2012牛津上海版八上Chapter 4《Numbers：Everyone’s language》(More practice)ppt课件1.pptVIP

* A Do a survey of your class and complete the following report. B Try to answer the following questions. Discuss the answers orally in groups of four. Who invented the aeroplane? When were they born? Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wilbur was born on 16 April 1867 and Orville was born on 19 August 1871. When was your school built? Which is the longest river in China? How long is it? Chang Jiang (Yangtze). It is 6,378 kilometres long. Which mountain is the highest in the world?How high is it? Mount Qomolangma. It is about 8,844 metres high. When was Nanpu Bridge built? How long did it take to finish the bridge? In 1991. About three years. What is the population of China now?What was it in 1949? About 1.3 billion. About 400 million. How big is Tian’anmen Square? How big is People’s Square in Shanghai? 400,000 m2. 140,000 m2. How far is it from Beijing to Shanghai?How long does it take to go to Beijing by train/plane? About 1,300 km. About 12 hours by train, one hour and a half by plane. What are the average temperatures in winter and summer in Shanghai? About 5oC in winter and 26oC in summer. C Do this puzzle. Give your partner the following instructions. Divide the answer he/she gives you for the last instruction by 4. Then tell him/her your number. This will be the number he/she first thought of but did not tell you. D Work in pairs to make a magic number square. Follow the instructions below. i ii iii a b c Draw the square like this: i ii iii a b c Put the number 2 in Square ai. Put the number 4 in Square aiii. Put the number 5 in Square bii. Put the number 8 in Square ciii. i ii iii a b c Now discuss with your partner and arrange the rest of the numbers between 1 and 9 (1, 3, 6, 7 and 9) in the square so that when you add any of the 3 numbers from top to bottom, from left to right, or from corner to corner, they always give a total of 15. Ask questions like this: Where do we put the number 1? * * * * * * *