Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?squaren.平方metern.米deepadj.深的desertn.沙漠populationn.人口Asian.亚洲tourv.n.旅行touristn.旅行者walln.墙amazingadj.令人大为惊奇的ancientadj.古代的wideadj.宽的;宽阔和LanguageGoal:Talkaboutgeographyandnature一、用英语写出下列数字:ninety-eightthousandsevenhundredandfifty-fourNinehundredandeighty-threeExercisefivehundred(and)sixty-fivesevenhundredandnine565__________________________________709__________________________________983__________________________________98,754_______________________________________________________________练一练345100118,657,421threehundredandforty-fiveonethousand(and)oneeighteenmillion,sixhundredandfifty-seventhousand,fourhundredandtwenty-one3,872Threethousandeighthundredandseventy-two46,290Forty-sixthousandtwohundredandninety58,230Fifty-eightthousandtwohundredandthirty59684,3219,648,215fivehundredandninety-sixeighty-fourthousandthreehundredandtwenty-oneNinemillion,sixhundredandforty-eightthousand,twohundredandfifteenQomolangmaabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1,025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6,671kilometerslongTheNile8,844.43metershigh1a.Matchthefactsyouknow.1.Qomolangmais________thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais__________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais__________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis___________riverintheworld.1b.Listenandcompletethesentences.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongest1c.Usetheinformationin1btomakeconversations.A:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.A:Whatisthebiggestdesertintheworld?A:Whatisthedeepestsaltlakeintheworld?A:Whatisthelongestriverintheworld?B:Sahara.B:Caspiansea.B:Nile.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris__________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.2a.Listenandnumberthefacts[1-4]intheorderyouhearthem.6,3005,0005,46430024____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.132b.Listenagainandfillintheblanksin2awiththenumbersinthebox.______TheYangtzeRiverisabout________kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris__________kilometerslong.____Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.6,3005,0005,464300246,3005,464____Chinaisover________yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_______yearsold.____ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,anditisthebiggestcountryinAsia.135,000300A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.It’smucholderthanmycountry.2c.Makeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a.18,657,421eighteenmillion,sixhundredandfifty-seventhousand,fourhundredandtwenty-one9,648,215Ninemillion,sixhundredandforty-eightthousand,twohundredandfifteen58,230Fifty-eightthousandtwohundredandthirty1.insize在大小上2.oneoftheoldestcountries最古老的国家之一3.feelfreetodosth.随意地做某事4.asfarasIknow据我所知5.man-madeobjects人造物体6.thehighestmountain最高的山脉Guide:Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1:Howlongisthewall?Guide:Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.2d.Role-playtheconversation.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:Themainreasonwastoprotecttheirpartofthecountry.Asyoucansee,it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.theHimalayastheAmazonRiverparagraphn.southwesternadj.thickadj.includev.freezingadj.conditionn.takein喜马拉雅山脉亚马逊河段;段落西南的;西南方向的厚的;浓的包括;包含冻冰的;结冰的条件;状况吸入;吞入(体内)succeedv.Japann.challengev.inthefaceofachievev.forcen.naturen.oceann.thePacificOcean实现目标;成功日本挑战;考验面对(问题、困难等)达到;完成;成功力;力量自然界;大自然大海;海洋太平洋1、runalong跨越……2.freezingweather冰冻的天气3.takeinair呼吸空气4.thefirstpeopletodosth.第一个做某事的人5.inthefaceofdifficulties面临危险6.giveupdoingsth.放弃做某事7.achieveone’sdream实现某人的梦想8.theforcesofnature自然界的力量9.reachthetop到达顶峰10.eventhough虽然;尽管3a.Readthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Qomolangma—theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.Itis8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop.ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29,1953.ThefirstChineseteamdidsoinI960,whilethefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3FactsanddangersParagraph1Listfourdangersforclimbers:thickcloud