Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world Section A-1課件.ppt

1、Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1a-2d,Language Goal:Talk about geography and nature,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 high,1a. Match the facts you know.,1. Qomolangma

2、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.,1b. Listen and complete the sentences.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,1c. Use the information in 1b to make conversations.,A:

3、 What is the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma.,A: What is the biggest desert in the world? B: Sahara.,A: What is the deepest salt lake in the world? B: Caspian sea.,Pair work,A: What is the longest river in the world? B: Nile.,_ The Yangtze River is about _kilometers long and the Yellow

4、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.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even_

5、 years old._ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,1,3,2b. 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 is_ kilometers long._ China has the biggest population in the world.

6、 Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,6,300,5,464,_ 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 country in Asia.,1,3,5,000,300,A: Did you know that China

7、 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.,Group work,Guide： Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour.Tourist 1：How long is the wall?Guide： Ah, the most popular question! If were only t

8、alking 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 part of the country. As

9、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 Mountain in t

10、he 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 of,China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangmarises the highest and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is

11、 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

12、 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

13、 us 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 dangers,Paragraph 1List four dangers for climbers:,thick cloudsSnow s

14、lide;Freezing 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.,Paragr

15、aphs 1 & 3List four comparisons:,most dangerous sport;most popular places;the highest mountain;the most famous mountain,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.

16、43 meters high.,3. Why do so 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 ne

17、ver give up trying to achieve 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. 在今天的長(cháng)城游中，大家盡管問(wèn)我任何問(wèn)題，不要拘束。 feel free是英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中一個(gè)常用表達。若有人讓你feel free to do something,就是讓你無(wú)需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g. A: Can I use

18、your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的衛生間嗎？ B: Yes, feel free.可以，請隨意。,Language points,2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 據我所知，再沒(méi)有像它這樣大的人造物體了。as far as I know 是一個(gè)固定的表達方式，還可以說(shuō)so far as I know，意思是“據我所知”。例如：As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters.就我所知，杰克有一對孿生姐妹。Theyre not coming today,

19、 so far as I know.他們今天不來(lái)了 就我所知是這樣的。,3. the Ming Great Wall 明長(cháng)城“明長(cháng)城”是指明朝時(shí)期為了防御北方游牧民族的騷擾，歷時(shí)一百多年在北部地區 修筑的軍事防御工程。這段長(cháng)城東起遼寧虎山，西至甘肅嘉峪關(guān)，從東向西橫貫多個(gè)省、 直轄市、自治區，全長(cháng)約8850千米，是現存歷代長(cháng)城遺跡中最完整、最堅固的。,4. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms.更加嚴峻的困難包括極冷的天氣狀況和巨大的風(fēng)暴。1）difficulty既

20、可作可數名詞也可作不可數名詞，在此用作可數名詞。作可數名詞時(shí), difficulty通常用作復數，表示具體概念，即：各種各樣的“困難；難題；難事”。,例如：People learning a new language may face some difficulties.人們學(xué)習一門(mén)新的語(yǔ)言 時(shí)可能會(huì )遇到一些困難。If you have any difficulties, you can call me for help.如果你遇到任何困難，給我打電話(huà)求助好了。,作不可數名詞時(shí)，difficulty可譯作“困難；艱難；辛苦；費勁”，例如：He had great difficulty in f

21、inding a new job. 他找新的 工作費了很大勁。.We found the house without difficulty. 我們輕而易舉地找到廣那座房子。,2）include表示“包括；包含”，是一個(gè)及物動(dòng)詞。例如：Does your price of the bike include this light?你們的車(chē)價(jià)包含這盞車(chē)燈嗎？,5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.這些登山者的精神向我們表明：我們絕不應該放棄實(shí)現自己夢(mèng)想的嘗試。1）give up doing something 的意思是“放棄做某事；半途而廢”He gave up learning a third language after he got the job.他找到工作之后就放棄了對第三門(mén)語(yǔ)言的學(xué)習。,2 ) achieve our dreams 相當于make our dreams come true其中動(dòng)詞achieve表示“（通過(guò)努力）實(shí)現；取得；獲??；達到（夢(mèng)想、成績(jì)、成功、目的)”等。例如：He achieved great suc