1、1Unit 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, the ancient emperors, the
2、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 ,live up to, prepare for.,
3、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 deepest salt lake in the world?Th
4、e 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 2dPeriod 2 Section A 2 3a-3c2Period 3 Section A 3 Grammar focus-4cPeriod 4 Sect
5、ion B 1 1a-2ePeriod 5 Section B 2 3a-Self checkSection A 1 (1a 2d)Step 1 Presentation1. 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 amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的ancient adj. 古代的 wide adj. 宽的；宽阔和2. Show some pic
6、tures 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 up1. Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big.2
7、. 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 sizeThe Sahara 1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers longThe Nile 8,844.43 meters highStep 4 Explana
8、tion8,844.43 meters high. 8,844.43 米高 meters high (long, wide)3米高（长,宽)。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 the information in 1a.1. A: Which is the highest mountain in the world? B: Its Qomolangma.2. A: How high is Qomolangma?B:
9、 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 world.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
10、) 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 and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long._ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of
11、 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.Step 7 Practice 2c Make conversations in pairs.Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in
12、 the world?B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.4Step 8 2d 1. Read the conversation and answer the questions:1) Which is the biggest man-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 summary1. China
13、 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+ is + 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
14、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 country?【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
15、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。53. 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
16、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 sisters.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
17、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 ExercisesStep 11 Homework1. Memorize the important phrases and sentences.2. Make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.Section A 2 (3a 3c)Step 1 RevisionLook at the photos. Answer the following questions.Which is the highest mou
18、ntain in the world?Which is the longest river in Asia? Step 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 themountain. 当我们到达山顶的时候，我们有一种巨大的成就感。2. achieve v. 达到；完成；成功6e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesnt work hard.如果他不加紧努力
19、工作，他会一事无成。3. southwestern adj. 西南的；西南方向的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. 难事; 难题” 。例如：People learning a
20、new language may face some difficulties.人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。作不可数名词时，difficulty 可译作“困难；艰难；辛苦；费劲” ，例如：He had great difficulty in finding a new job.他找新的工作费了很大劲。We found the house without difficulty.我们轻而易举的找到了那座房子。2) include 表示“包括；包含” ，是一个及物动词。例如：Does your price of the bike include this light?你们的车价包含这盏
21、车灯吗？3. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.It is + adj. + to do sth.， it 作形式主语放在句首，而把真正的主语放在句尾。常用于此句型的形容词有 important， difficult， dangerous， necessary， useful， possible 等，用来对 to do sth. 进行说明。此句型可以转换成 To do sth. is + adj.。e.g. It is important to study English well. 学好英语很重要。Its
22、very difficult to climb Qomolangma. 攀登珠穆朗玛峰很难。4. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.succeed 作动词，意为“实现目标；成功” ，succeed in doing sth.意为“成功地做某事” 。如：The climber succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain. 登山者成功登到了山顶。5. The spirit
23、of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. 1) give up 意为“放弃” ，后面可以接名词、代词或 v-ing 形式作宾语。注意：如果其宾语是名词，那么名词可以放在 give 和 up 之间，也可以放在 up 之后；如果其宾语是代词，那么代词只能放在 give 和 up 之间。如：My uncle wants to give up drinking wine. 我叔叔想戒酒。Although English isnt easy to learn, I wont
24、give it up. 虽然英语不易学，但10我不会放弃。2) achieve our dream 相当于 make our dreams come true。6. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous?even though 用作从属连词，意为“即使；尽管” ，相当于 even if，引导让步状语从句，一般不与并列连词 but 连用。如：Mr. Wang will come on time even though it rains.尽管下雨，但王老师会按时来。Step 6 Ex
25、ercises根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。1. We try to celebrate the _ (成就) of those great scientists.2. He wanted to reach the top of the mountain and he _ (成功). 3. I have a small house. It _ (包括) a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom.4. You should work hard to _ (实现) your dream.5. If you go to the poor village, y
26、ou will be shocked by the living _ (条件).Step 7 HomeworkRetell the article, and then preview the Grammar focus. Section A 3 (Grammar focus - 4c)Step 1 Revision Ask the Ss to retell the article.Step 2 Grammar focus Whats 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 world? Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.
