冀教版英语 八年级下 U7 lesson 42 North America.pptVIP

Lesson 42: North America Learning aims: 1. Will/ Would/ Could you please…? 2. Learn about the rhythm of the foreign songs. 3. Know more about the world’s geography. Learning important points: 1. Travel around the world. 2. How to look up words in a dictionary. 3. The way we travel around the world. Do you want to travel around the world? If you travel to the east from China, where will you get? Let’s travel around the world! Warming Up North America New Words million square Rocky Spanish Mexican Let’s Do It ! Make up a dialogue with a partner. Suppose you want to visit a foreign country, but you don’t know which country to go to or how to get there. What can you do when you get there? You need help! Language Points 1. Canada is the biggest of the three countries in area. in area 意为“在面积方面”，介词in表示“在……方面”。类似的用法有：in size 意为“在大小方面”；in shape 意为“在形状方面” E.g. Our town is five square kilometres in area. 我们城镇在面积上是五平方千米。 其次，area 意为“面积；地域”，常用the area of 表示“……的面积”，in the area of …意为“在……领域”。 E.g. What’s the area of your house? 你的房子面积是多大？ 2. …the third most common language is Chinese. “the +序数词+最高级+单数名词+范围”，表示“……是……的第几……”，注意形容词最高级前加基数词和序数词时意义不同。如： the two largest islands of China 意为“中国最大的两个岛屿”；the second largest island of China 意为“中国的第二大岛屿”。 Exercises 根据句意及所给汉语提示，完成单词。 We will fly to the west _________ (海岸) of Africa. 2. The good basketball player comes from _________ (俄罗斯). Russia coast II. 根据句意用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式完成句子。 a lot, start, sure, look up, travel 1. He needs _________ the word in the dictionary. 2. —Are you going with us? —_________. 3. My sister likes singing English songs ______. 4. Have you ever _________ to Japan? 5. At last the bus _________. started to look up Sure a lot travelled III. 补全对话。 A. Is it the worlds largest continent? B. More than three billion people live in Asia. C. Where are you going? D. Im looking for Asia. E. What are you doing