初中英語人教版八年級下冊section A 1a--2d.ppt

1、,英語教學課件系列,Go,for,it!,八年級(下),Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section A 1a-2d,Language Goal: Talk about geography and nature,Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara 1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high,1a. Match t

2、he facts you know.,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.,1b. Listen and complete the sentences.,higher,the biggest,the deepest,the longest,1c. Use the informa

3、tion in 1b to make conversations.,A: What is the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma.,A: What is the biggest desert in the world? B: Sahara.,A: What is the deepest salt lake in the world? B: Caspian sea.,Pair work,A: What is the longest river in the world? B: Nile.,_ The Yangtze River is ab

4、out _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.,2a. Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,_ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer his

5、tory than the US. The US is not even_ years old. _ China is almost as big as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,1,3,2b. Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.,_ The Yangtze River is about _kilometers long and the Yellow River is_ kilometers long. _ China h

6、as the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US.,6,3005,0005,464300,2,4,6,300,5,464,_ 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, and it is the biggest country in Asia.,

7、1,3,5,000,300,A: Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.,2c. Make conversations using the information in 2a.,Group work,Guide： Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. Tourist 1：How long is the wall? Guide： Ah

8、, the most popular question! If were only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, its about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world.,2d. Role-play the conversation.,Tourist 2: Wow, thats amazing! Why did the ancient emperors build the wall? Guide: The main reason wa

9、s to protect their part of the country. As you can see， its quite tall and wide. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. Tourist 3: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall? Guide: Yes, its the most famous part.,3a. Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas

10、.,Qomolangma the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World?,One of the worlds most dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of,China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the mos

11、t famous. It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.,The first people to reach

12、the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in I960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of d

13、ifficulties.,The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.,Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers,Paragraph 1 L

14、ist four dangers for climbers:,thick clouds Snow slide; Freezing weather conditions; Heavy storm;,3b. Read the article again and complete the chart.,Paragraph 2 List three achievements:,1953 - Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top; 1960 - The first Chinese team did so; 19

15、75 the Japanese Junko Tabei succeeded doing so.,Paragraphs 1 most popular places; the highest mountain; the most famous mountain,Where are the Himalayas? 2. How high is Qomolangma?,3c. Answer the questions using information from the article.,The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China.,It

16、 is 8,844.43 meters high.,3. Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous? 4. What does the spirit of the climbers tell us?,One of the main reasons is because people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.,The spirit of these climbers shows us that w

17、e should never give up trying to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.,1. Feel free to ask me anything on todays Great Wall tour. 在今天的長城游中，大家盡管問我任何問題，不要拘束。 feel free是英語口語中一個常用表達。若有人讓你feel free to do something,就是讓你無需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。 e.g. A

18、: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的衛(wèi)生間嗎？ B: Yes, feel free.可以，請隨意。,Language points,2. As far as I know, there are no man-made objects as big as this. 據(jù)我所知，再沒有像它這樣大的人造物體了。 as far as I know 是一個固定的表達方式，還可以說so far as I know，意思是“據(jù)我所知”。 例如： As far as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一對孿生姐妹。 Theyre

19、not coming today, so far as I know. 他們今天不來了 就我所知是這樣的。,3. the Ming Great Wall 明長城 “明長城”是指明朝時期為了防御北方游牧民族的騷擾，歷時一百多年在北部地區(qū) 修筑的軍事防御工程。這段長城東起遼寧虎山，西至甘肅嘉峪關，從東向西橫貫多個省、 直轄市、自治區(qū)，全長約8850千米，是現(xiàn)存歷代長城遺跡中最完整、最堅固的。,4. Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms. 更加嚴峻的困難包括極冷的天氣狀況

20、和巨大的風暴。 1）difficulty既可作可數(shù)名詞也可作不可數(shù)名詞，在此用作可數(shù)名詞。作可數(shù)名詞時, difficulty通常用作復數(shù)，表示具體概念，即：各種各樣的“困難；難題；難事”。,例如： People learning a new language may face some difficulties. 人們學習一門新的語言 時可能會遇到一些困難。 If you have any difficulties, you can call me for help. 如果你遇到任何困難，給我打電話求助好了。,作不可數(shù)名詞時，difficulty可譯作“困難；艱難；辛苦；費勁”， 例如： H

21、e had great difficulty in finding a new job. 他找新的 工作費了很大勁。. We found the house without difficulty. 我們輕而易舉地找到廣那座房子。,2）include表示“包括；包含”，是一個及物動詞。 例如： Does your price of the bike include this light? 你們的車價包含這盞車燈嗎？,5. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our

22、 dreams. 這些登山者的精神向我們表明：我們絕不應該放棄實現(xiàn)自己夢想的嘗試。 1）give up doing something 的意思是“放棄做某事；半途而廢” He gave up learning a third language after he got the job. 他找到工作之后就放棄了對第三門語言的學習。,2 ) achieve our dreams 相當于make our dreams come true 其中動詞achieve表示“（通過努力）實現(xiàn)；取得；獲??；達到（夢想、成績、成功、目的)”等。 例如： He achieved great success in a short time. 他用很短的時間取得了極大的成功。 Lin Tao achieved very good exam results. 林濤考試取得了 很好的成績