英语人教版八年级下册U7 Section A 1a-2d.docVIP

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? 教学目标： 1语言目标：掌握本单元重点词汇及能用比较级和最高级谈论各之最。 2 技能目标：能听懂和谈论有关地理和自然的话题。 3 情感目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识。 教学重点： 短语: in size, in the world, 2 meters tall/long/wide, the biggest population, one of the biggest, the most popular question, talk about, the ancient emperors, the main reason, as far as I know, no man-made objects . 句子: What’s the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma. How long is Qomolangma? It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s higher than any other mountain. Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. It’s much older than the US. 教学难点：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法。 物体之间的对比。 Section A 1 (1a – 2d) Step 1 Presentation square n. 平方 meter n. 米 deep adj. 深的 desert n. 沙漠 population n. 人口 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 Step 2 Warming up 1. Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is …?’ and help the students to answer: It’s …meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big. 2. Look these photos and practice the dialogue: e.g. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: It’s 8,844 meters high. Step 3 1a Match the facts you know. Practice in pairs using the information in 1a. 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 Step 4 Explanation …8,844 meters high. 8,844米 … meters high (long, wide…) ……米高（长,宽……)。 英语表示“有多长（宽，高……）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。 e.g. The wall is 1.7 metres wide. Step 5 Listening 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 _________