1、Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?Language Goal:Talk about geography and natureQomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara 1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers longThe Nile 8,844.43 meters high 1a.Match the facts you know.1.Qomolangma is_ than any other mo
2、untain 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 world.1b.Listen and complete the sentences.higherthe biggestthe deepestthe longest1c.Use the information in 1b to make conversations.A:What is the highest mountain in t
3、he world?B:Qomolangma._ 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 than the population of the US.2a.Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them.6,3005,0005,46430024_ China is ove
4、r _ 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,and it is the biggest country in Asia.132b.Listen 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
5、is_ kilometers long._ China has the biggest population in the world.Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.6,3005,0005,464300246,3005,464_ 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,and it is the biggest
6、 country in Asia.135,000300A:Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?B:Yes,I did.Its much older than my country.2c.Make conversations using the information in 2a.Guide：Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour.Tourist 1：How long is the wall?Guide：Ah,the most
7、popular question!If were only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty,its about 8,850 kilometers long.This makes it the longest wall in the world.2d.Role-play the conversation.Tourist 2:Wow,thats amazing!Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?Guide:The main reason was to protect their par
8、t of the country.As you can see，its quite tall and wide.As far as I know,there are no man-made objects as big as this.Tourist 3:Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?Guide:Yes,its the most famous part.3a.Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas.Qomolangma the Most Dangerous Mo
9、untain in the World?One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing,and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part ofChina.Of all the mountains,Qomolangmarises the highest and is the most famous.It is 8,844.43 meters high and s
10、o is very dangerous to climb.Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard.Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
11、 on May 29,1953.The first Chinese team did so in I960,while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.Why do so many climbers risk their lives?One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of these climbers shows us
12、that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbersParagraph 2 Achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 Facts and dangersParagraph 1List four dangers for climbers:thick cloudsSnow slide;Fre
13、ezing weather conditions;Heavy storm;3b.Read the article again and complete the chart.Paragraph 2List three achievements:1953-Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top;1960-The first Chinese team did so;1975 the Japanese Junko Tabei succeeded doing so.Paragraphs 1&3List four
14、comparisons:most dangerous sport;most popular places;the highest mountain;the most famous mountain1.Where are the Himalayas?2.How high is Qomolangma?3c.Answer the questions using information from the article.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.It is 8,844.43 meters high.3.Why do s
15、o many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?4.What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve
16、our dreams.It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.1.Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour.在今天的在今天的长长城游城游中，大中，大家尽家尽管管问我任何问我任何问问题，题，不要拘不要拘束束。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
17、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？我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B:Yes,feel free.可以，请随意。可以，请随意。Language points2.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，还可以定的表达方式，还可以说说so far as I know，意思是意思是“据我所知据我所知”。例如
18、：例如：As far as I know,Jacks got twin sisters.就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。Theyre not coming today,so far as I know.他们今天不来他们今天不来了了 就我所知是这样的。就我所知是这样的。3.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游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区牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区 修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁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，从东向西横贯
19、多虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、个省、直辖市、自治区，直辖市、自治区，全长约全长约8850千千米米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。固的。4.Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.更加严峻的更加严峻的困困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风风暴暴。1）difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词词，在此用作可数名词。，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时作可数名词时
20、,difficulty通常用作复数通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：表示具体概念，即：各种各样的各种各样的“困难；难题；难事困难；难题；难事”。例如：例如：People learning a new language may face some difficulties.人们学习一门新的人们学习一门新的语语言言 时可能会遇到一些时可能会遇到一些困困难。难。If you have any difficulties,you can call me for help.如果你遇到任何困难，给我打电话求助好了。如果你遇到任何困难，给我打电话求助好了。作不可数名词时，作不可数名词时，difficulty可译
21、作可译作“困难；艰困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲难；辛苦；费劲”，例如：例如：He had great difficulty in finding a new job.他找新的他找新的 工工作费作费了了很大劲。很大劲。.We found the house without difficulty.我们轻而易举地找到广那座房子。我们轻而易举地找到广那座房子。2）include表示表示“包括；包含包括；包含”，是一个，是一个及物动词。及物动词。例如：例如：Does your price of the bike include this light?你们的车价包含这你们的车价包含这盏盏车灯吗？车灯吗？5.Th
22、e spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.这些这些登山者的精神向我们表明：我们绝不应该登山者的精神向我们表明：我们绝不应该放弃实现自己梦想的尝试。放弃实现自己梦想的尝试。1）give up doing something 的意思是的意思是“放弃做放弃做某事；半途而废某事；半途而废”He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.他找到工作之后就放弃了对第三门语言的学习。他找到工作之后
23、就放弃了对第三门语言的学习。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 results.林涛考试取得林涛考试取得了了 很好的成绩。很好的成绩。Gramma
24、r FocusWhats the highest mountain in the world?Qomolangma.How high 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 lakes.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the
25、world?Yes,I did.Its much older than the US.4a.Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.1.The Amazon River is one of the _ rivers in the world.Its a little _ than the Yangtze River.2.Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters_.big much popular long old highlongestlongerhigh Its one of the
26、 most_ places for serious mountain climbers.3.No ocean in the world is as _ as the Pacific Ocean.4.Although Japan is _ than Canada,it is _smaller.popularbigoldermuche.g.Two rivers：_ and _4b.Write two comparisons about two topics.Write true facts.the Yangtze Riverthe Amazon RiverThe Yangtze River is
27、almost as long as the Amazon River.The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze,but the Yangtze is the longest river in China.Two cities：_ and _1._2._ _Two animals：_ and _1._ 2._ _4c.Write five questions using comparisons.Then ask your partner your questions.1._2._3._4._5._What is the highest building in o
28、ur city?Who is the oldest people in our city?What is the most popular street in our city?What is the most delicious food in our city?Where is the busiest road in our city?Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?Grammar Focus(一一)数词数词 Numeral数词是用来表示事物的数目和顺序的数词是用来表示事物的数目和顺序的词。词。数词的分类：数词的分类：1.基数词基
29、数词2.序数词序数词3.分数词分数词今天我们先来学习一下基数词。今天我们先来学习一下基数词。1.1.复习复习11001100以内的所有数字。以内的所有数字。2.2.掌握百、千、万、十万、百万的掌握百、千、万、十万、百万的表达法。表达法。1、1-19的基数词 one 1 two 2 three 3 four 4 five 5 six 6 seven 7 eight 8 nine 9 ten 10 eleven 11 twelve 12 thirteen 13 fourteen 14 fifteen 15 sixteen 16 seventeen 17 eighteen 18 nineteen 1
30、92、2090等十位数twenty 20thirty 30forty 40fifty 50sixty 60seventy 70eighty 80ninety 90 twenty-one 21 twenty-two 22 其它的十位数照此类推，如其它的十位数照此类推，如：thirty-one 31 forty-two 42 seventy-five 75 ninety-six 963、百、千、万 百百 hundred 100 one hundred 200 two hundred 以此类推以此类推 千千 thousand 1 000 one thousand 2 000 two thousand
31、英语里没有英语里没有“万万”这一单位，这一单位，万也用万也用thousand表示。如：表示。如：10 000 ten thousand 一万一万20 000 twenty thousand 两万两万 4、十万、百万十万的说法是：十万的说法是：100.000 a(one)hundred thousand 200.000 two hundred thousand million 百万百万 a(one)million 1,000,000 two million 2,000,000 以此类推以此类推 8,000,000 eight million练一练练一练345100118,657,421three
32、 hundred and forty-fiveone thousand(and)oneeighteen million,six hundred and fifty-seven thousand,four hundred and twenty-one1.The project lasted 5 years and cost 2 billion dollars.2.The Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years.3.One thousand pounds is a lot of money.表示确定数量时表示确定数量时 用基数词用
33、基数词+hundred，thousand，million，billion457890608389three hundred and eighty-ninefour hundred and fifty-seveneight hundred and ninetysix hundred and eight 102 one hundred and two635 six hundred and thirty-five2)三位数以上的数，从个位往前数，每三位数三位数以上的数，从个位往前数，每三位数加一个逗号，从后往前数的第一个逗号代表加一个逗号，从后往前数的第一个逗号代表thousand,第二个逗号代表第
34、二个逗号代表million,第三个逗第三个逗号是号是billion，注意，注意这几个词不能用复数形式，这几个词不能用复数形式，后也不能加后也不能加and。例如：。例如：2,648 two thousand,six hundred and forty-eight 16,250,064 sixteen million,two hundred and fifty thousand,sixty-four 确切数目与不确切数目的表达确切数目与不确切数目的表达：hundred,thousand,million,billion等前面有等前面有基数词，基数词，表示确切数目时，用单数，后直接表示确切数目时，用单
35、数，后直接接复数名词；接复数名词；如：如：three hundred books one hundred people five thousand students seven million starts表示不确切数目时，这类词后加表示不确切数目时，这类词后加-s且与且与of连连 用。用。如：如：hundreds of people thousands of students millions of birds billions of lions注意：这类短语中，名词前如有定冠词、指注意：这类短语中，名词前如有定冠词、指 示代词或形容词性物主代词时，可加示代词或形容词性物主代词时，可加of,
36、但但 表示的是范围。如：表示的是范围。如：two hundred of the workers工人中的二百（人）工人中的二百（人）1a.Compare facts about these two animals.Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.Example sentence:This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.(200 cm taller/shorter,weigh much more/less,eat much more/less eat ma
37、ny times more)This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda.This elephant weighs 50 times than this panda.This elephant eat much more than this panda.1b.Listen and check()the numbers you hear._100 _ 16 _ 20_ 50 _ 120 _ 0.1_ 0.2 _ 1501.At birth,a baby panda is about _to _ kilos.2.At birth,a baby pan
38、da is about _ cm long.3.A baby panda is not black.It is _ and it has no _.4.A panda can live up to _ to _ years.1c.Listen again and complete the sentences.pink0.2150.1teeth20301d.Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.A:A baby panda cannot see.B:An adult panda weighs many times more than a
39、baby panda.big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuanfamous endangered beautiful forest protect2a.Talk about pandas in your class.Use these words to help you2b.Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12,200，2,000.ScanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to f
40、ind specific information.It is 8:30 a.m.at the Chengdu Research Base.Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandasbreakfast.At 9:00 a.m.,they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.When the babies see the keepers,they run over with excitement and s
41、ome of them even walk into their friends and fall over!“Theyre so cute and lovely.I take care of them like theyre my own babies.I wash,feed and play with them every day.Theyre very special to me.”Lin Wei loves her job,but it is a difficult one.Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two
42、years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.Many years ago,there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China,but then humans started to cut down the forests.Scientists say there are now fewer t
43、han 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests.Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals.They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of s
44、aving these animals.The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals.Teaching children is one way to help save pandas.The Chinesegovernment is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in.We all hope that in the future there will be a
45、 lot more pandas than now.1.What is Lin Weis job?2.What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?2c.Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.He is responsible for taking care of the pandas,Including washing,feeding,playing with them.They drink milk for breakfast.3.What do adult pa
46、ndas eat?4.Why are pandas endangered?5.What is one way of saving pandas?They eat bamboo.On one hand,the baby pandas dont live long because of illnesses;On the other hand,pandas feed on bamboo,but humans cut down the bamboo forests.Teaching children the importance of saving pandas/Planting more bambo
47、o trees.1.The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.2.Adult pandas do not have babies very _,and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.2d.Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.keepers
48、prepareoftenillnesses3.Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live.4.A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _ and how to save them.5.The_ is also helping to save the pandas.It is _ more trees to make more hom
49、es for the pandas.forestschildrenendangeredChinese governmentplanting2e.What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?3a.Read the following words and phrases about whales.Put them in the correct place in the chart.Humans catch whales for meat,fat and oilEat small fish and other s
50、ea life Jump high out of the water Rules on whale protectionHugeWater pollutionLive in the seaSome kinds have teethLearn more about whalesStop putting rubbish into the seaSing songsWhale parts sold to make things like candles and soapWhat do they look like?Where do they live?What do they eat?What ca
