1、Section A 1a-2dWhats the highest mountain in the world?Whats the largest desert in the world?Whats the longest river in the world?Do you know?the highest mountain Qomolangma the longest riverthe Nilethe Caspian Seathe biggest salt lakesthe Sahara The biggest desert1aMatch the facts you know.Qomolang
2、maabout 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers longThe Nile8,844.43 meters high1.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
3、 world.higherthe biggestthe deepestthe longest 1bListen and complete the sentences.1cUse the information in 1b to make conversations.A:What is the highest mountain in the world?B:Qomolangma.Which is the longest river in the world?The Nile._The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow
4、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 biggest country in Asia.6,300
5、5,000 5,464 30014322aListen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them.2bListen 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.Its a lot bigger
6、 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.6,300 5,000 5,464 3006,3005,4645,0003002cMake conversations using the information in 2a.A:Did you kn
7、ow that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?B:Yes,I did.Its much older than my country.2dRole-play the conversation.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 only talking about the parts from t
8、he Ming Dynasty,its about 8,850 kilometers long.This makes it the longest wall in the world.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.As you can see,its quite tall and wide.As far as I know,there are no other 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.To memorize the important phrases and sentences.2.To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.
