冀教 八下 英语 Unit 7《Lesson 42 North America》课件

Lesson42NorthAmericaUnit7

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同学们,上一课学习的单词、短语和句型你们都掌握了吗?现在大家来检验一下,点击下面的音频开始听写吧！Lookatthemap.Doyouknowwhichcontinentitis?Nowlet’slearnsomethingaboutit.THINKABOUTIT•WhatdoyouknowaboutNorthAmerica?•Whatdoyouknowaboutotherplacesaroundtheworld?LiMingwroteareportaboutNorthAmerica.NorthAmericaisalargecontinent,butithasonlythreemaincountries.Canadaisthefarthestnorth.TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.

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TheU.S.isnorthofMexico.Together,thesethreecountriescoverabout24millionsquarekilometres.温馨提示：此符号表示“考点精讲”链接。About550millionpeopleliveinNorthAmerica.Thatisalargepopulation,butsmallerthanthatofChina.

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TheGreatLakesarethelargestbodiesoffreshwaterintheworld.TheRockyMountainsarethebiggestmountainsinNorthAmerica.Canadaisthebiggestofthethreecountriesinarea,butithasthesmallestpopulation—about35million.PeoplespeakmanylanguagesinCanada.MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!

③TheU.S.isalsoaverylargecountry,anditspopulationismuchlargerthananyothercountryinNorthAmerica.

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Ithasapopulationofmorethan315million.TheU.S.isoftencalledAmerica.PeopleintheU.S.arecalledAmericans.MostAmericansspeakEnglish,andmanyspeakSpanish.Ofcourse,therearealotofChinesespeakersintheU.S,too—morethan2million!MexicoissmallerthanbothCanadaandtheU.S.MostofthepeopletherespeakSpanish.Ithasapopulationofmorethan110million.Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.

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ThecapitalcityofMexicoisMexicoCity.Itisaverybigcity.ThisismapofNorthAmerica.1)Listenandanswerthequestions.1.Whichcountryhasalargerpopulation,CanadaorMexico?2.What’sthethirdmostcommonlanguageinCanada?3.WhichcountryhasthelargestpopulationinNorthAmerica?Mexico.Chinese.TheU.S.2)

Matchthestatementswiththecountriesaccordingtothelesson.Statements

PeoplemainlyspeakSpanish.It’sthethirdtherelargestcountryinareainNorthAmerica.Over2millionpeoplespeakChinesethere.It'sthefarthestnorthinNorthAmerica.It'sthelargestcountryinpopulationinNorthAmerica.

CountriesCanadaAmericaMexico3)

Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.TherearethreemajorcountriesinNorthAmerica.Theycoverabout24million________kilometres.BothinAmericaandCanada,Englishisthe_____________language,whileinMexico,peoplespeakmostly________.IntheU.S.,over2millionpeople________Chinese.ThepopulationofAmericaismuch________thanthatofCanada.SomeMexicanpeopleleavetheircountryto________andworkinAmerica.squaremostcommonSpanishspeak

largelivesquareSpainspeakcommonlargerlivePROJECTREPORTABOUTCONTINENTSWhichcontinentoftheworldinterestsyou?Writeareportaboutit.Don’tforgetthefollowingthings:•Namethecontinent’smaincities.Whatcountriesarethesecitiesin?•Nameitsmainbodiesofwater.•Describethecontinent'spopulation.•Describeotherimportantfactsaboutthecontinent.Doesithaveanyfamousmountains?Doesithaveanybiglakesordeserts?①TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.to表示方位e.g.JapanisintheeastofAsia.日本在亚洲东部。考点1此句是倒装句。表语主语系动词in表示A地在B地的范围之内。JapanliestotheeastofChina.日本位于中国的东部。GuangdongisonthesouthofHunan.广东在湖南的南边。NewZealandliesofftheeasterncoastofAustralia.新西兰位于澳大利亚东海岸附近。to表示A地在B地的范围之外，且相隔有一定距离。on表示A地与B地接壤毗邻。off表示“离……有一些距离”。中考在线1:HeilongjiangProvinceis________thenortheastofChina.[绥化]A.toB.inC.onB返回温馨提示：可返回原文②Thatisalargepopulation,butsmallerthanthatofChina.that作代词的特殊用法本句中的第二个that指代前面提到的population,that在含有比较级或含有比较意味的句子中,用来代替前面提到的不可数名词或可数名词单数。考点2e.g.TheweatherinBeijingiswarmerthanthatinShenyang.北京的天气比沈阳的天气更暖和。Thenumberofthestudentsinourschoolissmallerthanthatinyours.我们学校学生的数量比你们学校学生的数量少。指代theweather指代thenumberofthestudents拓展:如果要代替前面提到的可数名词复数,用those。e.g.Thesemachinesarebetterthanthoseweboughtlastyear.这些机器比我们去年买的好。指代machines中考在线2:—Howcoldhere!—Yes.TheweatherinGuangyuanismuchcolderthan_______inyourhometown.[广元]A.thatB.itC.thisD.those【】由than可知是前后两者相比较,“此天气”与“彼天气”相比,为了避免重复,后者用that来代替theweather。A返回③MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!the+序数词+形容词最高级第……最……e.g.HainanIslandisthesecondlargestislandofChina.海南岛是中国第二大岛。考点3中考在线3:AmongthefourseasoffthecoastofChina,EastChinaSeaisthesecond_______.[广东]A.deepB.deeperC.deepestD.thedeepest【】考查最高级的用法。“the＋序数词＋形容词最高级”表示“第……最……”,结合此搭配可知横线上用最高级。C返回④TheU.S.isalsoaverylargecountry,anditspopulationismuchlargerthananyothercountryinNorthAmerica.比较级＋than＋anyother＋可数名词单数e.g.ChinaislargerthananyothercountryinAsia.=ChinaislargerthantheothercountriesinAsia.中国比亚洲其他任何国家都大。考点4该结构意为“比其他任何一个……都……”，与“比较级＋than＋theother＋可数名词复数”结构同义，虽为比较级形式，但表示最高级含义。中考在线4:TheglassbridgeinShijiazhuangis_______thananyotheroneinChina.[天水]A.longB.thelongestC.longestD.longer【】句意为“石家庄的玻璃桥比中国其他任何玻璃桥都更长”。由句中的“than”可知这里要用形容词long的比较级longer。D返回⑤Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.leave/liːv/v.(goawayfrom)离开;丢下e.g.WhendidyouleaveShanghai?你什么时候离