_I was 60 cm long.
5．这所学校比那所学校大两倍。
This school is __________________than that one.
At birth
twice bigger
Homework
Introduce the two animals to your partner.(共7张PPT)
Unit 7 What's the highest
mountain in the world？
第四课时 Section B （1a-1d）
Ⅰ.根据句意，选择恰当的单词完成下列各句。方框中有一个为多余单词。
challenge，centimeters，kilos，adult，birth，weighs
1. Do you know how many kilos an elephant ？
2. In many cities in China，children below 130 don't need to pay for
the tickets.
3. It was the of his grandchildren that gave him the greatest pleasure.
4. As an ，you should make the right decision.
5. A panda eats ten of food a day.
weighs
centimeters
birth
adult
kilos
Ⅰ
Ⅱ
Ⅲ
Ⅳ
Ⅴ
Ⅵ
Ⅶ
Ⅷ
Ⅸ
Ⅹ
Ⅺ
Ⅻ
Ⅱ.根据中文意思，补全英语译文。（每空限填一词，缩写算一词）
6. 人之初，性本善。
Man's nature is good.
7. 这只狮子每天吃大约8千克肉。
The lion eats about of meat a day.
8. 一些动物可以两条腿站立，例如猫和狗。
Some animals can two legs，such as cats and dogs.
9. 这棵树比那棵树高两米。
This tree is two than that one.
10. 这条河的长度是那条河的五倍。
The river is that one.
at
birth
8/eight
kilos
stand
on
meters
taller/higher
five
times
as
long
as
11. 大象比熊猫重许多倍。
An elephant weighs than a panda.
12. 这个盒子比那个盒子大两倍。
This box is than that one.
13. 一条狗能活10 到15 年。
A dog can 10 to 15 years.
many
times
more
two
times
bigger
live
up
to
Ⅲ.完形填空。
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入
各题空白处的最佳选项。
The elephant is one of the biggest mammals in the world.There are 14 kinds
of elephants：the African elephants and the Indian elephants.The main difference
between them is that the Indian one has much 15 ears.What do you think the
African elephant uses to cool during the summer？You guessed it，his
bigger 16 .The funny thing about the ears of the elephants is that they have very
weak hearing.Because of this，they use their feet to 17 .They listen through the
vibrations（震动） that they feel on the ground.
One elephant has 2 tusks（长牙）.They can be as long as 2 meters. A
（n） 18 elephant reaches 3-4 meters—many times taller than a baby one.And
an adult African elephant 19 7，250 kg.
Do you know that the elephant has one of the thickest skins（皮肤） in the
world？It can be 2.5-4 cm.Like the pandas，the elephants spend 15-18 hours a
day 20 150-300 kilos of food.
Elephants can live 21 70 years.Elephants are good at swimming.So they
enjoy playing in the river.But because of their small eyes， 22 eyesight（视力）
is very poor.
23 don't be upset.At least the elephant has the biggest brain in the whole
animal world.It can weigh almost 140 kilos at the age of 20.
（ B ）14. A. five B. two C. three
（ C ）15. A. thinner B. thicker C. smaller
（ C ）16. A. nose B. tail C. ears
（ A ）17. A. listen B. see C. smell
（ C ）18. A. ill B. baby C. adult
（ C ）19. A. lives B. loses C. weighs
（ A ）20. A. eating B. swimming C. playing
（ B ）21. A. at all B. up to C. up on
（ B ）22. A. his B. their C. its
（ A ）23. A. But B. If C. Unless
B
C
C
A
C
C
A
B
B
A
