2014八年级英语下册unit7-whats-the-highest-mountain-in-the

Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?LanguageGoal:TalkaboutgeographyandnatureQomolangmaabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1,025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6,671kilometerslongTheNile8,844.43metershigh1a.Matchthefactsyouknow.1.Qomolangmais________thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais__________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais__________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis___________riverintheworld.1b.Listenandcompletethesentences.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongest1c.Usetheinformationin1btomakeconversations.A:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.A:Whatisthebiggestdesertintheworld?B:Sahara.A:Whatisthedeepestsaltlakeintheworld?B:Caspiansea.A:Whatisthelongestriverintheworld?B:Nile.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris__________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.2a.Listenandnumberthefacts[1-4]intheorderyouhearthem.6,3005,0005,46430024____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.132b.Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris__________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.6,3005,0005,464300246,3005,464____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.135,000300A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’smucholderthanmycountry.2c.Makeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a.Guide：Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1：Howlongisthewall?Guide：Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.2d.Role-playtheconversation.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Asyoucansee，it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.3a.Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Qomolangma—theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.Itis8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop.ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29,1953.ThefirstChineseteamdidsoinI960,whilethefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3FactsanddangersParagraph1Listfourdangersforclimbers:thickcloudsSnowslide;Freezingweatherconditions;Heavystorm;3b.Readthearticleagainandcompletethechart.Paragraph2Listthreeachievements:1953-TenzingNorgayandEdmundHillarywerethefirsttoreachthetop;1960-ThefirstChineseteamdidso;1975–theJapaneseJunkoTabeisucceededdoingso.Paragraphs1&3Listfourcomparisons:mostdangeroussport;mostpopularplaces;thehighestmountain;themostfamousmountain1.WherearetheHimalayas?2.HowhighisQomolangma?3c.Answerthequestionsusinginformationfromthearticle.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Itis8,844.43metershigh.3.Whydosomanypeopletrytoclimbthismountaineventhoughitisdangerous?4.Whatdoesthespiritoftheclimberstellus?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.1.Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。feelfree是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feelfreetodosomething,就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g.A:CanIuseyourbathroom?我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B:Yes,feelfree.可以，请随意。Languagepoints2.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。asfarasIknow是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说sofarasIknow，意思是“据我所知”。例如：AsfarasIknow,Jack’sgottwinsisters.就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。They’renotcomingtoday,sofarasIknow.他们今天不来了—就我所知是这样的。3.theMingGreatWall明长城“明长城”是指明朝时期为了防御北方游牧民族的骚扰，历时一百多年在北部地区修筑的军事防御工程。这段长城东起辽宁虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，从东向西横贯多个省、直辖市、自治区，全长约8850千米，是现存历代长城遗迹中最完整、最坚固的。4.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.更加严峻的困难包括极冷的天气状况和巨大的风暴。1）difficulty既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词，在此用作可数名词。作可数名词时,difficulty通常用作复数，表示具体概念，即：各种各样的“困难；难题；难事”。例如：•Peoplelearninganewlanguagemayfacesomedifficulties.人们学习一门新的语言时可能会遇到一些困难。•Ifyouhavea