1、 人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Unit 7 Section AWhat is the highest mountain in the world?Warming-up 人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 What is your favorite subject?Can you guess what my favorite subject is?geography 人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Do you know these interest places?QomolangmaPresentation人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Do you know these interest place
2、s?the Nile人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Do you know these interest places?the Caspian Sea人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Do you know these interest places?the Sahara人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1a Match the facts you know.Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers longThe Nile8
3、,844.43 meters high人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Do you know this?Which is the highest mountain in the world?Which is the longest river in the world?Listening1.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 _ riv
4、er in the world.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1b Listen and complete the sentences.higherthe biggestthe deepestthe longest人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.A:What is the highest mountain in the world?B:Qomolangma.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 What is the longest river in the world?The Nile.Practic
5、e人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 What is the biggest desert in the world?The Sahara.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 What is the longest river in Asia?The Yangtze River.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2aListen and number the facts(1-4)in the order you hear them.6,300 5,000 5,464 300_ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River i
6、s _ 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.4213_ The Ya
7、ngtze River is about _ kilometers long 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
8、 as the US,but it is the biggest country in Asia.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2bListen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.6,300 5,000 5,464 3006,3005,4645,000300人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.A:Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in
9、the world?B:Yes,I did.Its much older than my country.1.What is the conversation about?2.How long is the Ming Great Wall?人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2dRole-play the conversation and answer questions.Its about a tour to the Ming Great Wall.Its about 8,850 kilomoters long.Role-play the conversation人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1.
10、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是英语是英语口口语中一个常用表达。语中一个常用表达。若若有人有人让你让你feel free to do something,就是让你无需拘就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。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人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2.How l
11、ong 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 古代的皇帝人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 4.As far as I know,there are no man-made objects as big as this.据我所知，据我所知，再没有再没有像它这样像它这样大大的人造物的人造物体体了。了。as far as I know 是一个是一个固固定的表达方式，还可定的表达方式，还可以说以说so far as
12、 I know，意思是意思是“据我所知据我所知”。e.g.As far as I know,Jacks got twin sisters.据我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。据我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。5.man-made 人造的人造的人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 6.the Ming Great Wall 明长城明长城 “明长城明长城”是指明朝时期为了防御北方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游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区区 修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯
13、多个省、贯多个省、直辖市、自治区，全长约直辖市、自治区，全长约8850千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。最坚固的。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbersParagraph 2 Achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 Facts and dangersReading人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Pre-readingQomolangma is n
14、ot only the highest mountain in the world,but also the the Most Dangerous mountain in the world?人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 While-reading Para 1 What are the dangers?1.thick clouds cover the top and snow fall very hard2.freezing weather conditions3.heavy storms4.hard to take in air人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Language pointsf
15、reezing adj.极冷的极冷的;冰冰冻的冻的thick adj.厚的；浓的厚的；浓的人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Language points1.Thick clouds cover the top thick adj.1).浓的,浓厚的;粘稠的;混浊的 It is dangerous to drive in a thick fog.在浓雾天驾车很危险。2).厚的;粗的 How thick is the board?这块木板有多厚?2.freezing adj.冻结的；冰冻的；极冷的 Its freezing outside now.现在外面冷极了。Its very cold toda
16、y,and the temperature has dropped to freezing point.今天很冷，温度降到了冰点。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 3.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.take in 吸入；吞入（体内）On weekends the Smiths usually drive to the countryside and take in the fresh air there.周末，史密斯一家常驱车到农村去吸收那里的新鲜空气。take in 理解理解
17、She read a few poems,but did not take them in.她读了几首诗，但没有理解。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 While-reading Para 2 What are the achievements?1953 1960 1975 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach the top.The first Chinese team did so.(reach the top)The first woman Junko Tabei succeeded doing so
18、.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Achievements1953年5月29日，34岁来自新西兰的登山家埃德蒙希拉里（Edmund Hillary）作为英国登山队队员与39岁的尼泊尔向导丹增诺尔盖（Tenzing Norgay）一起沿东南山脊路线登上珠穆朗玛峰，是纪录上第一个登顶成功的登山队伍。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1960年5月25日，中华人民共和国人首次登上珠穆朗玛峰。他们是王富洲、贡布（藏族）、屈银华。此次攀登，也是首次从北坡攀登成功。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 1975年5月16日，日本人田部井淳子的从南坡登上了珠峰。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2010年5月22日，13岁的
19、美国男孩乔丹罗梅罗(Jordan Romero)成为有史以来最年轻的登上珠峰的人。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2013年5月23日，日本80岁探险家三浦雄一郎成功攀上珠穆朗玛峰峰顶，成为世界上登顶珠峰年龄最大的人。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 While-reading Para 3 What are the reasons?1.People want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.2.We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.3.Humans can s
20、ometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Language pointsThe spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.1)give up 放弃；抛弃；戒除放弃；抛弃；戒除 It is a pity to give up the job.要放弃这份工作，真是遗憾。要放弃这份工作，真是遗憾。You ought to give up smoking;I gave it up
21、last year.你应该戒烟，我去年就戒掉了。你应该戒烟，我去年就戒掉了。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 2)achieve our dreams 相当于相当于make our dreams come true 其中动词其中动词achieve表示表示“（通过努力）实现；通过努力）实现；取得；获取；达到取得；获取；达到（梦想、成绩、成功、目梦想、成绩、成功、目的的)”等。等。例如：例如：He achieved great success in a short time.他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功他用很短的时间取得了极大的成功。Lin Tao achieved very good exam r
22、esults.林涛考试取得林涛考试取得了了 很好的成绩。很好的成绩。人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 3b Read the article again and complete the chart.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 13List four dangers for climbersList three achievementsList four comparisons人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 3b Read the article again and complete the chart.thick clouds1953-Tenzing Norga
23、y and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top most dangerous sportfreezing weather conditionsheavy stormsvery hard to take in air as you get near the top1960-The first Chinese team reached the top1975-Junko Tabei from Japan was the first woman to reach the topmost popular place highestmost fa
24、mous1.Where are the Himalayas?2.How high is Qomolangma?人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 3c Answer the questions using information from the article.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters high.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 3c Answer the questions using information from the article.3.Why d
25、o so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?4.What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of the climbers tells us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.1.It is very dang
26、erous to climb Qomolangma.2.The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1955.3.The first Chinese woman to succeed in 1960.4.It shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 After-reading Mark T(true)or F(false)T F F T 人民教育出版社 八年级|下册 Homework Talk with your partner:If you have a chance to go to the Qomolangma,will you go?What should you take?同学们,加油！
