Unit 7 Know Our World.Lesson 42 North America.课件

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Unit7 Know Our World
Lesson 42: North America
预习检测
用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。
small language common speak
1. Canada has the ______ population of the three countries.
2. In Canda, people speak different ___________.
3. I’m the ______________ girl of our family.
4. The boy can _________ Spanish.
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languages
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Think About It
What do you know about North America
What do you know about other places around the world
North America
1. Which country has a large population, Canada or Mexico
2. What’s the third most common language in Canda
3. Which country has the largest population in North America
Listen and answer the questions.
Mexico.
China.
The U.S.
Match the statements with the countries according to the lesson.
Statements
People there mainly speak Spanish.
It’s the third largest country in area in
North America.
Over 2 million people speak Chinese there.
It’s the farthest north in North America.
It’s the largest country in population in
North America.
Countries
Canda
America
Mexico
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
large live square Spain speak common
There are three major countries in North America. They cover about 24 million ______ kilometres. Both in America and Canda, English is the ______________ language, while in Mexio, people speak mostly _______. In the U.S.,over 2 million people ______ Chinese. The population of America is much ________ than that of Canada. Some Mexican people leave their country to _____ and work in America.
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1. Canada is the biggest of the three countries in area.
in area 意为“在面积方面”，介词in表示“在……方面”。类似的用法有：in size 意为“在大小方面”；in shape 意为“在形状方面” 。
E.g. Our town is five square kilometres in area. 我们城镇在面积上是五平方千米。
Language points
其次，area 意为“面积；地域”，常用the area of 表示“……的面积”，in the area of …意为“在……领域”。
E.g. What’s the area of your house
你的房子面积是多大？
2. …the third most common language is Chinese.
“the +序数词+最高级+单数名词+范围”，表示“……是……的第几……”，注意形容词最高级前加基数词和序数词时意义不同。如：
the two largest islands of China 意为“中国最大的两个岛屿”；the second largest island of China 意为“中国的第二大岛屿”。
I. 根据句意及所给汉语提示，完成单词。
1. We will fly to the west ________ (海岸) of Africa.
2. The good basketball player comes from
________ (俄罗斯).
Russia
coast
Exercise
II. 根据句意用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式完成句子。
a lot start sure look up travel
1. He needs _________ the word in the dictionary.
2. —Are you going with us
—_____.
3. My sister likes singing English songs ______.
4. Have you ever _________ to Japan
5. At last the bus _________.
started
to look up
Sure
a lot
travelled
III. 补全对话。
A. Is it the world’s largest continent
B. More than three billion people live in Asia.
C. Where are you going
D. I’m looking for Asia.
E. What are you doing here
F. They all speak Chinese.
G. How big is Asia
W: Hello, Mr. Liu.
L: Hello, Wang Yifei. (1)________
W: I'm looking at the map of the world.
L: The map of the world What are you looking for
W: (2)________
L: I see. Have you found it
W: Yes, I have. Look! Here it is. (3)________
L: Let me see. The continent covers over 44 million square kilometres.
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W: It’s so big. (4)________
L: Yes, it is. There are more than 40 countries in Asia. And China is the biggest country in area and population.
W: Really That’s great! I think the population
of Asia is large.
L: Yes. (5)________
W: Thank you for telling me so much.
L: You're welcome.
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A
Homework
Write a report about the continent of the world interests you.