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Welcome to my English class.
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section A 1a-2d
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感知学习听力文本中与主题相关的词汇：square, meter, deep, desert, population, in size… 能够听懂并谈论自然地理的句式：What’s the highest mountain in the world 同时学生能够了解到我国和世界上一些“自然地理之最”。 （学习理解）
听懂有关谈论自然地理的话题，能够运用目标句式就“自然地理之最”展开对话，能够听懂并表达较大的数字来更准确的介绍相关地理知识；能够熟练运用形容词的比较级和最高级对事物进行描述。（应用实践）
通过对中国相关地理信息的描述和谈论以及十大中国之最地理知识的拓展；能够培养学生的爱国情怀，并提升他们在地理文化传播方面的责任意识，同时培养学生亲近自然保护自然的情感态度。（迁移创新）
通过本课时学习，我们能够：
Unit 7
The world is so big. What geographical facts do you know about it
geographical 地理的
/ d i ɡr f k( )l/
Let’s talk.
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma
/ t m lɑ m /
How high is it
It's 8,848.86 meters high.
eight thousand, eight hundred and forty-eight, point eight six
8,848.86
How to read the number
1,450,506,021.08
朗读数字时，从小数点开始，从右往左，将每三位数看作一个单位。
一逗读千（thousand），二逗百万（million），三逗十亿（billion）
thousand
million
billion
百位数和十位数之间有and，百位为零时thousand后面加and。
and
and
and
小数点读point，后面的数字单个读。
point
one billion, four hundred and fifty million, five hundred and six thousand and twenty-one, point zero eight
300
three hundred
five thousand
PK
5,000
six thousand, three hundred
6,300
5,464
five thousand, four hundred and sixty-four
1,025
one thousand and twenty-five
9,000,000
nine million
62,589,050,342.12
sixty-two billion, five hundred and eighty-nine million and fifty thousand, three hundred and forty-two, point one two
Let’s talk.
What’s the longest river in the world
The Nile 尼罗河
/na l/
How long is it
It's 6,671 kilometers long.
Let’s talk.
What’s the deepest salt lake in the world
The Caspian Sea 里海
/ k sp n/
How deep is it
It's 1,025 meters deep.
Let’s talk.
What’s the biggest desert in the world
The Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠
/s hɑ r /
How big is it
It's about 9,000,000
square kilometers in size.
Match the facts you know.
1a
Qomolangma
the Nile
the Caspian Sea
the Sahara
about 9,000,000 square kilometers in size
1,025 meters deep
6,671 kilometers long
8,848.86 meters high
=in depth
=in length
=in height
Qomolangma is _____________ than any other mountain in the world.
The Sahara is _____________ desert in the world.
The Caspian Sea is _______________ of all the salt lakes.
The Nile is _______________ river in the world.
higher
the biggest
the deepest
the longest
Listen and complete the sentences.
1b
=the highest mountain
=bigger than any other desert
=deeper than any other salt lake
=longer than any other river
最高级：the+ 形容词/副词最高级 +单数名词
=形容词、副词比较级+than+any other+单数名词
Qomolangma
8,848.86m
the Caspian Sea
1,025m
the Sahara
9,000,000 k
A: What is the highest/longest
/deepest/biggest ... in the world
B: It’s ....
A: How high/long/deep/big is it
B: It is ...meters high/...meters long /...meters deep/square kilometers in size.
Pair work
the Nile
6,671km
㎡
1.How old is China
It’s over 5,000 years old.
2.What’s the longest river in China
The Yangtze River.
3.What’s the longest wall in China
The Great Wall.
4.What’s the population of China
More than 1.4 billion.
5.What’s the biggest waterfall in China
Huangguoshu Waterfall.
How much do you know about China
How much does Mike know about China
Hi, I’m Mike, I’m from the United States.
Listen and number the facts [1-4] in the order you hear them.
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 about the same size as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.
4
2
1
3
2a
Listening skill:
Before listening, you can circle some key words.
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 about the same size as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.
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2
1
3
2b
Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
Listening skill:
Infer(推断)the answers through some common sense(常识).
Discuss – Chinese geographyVS the US
China is one of the ______ countries in the world. It’s ____________ than the US.
The Yangtze River is the ________river in _____. Both the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are ___________ to China.
China has the ________population. It’s ________ than the population of the US.
【Area (面积)】
China is about __________ size as the US.
and it’s the ________ country in_____.
【Rivers】
oldest
biggest
biggest
Asia
the same
longest
China
important
much older
a lot bigger
【History】
【Population】
2d
He who doesn’t reach _________________ is not a true man. 不到长城非好汉
the Great Wall
Proverb谚语
Listen and answer questions.
1. What is the biggest man-made object in the world
2. How long is the Great Wall
3. Why did the ancient emperors build the wall
The Great Wall.
The parts from the Ming Dynasty is about 8,850 kilometers long.
The main reason was to protect their part of the country.
2d
直播
How to let more people know about China by using the Internet
we can organize a live broadcast activity to introduce China's geography and culture.
Four students as a group to write the live broadcast copy(直播文案), and finally select one person as the host. The best group can get the gift.
S1:China is a great country. It’s over 5000 years.It is one of the oldest...in the....
S2:For population, it ...
As for size...
S3:The Yangtze river is about ...kilometers long and it’s the...
the Yellow River is...
S4: China also has many places of interest. One of the most famous is....It’s about ...kilometers long, and...
Group work
Welcome to our live broadcast room，how much do you know about China？
Show Time
Checklist Evaluation items Stars (1-3)
Contents True geographical facts
Use comparative and superlativc forms
Speaking Speak clearly and fluently
Performance Confidence and body language
Excellent Good To be improved
Tops of the world in China
Are you proud of our country
How lucky we were born in China!
生于华夏，何其有幸
Homework
Must do: Summarize the words and sentences we have learnt today and remember them.
Try to do: Make a short video to describe some top geography facts in the world or in China.
