Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world?
Section A(1a-2d)
I want to be the King of Pirates!
I will swim in the longest river in the world .
Lead-in
I will show you the beauty of this world.
Lead-in
Qomolangma
the highest mountain in the world
8844.43 meters high
26 kilometers long
Presentation
The Nile
the longest river in the world
more than 6,671 kilometers long
Presentation
The Caspian Sea
the deepest salt lake in the world
1,025 meters deep
Presentation
The Sahara
the biggest desert in the world
about 9,600,000 square kilometers
Presentation
Qomolangma
The Nile
The Caspian Sea
The Sahara
about 9,600,000 square
kilometers in size
1,025 meters deep
6,671 kilometers long
8,844.43 meters high
Match the facts you know.
1a
Let's Do It
1b
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.
higher
the biggest
the deepest
the longest
Listening
听力原文
Teacher: Yesterday,?we?learned?some?important?geographical
? facts.?I?hope?you?all?still?remember?them.?I’m?going?
to?test?you?now?by?asking?a?few?questions. ?First,?
what’s?the?highest?mountain?in?the?world?
?Boy?2: Qomolangma!?It’s?higher?than?any?other?mountain?in
? the?world.?
Teacher: That’s?right.?And?who?can?tell?me?what?the?Sahara?is??
Girl?1：The?Sahara?is?the?biggest?desert?in?the?world.?
Listening
Teacher: Very?good.?And?which?is?the?deepest?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?longest?river?in?the?world??
Boy?1: I?know!?The?Nile?is?the?longest?river?in?the? world.?
Boy?2: And?the?Amazon?is?the?second?longest?river? in?the?world.?
Teacher：It?seems?that?you?know?the?answers?to?all my?
questions.?Good?job!?
Listening
A: What's the highest mountains in the world?
B: Qomolangma.
Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
1c
Pairwork
______ 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.
Listen and number the facts [ 1-4] in the order you hear them.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
2
4
2a
Listening
____ 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.
1
3
Listening
Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.
______ 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.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
2
4
6,300
5,464
2b
Listening
____ 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.
1
3
5,000
300
Listening
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?the? oldest
? countries?in?the?world??It’s?over?5,000?years?old.?
Mike：Yes,?I?did.?It’s?much?older?than?my?country in?fact,?
the?United?States?is?one?of?the?youngest?countries?
in?the world.?It’s?not?even?300?years?old.?
Listening
Boy: And?China?has?the?biggest?population,?too.?It’s?a?lot?
bigger than?the?population?of?the?United?States.?
Mike：But?China?is?about?the?same?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?longest?river?in?
Asia.?It’s?about?6,300?kilometers?long.
Listening
?Mike:Wow!?I?didn’t?know?that.?I?thought?the?Yellow?River?was? longer.
?Boy: No,?the?Yellow?River?is?5,464?kilometers?long.?But?both
? rivers?are?very?important?to?China.
Listening
2c
Make conversations using the information in 2a.
Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
Yes, I did. It’s much older than my country.
Pariwork
1. any other 其他任何一个
?any other 后加可数名词单数，常用于比较级句型，表达最高级含义。可与“the other＋名词复数”或the others 互换。
eg: Peter runs faster than any other student/the other students/the others in his class.
彼得比班上其他任何一个同学/ 其他所有的同学都跑得快。
Language points
?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。
Language points
2. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
你知道中国 是世界上最古老的国家之一吗？
?该句含有由that引导的宾语从句，从句表示的是客观事实或真理，即使主句是过去时，从句也要用一般现在时。
eg：He told me that the sun rises in the east.
他告诉我太阳从东方升起。(客观事实)
Language points
My teacher told me that light ________at high speed.
A. traveled B. would travel C. travels
C
?本句中的one of意为“……中的一个”或“……之一”，后面接复数名词，当名词前有形容词修饰且有比较范围时，形容词应用其最高级形式。
eg: Song Jie is one of the tallest students in our class.
宋杰是我们班最高的学生之一。
Language points
＊one of ... 作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。
eg: One of the girls is my sister.
这些女孩中有一个是我妹妹。
As we know, the Yangtze River is one of ________ rivers in the world.
A. long B. longer C. Longest D. the longest
D
Language points
—Do you know Shanghai is one of ______in the world?
—Yes, it’s bigger than ______city in China.
A. the biggest city; any
B. the biggest cities; any
C. the biggest cities; any other
C
Let's Do It
Read and answer the questions in 2d.
1. How long is the Ming Great Wall?
2. What does the guide say about the wall?
It’s about 8,850 kilometers long.
It’s quite tall and wide. / It’s the longest wall in the world.
…
2d
Reading
Guide: Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour.
Tourist 1: How long is the wall?
Guide: Ah, the most popular question! If we’re only talking
about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, it’s about 8,850
kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world.
Role-play the conversation.
2d
Role-play
Tourist 2: Wow, that’s amazing! Why did the
ancient emperors build the wall? Guide: The main
reason was to protect their part of the country. As
you can see, it’s quite tall and wide. As far as I know,
there are no man-made objects as big as this.
Tourist 3: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?
Guide: Yes, it’s the most famous part.
Role-play
1. Feel 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。
feel 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。
如：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。
Language points
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。
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”。例如：
As far as I know, Jack has 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。
Language points
一、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1. The village is about 2, 000 m above the level.
2. Many t come here to visit the big tree every year.
3. The water is only a few inches d .
4. There are many a walls in Xi'an.
5. This is an a story.
eters
ourists
eep
ncient
mazing
Let's Do It
二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词
6. 加拿大的人口是多少？
________ ________ ____________ of Canada?
7. 就我所知，丽萨是她家最小的孩子。
________ ________ ________ ________ ________, Lisa is the youngest child in her family.
What's the population
As far as I know
Let's Do It
8. 她戴着太阳镜以保护眼睛免受阳光的伤害。
She is wearing sunglasses to ________ her eyes ________ the sunlight.
9. 汤姆比吉姆学校的任何学生都高。
Tom is _______ _______ ________ ________in Jim's school.
10. 你随时都可以来这里吃晚餐。
You ________ ________ ________ eat dinner here anytime.
taller than any student
feel free to
protect from
Let's Do It
本节课主要练习了听力，学习了知识点any other, one of +形容词最高级+名词复数，feel free to, protect, as far as的用法，学会了运用形容词和副词的比较等级谈论地理和自然。
Summary
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