课程内容

《What's the highest mountain in the world？》（Section A1 1a-2d）
Presentation
spuare n.平方
meter n.米
deep adj.深的
desert   n.沙漠
population   n.人口
Asia n. 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 asj.宽的；宽阔和

Do you know these interest placese?
      Qomolangma
  Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal.It is covered with show all the year round.It's 8844.43high,the highest in world.It's 26 kilometers long.
       The Nile
  The Nile is the longest river in the world.It's more than 6600 Kilometers long.It runs through 9 countries,it's one of the largest river flows through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean Sea in the end.
          The Caspian Sea
  The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world.It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.
      The Sahara
  The Sahara is the biggest desert desert in the world.It is located in the northern Africa,climate conditions are very bad,is one os the earth's most not suitable for biological survival.
The Yangtze River is the third lonest river in the world,the first Asian rian rivers.It's 6211.31 Kilometers long.The Yangtze River Basin,east-Kilometers wide north*south,passing through 11 provinces.It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.

Talk about these pictures in pairs.
Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Which is the longest river in Asis?……

1a Match the facts you know.

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

Practice
Practice in pairs like this:
A:Which is the ……in hte……？
B:……
Explaination
8.844 meters high.……8.844米高
……meters high(long,wide……)
米高……（长，宽……）
英语表示“有多长（宽，高……）”时，一般将数词和数量单位放在表示长宽高的形容词前作状语。
e.g.The wall is 1.7 meters wide.
翻译句子
1.这张桌子两米长，一米宽。
The table is two meters long and one meter wide.
2.这座山有1500米高。
The mountain is 1.500meters high.
3.这栋楼120米高。
The building is 120 meters tall.
4.这本字典有五厘厚。
The dictionary is five centimeters thick.
5.这个湖有多深？1025米深。
How deep is the lake?It's 1.025 meters deep.

Practice
A:How high is Qomolangma?
B:It's 8.844 meters high.
How big is the sahara?
It's about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.
The biggest desert in the world is about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.
1b Listen and complete the sentences.
1.Qomolangma is (higher)than any other mountain in the world.
2.The Sahara is (the biggest )desert in the world.
3.The Caspian Sea is (the deepest)of all the salt lakes.
4.The Nile is(the longest)river in the world.

2b Kisten again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.
6,300   5,000   5,464    300
__4_The Yangtze River is about(6,300)Kilometers long and the Yellow River is (5,464)Kilometers long.
_2__China has the biggest population in the world.It's a lot bigger than the population of the US.
_1__China is over (5,00)years old.It has a much longer history than the US.The US is not even (300)years old.
_3__China is about as big as the US,but it is the biggest country in Asia.

China has the biggest population in the world.
1、population 常与定冠词the连用，作主语用时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。
The world's population is increasing faster and faster.
2、当主语是表示/“人口的百分之几、几分之几/”时，谓语动词用复数形式。
About seventy percent os the population in China are farmers.
3、有时population可用作可数名词，其前可用不定冠词。
China has population of about 1.3 billion.
4、表示人口的“多或少”，不用“much”或“little”,而要用“large”或“small”.
5、询问某国、某地有多少人口时，不用“How much……？”，而用“How large……？”；在问具体人口时用“Hwat……？”。
Practice
2c Make conversations using the information in 2a.
A:Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?
B:Yes,I did.it's much older than my country.
A:Did you know that Yangtze River is the longest river in China?
B:Yes,I did.It's 6,300 meters long.
B:Wow!That's long!
The Great wall
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，北京境内的长城的600余公里，比较著名的有八达岭长城、金山长城、司马台长城、繤田峪长城、成庸关长城和箭扣长城等。
2d Listen to the conversation and answer the questions:
1.Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world?
The Great wall.
2.Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Well?
Badaling part of the wall.
Guide:Feel free to ask me anything on today's Great wall tour.
Tourist1:How long is the wall?
Guide:Ah,the most popular question!If we're only talking about the parts from the Ming Dyansty,it about 8,850 kilometers long.This makes it the longest wall in the world.
Turist2:Wow,that's amazing!Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?
Guide:The main reason was to protect their part of the country.As you can see,it's quite tall and wide.As far as I know,these are on man-made objects as big as this.
Tourst3:Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?
Guide:Yes,it's the most famous part.
Language points
1.Fell free to ask me anything on today's Great wall tour.
在今天的长城游中，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。
e.g.
A:Can I use your bathroom?
我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？
B:Yes,feel free.
可以，请随意。
2.As far as I know,there are on 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。
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”。
e.g.As far I know,Janck‘s get twin sisters.
就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。
They're not coming today,so far as I know.
他们今天不来了-就我所知是这样的。
important phrases and sentences.
feel free
the most popular question
talk about
the Ming Dynasty
the ancient emperors
the main reason
as far as I know
the Ming Great Wall
How long is the wall?
It's about 8,850 kilometers long.
This makes it the longest wall in the world.
It's the most famous part.
1.What is the highest mountain in the world?
2.Qomolangma is 8844.43 meters high.
3.The Sahara is about 9,600,000 Square kilometers in size.
4.The Caspian sea is 1025 meters deep.
5.China has the biggeest population in the world.
6.China is the biggest country in Asia.
Homework
A:To memorize the important phrases and sentences.
B:To make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.