Unit 7 Section A Period 1 (1a-2d)

Can you read the below numbers? ninety-eight 98 125 one hundred and twenty-five 1025 one thousand and twenty-five six thousand six hundred and seventy-one 6,671 8,844.43 eight thousand eight hundred and forty-four point four three 9,600,000 nine million six hundred thousand

What do you know about these numbers? 珠穆朗玛峰 8,844.43 Qomolangma 尼罗河 6,671 The Nile 里海 1025 The Caspian Sea 撒哈拉沙漠 9,600,000 The Sahara

mountain Qomolangma

desert the Sahara

Salt lake the Caspian Sea

river the Nile

1a Match the facts you know. Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara 1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high

1b Listen and complete the sentences. higher 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. higher the biggest the deepest the longest

What is the longest river in the world? The Nile. Can you give us more details about it? The Nile is the longest river, and it is 6,671 kilometers long.

What is the biggest desert in the world? The Sahara. Can you give us more details about it? The Sahara is the biggest desert, and it is 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.

What is the highest mountain in the world? The Qomolangma. Can you give us more details about it? The Sahara is the highest mountain, and it is 8844.43 meters high.

What is the deepest salt lake in the world? The Caspian Sea Can you give us more details about it? The Caspian Sea is the deepest salt lake, and it is 1,025 meters deep.

Can you read these numbers 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 Can you translate the below sentences? 6,300是最大的数字。（big） 300是最小的数字。（small） 6,300比5,000大很多。（much） 5,464和5,000差不多一样大。（as…as）

Listen and number the facts [1-4]in the order you hear them. __The Yangtze River is about _____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ________ kilometers long. __ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s 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, and it is the biggest country in Asia. 2 1 3

2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 4 __The Yangtze River is about _____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _____ kilometers long. __ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s 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, and it is the biggest country in Asia. 6,300 5,464 2 1 5,000 300 3

根据提示完成句子。 1. The p________ in our hometown is very large. 2. We t____ by car every summer. 3. We have to make plans to p _____ the endangered animals. 4. They came to a _____ (宽阔的) river. 5. Some _______ (古老的) towns have walls around them. opulation our rotect wide ancient

Choose the best answer. 1. My brother is ___ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much 2. October 12th was one of ______ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched(发射) successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting 3. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the most beautiful

4. _____ children there are in a family, ____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest 6. In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it’s even ___ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter

7. Of the two skirts, the pink one is ______. A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer 8. Jack’s handwriting is as ____ as Mike’s. A. good B. better C. best 9. We can do the work better with ____ money and ______ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less 10. Jim is the tallest student in our class and Tom is the second ______ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest

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。 1960年，我国首次登上地球之颠的3名英雄。

1975年5月16日，日本人田部井淳子的从南坡登上了珠峰。

1975年5月27日，中国登山队的藏族女队员 潘多成为世界上第一个从北坡登上珠穆朗 玛峰的女性。

Language points It is … meters high (long, wide…). 它……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。

例如： The maintain is more than three thousand meters high. 这座山高三千多米。 It is only 380,000 kilometers away. 它离我们只有三十八万公里。 The Green Great Wall is 7,000 kilometers long. 这座绿色长城长7,000公里。

freezing adj. 冻结的; 冰冻的; 极冷的 It’s freezing outside now. 现在外面冷极了。 It’s very cold today, the temperature has dropped to freezing point. 今天很冷, 温度降到了冰点。

知识拓展 freeze v. 冻结；冷冻；僵硬；凝固 Water freezes at the temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. 水在摄氏零度结冰。 We ate some of the fruits and froze the rest. 我们吃了一些水果,把剩下的冷藏起来。

frozen既是freeze的过去分词形式，也可用作形容词，表示“冷冻的”。 These frozen foods are the most convenient of all. 这些冷冻食品是最为方便。

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?

succeed verb, 成功 1. succeed in doing sth At last, he succeeded in solving this problem. 最终他成功解决这个问题。 2. succeed with sth 在某方面获得成功 She succeeded with her concert. 她的音乐会成功了。

in the face of 面对 We should keep clam in the face of danger. 面对危险时，我们应该保持冷静。 challenge 挑战 challenge oneself 挑战自我 We should challenge ourselves to get on a new step. 我们应该挑战自我，勇攀高峰。

Grammar focus

free talking 1. Who is the tallest in our class? 2. How tall are you? 3. Looking at sb and sb, who is taller?

Grammar 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级 大多数形容词有三个级。 原级: 常用结构as ... as... 像……一样 Zhang Hong is as tall as Tom. 张红和汤姆一样高。 2) 比较级 (用于两者之间的比较) 常用结构：形容词比较级＋than ... He is taller than I. 他比我高。

3) 最高级(用于三者或三者以上的比较), 常用结构: the + 形容词的最高级＋of / in ... He is the tallest of the three. 他是这三个人中最高的。 He is the funniest in his class. 他是他们班最有趣的。

2. 形容词、副词比较级和最高规则变化和不规则变化。 1) 一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词 （或副词）比较级＋er ， 最高级＋est 如： clever－cleverer－cleverest few－fewer－fewest small－smaller－smallest等。

2) 以e结尾的词，比较级＋r，最高级＋st 即可。 如： nice－nicer－nicest cute－cuter－cutest large－larger－largest 3) 以辅音字母＋y结尾的变y为i＋er或est 如: easy－easier－easiest happy－happier－happiest 再如：early , busy , heavy , dirty , lazy也如此。

4) 双写最后一个辅音字母＋er 或 est的词,同学要用心去记。 fat－fatter－fattest 2. thin－thinner－thinnest 3. hot－hotter－hottest 4. red－redder－reddest 5. wet－wetter－wettest 6. big－bigger－biggest

5) 多音节和部分双音节的词需要在形容词 原级前＋more构成比较级，＋the most构 成最高级。如： beautiful － more beautiful － the most beautiful 又如: delicious, popular, important, interesting, expensive, creative 双音节的词如: careful － more careful － the most careful useful － more useful － the most useful

少数单音节词也是这样，如： pleased－ more pleased － the most pleased tired－more tired －the most tired b) 不规则变化： good —better — best well —better — best bad－worse － worst many, much — more — most far — farther —farthest (距离远) far — further — furthest (程度深) old — elder — eldest (长幼) old — older —oldest (年龄)

How tall is he? He is 1.91 meters tall.

How high is Qomalangma? It is 8844.43 meters high.

Sth is+数字+计量单位+形容词原形(in size) 如何用数字对事物进行描述？ Sth is+数字+计量单位+形容词原形(in size) It is 2,000 kilometers long. The river is 2 meters wide. The hole is 3 meters deep. It is 5 kilos heavy. It is 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.

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. It’s a little ________ than the Yangtze River. 2. Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _______. It’s one of the most _______ places for serious mountain climbers. big much popular long old high longest longer high popular

3. No ocean in the world is as ________ as the Pacific Ocean. 4. Although Japan is _________ than Canada, it is _________ smaller. big much popular long old high big older much

Choose the best answer. 1. My brother is ___ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much 2. October 12th was one of ______ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched (发射） successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting

3. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the most beautiful 4. _____ children there are in a family, ____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better

5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest 6. In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it’s even ___ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter

7. Of the two skirts, the pink one is ______. A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer 8. Jack’s handwriting is as ____ as Mike’s. A. good B. better C. best

9. We can do the work better with ____ money and ______ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less 10. Jim is the tallest student in our class and Tom is the second ______ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest

Finish 4b& 4c

Unit 7 Section B Period 1 (1a-1d)

Do you know? Elephant is 350 cm tall weighs 5,000 kilos eats 150 kilos of food a day

Panda is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) weighs 100 kilos eats 10 kilos of food a day

Compare facts about these two animals Compare facts about these two animals. Using the language in the box to help you make sentences. 1a Example sentence: This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)

This elephant weights many times than this panda. many times 很多倍 A是B的2倍。 A is twice bigger than B. （A比B大一倍） A is twice as big as B.

√ √ √ √ √ 1b Listen and check (√) the numbers you hear. _____100 _____16 _____20 _____50 _____120 _____0.1 _____0.2 _____ 150 √ √ √

1c Listen again and complete the sentences. 0.1 1. At birth, a baby panda is about _______ to ________ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda 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. 0.1 0.2 15 pink teeth 20 30

1d Take turns telling your classmates about pandas. A: A baby panda cannot see. B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.

合并句子。 I’m thirteen. Jim is fourteen. (old) Mr. Green is 1.75m. Mr. Smith is 1.70m. (short) The red box is 2kg. The yellow box is 4kg. (heavy) 4. My hat is 20 yuan. Alice’s hat is 30 yuan. Lucy’s hat is 50 yuan. (cheap) Jim is older than I. Mr. Smith is shorter than Mr. Green. The yellow box is heavier than the red box. My hat is cheaper than Alice’s hat and Lucy’s hat.

Complete the sentences with the right forms of the words. 1. Jim is very ______. Li Lei is _________ than Jim. (hungry) 2. Kate’s moon cakes are ________ of all. (nice) hungry hungrier the nicest

3. Your box is ___________ than mine, but his is ___________ of the three (heavy). 4. Unit 2 is quite _____. Unit 3 is ______ than Unit 2. It’s __________ in Module 1.(hard) heavier the heaviest hard harder the hardest

5. This TV play is _____ than that one. (good) 6. My mother is very ______. She is __________ in my family. (busy) 7. Lingling gets to school ______ than the others. (early) 8. She speaks English _____ in our class. (well) 9. Lucy jumped quite _____. (far) better busy the busiest earlier best far

10. I think English is as _________ as Chinese. (important) 11. This picture is ________________ of the four. (beautiful) 12. Lucy did _____ than Lily. (bad) important the most beautiful worse

Unit 7 Section B Period 2 (3a-Self Check)

Warming up Do you know “national treasures”? A “national treasures” is something that is important to a country’s history or culture.

What is our national treasure? Panda

2a Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect

Enjoy a video

Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 200, 2,000.

2c Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions. 1. What is Lin Wei’s job? 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 3. What do adult pandas eat? 4. Why are pandas endangered? 5. What is one way of saving pandas?

2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. 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 __________. keepers prepare often illness

3. 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 homes for the pandas. bamboo forests children endangered Chinese government planting

Let's compete What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas? 2e

Let’s play a guessing game. They are huge animals. They live in the sea. They can sing songs. They can jump high out of sea.

Read the following words and phrases about whales Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart. 3a

What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? What can they do? Why do some of them have to be protected? How can they be protected?