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Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
I. Sentence Patterns (句型)
1. The Caspian Sea is 1,025meters deep.
2. Qomolangma is higher than any other mountain in the world. = Qomolangma is higher than the other mountains in the world. = Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world.
3. China has the biggest population in the world.
4. Feel free to ask me anything on today's Great Wall tour.
5. Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?
6. The main reason was to protect their part of the country. (to do不定式做表语)
7. As far as I know, there are no other man-made objects as big as this. = This is the biggest man-made object.
8. No ocean is as big as the Pacific Ocean in the world. = the Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world.
9. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard/heavily.
10. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.
11. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top. (as con. 当......时 引导时间状语从句)
12. ...while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. (to do作定语)
13. One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.
14. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.
15. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
16. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? (even though/if引导让步状语从句 意为“即使;虽然”)
17. Elephant weighs 5000 kilos.
18. This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
19. At birth, a baby panda is about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos.
20. A panda/The panda/Pandas can live up to 20 to 30 years. (a+sl./the+sl./pl.表示泛指)
21. It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base, panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. (现在进行时)
22. Keepers find that most of the babies pandas are already awake and hungry. (find that+宾语从句) = Keepers find most of the babies pandas awake and hungry. (fin