UnitSeven What sthehighestmountainintheworld LiuLaojiaMiddleSchoolWangYanling SectionA1a 2c WhatistheChinesetraditionalstory YuGongMovesaMountain WhatistheChinesetraditionalstory JourneytotheWest WhatistheChinesetraditionalstory HouYiShootstheSuns WhatistheChinesetraditionalstory NuWaRepairstheSky 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 寬闊和 squaren 平方 metern 米 mountain river sea desert Qomolangma theNile theCaspianSea theSahara WhatdoyouknowaboutMountainQomolangma ItbelongstoHimalayanMountains ItliesbetweenNepaland Itisabout8844 43metershighnow China WhatdoyouknowabouttheNileRiver Itliesin Itisabout6671meterslong Africa WhatdoyouknowabouttheCaspianSea ItliesbetweenAsiaand Thewaterinthelakeissalty Itis1025metersdeep Infact itisaninlandlake Europe WhatdoyouknowabouttheSaharaDesert Itliesacrossthe ofAfrica Itisabout9 600 000squarekilometersinsize Itisnearlyaslargeas insize north China eight eighteen onehundredandeighty onethousandfivehundredandsixty eight sixteenthousandonehundred sixty seventhousandeighthundredandninety twothousandandeight 100 000 onehundredthousand 462 680 fourhundredandsixty twothousandsixhundredandeighty 1 000 000 onemillion 2 222 800 twomilliontwohundredandtwenty twothousandeighthundred 2 16 zeropointone 0 1 twopointonesix 52 358 fify twopointthreefiveeight 1a Matchthefactsyouknow About9 600 000squarekilometersinsize1025metersdeep6671kilometerslong8844 43metershigh 1c Usetheinformationin1btomakeconversations Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld Itis Qomolangma 1b Listenandcompletethesentences 1 Qomolangmais thananyothermountainintheworld 2 TheSaharais desertintheworld 3 TheCaspianSeais ofallthesaltlakes 4 TheNileis riverintheworld higher thebiggest thedeepest thelongest 2a Listenandnumberthefacts 1 4 intheorderyouhearthem TheYangtzeRiverisabout kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris kilometerslong Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld It salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS Chinaisover yearsold IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS TheUSisnoteven yearsold ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia 6 3005 0005 464300 4 2 1 3 2b Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumberinthebox 6 3005 0005 464300 TheYangtzeRiverisabout kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris kilometerslong Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld It salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS Chinaisover yearsold IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS TheUSisnoteven yearsold ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia 4 2 1 3 6300 5464 5000 300 2c Makeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a A DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld B Yes Idid it smucholderthanmycountry Summary Whathaveyoulearnedthislesson P