Unit 7 What s the highest mountain in the world? Section A Period One square meter deep desert population Asia feel free tour n. n. adj. n. n. n. ( ) ( ) n.&v. Words review tourist wall amazing ancient protect wide as far as I know n. n. adj. adj. v. adj. Words review Whats the highest mountain in the world? How high is it? Do you know? Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is 8, meters high. Now let enjoy the beautiful scenes of Qomolangma: What do you know about the following numbers? 1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea What do you know about the following numbers? 6,671 kilometers long The Nile What do you know about the following numbers? 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara To learn to compare facts To learn to express large numbers To learn to talk about geography and nature To learn new words: square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia, tour, tourist, wall, ancient, protect, wide Match the facts you know. 1a Qomolangma The Sahara The Caspian Sea The Nile about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size 1,025 meters deep 6,671 kilometers long 8, meters high 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. 1b higher the biggest the deepest the longest A: What is the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma. 1c Pairwork Use the information in 1b to make conversations. A: What is the biggest desert in the world? B: The Sahara. Example 1: A: What is the longest river in the world? B: The Nile. Example 2: 5 11 234 eleven thousand two hundred(and) thirty four 155,721 one hundred(and)fifly-five thousand and seven hundred(and)twenty-one 6 155 702 six million one hundred(and)fifly-five thousand and seven hundred and two 26 000 008 twenty-six million and eight 326 414 718 three hundred(and)twenty-six mil-lion four hundred(and)four teen thousand seven hundred(and)eigh-teen 4 302 000 000 four billion three hundred(and)two million 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. Its 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. 2a __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 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. Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 2b 6,300 5,464 5, ,300 5,000 5, A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country. 2c Pairwork Make conversations using the information in 2a. A: Did you know that China has the biggest population in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US. Example 1: A: Did you know that China is the biggest country in Asia? B: Yes, I did. Its almost as big as the US. Example 2: A: Did you know that Yangze River is much longer than the Yellow River? B: No, I didnt. How long is it? A: Its 6,300 kilometers long. B: Wow! Thats very long! Example 3: 1.How long is the Great Wall? Read the dialogue in 2d, then answer the questions below. From the Ming Dynasty, its about 8850 kilometers long. The main reason was to protect their part of the country. Yes, its the most famous part. 2. Why did the ancient emperors build the wall? 3. Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall? Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes. 1. Role play the conversation in groups; 2. Role play the conversation in front of the class Lets see which group does the best. 2d Today lets talk about the Great Wall. The parts from the Ming Dynasty is about 8850 kilometers long. This ________________________________. It was built to _______ their part of the country. And the most famous part is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall. makes it the longest wall in the world protect Language points 1. population population Whats the population of...? how many how much large big small Practise 600 The population of this city is six million The population of China is much larger than that of the USA. 2. Qomolangma is 8, meters high. It is meters high (long, wide). ( , ) ( ) The maintain is more than three thousand meters high. It is only 380,000 kilometers away. 7,000 The Green Great Wall is 7,000 kilometers long. Practise 3. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? that China is know 4. Its much older than my country. much higher much, even, a little, still,a lot, less Practise He runs even faster than I. Japan is a little larger than Germany in area. 5. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. as far as I know as / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can see Practise She lived in Chicago, as far as I can remember. as far as ( so far as) Practise We will go by train as far as Beijing, and than take a bus. We didnt go as/so far as the others. man-made -made handmade( ) homemade ( ) machine-made ( ) tailor-made ( ) self-made ( ) Practise The bread and pastry are homemade. This movie role was tailor-made for that actor. : word 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 _____ ( ) river. 5. Some _______ ( ) 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 Shenzhou-VI was launched( ) 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, its _____ in July, but its 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. Jacks handwriting is as ____ as Mikes. 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 the sentences with the right forms of the adjs. 1. Kate is young, but Joe is _______. 2. My shoes are new. My sisters are ______ than mine. 3. Her bag is heavy, and his is ______ than hers. But yours is ___________ of all. younger newer heavier the heaviest 4. Toms kite is high. Jims is ______ than Toms. Mikes is __________ of them all. 5. Bill is seven. John is nine and Tom is eleven. Tom is ______ than John and Bill. Bill is _______ than John. Bill is ________ and Tom is ___________ of the three. the highest older younger the youngestthe oldest higher 1. 2. 3. As far as I know he'll be away for three months. This river is 300 meters long. The population of this province is ten million. Now 2 mins to test your spelling. 1. English-Chinese square, meter, desert, population, Asia, wall 2. Chinese-English When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best. Whats the population of...? It is meters high (long, wide). much, even, a little, still,a lot, less+ as far as I know as / so far as I can remember / I can tell / I can see as far as man-made Homework 1. Review the new words and expressions. 2. ( ) square, meter, population, Asia, tour, tourist, wall, ancient, protect, wide, as far as I know 3. Preview the article Qomolangma. 4. Preview the new words and phrases.