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1、Warming up,What is your favorite subject? Can you guess what my favorite subject is? What can we learn in a geography class?,geography,mountain,desert,river,lake,ocean,salt lake,fresh lake,Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Qomolangma,the Sahara,the Caspian Sea,the Nile,Can you read the
2、 numbers?,2 7 10 12 15 20 34 57 89 100 112 200,nine point six million one thousand and twenty-five six thousand six hundred and seventy-one eight thousand eight hundred and forty-four point four three,9,600,000 1,025 6,671 8,844.43,Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara 1,02
3、5 meters deep The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high,1a. Match the facts you know.,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.,1b. Lis
4、ten and complete the sentences.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,1c. Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,A: What is the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma.,A: What is the biggest desert in the world? B: The Sahara.,A: What is the deepest salt lake in the world? B: Th
5、e Caspian sea.,Pair work,A: What is the longest river in the world? B: The Nile.,Can you read the numbers?,three hundred five thousand five thousand four hundred and sixty-four six thousand three hundred,300 5,000 5,464 6,300,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ k
6、ilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,2a. Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,2,4,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even_ years
7、old. _ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,1,3,2b. Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.,_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. It
8、s a lot bigger than the population of the US.,6,300 5,000 5,464 300,2,4,6,300,5,464,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even_ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,1,3,5,000,300,A: Did you know that Chin
9、a is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.,2c. Make conversations using the information in 2a.,Group work,Guide： Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. Tourist 1：How long is the wall? Guide： Ah, the most popular question! If were on
10、ly talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, its about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world.,2d. Role-play the conversation.,Tourist 2: Wow, thats amazing! Why did the ancient emperors build the wall? Guide: The main reason was to protect their part of the country.
11、 As you can see， its quite tall and wide. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. Tourist 3: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall? Guide: Yes, its the most famous part.,1. Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。 feel free是英语口语中一个常用
12、表达。若有人让你feel free to do something,就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。 e.g. A: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？ B: Yes, feel free.可以，请随意。,Language points,2. How long is the wall? 长城有多长？ How long/ How high/How deep/How far? 多长/多高/多深/多远? Its aboutmeters/kilometers long. 3. ancient emperors 古代的皇帝,4. As far as
13、 I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。 as far as I know 是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是“据我所知”。 e.g. As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 5. man-made 人造的,6. the Ming Great Wall 明长城 “明长城”是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区 修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，
14、西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、 直辖市、自治区，全长约8850千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。,Warming up,What sports do you like? Which of the following sports do you think is the most dangerous: swimming, tennis, mountain climbing or basketball?,New Words,achievement 成就，成绩 southwestern 西南方向的 thick 厚的，浓的 include 包括，包含 freezing 极冷的，冰冻的
15、condition 条件，状况,take in 吸入，吞入 succeed 成功 challenge 挑战，考验 in the face of 面对 achieve 达成，实现 force 力，力量 nature 大自然 even though 即使，虽然,3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.,Qomolangma the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?,1. One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of,China. Of all the mountains, Q
