Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA(1a-2d)Task1LookandlearnQomolangmaIt’stheworld’shighestmountain.It’slocatedintheHimalayas.Pre-listeningLookandlearntheCaspianSeaIt’sactuallynotaseabutinsteadtheworld’slargestlake.Pre-listeningLookandlearntheNileIt’sthelongestriverintheworldandflowsthrough11countriesinnortheastAfrica.Pre-listeningLookandlearntheSaharaDesertIt’stheworld’slargesthotdesertanditcovermostofNorthAfrica.Pre-listeningLookandanswerWhat’sthelargestcitysquare

intheworld?Tiananmen

Square!Pre-listeningLookandlearnWhat’sthelargestcity

square

intheworld?Tiananmen

Square!thecitycenterPre-listeningLookandlearnTiananmenSquareis0.44millionsquare

meters.440,000

m2Pre-listeningLookandlearnHowdeepisthewell?Pre-listeningLookandlearn總結歸納：先從右往左數，每三位數加一個逗點（即以此把數目分為若干段）。第一個逗點前的數為thousand（千），第二個逗點前的數為million（百萬），第三個逗點前的數為billion（十億）。9,987,654,321nine

billion,ninehundredandeighty-seven

million,sixhundredandfifty-fourthousand,three

hundred

andtwenty-onemillionbillionthousandhundred解讀：從右往左，第一個逗號前讀thousand；向左再推三位，第二個逗號前讀million；第三個逗號前讀billion。Pre-listeningLookandread9,600,000 1,025 6,671 8,844.43ninebillionsixhundredthousandonethousandandtwentyfivesixthousandsixhundredandseventy-oneeightthousandeighthundredandforty-fourpointfourthreePre-listeningabout

9,600,000

squarekilometersinsize1,025

meters

deep6,671

kilometers

long8,844.43

meters

highLookandlearnPre-listeningQomolangmaabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1,025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6,671kilometerslongTheNile8,844.43metershighReadandmatch

Pre-listening1.Qomolangmais_______thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais____________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais____________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis___________riverintheworld.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongestListenandcompleteWhile-listening1.Qomolangmaishigherthananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharaisthebiggestdesertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeaisthedeepestofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileisthelongestriverintheworld.MakeconversationsA:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.Post-listeningTask2LookandlearntheYangtzeRiverIt’sthelongestriverinAsiaandthethirdlongestintheworld.Pre-listeningLookandlearntheYellowRiverIt’sthesecondlongestinChina.Pre-listeningLookandlearnpopulationn.人口Pre-listening

Lookandread6,3005,0005,464300sixthousandthreehundredfivethousandfivethousandfourhundredandsixty-fourthreehundredPre-listeningReadandmatchReadthefoursentencesin2aandunderstandwhattheyareabout.Thenmatchthesentenceswiththekeywords.A.PopulationB.HistoryC.AreaD.LengthPre-listening___TheYangtzeRiverisabout______kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris______kilometerslong.___Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.___Chinaisover______yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven______yearsold.___ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,butitisthebiggestcountryinAsia.4213Listenandnumber6,3005,0005,464300n.亞洲While-listeningListenagainandfillintheblanks6,3005,0005,464300TheYangtzeRiverisabout______kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris______kilometerslong.Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.Chinaisover______yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven______yearsold.ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,butitisthebiggestcountryinAsia.6,3005,4645,000300While-listeningMakeconversationsA:Didyouknow

thatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’smucholderthanmycountry.A:

DidyouknowChinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’salotbiggerthanmycountry.A:…B:…

Post-listeningChoosethecorrectanswer.What’stheconversationabout?A.Ancientemperors.B.TheMingDynasty.C.AtourtotheMingGreatWall.√Post-listeningFeelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Howlongisthewall?Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Asyoucansee,it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenootherman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.Guide:Guide:Guide:Guide:Tourist1:Tourist2:Tourist3:ReadandguessPost-listeningtouristfeelfreetouramazingancientprotectwideasfarasIknowReadandguessn.旅行者；觀光者feelfreetodosth.（可以）隨便（做某事）n.&v.旅行；旅游VS.touristadj.令人大為驚奇的adj.

古代的；古老的v.

保護；防護adj.寬的；寬闊的據我所知Post-listeningLookandanswer1.HowlongistheWall?2.Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?3.IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?It’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.Post-listeningSummarysquare,meter,deep,desert,population,Asia,tour,tourist,wall,amazing,ancient,protect,