七年级下册unitSection A-1.pptVIP

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Language Goal: Talk about geography and nature 1. good 2. comfortable 3. big 4. happy 5. cheap 6. many 7. difficult 8. little better best more ～ most ～ bigger biggest happier happiest cheaper cheapest more most more ～ most ～ less least 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 1a. Match the facts you know. 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. Listen and complete the sentences. higher the biggest the deepest the longest 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. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US. 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 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 Guide： Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour. Tourist 1：How long is the wall? Guide： Ah, the most popular question! If we’re only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, it’s about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes