Read the words and expressions loudly.

Qomolangma the Nile the Caspian Sea the Sahara the Yangtze River the Yellow River the Ming Dynasty the Ming Great Wall 珠穆朗玛峰 尼罗河 里海(世界最大的咸水湖) 撒哈拉沙漠 长江 黄河 明朝 明长城

square meter deep desert population Asia feel free tour n. 平方；正方形 n. 米；公尺 adj. 深的；纵深的 n. 沙漠 n. 人口；人口数量 n. 亚洲 (可以)随便(做某事) n.＆ v. 旅行；旅游

tourist wall amazing ancient protect wide as far as I know n. 旅行者；观光者 n. 墙 adj. 令人大为惊奇的;令人惊喜(或惊叹)的 adj. 古代的；古老的 v. 保护；防护 adj. 宽的；宽阔的 就我所知

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. Section A Period 1 (1a-2d)

Do you know? Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia? …

Qomolangma is high. 96 meters Qomolangma

the Sahara

The Caspian Sea is 100 meters deep. the Caspian Sea

The Nile is long. 150 meters the Nile

the Yangtze River

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

Explaination 1.…8,844 meters high. …8,844米高 … meters high (long, wide…) ……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.

2.hundred 一百（100） thousand 一千（1，000） million 一百万（1，000，000） billion 十亿（1，000，000，000） 1000以上的基数词的读法：先从右至左，每三位数加一个逗号，从右往左逗号级别依次表示hundred， thousand，million ，billion 如： 9 ,600, 000 9 million 6 hundred thousand 注：在hundred 后通常加上连词and. 若读数中没有hundred,则在thousand后加and。

1108 1,108 one thousand one hundred and eight 1018 1,018 1220: 1022: 6300: 6310: 6010: 60100 60,100 601000 601,000 six hundred and one thousand 6010000 6,010,000 one thousand and eighteen one thousand two hundred and twenty one thousand and twenty-two six thousand three hundred six thousand three hundred and ten six thousand and ten. sixty thousand one hundred six million ten thousand

1b Listen and complete the sentences. 2.形容词比较级+than the 形容词最高级+ in/of 短语 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

1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations A: What is the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma.

What is the longest river in the world? The Nile.

What is the deepest desert in the world? The Sahara.

Listen 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 is _ ____ kilometers long. ____ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US. 6,300 4 5,464 2 1 5,000 _____ 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. 300 3

2c Make conversations using the information in 2a. one of +the 形容词最高级： “最...之一” A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. It’s much older than my country. =a lot

Please read the conversation in 2d. What’s the conversation about? It’s about a tour to the Ming Great Wall.

Read again and answer the questions in 2d. 1. How long is the Ming Great Wall? 2. What does the guide say about the wall? It’s about 8,850 kilometers long. It’s quite tall and wide. / It’s the longest wall in the world. …

Role-play the conversation. 2d Role-play the conversation.

2d Read the conversation and answer the questions: 1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall? The Great Wall. Badaling part of the wall.

Language points 1. Fell free to ask me anything on today’s 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。 fell 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。

3. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 2. as you can see :正如你所见到的一样 3. As far as I know, there are no 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。 as far as I know是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, Jack’s got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 They’re not coming today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了– 就我所知是这样的。

Important phrases and sentences. feel free the most popular question talk about the Ming Dynasty the ancient emperors the main reason as far as I know the Ming Great Wall

How long is the wall? It’s about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world. It’s the most famous part.

Do the other exercises in this part.