Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
第一课时Section A（1a—2d）
【复习目标】
知识目标：
掌握本课时重点词汇：square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia, tour, tourist, wall, ancient, protect, wide.
学习使用大数字以及比较级和最高级描述世界之最。
能力目标：
能听懂和谈论有关地理和自然的话题。
情感目标：
热爱大自然，提高保护环境的意识。
【学习重难点】
能运用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级描述世界之最。
【知识框架】
重点短语：
any other, in the world, as...as, one of, how long, the deepest of all, a lot bigger than, feel free to... , ancient emperors, man-made objects
重点句子：
1. ——What’s the highest mountain in the world? 世界上最高的山是什么山？
——Qomolangma. 珠穆朗玛峰。
2. China has the biggest population in the world. 中国是世界人口最多的国家。
3.As far as I know, there are no other man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，没有其它人造物体像它这么大。
三.新知探究：
1. China has the biggest population in the world.
中国是世界人口最多的国家。
population意为“人口”时，是一个集合名词。它在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。其常用句型为“The population of +某地+ is + 数词”或“某地+ has a population of + 数词”，表示“某地有多少人口”。如：
The population of my city is three million.
◆ 当表示人口“多”或“少”时，常用形容词large，big或small修饰population。如：
The town has a large / big / small population.
◆ 当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what 或 how large。如：?
What / How large is the population of your country?
2. 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。
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。
The main reason was to protect their part of the country.
主要原因是为了保护国家领土。
protect作动词，意为“保护”。protect ... from ...意为“保护……不受……的侵害”，与protect ... against ...同义。如：
The sheepdog protects the sheep from / against danger.
牧羊犬保护羊群免遭危险。
【拓展】protect的名词形式为protection。如：
The children need protection.儿童需要保护。
4. As far as I know, there are no other 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。
1) 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”。
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。
2) 句中man-made是一个合成形容词，意为“人造的”。像这样与-made复合而成的形容词不止一个。用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，常见的有：
handmade—手工制作的
homemade—家庭制作的
machine-made—机制的
tailor-made—量体定制的；特制的；定做的
甚至还有像self-made (自学而成的；自我奋斗而成的；天然形成的)可以用来描述人。
【达标测试】
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示，补全所缺单词。
1. —Last week we made a t of London.
—Oh? Tell me what interesting places you visited.
2. For many years people kept on fighting pollution to p the earth.
3. In this town, three fourths of the p is from Sichuan.
4. —How far is it from here to the post office?
—About five hundred m .
5. The river is not d and big ships can’t use it.
Ⅱ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 就我所知，这个游泳池有20平方米。
________ ________ ________ ________ ________, this swimming pool is twenty square meters.
2. 长城是世界上最古老的城墙之一。
The Great Wall is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ walls in the world.
3. 游客们可以随便问问题。
Tourists can ________ ________ to ask questions.
4. 撒哈拉是世界上最大的沙漠吗？
Is the Sahara ________ ________ ________ in the world?
5. 这条河比那条宽得多。
This river is ________ ________ than that one.
Ⅲ. 根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。
A: Come here, everyone! We are going to Tian’anmen Square.
B: (1) ________
A: It’s about 440,000m2.
B: (2) ________
A: Yes. In the past it was called the Forbidden City. Now people call it Gugong. (3) ________
B: Is it large?
A: (4) ________
B: Who asked people to build it?
A: Some emperors.
B: (5) ________
A: They started to build it in 1406. And they finished building it in 1420.
B: It took fourteen years. It must be amazing.
A. How large is Tian’anmen Square? B. Yes, it’s about 720,000m2. C. Are we going there? D. Is the Forbidden City next to Tian’anmen Square? E. Why did they build it? F. It’s one of the most famous places in the world. G. When did they build it?
【拓展训练】
单项选择
______ the population of Malaysia?
What B. How C. How’s D What’s
Mrs Zhang is one of______ teachers in our school. We all like her.
popular? ???????? ? ? B. more popular?
??C. most popular ? ???? D. the most popular
3. Our country is thinking of ways to _____ the environment from pollution.
A. protect ???????????? B. sweep C. have????? D. repair
4.Singapore has a______population, but China has a______ population.
A. Little; large B. small; large C. small; much D. little; big
5.—______is Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa?
—Nearly 6,000 meters high.
A. How long B. How soon C. How wide? ? ? ? ? D. How high
参考答案:
达标测试
Ⅰ. 1. tour 2. protect 3. population 4. meters 5. deep
Ⅱ. 1. As far as I know 2. one of the most ancient 3. feel free
4. the biggest / largest desert 5. much wider
Ⅲ. 1-5 ADFBG
拓展训练:
1---5 DDABD
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
第三课时（Grammar Focus）
【复习目标】
1. 知识目标：
1) 掌握下列短语：the highest mountain, the deepest salt lake, the oldest countries, as...as, the longest river.
2）学习含有比较级和最高级的句型。
2.能力目标
（1）掌握比较级和最高级变化规则。
（2） 学会用比较级和最高级描述世界之最。
3. 情感目标：
通过了解地理知识，培养热爱大自然的意识。
【学习重难点】
1) 复习巩固Section A 部分所学的短语和句型，达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 掌握和运用大数字以及比较级和最高级的用法。
【知识框架】
重点短语：the highest mountain, any other, the deepest salt lake, the oldest countries, much older, as...as, the longest river.
重点句子：
What’s the highest mountain in the world? 世界上最高的山是什么山？
It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s higher than any other mountain.它是8,844.43米高，比任何其它的山峰都高。
Do 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？
新知探究
我们已经学习过形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的构成及基本用法。下面我们进一步学习与其相关的其他知识点。
◆形容词和副词比较级的修饰语
1. 比较级前可加much, a lot, a bit, a little, any, no, some, even, still等词修饰。如：
You must work much faster.
You look a lot happier than you did yesterday.
He was too tired to walk any further.
This book is even more useful than that one.
2. 比较级前还可加其他表示数量的词。如：
My sister is ten years younger than me.
We reached here two days earlier than the others.
◆形容词和副词最高级的其他用法
1. 形容词最高级可被second, third等序数词修饰。如：
The building is the second tallest in this city.
2. 形容词最高级常用于句型“one of +the+形容词最高级 + 可数名词的复数形式”，意为“最……之一”。如：
Liu Li is one of the most popular girls in our class.
3. 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级可以互相转换。如：
Jane is taller than the other girls / any other girl in the club. = Jane is the
tallest girl in the club.
This car runs faster than the other ones / any other one in the garage. = This car runs the fastest of all the cars in the garage.
中考链接
比较级考点
① 比较级修饰问题
a little, a bit, even, still, much, a lot, far 等可修饰比较级。
e.g. Tom is a little taller than Jim.
This book is much more interesting than that one.
② the + 比较级
e.g. Lucy is the fatter of the two girls.
③“a/an + 比较级”?表示“又一，再一”
e.g. Lily has a doll, but she wants?a bigger one.
④隐性比较（没有than的情况）
e.g. Who runs faster, Lucy or Lily?
You’d better come earlier next time.
He worked hard last term, but he works even harder this term.
⑤越来越......
比较级 + and + 比较级
b. the + 比较级 + 句子，the + 比较级 + 句子
e.g. It’s getting colder and colder.
The more you exercise, the better you are.
2. 最高级考点
说明：形容词的最高级前必须加the; 副词的最高级前省略the。
① 范围问题
e.g. Tom is the tallest student in the class.
Spring is the best season of the year.
② “......之一”问题
e.g. Beijing is one of the biggest cities in the world.
③ “the + 序数词 + 最高级”
e.g. I think he is the second tallest boy in his class.
3. 比较级和最高级的转换
e.g. Tom is the tallest student in the class.
? ?= Tom is taller than any other student in the class.
? ?= Tom is taller than all the other students in the class.
? ?= No other students are taller than Tom.
同级比较
① as + adj./adv. + as
e.g. She is as thin as Lily.
He writes as carefully as Linda.
② not + as/so + adj./adv. + as
e.g. Tony didn't run so fast as Carter
【达标测试】
Ⅰ. 根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。
1.What’s the ______(high) mountain in the world?
2.China is much ______(old) than many other countries.
3.The climbers just wanted to challenge _______(they).
4.The Caspian Sea is 1,025meters ______(deep).
5.At last the two climbers ______(success) in getting to the top of the Himalayas.
Ⅱ.同义句转换。
I am the same age as Jim.
I am _______ _______ _______ Jim.
Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world.
Qomolangma is higher than ______ ______ mountain in the world.
How many people are there in China?
______ the ______ of China?
This pen is cheaper than the other two.
This pen is ______ ______of the three.
The area（面积）of China is about 9,600,000 square kilometers.
China is about 9,600,000 square kilometers _______ _______.
【拓展训练】
Ⅰ.单项选择
(??? )1.Mrs Zhang is one of ______ teachers in our school. We all like her.
A. popular ?????????? ????????? B.more popular ???
C.the most popular ???????????D. most popular
(??? ) 2. You should eat a healthy diet,______ fruits and vegetables.
includes B. to including C. include D. including
(??? ) 3.Jay Chou is a ______ singer.
A.successfully?????? B. successful C. success??? D. succeed
(??? )4. I think science is ______ than Japanese.
much important?????? ??? B.important
C. much more important??? ??????????? D. most important
(??? )5. The yellow River isn’t so ______ as the Yangtze River.
A.long ????????? B. longest C. longer ? ? D. the longest
(??? )6.Our country is thinking of ways to ______ the environment from pollution.
protect B. sweep C.have D. repair
(??? )7.Singapore has a ______ population, but China has a ______population.
little; large B.small; large
C. small; large D. little; big
(??? )8.As a climber, Mr. Green always keeps challenging himself in the face of _____.
danger B. difficulties C.success D.nature
(??? )9.______ we all tried our best, we lost the game.
Even though B. As if
C. As soon as D.So that
(??? )10. He will do anything in order to ______ his aim.
A.get ? ? ? B. protect C. achieve ? ?? ?D. fit
参考答案：
达标测试
Ⅰ. 1. highest 2. older 3.themselves 4. deep 5.succeeded Ⅱ. 1.as old as 2. any other 3. the cheapest 4.what’s; population 5. in size
拓展训练
Ⅰ.1----5 CDBBA 6----10 ABBAC
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
第五课时Section B Writing
【复习目标】
1. 知识目标
1）以whales为话题，练习巩固本单元的目标语言。
2）熟练使用以下短语和句型：
whale, oil, protection, huge
Whales are... They live in... they eat... they can...
One interesting fact is ... Another interesting fact is...
Some kinds of whales are in danger because...
We should protect whales from...
I think people should /shouldn’t...
2. 能力目标
1)能正确运用所给信息并根据3b呈现的说明文框架进行写作练习，对鲸鱼的生活习性及生存现状等进行描述并表达自己的观点。
2）通过对形容词和副词比较级及最高级的复习巩固，能独立完成有关鲸鱼的说明性的短篇文章。
3.情感目标
了解濒危动物的相关知识，培养保护动物的意识。
【学习重难点】
能正确运用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。
准确对鲸鱼习性、特征等进行说明性描述。
【知识框架】
重点短语
Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil
Eat small fish and other sea life
Rules on whale protection
Water pollution
Whales parts sold to make things like candles and soap
重点句型
Whales are... They live in... they eat... they can...
One interesting fact is ... Another interesting fact is...
Some kinds of whales are in danger because...
We should protect whales from...
I think people should /shouldn’t...
三．新知探究
1.本单元涉及的话题是有关自然和地理方面的知识。旨在引导学生了解自然、关爱自然；学习有关于环境保护的相关知识。常见的命题方式多为说明文。
常用表达有：One of the most dangerous....
... is about...
The most famous...
Some of them are in danger because...
We should do something to protect them from...
技巧点拨:一写出要介绍的地理或动物的名称，并描写相关特征。二介绍该事物的过去和现在的状况，说明要保护的原因。三给出合理的建议以及要采取的措施。四是恰当使用连词however, so, and, What’s more.等等，注意运用含有形容词和副词比较级和最高级的句子。
典型例题
晨光英语杂志社正在举办以“Let’s help animals”为题的有奖征文活动，呼吁人们热爱动物，保护动物。请你写一篇不少于80词的英语短文，参加此次征文活动。
参考词汇：fur 毛皮
写作指导
1. 审题：
(1)该写作任务是一篇命题作文，题目为“Let’s help animals”，在写作时要紧紧围绕这个题目展开。
(2)同学们在写作时可以先分析动物面临的危险处境，然后据此提出保护动物的措施。
2. 布局：
阐述人与动物的关系→Animals are our good friends ...
?
分析动物面临的危险处境→ ... in great danger ... cut down the forests ... kill endangered animals ...
?
提出保护动物的措施→ ... plant more trees ... stop killing endangered animals ... set up more research bases ...
经典范文
Let’s help animals
Animals are our good friends and part of our environment.
But now some animals are in great danger. People cut down the forests and some animals have no place to live. Some people even kill endangered animals for their meat or fur.
So it’s time for us to do something for them. First, we need to plant more trees and provide better living conditions for animals. Second, we should stop killing endangered animals for any reason. Last but not least, we should set up more research bases to study animals and look after them. Let’s take action now!
【达标测试】
假如你是王鹏，请你根据以下提示用英语写一封保护大象的倡议书，并将其发表在你校英文网站上。
提示：
要求：1. 内容应包括提示信息，可适当发挥；2. 恰当运用比较级和最高级；3. 80词左右。倡议书的格式和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：哺乳动物 mammal
Dear schoolmates,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
I believe everyone’s contribution (贡献) can make a big difference.
【拓展训练】
英国的史密斯(Smith)先生和他的朋友打算明天游览长城。假如你是他们的导游，请你根据以下提示写一篇英语短文，为此次导游任务做准备。
提示：
1. 世界上最长的城墙；
2. 约4—5米宽，最宽处可供五匹马或十个人并行；
3. 2700多年前，古代皇帝为保卫国家命人修建长城，后秦始皇等命人修整。
要求：要点齐全，可适当发挥，90词左右。
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?Wang Wei
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
第四课时Section B（2a—2e）
【复习目标】
知识目标：
◆能听、说 读写本节课重要单词：bamboo, research, awake , excitement, illness, adult, remain, artwork, wild, government.
◆识记重要短语：baby pandas, adult pandas, panda keepers, run over to, fall over, play with, take care of, every two years, spend... doing..., cut down, send...to..., in the future.
能力目标：
◆了解熊猫的特点和习性，提高保护动物的意识。
◆快速阅读，有针对性地从文章中提取所需信息；掌握良好的阅读策略，提高阅读效率。
情感目标：
◆了解珍惜动物--熊猫的相关信息，培养保护动物的意识。
【学习重难点】
◆根据上下文推测、理解，培养独立阅读能力。
【知识框架】
重点短语：
baby pandas, adult pandas, panda keepers, prepare...for, run over to, fall over, take care of, play with, be special to, a symbol of, every two years, die from, spend... doing..., cut down, send...to..., do research, the habits of pandas, in the future.
二.重难点句子：
1.Panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast.熊猫饲养员正在为熊猫宝宝的早餐准备牛奶。
2. They are so cute and lovely, I take care of them like they’re my own babies..他们如此可爱，我照顾他们就像照顾自己的孩子一样。
3.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.熊猫宝宝常常死于疾病，不会存活太长时间。
4.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.成年熊猫每天花费超过12小时吃大约10公斤的竹子。
三.新知探究
1. At birth, a baby panda is about…
birth v. 出生 at birth 出生时
e.g. Man’s nature?at birth?is good. 人之初，性本善。
give birth to… 生（孩子）；产生
e.g. My aunt?gave birth to?a beautiful baby girl yesterday.
昨天我婶婶生下一个漂亮的小女孩。
2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years.
up to 到达（数量，程度等）；不多于
e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old.
在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教育到12岁。
3. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby panda’s breakfast.
prepare sth. for sb. 意为“为某人准备某物”，相当于prepare sb. sth.。如：
We’re preparing a surprise party for Mike.?
=We’re preparing Mike a surprise party.
【运用】汉译英
?妈妈刚刚给我们准备好了晚饭。
____________________________________________________________________
Mom prepared dinner for us just now. / Mom prepared us dinner just now.?
4. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
英语中，awake常用于be, stay, keep, lie之后，作表语；但也可与shake等动词搭配，表示“某人摇醒他人”等。
e.g. You should have to shake her awake.
注意，awake不用于名词前，因此用作定语时要后置。
e.g. She was the last person awake.
另外，awake不与very搭配使用，表示“完全醒来；十分清醒”用fully awake, wide
awake。
e.g. He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat.
等我们到达我的住所时，他已经完全醒过来了。
5. …they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
run over 跑上前去 over adv.穿越；从……的一边到另一边
e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her.
她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她来。
walk into （走路时意外）撞上
e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree.
由于他陷入深思，没有注意看路，径直撞到了一棵树上。
fall over 摔倒；倒下
e.g. Don’t run too fast, or you might fall over. 别跑的太快，要不你会摔跤的。
fall over something 被某物绊倒
e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth.
Tommy被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了门牙。
6. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in forests.
living in the forests 是一个现在分词短语，用做定语，修饰pandas。
e.g. the girls singing under the tree 树下唱歌的女孩们
the women washing clothes by the rive 河边洗衣服的女人们
The babies often die from illnesses and do not live every long.
1）die from 死于......
His friend died from overwork. 他的朋友因过度劳累而死。
2) ill (adj. 生病的) + ness (名词后缀)→illness “疾病，病”（因病而导致的不健康状态）
adj. + ness →n. : 表示性质，状态
kind →kindness (仁慈)
happy →happiness (幸福)
【达标测试】
Ⅰ. 根据句意及括号内所给单词的提示填空。
1. If your daughter shows any signs of ________ (ill), take her to see the doctor.
2. Hearing the news, Bill jumped out of bed in great ________ (excite).
3. Andy ________ (weigh) 30 kilos at the age of eight.
4. My uncle is an animal ________ (keep).
5. Mrs. Jackson stayed ________ (wake) last night, for she was worried about her son.
Ⅱ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。
at birth, walk into, up to, fall over, or so
1. My grandparents will move back here in a year ____________.
2. There are ____________ a hundred students playing sports on the playground.
3. Tina ____________ and hurt her left leg.
4. Little Kate almost lost her life ____________.
5. Be careful or you’ll ____________ the door.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 老虎比猫多吃许多倍。
The tiger eats ________ ________ ________ than the cat.
2. 对一个女孩来说，在野外对动物进行三年的研究是很困难的。
It’s hard for a girl to ________ ________ on animals in the wild for three years.
3. 我们学校将派一些老师去美国。
Our school will ________ some teachers ________ America.
4. 那种伤可能会要她的命。
She may ________ ________ a cut like that.
【拓展训练】
阅读理解
Did you have a bad day yesterday? If you have one bad day after another, you need to learn the 90/10 secret (秘诀).
A bad start
Jack’s daughter, Emily, knocked over (打翻) a cup of milk and it fell on his trousers at breakfast yesterday. Jack got annoyed. He shouted at his daughter and she started to cry.
“Why did you shout at her?” asked his wife. “Why did you put the cup on the edge (边缘) of the table?” replied Jack. Then he went to change his trousers.
Because she was upset, Emily didn’t get ready for school in time and she missed her bus. Jack had to drive Emily to school. Because he didn’t have enough time, he forgot his bag. He was forty minutes late for work. As soon as he got there, he had to go home again to get his bag.
Did it have to be a bad start?
Again the milk fell on Jack’s trousers, but this time he didn’t shout. He smiled and said, “It’s OK. Don’t worry!” Then he went to change his trousers. When he came back, Emily said, “Bye, Daddy.” And she ran out to catch her bus. Jack went to work early, and he had a great day.
So, here’s the 90/10 secret.
Ten percent of life is what happens to us. We can’t control it. That’s life. Things happen and we have to deal with (应对) them.
Ninety percent of life, however, is how we deal with it. Remember that when something bad happens next time.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
(??? ) 1. What does the underlined word “annoyed” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Nervous.???
B. Bored.
C. Angry.?????? ?
D. Shocked.
(??? ) 2. How did Emily go to school yesterday?
A. By car.??????? ??????
B. By bus.
C. By bike.????? ?
D. On foot.
(??? ) 3. Jack returned home yesterday morning because _______.
A. he felt uncomfortable?????????????????????????
B. he forgot to take his bag
C. his wife needed his help???????????????????
D. his trousers were too dirty
(??? ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Emily is always late for school.
B. Emily doesn’t like drinking milk.
C. Jack was late for work yesterday.
D. Jack’s wife had a great day yesterday.
(??? ) 5. The passage mainly tells us _______.??
A. how to be a good father
B. how to balance work and life
C. how to prepare breakfast for children
D. how to deal with unhappy things in life
参考答案：
达标测试
Ⅰ. 1. illness 2. excitement 3. weighed 4. keeper 5. awake
Ⅱ. 1. or so 2. up to 3. fell over 4. at birth 5. walk into
Ⅲ. 1. many times more 2. do research 3. send; to 4. die from
拓展训练
1----5 CABCD
文化注释
1.明长城( The Ming Great Wall)
“明长城”是人们为区别于秦始皇时代所筑的长城对长城的一种称法,它指明朝为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰,在北部地区修筑的军事防御工程。整个工程从明初延续到明末,东起辽宁虎山,西至甘肃嘉峪关,从东向西横贯现今多个省、直辖市、自治区,全长约8850千米,是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。明长城无论在布局、建筑、施工技术与组织上,都达到了长城建筑史上的高水平。这也是我们现今所见的大部分长城。
2.大熊猫和成都大熊猫繁育研究基地( Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)
大熊猫为我国所独有,数量稀少,是国家一级重点保护动物,享有“国宝”之美誉。这一物种已在地球上生存了至少800万年,与其同一时期的哺乳动物大多早已灭绝,因此大熊猫又有“活化石”之称。现存的主要栖息地是我国四川、陕西和甘肃的山区。野外大熊猫的寿命为18-20岁,圈养状态下有超过30岁的记录。
作为珍稀濒危动物,我国政府及动物研究和保护机构对大熊猫这一物种开展了一系列的抢救性保护。我国目前设有13个大熊猫自然保护区,建有四个大熊猫繁殖基地,四川成都大熊猫繁育基地便是其中之一。
成都大熊猫繁育研究基地位于成都北郊斧头山,距市区10公里,是一个专门从事濒危野生动物研究、繁育、保护教育和教育旅游的非营利性机构。该基地建有一座大熊猫博物馆,存有珍贵的资料和丰富的展品。除大熊猫外,该基地还从事对小熊猫、黑颈鹤等珍稀濒危动物的研究及繁育工作。
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
第二课时Section A（3a—3c）
【复习目标】
知识目标：
学习掌握下列词汇：achievement , achieve, southwestern, include, condition , take in, challenge, in the face of, force.
掌握含有比较级和最高级的句子。
二．能力目标：
了解珠穆朗玛峰的相关知识和登山者为了梦想而努力奋斗的精神。
情感目标：
学习登山者身上挑战自我的精神，激发内心情感。
【学习重难点】
1. 学会用比较级和最高级描述世界之最。
2.学习登山者为了梦想而努力奋斗的精神。
【知识框架】
重点短语：mountain climbing, the most popular, run along, of all, the most famous, ...meters high, even more serious, freezing weather condition, heavy storms, take in,challenge themselves, in the face of, reach the top, so many, give up, achieve our dreams.
二.重难点句子：
1. One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing,...爬山是世界上最危险的运动之一。
2.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.喜马拉雅山脉延伸在中国的西南部。
3. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.甚至还有更严重的困难，包括严寒的天气条件和大风暴。
4.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.当你接近顶部的时候， 很难吸入空气。
5.The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953.第一批达到顶峰的人是1953年5月29日的丹增·诺尔盖和埃德蒙·希拉里。
6.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.这些登山者的精神向我们表明，我们应该永不放弃，努力实现我们的梦想。
三.新知探究：
One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, …
“one of + the + 形容词的最高级 + 复数名词”，意为“最……之一”。如：
e.g. Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school.
王老师是我们学校最受欢迎的老师之一。
2. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
1) difficulty是形容词difficult的名词形式。difficulty意为“困难；困境”时，表示具体的困难，作可数名词,常用作复数；意为“困难；费劲”时，表示做一件事的困难程度，常用作不可数名词，其前可用some, no, much, great等修饰；have difficulty (in) doing sth.表示“做某事有困难”，介词in可以省略。
例如：
e.g.People learning a new language may face some difficulties.
人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。
作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲”，例如：
e.g.He had great difficulty in finding a new job.
他找新的工作费了很大劲。
We found the house without difficulty.
我们轻而易举的找到了那座房子。
2) include表示“包括；包含”，是一个及物动词。例如：
Does your price of the bike include this light?
你们的车价包含这盏车灯吗？
3. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
1) It is + adj. + to do sth.， it作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容词有important， difficult， dangerous， necessary， useful， possible等，用来对to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成To do sth. is + adj.。
e.g. It is important to study English well. 学好英语很重要。
It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。
take in 吸入；吞入(体内)； 理解；领会；领悟
e.g. Fish take in oxygen through their gills(鳃). 鱼儿靠鳃吸入氧气。
I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.
这封信我要读两遍才能完全明白。
4. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was
Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
succeed作动词，意为“实现目标；成功”，succeed in doing sth.意为“成功地做某事”。如：
e.g.The climber succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain.
登山者成功登到了山顶。
【拓展】success n.成功
e.g. Mr. Yang had a great success in teaching.
杨老师在教学方面取得了很大的成功。
successful adj.成功的
e.g. Ba Jin is a successful writer. 巴金是一位成功的作家。
successfully adv.成功地
e.g. He won the first prize successfully. 他成功地获得了一等奖。
5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to
achieve our dreams.
1) give up意为“放弃”，后面可以接名词、代词或v-ing形式作宾语。
注意：如果其宾语是名词，那么名词可以放在give和up之间，也可以放在 up之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只能放在 give和up之间。如：
e.g.My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。
Although English isn’t easy to learn, I won’t give it up.
虽然英语不易学，但我不会放弃。
2) achieve our dream相当于make our dreams come true。
6. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?
even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管”，相当于even if，引导让步状语从句，一般不与并列连词but连用。如：
e.g.Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains.
尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。
【达标测试】
Ⅰ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. Flying across the sea for the first time was a great ________ (成就).
2. An English breakfast always ________ (包括) bread, right?
3. Now Mike’s father is in good ________ (状况).
4. Last year Mr. Green ________ (成功) in giving up drinking.
5. Mary’s hair is ________ (浓密的) than her sister’s.
Ⅱ. 根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词。
1. This building is 84 m high. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ is the building?
2. Qu River is the longest river near here. (对划线部分提问)
_________ _________ the longest river near here?
3. Simon is shorter than his brother. (改为同义句)
Simon isn’t _________ _________ _________ his brother.
4. Lisa is the most careful in my class. (改为同义句)
Lisa is _________ _________ _________ any other student in my class.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思及括号内所给英文提示语，将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 这支铅笔和那支一样长。 (as ... as)
________________________________________
2. 即使我得走着去，我也要去那儿。 (even though)
________________________________________
3. 面对困难，我从不害怕。 (in the face of)
________________________________________
4. 这场暴风雨展示了大自然的力量。 (the forces of nature)
________________________________________
5. 让我们去乡下呼吸新鲜空气吧！ (take in)
________________________________________
Ⅳ. 根据对话内容，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
A: Well, Mr. Jones, we interviewed (面试) three people. Who do you think would be (1) ________ (good) person for the job?
B: I have to say, I thought Mrs. Shaw was much (2) ________ (clever) than the other two, but she wasn’t as (3) ________ (nice) as the other two.
A: That’s true, and we need someone who can work with people. However, I thought Miss Brown would be (4) ________ (popular) than Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Green with our clients (顾客).
B: Yeah, you’re right.
A: Thank you for your help. Choosing the proper person is (5) ________ (difficult) part of my job. It’s always (6) ________ (easy) when I get someone else’s opinion.
B: I’m glad I could help.
【拓展训练】
完形填空
People used to see red squirrels (松鼠) everywhere in British forests and countryside. ??1? ?there are fewer than 160,000 red squirrels left now and most of them are in Scotland. However, grey (灰色的) squirrels are now so common in Britain that many people don’t ??2? ?them. Some people even ??3? ?they should kill grey squirrels to protect red squirrels.
The two kinds of squirrels are ??4? ?when you see them for the first time. They both have a long tail. The tail helps them keep balance (平衡) when they ??5? ?from tree to tree. And they have the same large eyes, small ears and strong legs. However, grey squirrels are ??6? . Their heads and bodies are bigger and their tails are also longer.
So why did red squirrels lose in ??7? ?with grey squirrels? Size is one reason, but there are others. Red squirrels live high up in trees, while grey squirrels spend more of their time ??8? ?the ground. This means any loss of forests ??9? ?influences (影响) the number of red squirrels, but it doesn’t have much to do with grey squirrels. Another reason for grey squirrels’ success is that ??10? ?can live in towns and cities, and can get food from humans.
(??? ) 1. A. But ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. And ?? C. Or ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. So
(??? ) 2. A. change ? ? ? ? ?B. lead???? C. feed ? ?????????????????D. like
(??? ) 3. A. think ? ? ? ? ? ?B. promise C. wonder ? ? ? ? ? D. know
(??? ) 4. A. simple ? ? ? ? ?B. similar C. magic ? ? ? ? ? ? D. strange
(??? ) 5. A. hide ???????? ??????B. rise ?? C. jump ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. serve
(??? ) 6. A. larger ? ? ? ? ?B. quicker C. cleverer??????? ????? ?D. braver
(??? ) 7. A. research ? ? ? B. training? ????? C. communication ? ?D. competition
(??? ) 8. A. of ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B. on ???? C. for ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. with
(??? ) 9. A. carefully ? ? ?B. luckily C. hardly ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D. greatly
(??? ) 10. A. they ? ? ? ? ? B. we????? C. he ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. she
参考答案：
达标测试
Ⅰ. 1. achievement 2. includes 3. condition 4. succeeded 5. thicker
Ⅱ. 1. How high 2. Which is 3. as / so tall as 4. more careful than
Ⅲ. 1. This pencil is as long as that one.
2. Even though I have to walk, I will go there.
3. I’m never afraid in the face of difficulties.
4. The rainstorm showed the forces of nature.
5. Let’s go to the countryside to take in fresh air.
Ⅳ. 1. the best 2. cleverer 3. nice 4. more popular 5. the most difficult 6. easier
拓展训练
1--5 ADABC??? 6--10 ADBDA
