人教版八年级下册英语Unit7Section A-1

单击此处编辑母版标题样式单击此处编辑母版文本样式第二级第三级第四级第五级***Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA1a-2dLanguageGoal:TalkaboutgeographyandnatureQomolangma about9,600,000squarekilometersinsize TheSahara 1,025metersdeep TheCaspianSea 6,671kilometerslong TheNile 8,844.43metershigh 1a.Matchthefactsyouknow.1.Qomolangmais ________thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais__________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais__________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis___________riverintheworld.1b.Listenandcompletethesentences.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongest1c.Usetheinformationin1btomakeconversations.A:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.A:Whatisthebiggestdesertintheworld?B:Sahara.A:Whatisthedeepestsaltlakeintheworld?B:Caspiansea.PairworkA:Whatisthelongestriverintheworld?B:Nile.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________ kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris __________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.2a.Listenandnumberthefacts[1-4]intheorderyouhearthem.6,300 5,000 5,464 30024____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.132b.Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________ kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris __________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.6,300 5,000 5,464 300246,3005,464____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.135,000300A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’smucholderthanmycountry.2c.Makeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a.GroupworkGuide：Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1：Howlongisthewall?Guide：Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.2d.Role-playtheconversation.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Asyoucansee，it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.3a.Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Qomolangma—theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.Itis8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop.ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29,1953.ThefirstChineseteamdidsoinI960,whilethefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3FactsanddangersParagraph1Listfourdangersforclimbers:thickcloudsSnowslide;Freezingweatherconditions;Heavystorm;3b.Readthearticleagainandcompletethechart.Paragraph2Listthreeachievements:1953-TenzingNorgayandEdmundHillarywerethefirsttoreachthetop;1960-ThefirstChineseteamdidso;1975–theJapaneseJunkoTabeisucceededdoingso. Paragraphs1&3Listfourcomparisons: mostdangeroussport;mostpopularplaces;thehighestmountain;themostfamousmountainWherearetheHimalayas?2.HowhighisQomolangma?3c.Answerthequestionsusinginformationfromthearticle.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Itis8,844.43metershigh.3.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?4.Whatdoesthespiritoftheclimberstellus?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.1.Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。feelfree是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feelfreetodosomething,就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g.A:CanIuseyourbathroom?我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B:Yes,feelfree.可以，请随意。Languagepoints2.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。asfarasIknow是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说sofarasIknow，意思是“据我所知”。例如：AsfarasIknow,Jack’sgottwinsisters.就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。They’renotcomingtoday,sofarasIknow.他们今天不来了—就我所知是这样的。3.theMingGreatWall明长城“明长城”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，从东向西横贯多个省、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、最坚固的。4.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。 1）difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时,difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难