冀教 八下 英語 Unit 7《Lesson 42 North America》課件

Lesson42NorthAmericaUnit7

KnowOurWorld

同學們,上一課學習的單詞、短語和句型你們都掌握了嗎?現(xiàn)在大家來檢驗一下,點擊下面的音頻開始聽寫吧！Lookatthemap.Doyouknowwhichcontinentitis?Nowlet’slearnsomethingaboutit.THINKABOUTIT?WhatdoyouknowaboutNorthAmerica??Whatdoyouknowaboutotherplacesaroundtheworld?LiMingwroteareportaboutNorthAmerica.NorthAmericaisalargecontinent,butithasonlythreemaincountries.Canadaisthefarthestnorth.TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.

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TheU.S.isnorthofMexico.Together,thesethreecountriescoverabout24millionsquarekilometres.溫馨提示：此符號表示“考點精講”鏈接。About550millionpeopleliveinNorthAmerica.Thatisalargepopulation,butsmallerthanthatofChina.

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TheGreatLakesarethelargestbodiesoffreshwaterintheworld.TheRockyMountainsarethebiggestmountainsinNorthAmerica.Canadaisthebiggestofthethreecountriesinarea,butithasthesmallestpopulation—about35million.PeoplespeakmanylanguagesinCanada.MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!

③TheU.S.isalsoaverylargecountry,anditspopulationismuchlargerthananyothercountryinNorthAmerica.

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Ithasapopulationofmorethan315million.TheU.S.isoftencalledAmerica.PeopleintheU.S.arecalledAmericans.MostAmericansspeakEnglish,andmanyspeakSpanish.Ofcourse,therearealotofChinesespeakersintheU.S,too—morethan2million!MexicoissmallerthanbothCanadaandtheU.S.MostofthepeopletherespeakSpanish.Ithasapopulationofmorethan110million.Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.

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ThecapitalcityofMexicoisMexicoCity.Itisaverybigcity.ThisismapofNorthAmerica.1)Listenandanswerthequestions.1.Whichcountryhasalargerpopulation,CanadaorMexico?2.What’sthethirdmostcommonlanguageinCanada?3.WhichcountryhasthelargestpopulationinNorthAmerica?Mexico.Chinese.TheU.S.2)

Matchthestatementswiththecountriesaccordingtothelesson.Statements

PeoplemainlyspeakSpanish.It’sthethirdtherelargestcountryinareainNorthAmerica.Over2millionpeoplespeakChinesethere.It'sthefarthestnorthinNorthAmerica.It'sthelargestcountryinpopulationinNorthAmerica.

CountriesCanadaAmericaMexico3)

Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.TherearethreemajorcountriesinNorthAmerica.Theycoverabout24million________kilometres.BothinAmericaandCanada,Englishisthe_____________language,whileinMexico,peoplespeakmostly________.IntheU.S.,over2millionpeople________Chinese.ThepopulationofAmericaismuch________thanthatofCanada.SomeMexicanpeopleleavetheircountryto________andworkinAmerica.squaremostcommonSpanishspeak

largelivesquareSpainspeakcommonlargerlivePROJECTREPORTABOUTCONTINENTSWhichcontinentoftheworldinterestsyou?Writeareportaboutit.Don’tforgetthefollowingthings:?Namethecontinent’smaincities.Whatcountriesarethesecitiesin??Nameitsmainbodiesofwater.?Describethecontinent'spopulation.?Describeotherimportantfactsaboutthecontinent.Doesithaveanyfamousmountains?Doesithaveanybiglakesordeserts?①TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.to表示方位e.g.JapanisintheeastofAsia.日本在亞洲東部?？键c1此句是倒裝句。表語主語系動詞in表示A地在B地的范圍之內(nèi)。JapanliestotheeastofChina.日本位于中國的東部。GuangdongisonthesouthofHunan.廣東在湖南的南邊。NewZealandliesofftheeasterncoastofAustralia.新西蘭位于澳大利亞東海岸附近。to表示A地在B地的范圍之外，且相隔有一定距離。on表示A地與B地接壤毗鄰。off表示“離……有一些距離”。中考在線1:HeilongjiangProvinceis________thenortheastofChina.[綏化]A.toB.inC.onB返回溫馨提示：可返回原文②Thatisalargepopulation,butsmallerthanthatofChina.that作代詞的特殊用法本句中的第二個that指代前面提到的population,that在含有比較級或含有比較意味的句子中,用來代替前面提到的不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)?？键c2e.g.TheweatherinBeijingiswarmerthanthatinShenyang.北京的天氣比沈陽的天氣更暖和。Thenumberofthestudentsinourschoolissmallerthanthatinyours.我們學校學生的數(shù)量比你們學校學生的數(shù)量少。指代theweather指代thenumberofthestudents拓展:如果要代替前面提到的可數(shù)名詞復數(shù),用those。e.g.Thesemachinesarebetterthanthoseweboughtlastyear.這些機器比我們?nèi)ツ曩I的好。指代machines中考在線2:—Howcoldhere!—Yes.TheweatherinGuangyuanismuchcolderthan_______inyourhometown.[廣元]A.thatB.itC.thisD.those【】由than可知是前后兩者相比較,“此天氣”與“彼天氣”相比,為了避免重復,后者用that來代替theweather。A返回③MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!the+序數(shù)詞+形容詞最高級第……最……e.g.HainanIslandisthesecondlargestislandofChina.海南島是中國第二大島?？键c3中考在線3:AmongthefourseasoffthecoastofChina,EastChinaSeaisthesecond_______.[廣東]A.deepB.deeperC.deepestD.thedeepest【】考查最高級的用法?！皌he＋序數(shù)詞＋形容詞最高級”表示“第……最……”,結(jié)合此搭配可知橫線上用最高級。C返回④TheU.S.isalsoaverylargecountry,anditspopulationismuchlargerthananyothercountryinNorthAmerica.比較級＋than＋anyother＋可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)e.g.ChinaislargerthananyothercountryinAsia.=ChinaislargerthantheothercountriesinAsia.中國比亞洲其他任何國家都大?？键c4該結(jié)構(gòu)意為“比其他任何一個……都……”，與“比較級＋than＋theother＋可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)”結(jié)構(gòu)同義，雖為比較級形式，但表示最高級含義。中考在線4:TheglassbridgeinShijiazhuangis_______thananyotheroneinChina.[天水]A.longB.thelongestC.longestD.longer【】句意為“石家莊的玻璃橋比中國其他任何玻璃橋都更長”。由句中的“than”可知這里要用形容詞long的比較級longer。D返回⑤Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.leave/li?v/v.(goawayfrom)離開;丟下e.g.WhendidyouleaveShanghai?你什么時候離