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Unit7Unit7What'sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA11a—2dPresentationsquaren.平方metern.米deepadj.深的desertn.沙漠populationn.人口Asian.亞洲tourv.n.旅行touristn.旅行者walln.墻amazingadj.

令人大為驚奇的ancientadj.古代的wideadj.

寬的；寬闊的Doyouknowtheseinterestplaces?Qomolangma

QomolangmarunsalongtheborderbetweenChinaandNepal.Itiscoveredwithsnowalltheyearround.It’s8844.43high,thehighestintheworld.It’s26kilometerslong.TheNile

isthelongestriverintheworld.It’smorethan6600kilometerslong.Itrunsthrough9countries,it’soneofthelargestriverflowsthroughtheinternationalstatesintheworldandrunsintotheMediterraneanSea(地中海)intheend.

theNiletheCaspianSeaTheCaspianSeaisthebiggestlakeintheworld.ItliesintheborderbetweenAsiaandEurope.

TheSaharaisthebiggestdesertintheworld.ItislocatedinthenorthernAfrica,climateconditionsareverybad,isoneoftheearth'smostnotsuitableforbiologicalsurvival.

theSahara

TheYangtzeRiveristhethirdlongestriverintheworld,thefirstAsianrivers.It’s6211.31kilometerslong.TheYangtzeRiverBasin,east-westwidthof3219kilometers,about966kilometerswidenorth-south,passingthrough11provinces.ItrunsintotheEastSeainShanghaifinally.theYangtzeRiverWhichis

thehighest

mountainintheworld?Whichis

thelongest

riverinAsia?...…Talkaboutthesepicturesinpairs.1aMatchthefactsyouknow.Qomolangmaabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1,025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6,671kilometerslongTheNile8,844.43metershighPracticeinpairslikethis:A:Whatisthe…inthe…?B:…Practice…8,844metershigh.…8,844米高…metershigh(long,wide…)……米高（長，寬……)。英語表示“有多長（寬，高……）”時(shí)，一般將數(shù)詞和數(shù)量單位放在表示長寬高的形容詞前作狀語。e.g.Thewallis1.7metreswide.ExplainationA:

HowhighisQomolangma?B:It’s8,844metershigh.PracticeThebiggestdesertintheworldisabout8,000,000squarekilometersinsize.HowbigistheSahara?It’sabout8,000,000squarekilometersinsize.1bListenandcompletethesentences.1.Qomolangmais______thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais____________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais____________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis_________riverintheworld.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongest1cUsetheinformationin1btomakeconversations.Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?Qomolangma.2aListenandnumberthefacts(1-4)intheorderyouhearthem.

6,3005,0005,464300___TheYangtzeRiverisabout____kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris___kilometerslong.___Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.___Chinaisover___yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven___yearsold.___ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,butitisthebiggestcountryinAsia.

42132bListenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox.

6,3005,0005,464300___TheYangtzeRiverisabout_______kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris______kilometerslong.___Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.

6,3005,464___Chinaisover______yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven___yearsold.___ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,butitisthebiggestcountryinAsia.5,0003002cMakeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a.A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.it’smucholderthanmycountry.PracticeA:DidyouknowthatYangtzeRiveristhelongestriverinChina?B:Yes,Idid.It’s6,300meterslong.B:Wow!That’slong!

中國的長城共有近一萬公里，東起河北秦皇島的山海關(guān)，西到嘉峪關(guān)，這是明代修筑長城的兩個(gè)最大關(guān)口，北京境內(nèi)的長城有600余公里，比較著名的有八達(dá)嶺長城、金山嶺長城、司馬臺(tái)長城、慕田峪長城、居庸關(guān)長城和箭扣長城等。TheGreatWall

2dReadtheconversationandanswerthequestions:1.Whichisthebiggestman-madeobjectsintheworld？2.WhichisthemostfamouspartoftheMingGreatWall?TheGreatWall.Badalingpartofthewall.1.Fellfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.

在今天的長城游中，大家盡管問我任何問題，不要拘束。fellfree是英語口語中一個(gè)常用表達(dá)。若有人讓你feelfreetodosomething，就是讓你無需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。Languagepointse.g.A:CanIuseyourbathroom?

我可以用一下你的衛(wèi)生間嗎？B:Yes,feelfree.

可以，請(qǐng)隨意。asfarasIknow是一個(gè)固定的表達(dá)方式，還可以說sofarasIknow，意思是“據(jù)我所知”。2.AsfarasIknow,therearenootherman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.據(jù)我所知，再?zèng)]有像它這樣大的人造物體了。e.g.AsfarasIknow,Jack’sgottwinsisters.就我所知，杰克有一對(duì)孿生姐妹。They’renotcomingtoday,sofarasIknow.他們今天不來了–就我所知是這樣的。feelfreethemostpopularquestiontalkabouttheMingDynastytheancientemperorsthemainreasonasfarasIknowtheMingGreatWallImportantphrasesandsen