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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 7,Whats the highest mountain in the world,Section A,Language Goal:,Talk about geography and nature,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,1a. Match the facts you know.,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.,1b. Listen and complete the sentences.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,1c. Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,A: What is the highest mountain in the,world,B: Qomolangma.,_,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.,2a. Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,_ 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.,1,3,2b. 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. Its a lot bigger than the population,of the US.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,6,300,5,464,_ 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,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.,2c. Make conversations using the information in 2a.,Group work,Guide： Feel free to ask me anything on,todays Great Wall tour.,Tourist 1：How long is the wall,Guide： Ah, the most popular question! If,were only talking about the parts,from the Ming Dynasty, its about,8,850 kilometers long. This makes,it the longest wall in the world.,2d. Role-play the conversation.,Tourist 2: Wow, thats 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，,its 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, its the most famous part.,3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.,Qomolangma the Most,Dangerous Mountain in the World,One of the worlds most dangerous sports,is mountain climbing, and,one of the most popular places,for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of,China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma,rises,the highest,and is,the most,famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to,take in,air as you get near the top.,The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in I960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.,Why do so many climbers risk their lives One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never,give up,trying to,achieve our dreams,. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.,Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers,Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers,Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers,Paragraph 1,List four dangers for climbers:,thick clouds,Snow slide;,Freezing weather conditions;,Heavy storm;,3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.,Paragraph 2,List three achievements:,1953 - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top;,1960 - The first Chinese team did so;,1975 the Japanese Junko Tabei succeeded doing so.,Paragraphs 1 & 3,List four comparisons:,most dangerous sport;,most popular places;,the highest mountain;,the most famous mountain,Where are the Himalayas,2. How high is Qomolangma,3c. Answer the questions using information from the article.,The Himalayas run along the southwestern,part of China.,It is 8,844.43 meters high.,3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous,4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us,One of the main reasons is because people want,to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,The spirit of these climbers shows us that we,should never give up trying to achieve our,dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes,be stronger than the forces of nature.,1. Feel free to ask me anything on todays 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。假设有人让你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。,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, Jacks got twin sisters.,就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。,Theyre not coming today, so far as I know.,他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。,3. the Ming Great Wall 明长城,“明长城是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区 修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、 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、最巩固的。,4. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.,更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。,1difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时, difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事。,例如：,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。,If you have any difficulties, you can call me,for help.,如果你遇到任何困难，给我打 求助好了。,作不可数名词时，difficulty可译作“困难；困难；辛苦；费力，,例如：,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.,我们轻而易举地找到广那座房子。,2include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？,5. 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说明：我们绝不应该放弃实现自己梦想的尝试。,1give up doing something 的意思是“放弃做某事；半途而废,He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.,他找到工作之后就放弃了对第三门语言的学习。,2 ) achieve our dreams 相当于make our dreams come true,其中动词achieve表示“通过努力实现；取得；获取；到达梦想、成绩、成功、目的)等。,例如：,He achieved great success in a short time.,他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。,Lin Tao achieved very good exam results.,林涛考试取得了 很好的成绩。,Grammar Focus,Whats the highest,mountain in the world?,Qomolangma.,How high is,Qomolangma?,Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than any other mountain.,Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?,The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes.,Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?,Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.,4a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.,1. The Amazon River is one of the _,rivers in the world. Its a little _,than the Yangtze River.,2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters_.,big much popular long old high,longest,longer,high,Its one of the most_ places for,serious mountain climbers.,3. No ocean in the world is as _ as,the Pacific Ocean.,4. Although Japan is _ than,Canada, it is_smaller.,popular,big,older,much,e.g. Two rivers：_ and,_,_,_,4b. Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts.,the Yangtze River,the Amazon River,The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River.,The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Yangtze is the longest river in China.,Two cities：_ and _,1._,2._,_,Two animals：_ and _,1._,2._,_,Pair work,4c. Write five questions using comparisons. Then ask your partner your questions.,_,_,_,_,_,What is the highest building in our city,Who is the oldest people in our city,What is the most popular street in our city,What is the most delicious food in our city,Where is the busiest road in our city,Unit 7,Whats the highest mountain in the world,Section B,Grammar Focus,(一)数词 Numeral,数词是用来表示事物的数目和顺序的词。,数词的分类：,1.基数词,2.序数词,3.分数词,今天我们先来学习一下基数词。,1. 复习1100以内的所有数字。,2. 掌握百、千、万、十万、百万的表达法。,1、1-19的基数词,one 1,two 2,three 3,four 4,five 5,six 6,seven 7,eight 8,nine 9,ten 10,eleven 11,twelve 12,thirteen 13,fourteen 14,fifteen 15,sixteen 16,seventeen 17,eighteen 18,nineteen 19,2、20,90等十位数,twenty 20,thirty 30,forty 40,fifty 50,sixty 60,seventy 70,eighty 80,ninety 90,twenty-one 21,twenty-two 22,其它的十位数照此类推，如：,thirty-one 31,forty-two 42,seventy-five 75,ninety-six 96,3、百、千、万,百 hundred 100 one hundred,200 two hundred,以此类推,千 thousand 1 000 one thousand,2 000 two thousand,英语里没有“万这一单位，万也用thousand表示。如：10 000 ten thousand 一万20 000 twenty thousand 两万,4、十万、百万,十万的说法是：,100.000,a (one) hundred thousand,200.000,two hundred thousand,million 百万,a (one) million 1,000,000,two million 2,000,000,以此类推 ,8,000,000 eight million,练一练,345,1001,18,657,421,three hundred,and,forty-five,one thousand (,and),one,eighteen million, six hundred,and,fifty-seven thousand, four hundred,and,twenty-one,The project lasted 5 years and cost,2 billion,dollars.,2. The Chinese have been making paper for,two thousand,years.,3.,One thousand,pounds is a lot of money.,表示确定数量时 用基数词+ hundred，thousand，million，billion,多位基数词读法,457,890,608,389,three hundred,and,eighty-nine,four hundred,and,fifty-seven,eight hundred,and,ninety,six hundred,and,eight,1101999的三位数由“百位数and+两位数组成。 如：325three hundred and twenty-five,102,one hundred,and,two,635,six hundred,and,thirty-five,2),三位数以上的数，从个位往前数，每三位数加一个逗号，从后往前数的第一个逗号代表,thousand,第二个逗号代表,million, 第三个逗号是,billion,，注意,这几个词不能用复数形式，后也不能加and。例如：,2,648,two,thousand, six,hundred,and,forty-eight,16,250,064,sixteen,million, two hundred and fifty,thousand, sixty-four,确切数目与不确切数目的表达,：,hundred, thousand, million, billion,等前面有,基数词，,表示确切数目时，用单数，后直接,接复数名词；,如：,three hundred books,one hundred people,five thousand students,seven million starts,表示不确切数目时，这类词后加-s且与of连,用。如：,hundreds of people,thousands of students,millions of birds,billions of lions,注意：这类短语中，名词前如有定冠词、指,示代词或形容词性物主代词时，可加of, 但,表示的是范围。如：two hundred of the,workers工人中的二百人,1a. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.,Example sentence:,This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.,(200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less eat many times more),This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda.,This elephant weighs 50 times than this panda.,This elephant eat much more than this panda.,1b. Listen and check () the numbers you hear.,_100 _ 16 _ 20,_ 50 _ 120 _ 0.1,_ 0.2 _ 150,1. At birth, a baby panda is about _to,_ kilos.,2. At birth, a baby panda is about _ cm,long.,3. A baby panda is not black. It is _,and it has no _.,4. A panda can live up to _to _ years.,1c. Listen again and complete the sentences.,pink,0.2,15,0.1,teeth,20,30,1d. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.,A: A baby panda cannot see.,B: An adult panda weighs many times,more than a baby panda.,big bamboo zoo popular,cute black and white Sichuan,famous endangered beautiful,forest protect,2a. Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you,Pair work,2b. Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:,10,12, 200，2,000.,Scanning,This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.,It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are,preparing,the milk,for,the baby pandas,breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.,When the babies see the keepers, they,run over with,excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and,fall over,!,“Theyre so cute and lovely. I take care of them like theyre my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. Theyre very special to me.,Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one.,Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.,Adult pandas spend,more than,12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to,cut down,the forests. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 200,or so,live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.,An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other,endangered,animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese,government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.,What is Lin Weis job,2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast,2c. Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.,He is responsible for taking care of the pandas,Including washing, feeding, playing with them.,They drink milk for breakfast.,3. What do adult pandas eat,4. Why are pandas endangered,5. What is one way of saving pandas,They eat bamboo.,On one hand, the baby pandas dont live long,because of illnesses; On the other hand, pandas,feed on bamboo, but humans cut down the,bamboo forests.,Teaching children the importance of saving,pandas / Planting more bamboo trees.,1. The panda _at the Chengdu,Research Base are awake very early in the,morning to _ breakfast for the,baby pandas.,2. Adult pandas do not have babies very,_ , and some of the babies only,live for a short time because of _.,2d. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.,keepers,prepare,often,illnesses,3. Another reason for fewer and fewer,pandas is because people are cutting down,_ so pandas have fewer places,to live.,4. A special program in Chengdu teaches,_ about why pandas are _,and how to save them.,5. The_ is also helping to,save the pandas. It is _ more,trees to make more homes for the pandas.,forests,children,endangered,Chinese government,planting,2e. What other ways do you think,children can help to save the pandas,Pair work,3a. Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.,Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil,Eat small fish and other sea life,Jump high out of the water,Rules on whale protection,Huge,Water pollution,Live in the sea,Some kinds have teeth,Learn more about whales,Stop putting rubbish into the sea,Sing songs,Whale parts sold to make things like,candles and soap,What do they look like?,Where do they live?,What do they eat?,What can they do?,Why do some of them have to be protected?,How can we protect,them?,Huge; Some kinds have teeth,Live in the sea,Eat small fish and other sea life,Jump high out of the water;,Sing songs,Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil; Water pollution; Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap,Rules on whale protection;,Learn more about whales;,Stop putting rubbish into the sea,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/shouldnt.,3b. Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.,Unit 7,Whats the highest mountain in the world,Self Check,1. Complete the chart.,Adjectives,Comparatives,Superlatives,high,dangerous,long,popular,higher,highest,more dangerous,most dangerous,longer,longest,more popular,most popular,2. Match verbs and objects. Then add one more object to each list.,Verbs,Objects,1.reach,a. my life, my money,.,2. achieve,b. the top of a mountain, the library,.,3. risk,c. my dream, success,1. An elephant weighs ( few / many ) times,more than a dog.,2. An adult panda can eat ( much / a little ),more than a cat.,3. Canada is a (little / lot) less _,(crowded) than China.,4. A tiger is ( much / a little ) _,(strong) than a man.,3 Circle the correct word and/or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence.,crowded,stronger,Thank You!,
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