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Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world?
Section A 1a-2d
1
Do you like travelling?
Let's travel around the world this class!
Warming-up
Watch and answer
Do you like travelling? Why?
Yes/No.
Let’s enjoy the song and answer which cities are mentioned(提到) in the song.
Why or Why not?
Because...
Leading-in
Answer and talk
Which cities are mentioned(提到) in the song?
Tokyo, Paris, Miami, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Beijing and Dali.
Which city do you like visiting best? Why?
I ... because...
Now I want to show you four other wonderful places.
Let’s guess.
What’s it?
What’s the longest river in the world?
The Nile.
/naɪ/
It’s a river.
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Presentation
Look and talk
Which river is this?
It’s the Nile.
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries. It runs into the Mediterranean Sea in the end.
Let’s guess.
What’s it?
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Qomolangma.
/ˈtʃəʊməʊˌlɑːŋmə/
It’s a mountain.
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Presentation
Look and talk
Which mount(山峰) is this?
It’s Mount Qomolangma.
Qomolangma runs along the border(边界) between China and Nepal. It’s the highest in the world.
Let’s guess.
What’s it?
What’s the biggest desert in the world?
The Sahara.
/səˈhɑːrə/
It’s a desert /ˈdezət/.
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Presentation
Look and talk
Which desert is this?
It’s the Sahara.
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located in the northern Africa.
Let’s guess.
It’s a lake. Salt lake.
What’s the deepest lake in the world?
The Caspian Sea.
/ˈkæspɪən/
What’s it?
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Presentation
What place is this?
It’s the Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world. It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.
Match the facts you know.
1a
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
Let's ask and answer!
=in depth
=in length
=in height
Try to remember these
geog