八年级英语上册 Unit 5 what’s the highest mountain in the world？（第1课时）课件.ppt

1、Section A 1 1a2d,Unit 5 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,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.

2、 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. Its 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. Its 26 kil

3、ometers long.,1a Match the facts you know.,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,

4、the longest,Task 2,Task 3,1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations. A: Whats 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

5、 _ kilometers long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its 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,

6、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 long. _ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,6,30

7、0,5,464,_ 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, but it is the biggest country in Asia.,5,000,300,2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.,A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest count

8、ries in the world? B: Yes, I did. its much older than my country.,Practice,Task 3,A: Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China? B: Yes, I did. Its 6,300 meters long. B: Wow! Thats long!,中国的长城共有近一万公里，东起河北秦皇岛的山海关，西到嘉峪关，这是明代修筑长城的两个最大关口，北京境内的长城有600余公里，比较著名的有八达岭长城、金山岭长城、司马台长城、慕田峪长城、居庸

9、关长城和箭扣长城等。,The Great Wall,2d Read the conversation and answer the questions:,1. Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2. Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?,The Great Wall.,Badaling part of the wall.,Task 4,1. Fell free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今

10、天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。,fell free是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feel free to do something，就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。,Language points,as far as I know是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说so far as I know，意思是“据我所知”。,2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。,feel free the most popular question

11、talk about the Ming Dynasty the ancient emperors the main reason as far as I know the Ming Great Wall,summary,How long is the wall? Its about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world. Its the most famous part.,Homework,A: To memorize the important phrases and sentences. B: To make some dialogues using superlatives C: Preview the passage in 3a,Homework,A: To memorize the important phrases and sentences. B: To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects. C:Preview the words in P50.,