八年级下册Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world 教案Word下载.docx

1、 Whats the highest mountain in the world?Qomolangma.How long is Qomolangma?Its 8,844.43 meters high. Its higher than any other mountain.Which is the deepest salt lake in the world?The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lake.Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world?

2、Yes, I did. Its much older than the US.教学难点：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级变化规则和用法。 物体之间的对比。课时划分：Period 1 Section A 1 1a 2dPeriod 2 Section A 2 3a-3cPeriod 3 Section A 3 Grammar focus-4cPeriod 4 Section B 1 1a-2ePeriod 5 Section B 2 3a-Self checkSection A 1 （1a 2d）Step 1 Presentationsquare n. 平方 meter n. 米 deep adj.

3、 深的 desert n. 沙漠 population n. 人口 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 adj. 宽的；宽阔和Step 2 Warming up1. Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/h

4、igh/long/big.2. Look these photos and practice the dialogue:e.g. A: How high is Qomolangma?B: Its 8,844.43 meters high.Step 3 1a Match the facts you know.Practice in pairs using the information in 1a.Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in sizeThe Sahara1,025 meters deepThe Caspian Sea6,671

5、kilometers longThe Nile8,844.43 meters highStep 4 Explanation8,844.43 meters high. 8,844.43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 metres wide.Step 5 Listening 1. 1b Listen and complete the sentences.1） Qomolangma is _ than any other mountain

6、 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.2. 2a Listen and number the facts （1- 4） in the order you hear them.2b Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box.6,300 5,000 5,464 300_

7、The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River is _ kilometers long._ China has the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US._ China is over _ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even _ years old._ China is almo

8、st as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia.Step 6 Practice 2c Make conversations in pairs.Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world? Yes, I did. Its much older than my country.Step 7 2d Read the conversation and answer the questions:1） Which is t

9、he biggest man-made objects in the world？2） Which is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall?Step 8 Language points and summary1. Fell free to ask me anything on todays 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:

10、Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？ Yes, feel free. 可以，请随意。2. As far as I know, there are no other 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。1） 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 as I know, Jacks got twin sisters. 就我所知，杰克有一对孪生姐妹。 Theyre not coming to

11、day, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。2） 句中man-made是一个合成形容词，意为“人造的”。像这样与-made复合而成的形容词不止一个。常见的有：handmade （手工制作的）、homemade（家庭制作的）、machine-made（机制的）、tailor-made（量体定制的；特制的；定做的），用以描述产品的生产或制造手段，特点等，甚至还有像self-made （自学而成的；自我奋斗而成的；天然形成的）可以用来描述人。 e.g. We only sell homemade bread and cakes, and homemade wine

12、. 我们只卖私家烘焙的面包、蛋糕、以及家酿葡萄酒。 The movie role was tailor-made for that actor. 这个电影角色是专为那为男演员量身设计的。Step 9 Homework1. Memorize the important phrases and sentences.2. Make some dialogues about asking the size of objects.Section A 2 （3a 3c）Step 1 RevisionLook at the photos. Answer the following questions.Whi

13、ch is the highest mountain in the world?Which is the longest river in Asia? Step 2 Learn the new words.1. achievement n. 成就；成绩e.g. We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of themountain. 当我们到达山顶的时候，我们有一种巨大的成就感。2. achieve v. 达到；完成；成功e.g. He will never achieve anything if he doesnt work harder.如果