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人教版
八年级下册
英语
2024
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain
in the world?
Section A 1a-2d
1. To learn to compare facts;
2. To learn to express large numbers;
3. To learn to talk about geography and nature;
4. To learn new words: square, meter, deep, desert, population,
Asia, tour, tourist, wall, ancient, protect, wide…
Objectives
Do you know this?
Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Which is the longest river in the world?
Which is the biggest desert in the world?
… …
Lead in
Which is the highest mountain in the world?
How high is it?
Qomolangma is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 meters high, the highest in the world.
Qomolangma
Which is the biggest desert in the world?
How big is it?
the Sahara
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located in the northern Africa.
Which is the longest river in the world?
How deep is it?
the Nile
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries.
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
Pre-listening
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
1b
While-listening
Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
A: What is the highest mountain in the world?
B: Qomolangma.
A: What is the … in the …?
B: …
1c
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