英语人教版八年级下册U7SectionA（1a-2d).docxVIP

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.Teach students to read the numbers.(8，844.43；1，025；6，671；9，600，000) 2. 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. 3. 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 Explaination …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 _________ river in the world. 2. 2a Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them. 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 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. Step 6 Practice 1c Make conversations in pairs. Examples A: Did you know that China if