1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world? 教学目标： 1 语言目标：掌握本节课重点词汇及能用比较级和最高级谈论各之最。 2 技能目标：能听懂和谈论有关地理和自然的话题。 3 情感目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识。 教学重点： 短 语 : in size, in the world, 2 meters tall/long/wide, the biggest population, one of the biggest, the most popular question, talk about, the ancient emperor
2、s, the main reason, as far as I know, no man-made objects 句子: Whats the highest mountain in the world?Qomolangma. How long is Qomolangma? Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than any other mountain. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake. Di
3、d you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. Its much older than the US. 教学难点：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法。 物体之间的对比。 Step1Presentation square n. 平方meter n. 米deep adj. 深的 desert n. 沙漠population n. 人口Asia n.亚洲 tour v. n. 旅行tourist n. 旅行者 wall n. 墙amazing adj.令人大为惊奇的 ancient
4、adj. 古代的wide adj. 宽的；宽阔的 Step2Warming-up 1. Show four photos to students and introduce these places to them, then help the students to answer:Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/wide.Its the highest/biggest/deepest/longestin the world/Asia. 2. Look at these photos and practice the dialogue: e.g.
5、A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? / Which is the longest river in Asia? B: Qomolangma./ The Yangtze River. Step31a Match the facts you know. Qomolangmaabout 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers long The Nile8,844.43 meters high
6、Step4Explaination 8,844 meters high.8,844 米高 meters high (long, wide)米高（长,宽)。 英语表示“有多长（宽，高）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表 示长宽高的形容词前作状语。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide. Step5Practice in pairs using the information in 1a. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844.43 meters high. How big is the Sahara? Its about 9,6
7、00,000 square kilometers in size. The biggest desert in the world is about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size. Step6Listening 1. 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
8、salt lakes. 4) The Nile is _ river in the world. 2. 2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them. 2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 6,3005,0005,464300 _ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long.
9、_ China has the biggest population in the world. Its 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 is not even _ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia. Step 7 Practice 2c Make c
10、onversations using the information in 2a. Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country. Step82d Read the conversation and answer the questions: 1) Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2) Which is the mos
11、t famous part of the Ming Great Wall? Step9Language points 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。 2.
12、 As far as 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。 Theyre not coming today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我 所知是这样的。 Step10Listen and read the conversation. Step11Homework (1)To memorize the important phrases and sentences. (2) To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.
