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Grade 8
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Section A 2a-2d
Warming-up
Watch and talk
Look and talk
The Yangtze River
Which river is this?
It’s the Yangtze River.
The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first Asian rivers. It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.
Leading-in
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Listening
Listening
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
Explaination
population 作主语时, 谓语动词用单数形式
1. 表达“ 某地有多少人口” 时:
The population of+某地+is+数词.
The population of China is about 1.3 billion.
= 某地+has a population of +数词.
China has a population of about 1.3 billion.
2. 表达人口“ 多或少” 时,用 (big/large)/small
可用于修饰比较级的词和短语有:much, a lot, far,a little, even等
Pairwork
为什么前后时态不一样呢?
China is one of …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。
6,300
5,464
5,000
300
Pairwork
A: Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China?
B: Yes, I did. It’s 6,300 meters long.
A: Wow! That’s too long!
Watch a video and answer
Leading-in
What is this?
The Great Wall.
Do you know what is the saying goes about The Great Wall?
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a real man!
不到长城非好汉!
Practice
1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world?
2. How long is the Great Wall?
3. Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?
Reading
It’s about 8850 kilometers long.
The Great Wall.
Read and answer the questions.
2d
To protect their part of the country.
Explaination
feel free to do sth.意为“可以随意做某事”
I made a lot of food, so feel free to eat whatever you like.
tour n. & v. 意为“旅行,旅游”
注意:tourist, 意为“旅游者”
make+名词/代词+名词,意为“使...成为...”
They make the girl their monitor.
正如你所见
be part of 属于…的一部分
Role-playing
Listen and repeat.
Exercises
根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词
1. 就我所知,Alex是班里最勤奋的学生。
___ ___ ___ __ ______, Alex is the most hard-working student in the class.
2. 里海比其他的咸水湖都深。
The Caspian Sea is ______ ______ ___ _____ _____ ______.
3. 在整个市里我们镇的人口最多。
Our town___ ____ ______________ ___________ in t