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初中英语人教版八年级下册
Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world?
Section A (1a-1c)
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
square; square kilometer; meter; deep; desert; any other; geographical.
Key sentences:
1. It's higher than any other mountain in the world.
2. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?
3. It seems that you know the answers to all my questions.
To talk about geography and nature.
Look and say
Can you read these large numbers?
warming up
hundred
百
thousand
千
million
百万
billion
十亿
trillion
万亿
9,600,000
1,025
6,671
8,844.43
nine million six hundred thousand
one thousand and twenty-five
six thousand six hundred and seventy-one
eight thousand eight hundred and forty-four point four three
What are these descriptions for?
9,600,000
1,025
6,671
8,844.43
square kilometers in size
meters deep
kilometers long
meters high
平方千米
meter n. 米; 公尺
adj. 深的;纵深的
(面积、体积等)大小
land
sea
river
mountain
Do you know these famous places in the world?
Qomolangma
the Nile
the Caspian Sea
the Sahara
['tʃəʊməʊˌlɑ:ŋmə]
[sə'hɑ:rə]
['kæspiən]
[naɪl]
珠穆朗玛峰是世界海拔最高的山峰,高度为8844.43米。
Qomolangma
the Nile
尼罗河长6671千米,是世界上最长的河流。
the Caspian Sea
里海虽称海,但却是一个巨大的内陆咸水湖,是世界上最大的湖泊。
the Sahara
撒哈拉沙漠形成于约250万年前,是世界上最大的沙质荒漠。
Can you say anything else about these famous places?
Free talk
People can float on the Caspian Sea even though they can't swim.
Pre-listening
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
Mountain River Sea/Lake Desert
Feature
Most
Least
height
Fill in the table.
highest/tallest
lowest/shortest
length
longest
shortest
depth
deepest
shallowest
area
biggest
smallest
Listen and complete the sentences.
1b
Qomolangma is _____________ than any other mountain in the world.
The Sahara is _____________ desert in the world.
The Caspian Sea is _______________ of all the salt lakes.
The Nile is _________________ river in the world.
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