1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world Period 1 (Section A 1a-2d) 一、教学目标： 知识目标： 1. 掌握本节课重点单词和短语：square, meter, deep, desert, population, Asia deep , kilometer , any other ,salt lakes, in the world , in Asia ,feel free , as far as I know , the biggest 2. 重点句型： 1）. Qomolangma is higher than an
2、y other mountain in the world. 2）. China is the biggest population in the world. Its a lot bigger than the population of the US. 3）. Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? 3. 学会较大的数字的读法和写法。 能力目标：能熟练掌握和运用单词 square meter deep 和 desert 能够表达物体的长、宽、高、深 和面积。正确运用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级
3、。 情感目标：培养学生积极参与活动的兴趣，了解世界上的名山大川。 学习策略：综合培养学生与别人交流和沟通的能力。 文化意识：培养学生热爱大自然，了解世界上的名山大川。 二、教学重难点 学习并掌握表达物体的长、宽、 高、深和面积。正确运用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。 能运用本节所学内容自由谈论自然景观。 三、教学过程 Step 1 Presentation square n. 平方 meter n. 米 deep adj. 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.
4、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-up 1. Watch the photos and talk about them “How big/high/long/big is ? and help the students to answer: Its meters/kilometers/cm big/high/long/big. 2. Look these photos and practice the dialogue: e.g. A: How high is
5、Qomolangma? B: Its 8,844 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 size The Sahara 1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high Step 4 Explaination 8,844 met
6、ers high. 8,844 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 in the world. 2) The Sahara is _ desert in the world. 3) The Caspian
7、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 _ The Yangtze River is about _ kilometers long and the Yellow River
8、 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 almost as big as the US, but it is the biggest country in Asia. St
9、ep 6 Practice 1c Make conversations in pairs. Examples A: Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world? B: Yes, I did. Its much older than my country. Step 7 2d Read the conversation and answer the questions: 1) Which is the biggest man-made objects in the world？ 2) Which is t
10、he most famous part of the Ming Great Wall? Step 8 Language points and summary 1. 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: Can I use your bathroom? 我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？ B: Yes,
11、feel free. 可以，请随意。 2. As far as I know, there are no 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。 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 today, so far as I know. 他们今天不来了 就我所知是这样的。 Step 9 Homework A: To memorize the important phrases and sentences. B: to make some dialogues about asking the size of objects. Homework 教学反思：
