Section A (1a-2c)
新目标(Go for it)版 八年级下册
Studying aims:
What is your favorite subject?
Can you guess what my favorite subject is?
What can we learn in a geography class?
geography
How much do you know about China?
How much do you know about the world?
Do you know these places?
Qomolangma
?[?t??um?u?lɑ:?m?]
Do you know these places?
the Sahara
[s?'hɑ:r?]
Do you know these places?
the Caspian Sea
[ 'k?spi?n ]?
Do you know these places?
the Nile
[na?l]
the Sahara
Qomolangma
the Caspian Sea
the Nile
1.What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Qomolangma
2. What’s the longest river in the world?
The Nile
3. What’s the second and third longest
river in the world?
The Amazon and the Yangtze River
4. How long are they?
What is the highest mountain in the world?
How high is it?
Qomolangma.
珠穆朗玛峰
It’s 8843,43 meters high.
How to read numbers
Qomolangma is about 8,844.43 meters high.
What’s the longest
river in the world?
How long is it?
The Nile
尼罗河
It’s 6,671 kilometers long.
the Nile
6,671 kilometers long
How to read numbers
What’s the deepest
salt lake in the world?
How deep is it?
The Caspian Sea
里海
It’s 1,025 meters deep.
the Caspian Sea
1,025 meters deep
How to read numbers
What’s the biggest
desert in the world?
How big is it?
The Sahara
撒哈拉沙漠
It’s 9,600,000 square
kilometers in size.
(面积约960万平方公里)
about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size
How to read numbers
the Sahara
Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square
kilometers in size
The Sahara 1,025 meters deep
The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long
The Nile 8,844.43 meters high
[skwe?] n.
平方；正方形
[’mi:t?(r)] n.米
[di:p] adj. 深的
1a
Match the facts you know.
1. square kilometer=km2
square meter=m2
2. 度量单位使用规律
数+meters/kilometers+high/deep/long/wide
3. How+high/deep/long/wide… +be+主语？
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.
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 Listen and complete the sentences.
Section A, 1b
Teacher：Yesterday, we ______ some important geographical facts. I hope you all still remember them. I’m going to test you now ________a few questions. First, what’sthe 3._________mountain in the world?
Boy 1：Qomolangma! It’s higher than__________ mountain in the world.
Teacher：That’s right. And who can tell me______ the Sahara is?
learned
by asking
highest
any other
what
Girl 1：The Sahara is the _______desert in the world.
Teacher：Very good. And which is the ______ salt lake in the world?
Girl 2：The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.
Teacher：You’re all so smart! Now, for the last
question, which is the _______river in thew World?
Boy 1：I know! The Nile is the longest river in the world.
biggest
deepest
longest
Boy 2：And the Amazon is the ________longest river in the world.
Teacher：It seems that you know the ___________ all my questions. Good job!
second
answers to
The Nile, 6,670 kilometers long
The Amazon, 6,440 kilometers long
The Yangtze River, 6,300 kilometers long
The Nile is _________ than the Amazon.
The Nile is ____________ of the three.
The Yangtze River is
_________________（第三长）river in the world.
longer
the longest
the third longest
566 ________________________________
3,872__________________________________
__________________________________
84,321_________________________________
__________________________________ 18,657,420_____________________________
__________________________________
three thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two
eighty-four thousand three hundred
and twenty-one
eighteen million, six hundred and
fifty-seven thousand, four hundred and twenty
five hundred and sixty-six
hundred
thousand
million
Listen and number the facts [1-4] in the order you hear them.
1
4
3
2
__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, and it is the biggest country in Asia.
Listen again and fill in the blanks
in 2a with the numbers in the box.
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
1
4
3
2
__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, and it is the biggest country in Asia.
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Section A, 2a&2b
Mike：Hi, I’m Mike. I’m from the United States.
Boy：Welcome to our class, Mike. We’re happy to meet you.
Mike：Can you tell me a bit more about China?
Girl：Sure! Did you know that China is one of
_________ countries in the world? It’s over _________years old.
Mike：Yes, I did. It’s 13___________than my country—in fact, the United States is one of The youngest countries in the world. It’s not
the oldest
5,000
much older
even years old.
Boy：And China has the population,
too. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the United States.
Mike：But China is about size as the US, right?
Girl：Yes, and it’s the biggest country in Asia. We also have some famous rivers. The Yangtze River is the river in Asia. It’s about
kilometers long.
Mike：Wow! I didn’t know that. I thought the Yellow River was .
300
biggest
the same
longest
6,300
longer
Boy：No, the Yellow River is ______kilometers long. But both rivers are very important to China.
5,464
A: Hey, do you like geography?
B: I think it’s interesting.
A: Yes, it is! Do you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
B: Yes, I did. It’s much older than the US.
…
Make conversations using the information in 2a.
Group work
A: Hi, … I want to introduce a wonderful place to you
in China.
B: Really? What’s it?
A: The Great Wall! It’s about 8,850 kilometers long.
B: Wow, that’s fantastic!
A: …
Imagine your friend comes to China for the first time. Where do you want to suggest him/her to go? Ask in pairs to make your own conversation.
Can you find other famous places in China? Make your own conversation and use the following conversation as a model.
A: Do you know anything about the Great Wall?
B: Oh, yes. It’s the biggest man-made object
in the world.
A: Do you know how long it is?
B: It’s 8,850 kilometers long, so it’s the longest wall in the world.
A: …
Model
Ⅰ. Multiple choice.
1. ---Can you write the number eighty-five
thousand, six hundred and twenty-six?
---Yes, it is __________.
A. 85662 B. 85626 C. 58662 D. 58626
2. _______ trees were planted on the
mountain last year.
A. Thousands of B. Thousand of
C. Five thousands of D. Five thousands
3. _____ is the population of your country?
A. How many???? B. How much????
C. Which??? D. What
4. As time goes on, the world’s population
is _________. A. more and more??????????
B. larger and larger C. smaller and smaller??
? ?D. fewer and fewer
1.Hainan is a very large Island .It is the
second _________ island in china. (large)
2.He is ______________ among us. (careful)
3.The busier he is, the ________ he feels. (happy)
4.I think Yao Ming is one of ____________
basketball players in NBA. (hot)
the most careful
happier
largest
the hottest
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the correct form.
Ⅲ. Translate the sentences.
1.这条河长三百米。
The river is 300 meters long.
2.尼罗河是世界上全长的河。
The Nile is the longest river in the world.
=The Nile is longer than any other river
in the world.
3.姚明要比郭敬明高得多。
Yao Ming is much taller than Guo Jingming.
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Section A (1a-2c)
词汇句型专项课件
新目标(Go for it)版 八年级下册
about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size 面积约9,600,000平方千米
square形容词，意为“平方的”，用于数字后表示面积。
Our new house is 95 square meters in size.我们的新家面积为95平方米。
用法详解
拓展延伸
square还可作名词，意为“正方形；广场”。
1,025 meters deep 1,025米深
deep形容词，意为“深的；纵深的”。其名词形式是depth“深度”。
It takes a lot of time to dig a deep well.挖一口深井需要很长时间。
知识点1
拓展延伸
cheat还可作名词，意为“骗子”。
You are a cheat!你是个骗子！
知识点2
1，025meters deep是一种“深度”的表达法。
The hole is about 5 meters deep.这个洞大约5米深。
1,025 meters deep 1,025米深
拓展延伸
英语中长、宽、高、深等的表达法：
1.基数词+单位词+形容词（long、wide、high、deep等）
2.基数词+单位词+in+名词(length、width、height、depth等）
Qomolangma is_____ than any other mountain in the world.珠穆朗玛峰比世界上其他任何山峰都_____。
any other意为“其他任何一个”，后加可数名词单数，常用于比较级句型，表达最高级含义。“any other+可数名词单数”可与“the other+可数名词复数”或the others互换。
Peter runs faster than any other student/the other students/the others in his class.彼得比他班上其他任何一个学生/其他所有的学生都跑得快。
用法详解
在同一个范围内进行比较用“than any other+可数名词单数”；但如果不是在同一个范围内进行比较，则用“than any+可数名词单数”。
Mr.Li is taller than any student in his class.李老师比他班上任何一个学生都高。
拓展延伸
China has the biggest population in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的国家。
population集合名词，意为“人口；人口数量”。
India has a population of more than one billion.印度有超过10亿的人口。
用法详解
拓展延伸
用法：population的用法：
1.常与定冠词the连用，作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。
The population is increasing at 6%per year.人口正以每年6的速度增长
2.当主语是“人口的百分之几、几分之几”时，谓语动词常用复数形式
Nearly 70 percent of the population still live in the countryside.有接近70%人口仍住在乡村。
China has the biggest population in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的国家。
拓展延伸
3.表示人口“多”时用large；表示人口“少”时用small。
The old town has a small population.这座古镇的人口很少。
4.表示某地的人口数时，有两种句式“the population of+地点+is+基数词”和“地点+has a population of+基数词”。
The population of this country is nearly 100 million.(=This country has a population of nearly 100 million.)这个国家有近1亿人口。
5.询问人口数时，可用句式“What's the population of…？”。
What's the population of India?印度的人口数量是多少?
典例
—____ population of China?
—1.3billion.Everyone knows China has the_____population in the world.（贵州毕节）
A.What are,most
B.What is，largest
C.How many are,most
D.How many are,largest
