1、 1 Unit 7 What s the highest mountain in the world Section B 2（ 3a-Self check） Step 1 Summary Important phrases: feel free, as far as I know, in the face of, even though, at birth, up to, run over, walk into, fall over, or so Key sentences: Whats the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma. How lo
2、ng 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. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. Its much older than the US. Important str
3、uctures: 1. cm taller/shorter 2. much /even/a little/less +比较级 3. times more than . 4. Talk about how to protect pandas. Step 2 Lead in 对于鲸鱼你知道多少？ 鲸的体型是世界上存在的动物中最大的，鲸是终生生活在水中的哺乳动物，对水的依赖程度很大，以致它们一旦离开了水便无法生活，鲸形状像鱼，鼻孔在 头的上部，用肺呼吸。体长可达三十米，是现在世界上最大的动物。 鲸为适应水中生活，减少阻力，它们的后肢消失，前肢变成划水的浆板。身体成为流线型，酷似鱼。因而它们的潜水能力
4、很强，小型齿鲸可潜至 100-300 米的水深处，停留 4-5分钟，长须鲸可 在水下 300-500 米处待上 1 小时，最大的齿鲸 -抹香鲸能潜至千米以下，并在水中持续 2 小时之久。 Step 3 Writing 3a Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart. 1. Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil 2. Eat small fish and other sea life 3. Jump hig
5、h out of the water 4. Rules on whale protection 5. Huge 6. Water pollution 7. Live in the sea 8. Some kinds have teeth 9. Learn more about whales 10. Stop putting rubbish into the sea 2 11. Sing songs 12. Whale parts sold to make things likes candles and soap What do they look like？ 5 8 Where do the
6、y live? 7 What do they eat? 2 What can they do? 3 11 Why do some of them have to be protected? 1 6 12 How can we protect them? 4 9 10 3b Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster. Whales are They live in They eat They can One inte
7、resting fact is Another interesting fact is Some kinds of whales are in danger because We should protect whales from I think people should/shouldnt Step 4 Self-check Read these words then find the rules. clever-cleverer-cleverest nice-nicer-nicest easy-easier-easiest fat-fatter-fattest thin-thinner-
8、thinnest beautiful-more beautiful-the most beautiful careful-more careful-the most careful good/well-better-best bad-worse-worst many/much-more-most 1. Complete the chart. Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives high higher highest 3 dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous long longer longest popul
9、ar more popular the most popular 2. Match verbs and objects. Then add one more object to each list. Verbs Objects 1. reach a. my life, my money, my health 2. achieve b. the top of a mountain, the library, the farmhouse 3. risk c. my dream, success, the ends Answers: 1-b, 2-c, 3-a 3. Circle the corre
10、ct word and /or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence. 1. An elephant weighs (few/many) times more than a dog. 2. An adult panda can eat (much/a little) more than a cat. 3. Canada is a (little/lot) less _ (crowded) than China. 4. A tiger is (much/a little)
11、 _ (strong) than a man. Answers: 1. many 2. much 3. lot more crowed 4. much stronger Step 5 Do some exercise. 一、根 据句意，用适当的词填空。 1. The biggest _ in the world is the Sahara. 2. The river is too _ to swim in. 3. China is one of _ civilizations (文明 ) in the world. 4. The _ of the fastest animal is 120 k
12、ilometers per hour. 5. What _ do you need for your coat? I want a large one. 二、用括号内单词的适当形式填空。 1. Jim is very _. Li Lei is _ than Jim. (hungry) 2. Kates mooncakes are _ of all. (nice) 3. Your box is _ than mine. But his is _ of the three. (heavy) 4. Unit 2 is quite _. Unit 3 is _ than Unit 2. Its _ i
13、n M odule (hard) 5. This TV play is _ than that one. (good) 6. My mother is very _. She is _ in my family. (busy) 7. Lingling gets to school _ than the others. (early) 8. She speaks English _ in our class. (well) 4 9. Lucy jumped quite _. (far) 10. I think English is as _ as Chinese. (important) 11.
14、 This picture is _ of the four. (beautiful) 12. Lucy did _ than Lily. (bad) 三、单项选择。 1. My brother is _ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much 2. October 12th was one of _ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched（发 射） successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting 3. Which ci
15、ty is _, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. the most beautiful C. more beautiful 4. _ children there are in a family, _ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C . The fewer, the better 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are _ than before. A. cheap B. cheap
16、er C. the cheapest 6. In our city, its _ in July, but its even _ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter 7. Jacks handwriting is as _ as Mikes. A. good B. better C. best 8. We can do the work better with _ money and _ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less 9. Jim is the tallest student in our class and Tom is the second _ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest Answers: CCB ABC ABC Step 6 Homework 1. Write a paragraph about how to protect endangered animals, use the useful sentences in 3b. 2. Remember the words, phrases and sentences in this unit.
