英语人教版八年级下册unit7 Section A 1a-2c.ppt

1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1 1a2c,Do you know these places of interest?,Qomolangma,Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. Its 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. Its 26 kilometers long.,The Nile is the

2、longest river in the world. Its more than 6600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries, its one of the largest river flows through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) in the end.,The Nile,The Caspian Sea,The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world

3、. It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.,The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located in the northern Africa, climate conditions are very bad, is one of the earths most not suitable for biological survival.,The Sahara,The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world,

4、 the first Asian rivers. Its 6211.31 kilometers long. The Yangtze River Basin, east-west width of 3219 kilometers, about 966 kilometers wide north-south, passing through 11 provinces. It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.,The Yangtze River,Presentation,square n. 平方,meter n. 米,deep adj. 深的,d

5、esert n. 沙漠,population n. 人口,Asia n. 亚洲,tour v. n. 旅行,tourist n. 旅行者,wall n. 墙,amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的,ancient adj. 古代的,wide adj. 宽的；宽阔和,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia?. ,Talk about these pictures in pairs.,1a Match the facts you know.,Practice in pairs l

6、ike this: A: Which is the in the ? B: ,Practice,8,844 meters high. 8,844米高 meters high (long, wide) 米高（长，宽)。 英语表示“有多长（宽，高）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide.,Explaination,A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844 meters high.,Practice,The biggest desert in the world is abou

7、t 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,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 Ni

8、le is _ river in the world.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its

9、 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, but it is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the

10、box.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,6,300,5,464,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The

11、 US is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.,5,000,300,2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.,A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. its much older than my country.,Practice,A: Did you know