1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world? 教学目标： 1 语言目标：掌握本单元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, th
2、e ancient emperors, the main reason, as far as I know, no man-made objects, mountain climbing, the southwestern part of China, thick clouds, cover the top, risk ones life, challenge oneself, achieve ones dream ， the forest of nature, try to do sth., the spirit of the climbers, many times more than ,
3、live up to, prepare ?for., be awake, be special to sb., spend some time doing sth., in the remaining forest, endangered animals, in the future? 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
4、 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. 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。 课时划分 ： Period 1 Section A 1 1a 2d Period 2 Section A 2 3a-3c Period
5、 3 Section A 3 Grammar focus-4c =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Period 4 Section B 1 1a-2e Period 5 Section B 2 3a-Self check Section A 1 (1a 2d) Step 1 Presentation 1. New words: square n. 平方 meter n. 米 deep adj. 深的 desert n. 沙漠 population n. 人口 population n. 人口 Asia n. 亚洲 tour v. n. 旅行 tourist n. 旅行者 wall n. 墙 a
6、mazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的 ancient adj. 古代的 wide adj. 宽的；宽阔和 2. Show some pictures and information of the highest mountain, the longest river, the biggest river, the biggest lake and the biggest desert in the world. Step 2 Warming up 1. Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and h
7、elp the students to answer: Its ?meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big. 2. Look these photos and practice the dialogue: e.g. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844 .43 meters high. Step 3 1a Match the facts you know. Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara 1,025 meters deep
8、 The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high Step 4 Explanation ?8,844 .43 meters high. 8,844.43米高 ? me ters high (long, wide?) ? 米高（长 ,宽 ?) 。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 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. Step 5 Practice in pairs using t
9、he information in 1a. 1. A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? B: Its Qomolangma. 2. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844.43 meters high. Step 6 Listening 1. 1b Listen and complete the sentences. 1) Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain in the world. 2) The Sahara is _ desert in the wo
10、rld. 3) The Caspian Sea is _ of all the 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. 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 _ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long
11、 and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long. _ 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 bigges
12、t country in Asia. Step 7 Practice 2c Make conversations in pairs. 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. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Step 8 2d 1. Read the conversation and answer the questions: 1) Which is the biggest man
13、-made object in the world？ 2) Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall? 2. Role-play the conversation. Step 9 Language points and summary 1. China has the biggest population in the world. 中国是世界人口最多的国家。 population 意为 “ 人口 ” 时，是一个集合名词。它在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。其常用句型为 “The population of + 某地 + i
14、s + 数词 ” 或 “ 某地 + has a population of + 数词 ” ，表示 “ 某地有多少人口 ” 。如： The population of my city is three million. 当表示人口 “ 多 ” 或 “ 少 ” 时，常用形容词 large， big或 small修饰 population。如： The town has a large / big / small population. 当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词 what 或 how large。如： What / How large is the population of your c
15、ountry? 【运用】完成句子，每空一词。 (1) 这个国家人口少。 The country _ _ _ _. (2) 我的家乡有 100万人口。 My hometown _ _ _ _ one million. (3) 北京有多少人口？ _ _ _ _ _ Beijing? 2. 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
16、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。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 3. As far as I know, there are no other 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。 1) 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 siste
17、rs. 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。 2) 句中 man-made是一个合 成形容词，意为 “ 人造的 ” 。像这样与 -made复合而成的形容词不止一个。用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，常见的有： handmade 手工制作的 homemade 家庭制作的 machine-made 机制的 tailor-made 量体定制的；特制的；定做的 甚至还有像 self-made (自学而成的；自我奋斗而成的；天然形成的 )可以用来描述人。 Step 10 Exercis
18、es Step 11 Homework 1. Memorize the important phrases and sentences. 2. Make some dialogues about asking the size of objects. Section A 2 (3a 3c) Step 1 Revision Look at the photos. Answer the following questions. Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia? ? Step
19、 2 Learn the new words. 1. achievement n. 成就；成绩 e.g. We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the mountain. 当我们到达山顶的时候，我们有一种巨大的成就感。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2. achieve v. 达到；完成；成功 e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesnt work hard. 如果他不加紧努力工作，他会一事无成。 3. southwestern adj. 西南的；西
20、南方向的 4. include v. 包含；包括 e.g. Her hobbies include swimming and gardening. 她爱好游泳和园艺。 5. condition n. 条件；状况 e.g. The piano was in good condition. 这台钢琴状况良好。 6. take in 吸入；容纳 e.g. Fish take in oxygen through their gills. 鱼用鳃吸氧气。 7. challenge v. 精品教育资源文库 】 = 5.横亘于中国的西南边界 6.在所有的山峰中 7.厚厚的云层 8.更为严重的困难 9.寒冷的
21、天气状况和强劲的暴风雪 10.首次到达珠穆朗玛峰顶的人 Answers: 1. the most dangerous mountain 2. one of the worlds most dangerous sports 3. mountain climbing/climb mountains 4. the climbers from all over the world 5. run along the southwestern part of China 6. of all the mountains 7. thick clouds 8. more serious difficulties 9. freezing weather conditions and heavy storms 10. the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma 3a Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas. Paragraph 1 spirit of climbers Paragraph 2 achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 facts and dangers 3
