Unit 7 What's the highest mountain
in the world?
Section A 第一课时 1a-2d
square n. 平方
meter n. 米
desert n. 沙漠
population
n. 人口
wall n. 墙
tour v. n. 旅行
Language Goal:
Talk about geography and nature
1a. Match the facts you know.
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
Practice in pairs like this:
A: Which is the … in the …?
B: …
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
the deepest
the longest
1c. Use the information in 1b to make
conversations.
What is the highest
mountain in the
world?
Qomolangma.
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.
It’s 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.
1
2
3
4
2b.Listen again and fill in the blanks in
2a with the numbers in the 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. It’s a lot bigger than the
population of the US.
6,300
5,464
2b
___ 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.
5,000
300
2c. Make conversations using
the information in 2a.
Did you know that China
is one of the oldest countries
in the world?
Yes, I did. it’s
much older than
my country.
Use the information in 2a to retell the
story in a conversation between the
boy and a TV reporter.
Did you know that
Yangtze River is the
longest river in China?
Yes, I did. It’s
6,300 meters long.
2d. Role-play the conversation.
Guide: Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great
Wall tour.
Tourist 1: How long is the wall?
Guide : Ah, the most popular question! If we’re only
talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, it’s
about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest
wall in the world.
Tourist 2: Wow, that’s amazing! Why did the ancient
emperors build the wall?
2d
Guide :The main reason was to protect their
part of the country. As you can see, it’s 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, it’s the most famous part.
Language points
5. Feel free to ask me anything on today’s
Great Wall tour.
wall 是可数名词,意为“墙,围墙”,in the wall表示
“在墙的里面”; 而on the wall表示“在墙的表面”。
the Great Wall(长城)是the Great Wall of China(中
国长城)的简称。
如:The explosion caused the walls of the
building to fall in. 爆炸使建筑物的墙倒塌了。
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a
true man. 不到长城非好汉。
单项选择。
1. I think she is ____ of all the girls.
A. beautiful B. more beautiful
C. most beautiful D. the most beautiful
2. —How tall he is !
—Yes, he is ____ than any other student
in his class.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. more tall
D
B
根据汉语意思完成句。
1. 据我所知,世界上没有墙和长城一样长。
_____ _____ _____ I know, no other walls
are ______ _____ _____ the Great Wall.
2. 中国人口非常多。
China's _________ ______ ________.
= China's people ______ ______.
As far as
as long as
population is large / big
are many