八下Unit 7 Section A 1

1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1a2d,The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world. Its about 6,300 kilometers long. It runs into the East Sea.,Chang Jiang the Yangtze River,Do you know these places?,Qomolangma 珠穆朗玛,Qomolangma runs along the border (国界) between

2、China and Nepal (尼泊尔). It is covered with snow all the year round. Its 8,844.43 meters high. It is the highest mountain in the world.,The Nile is the longest river in the world. Its 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through(流经) 9 countries and runs into (注入) the Mediterranean Sea (地中海) in the end.,the

3、Nile 尼罗河,the Caspian Sea 里海,The Caspian Sea is the deepest salt lake in the world. It lies in(位于) the border between Asia (亚洲) and Europe.,The Sahara is the biggest desert (沙漠) in the world. It is located in(位于) the northern (北方的) Africa.,the Sahara 撒哈拉,1a Match the facts you know.,is,It is meter(s)

4、 / kilometer(s) long (high/ deep/ wide),表示物体有多少米/千米长（高/深/宽等）。,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 Nile is _ river in the world.,higher,the biggest,

5、the deepest,the longest,2a Listen and number the facts (1- 4) in the order you hear them.,_ 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. _ China is over _ years

6、 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.,4,2,1,3,2b Listen again and fill in the blanks with the numbers in the box.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long

7、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. _ 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

8、 country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,6,300,5,464,5,000,300,2c 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.,The Great Wall,A guide(导游) takes some tourists(观光者) there. They are talking about it.,2d Read and answer the questions:,1. Which is the biggest man-made