Lesson 3 Geography in English
Period 1
Learning aims
1．To talk about countries
2．To talk about area and population
3．To use the numbers: 101~100,000,000
Important and difficult points
Words and expressions:
From the text
From the reading
the day after tomorrow
square meters
much larger
the third biggest country
the population of …
the capital of …
have an area of
and so on
live a happy life
develop
Sentence patterns：
It’s the third biggest country in the world.
How many square kilometers has it got?
What’s the population of …?
What’s the capital of …?
Structures:
Numbers 101~100,000,000
Learning Process
I．Warming up
Daily talk
II．Revision
Numbers
III．Presentation
Geography is an interesting subject. It tells us a lot about the country / the world and so on.
1．How many square kilometers has it got? 他有多少平方公里?
It 之上文的 China. 问一个国家有多大，也可用下列句型:
How big is the country? 这个国家有多大?
What’s the area of the country? 这个国家的面积有多少?
2．What’s the population of China? 中国的人口有多少?
问一个国家的人口有多少, 也可用下列句型:
How many people are there in the country? 这个国家有多少人?
3．What’s the capital of …? (引入国名和首都)
数词的读法
1001 one thousand and one
200, 011 two hundred thousand and eleven
345, 789, 044 three hundred and forty- five million seven hundred and eighty-nine thousand and forty four.
Now let’s look at Tuning In, please ask the questions according to the pictures.
IV．Practice on the text
1．Listen to the tape and do true or false exercises
2．Listen to the tape and answer my questions
3．Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks
4．Read aloud the text and act out the text
5．Retell the text
Lesson 3 Geography in English
Period 2
Learning aims
1．To talk about more countries
2．To talk about the language points
3．To use the numbers: 101~100,000,000
Important and difficult points
1．To talk about more countries
2．To talk about the language points
3．To use the numbers: 101~100,000,000
Learning Process
I．Warming up
Daily talk
II．Revision
1) To read the numbers and write down the numbers
2) Dictation
3) Recitation
III．Explain the language points
1．Only a few thousand people lived there. 当只有几千个人居住住在那里.
一般情况下hundred, thousand和million 等只能以单数形式出现，又如：
six thousand three hundred and forty square kilometers 六千三百四十平方公里
thirteen million people 一千三百万人
hundreds of 成百上千的 thousands of成千上万的
millions of 几百万 billions of 数十亿的
2．And it is also one of the largest cities in the world. 而且它也是世界上最大的城市之一。
It指上文的Shanghai.
注意one of the + 最高级形容词+复数名词+范围的用法：
e.g. He is one of the tallest boys in the class. 他班上最高的男孩之一。
China is one of the oldest countries in the world. 中国是世界上最古老的国家之一。
3．much larger than （人口数量）比……多得多
much/ far/ even/ still/ a little/ a bit是程度副词用于修饰形容词或副词比较级。
人口多少在英语中要用 large / small 来表示。
e.g. The population of Australia is very small.
4．the day after tomorrow 后天 the day before yesterday前天
The week after next 下下周 the month before last 上上月
e.g. He is going to have a birthday party at home the day after tomorrow.
5．the +序数词+形容词最高级+名词
e.g. This is the second heaviest snow in this year.
Lesson 3 Geography in English
Period 3
Learning aims
1．To talk about more countries
2．To talk about Asia and Shanghai
3．To check the answers
Important and difficult points
1．To talk about more countries
2．To talk about Asia and Shanghai
Learning Process
I．Warming up
Daily talk
II．Revision
Countries and the capital and the biggest cities of the country
III．Developing skills
A．To make dialogues according to the model
B．To introduce Asia to us
C．To finish reading and learn the language points
1．and so on 等等
In Junior One, we have to study maths, Chinese, English, geography and so on.
He spends his weekend doing homework, watching TV and so on.
2．fishing village 渔村
fisherman---- fishermen 渔民
3．green areas 绿化（带）
4．Shanghai is developing very fast.
develop vt.&vi.发展；进步；(使)生长：
How are you going to develop your interest?
Shanghai is developing into a modern city. 上海正发展成为一个现代化的城市。
developing a．发展中的 e.g. Chin is a developing country.
developed a．发达的 e.g. Japan is a developed country.
development n．发展
With the development of … 随着……的发展
With the development of the science, more and more things were known by us.
5．People there are living a happy life. 那里的人们过着幸福的生活。
Life是live的同源宾语这种宾语常用在某些不及物动词之后，并往往有定语修饰，又如：
He is living a terrible life. 他生活得很糟糕。
She dreamed a good dream. 她做了一个美梦。
Liu Hulan died a heroic death for the Party. 刘胡兰为党英勇牺牲。
D．writing
E．Phonetics
