【鲁教版五四制】2015秋八年级英语上册 Unit 5 what’s the highest mountain in the world？（第1课时）课件.pptVIP

Revision Ask some students to tell fairy tales. Teaching aims New words To talk about geography and nature. Practice students’ listening skills square n. 平方 meter n. 米 Check the preview deep adj. 深的 desert n. 沙漠 population n. 人口 Asia n. 亚洲 tour v. n. 旅行 tourist n. 旅行者 wall n. 墙 amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的 ancient adj. 古代的 wide adj. 宽的；宽阔和 Do you know these interest places? Qomolangma Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. It’s 26 kilometers long. 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 Task 1 1b 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. higher the biggest the deepest the longest Task 2 Task 3 1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations. A: What’s the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma task 1 2a 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. ___ 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. ts 4 2 1 3 Task 2 2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 ___ The Yangtze River is about _______ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ______ kilometers