英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 Section A 1a-2d.ppt

1、课程名称 初中英语年级 八年级版本 人教版单位 繁昌县荻港镇 芦南九年制 姓名 叶显田,Period 1 1a-2d,Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Objectives,To learn to compare facts To learn to express large numbers To learn to talk about geography and nature To learn new words: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia, tour, touri

2、st, wall, ancient, protect, wide,New words,square skwe n. 平方；正方形；广场,meter mi:t(r) (=metre) n. 米；公尺,deep di:p adj.深的；纵深的,Qomolangma tm,la: m 珠穆朗玛峰,the Nile nal 尼罗河,the Sahara sha:r 撒哈拉沙漠,the Caspian kspn sea 里海（世界最大的咸水湖）,desert dezt n. 沙漠,Presentation,square skwe(r) n. 平方,meter mi:t(r) n. 米,deep adj.

3、 深的,desert n. 沙漠,population n. 人口,Asia n. 亚洲,dezt,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,Do you know how to read these numbers?,8844.43 meters,1,025 meters deep,6,600 kilometers long,6,211.31 kilometers long,3,219 kilometers wide,英文表达数字时可以从右往左，三

4、位一逗号，逗号从右往左分别对应的是：thousand, million, billion. 1 207 210 472, 读 point,56 100 102 105.3 5,464 100,000 1,000,000 9,600,000 8,844.43,one hundred thousand,one million,one hundred,one hundred and two,fifty-six,one hundred and five point three,nine million six hundred thousand,eight thousand eight hundred

5、and forty-four point four three,five thousand four hundred and sixty-four,Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia? ,Do you know?,Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the y

6、ear round. Its 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. Its 26 kilometers long.,The Nile is the 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

7、 Sea(地中海) in the end.,The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world. 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.

8、,The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, 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.,Match the

9、facts you know.,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 about 8,000,000 square kilometers in

10、 size.,How big is the Sahara? Its about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.,Listen and complete the sentences.,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

11、 biggest,the deepest,the longest,What is the longest river in the world?,The Nile.,Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,What is the biggest desert in the world?,The Sahara.,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 _

12、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 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 i

13、t is the biggest country in Asia.,4,2,1,3,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,

14、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,Tape script,population,population意为“人口数量”，谓语动词要用单数形式。 询问人口数量时要用“Whats the po

15、pulation of .?”提问，而不用how many或how much等提问。 表示人口“多”要用large或big；表示人口“少”要用small。,Language points,Practice,这个城市的人口是600万。 The population of this city is six million 中国的人口比美国的人口多很多。 The population of China is much larger than that of the USA.,1. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in th

16、e world? that China is是know的宾语从句。尽管主句的动词是过去时态，但由于宾语从句陈述的是客观事实，所以从句仍用一般现在时。,Language points,2. Its much older than my country.,much higher 意为“高得多”。在形容比较级前还可以用much, even, a little, still ,a lot, less等修饰词表示程度。,Practice,他比我跑得更快。 He runs even faster than I. 日本土地面积只比德国大一点儿。 Japan is a little larger than G

17、ermany in area.,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.,Make conversations using the information in 2a.,Group work,A: Did you know that China has the biggest population in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its a lot bigger than t

18、he population of the US.,Example 1:,A: Did you know that China is the biggest country in Asia? B: Yes, I did. Its almost as big as the US.,Example 2:,A: Did you know that Yangze River is much longer than the Yellow River? B: No, I didnt. How long is it? A: Its 6,300 kilometers long. B: Wow! Thats ve

19、ry long!,Example 3:,中国的长城共有近一万公里，东起河北秦皇岛的山海关，西到嘉峪关，这是明代修筑长城的两个最大关口，北京境内的长城有600余公里，比较著名的有八达岭长城、金山岭长城、司马台长城、慕田峪长城、居庸关长城和箭扣长城等。,The Great Wall,Please read the conversation in 2d.,Whats the conversation about?,Its about a tour to the Ming Great Wall.,1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world

20、？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?,Read again and answer the questions in 2d.,3. How long is the Ming Great Wall? 4. What does the guide say about the wall?,1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?,The Gre

21、at Wall.,Badaling .,Read again and answer the questions in 2d.,3. How long is the Ming Great Wall? 4. What does the guide say about the wall?,Its about 8,850 kilometers long.,Its quite tall and wide. Its the longest wall in the world. The ancient emperors built it to protect their parts of the count

22、ry. There are no man-made objects as big as this. Badaling is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall.,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。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

23、? 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

24、as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。,as far as也可表示“远至” (在否定句中也可用 so far as)。,Practice,我们坐火车到北京，然后转乘公共汽车。 We will go by train as far as Beijing, and then take a bus. 我们不如其他人走得远。 We didnt go as/so far as the others.,man-made为合成形容词，意为“人造的”。 英语中像这样与-made复合而成的形容词还有：handmade(手工制作的)、homemade (家庭制作的)、machine-made (

25、机制的)、tailor-made (量体定制的；特制的；定做的)等，用以描述产品的生产或制造手段、特点等，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。,Practice,面包和糕点都是自家做的。 The bread and pastry are homemade. 这个电影角色是专为那位男演员量身设计的。 This movie role was tailor-made for that actor.,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

26、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、最坚固的。,Review,课时重点回顾,Whats the population of .? It is meters high (long, wide). much, even, a little, still ,a lot, less+形容词比较级 as far as I know as / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can see as far as 远至 合成词man-made,Choose the best

27、answer. 1. My brother is _ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much 2. October 12th was one of _ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched(发射) successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting 3. Which city is _, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the m

28、ost beautiful,4. _ children there are in a family, _ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are _ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest 6. In our city, its _ in July, but its even _ in August. A.

29、 hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter,7. Of the two skirts, the pink one is _. A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer 8. Jacks handwriting is as _ as Mikes. A. good B. better C. best 9. We can do the work better with _ money and _ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less 10. Jim is th

30、e tallest student in our class and Tom is the second _ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest,1. Lily gets up _ (early) than Lucy. 2. Which goes _ (slowly), Tom or Jim? 3.This book is _ (interesting) than that one.,earlier,more slowly,more interesting,根据所给词的适当形式填空,4. She works _ (careful) in her school. 5. Who goes to bed _ (late) Jim, Tom or Jack?