新目标八年级下Unit 7 It’s raining! Section A（1a-2d）课件（共24张PPT）

课件24张PPT。Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the
world?Section A（1a-2d）Warm-up1Presentation2Language Points3Exercise4Do you know these places?Warm-upFree talkQomolangma The SaharaThe Caspian SeaThe NileAsk and answerWarm-upDo you know how high is Qomolangma? It’s 8844.43 high.Warm-upDo you know how long is the Nile? It’s more than 6600 kilometers long. Warm-upDo you know deep is The Caspian Sea? It’s 1,025 meters deep. Warm-upDo you what size is The Sahara? It’s about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.1a Match the facts you know.Presentation1b 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.higherthe biggestthe deepestthe longestWhich is the highest mountain in the world?
Which is the longest river in Asia?... …Pair work-Talk about these pictures in pairs.How long is the Yangtze River? How long is the Yellow River? What’s the population of China? What’s the population of America? How long does the history of China last? How long does the history of America last? Doyouknow?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 almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.42136,3005,4645,000300Pair work-Make conversations using the
information in 2a.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.Example 1:A: Did you know that China is the biggest country in Asia?
B: Yes, I did. It’s almost as big as the US.Example 2:A: Did you know that Yangze River is much longer than the Yellow River?
B: No, I didn’t. How long is it?
A: It’s 6,300 kilometers long.
B: Wow! That’s very long!Example 3: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 part of the wall.Language points1. Fell 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。fell 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。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”。2. As far as I know, there are no 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。Ⅰ. 用所给词的适当形式填空
1. Many_______(tour) come here to visit the big tree every year.
2. India is one of the_____ (old) countries in Asia.
3. The population of China_____ (be) the biggest in the world.
4. Mountain Tai is a lot_______ (high) than any other mountain in Shandong.
5. Dale didn’t go to the party. The main reason was_____
(study) for the test. Exercisetouristsoldestishigherto studyⅡ. 句型转换
1. This is a 2, 500-meter-long river. (改为同义句)
This river is 2, 500　　　　　 　　　　　.
2. The US is not as large as Russia. (改为同义句)
Russia is　　　　　 　　　　　the US.
3. The population of Australia is 19, 300, 000. (对画线部分提问)
　　　　　 　　　　　the population of Australia? meters longlarger thanWhat is4. The Great Wall is the longest wall. (改为同义句)
The Great Wall is　　　　　 　　　　　any other wall.
5. Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. (对画线部分提问)
　　　　　 　　　　　the highest mountain in the world? longer thanWhat isHomework:A: To memorize the important phrases
and sentences.
B: To make some dialogues about asking
the size of objects.