文档介绍：Unit 7
What’s 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, meters high
1a. Match the 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 plete the sentences.
higher
the biggest
the deepest
the longest
1c. Use the information 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 about ________ kilometers long and the Yellow River is __________ kilometers long.
____ China has the biggest population in the
world. It’s a lot bigger than the population
of the US.
2a. Listen and number the facts [ 1-4] in the order you hear them.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
2
4
____ 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.
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 has the biggest population in the
world. It’s a lot bigger than the population
of the US.
6,300 5,000 5,464 300
2
4
6,300
5,464