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Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
Section A 1a-2d
What do we learn in a geography class?
Step1 Warm-up
Step2 Presentation
Let’s enjoy the beauty of nature!
mountain
ocean
river
desert
lake
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
Task 1: 1a
Task 2: 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
Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
A: What is the highest mountain
in the world?
B: Qomolangma.It is 8844.43 meters high.
Task 3: 1c
Which river is the longest in China?
The Nile is the longest river in the world.
Which river is the longest in America?
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China.
The Mississippi River is the longest river in America.
More information about China and America.
2a
Listen and number the facts [1-4] in the order you hear them.
____ 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 isn’t even __ years old.
____ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the
biggest country in Asia.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
4
2
1
3
Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with numbers in the box.
2b
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