Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
教学目标：
1语言目标：掌握单元重点词汇较级高级谈
2 技目标：听懂谈关理然话题
3 情感目标：培养学生热爱然保护环境意识
教学重点：
短语 in size in the world 2 meters talllongwide the biggest population one of the biggest the most popular question talk about the ancient emperors the main reason as far as I know no manmade objects mountain climbing the southwestern part of China thick clouds cover the top risk one’s life challenge oneself achieve one’s dreamthe forest of nature try to do sth the spirit of the climbers many times more than live up to prepare …for be awake be special to sb spend some time doing sth in the remaining forest endangered animals in the future…
句子
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma
How long is Qomolangma
It’s 884443 meters high It’s 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
Yes I did It’s much older than the US
教学难点：形容词副词较级高级变化规法
物体间
课时划分：
Period 1 Section A 1 1a – 2d
Period 2 Section A 2 3a3c
Period 3 Section A 3 Grammar focus4c
Period 4 Section B 1 1a1d
Period 5 Section B 2 2aSelf check
Section A 1 (1a – 2d)
Step 1 Presentation
1 New words
square n 方 meter n 米 deep adj 深
desert n 沙漠 population n 口 population n 口
Asia n 亚洲 tour v n 旅行 tourist n 旅行者
wall n 墙 amazing adj 令惊奇
ancient adj 古代 wide adj 宽宽阔
2 Show some pictures and information of the highest mountain the longest river the biggest river the biggest lake and the biggest desert in the world
Step 2 Warming up
1 Competition
The first dynasty in China’s history
The longest wall in the world
The largest square (广场）in the world
Which country has the most people in the world
2 Watch the photos and talk about them How bighighlongbig is …’ and help the students to answer It’s …meterskilometerscm bighighlongbig
3 Look these photos and practice the dialogue
eg A How high is Qomolangma
B It’s 884443 meters high
Step 3 1a Match the facts you know
Qomolangma
about 9600000 square kilometers in size
The Sahara
1025 meters deep
The Caspian Sea
6671 kilometers long
The Nile
884443 meters high
Step 4 Explanation
…884443 meters high 884443米高
… meters high (long wide…)
……米高（长宽……)
英语表示长（宽高……）时般数词数量单位放表示长宽高形容词前作状语
eg The wall is 17 metres wide
Step 5 Practice in pairs using the information in 1a
1 A Which is the highest mountain in the world
B It’s Qomolangma
2 A How high is Qomolangma
B It’s 884443 meters high
Step 6 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 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
6300 5000 5464 300
___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long
___ China has the biggest population in the world It’s 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
Step 7 Practice
2c Make conversations in pairs
Examples
A Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world
B Yes I did It’s much older than my country
Step 8 2d
1 Listen to the conversation and answer the questions
1) How long is the Ming Great Wall
2) Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall
2 Read the conversation and answer the questions
1) What’s the conversation about
2) Why did the ancient emperors build the wall
3 Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks
Guide Feel free to ask me anything on today＇s Great Wall tour
Tourist 1 ___________ is the wall
Guide Ah the most popular question If we＇re only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty it＇s about 8850 kilometers long This makes it ____________ wall in the world
Tourist 2 Wow that＇s _________ Why did the ancient emperors build the wall
Guide The main reason was to protect their part of the country As you can see it＇s quite _____________ As far as I know there are no other manmade objects as big as this
Tourist 3 Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall
Guide Yes it＇s the most famous part
4 Try to make the conversation in the right order
5 Fill in the blanks according to the conversation
Now let’s talk about the Great Wall The parts from the Ming Dynasty is about 8850 kilometers long This _________________________________ The ancient emperors built it to _______ their part of the country It is quite ___________ and there are no other __________ objects _________ this Badaling is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall
6 Roleplay the conversation
Step 9 Language points
1 China has the biggest population in the world
中国世界口国家
population意口时集合名词句中作语时谓语动词通常单数形式常句型The population of +某+ is + 数词某+ has a population of + 数词表示某少口：
The population of my city is three million
◆ 表示口少时常形容词largebigsmall修饰population：
The town has a large big small population
◆ 口数量进行提问时疑问词what how large：
What How large is the population of your country
运完成句子空词
(1) 国家口少
The country ___ _ _____ _________
(2) 家乡100万口
My hometown ___ _ _________ __ one million
(3) 北京少口？
_____ __ ___ _________ __ Beijing
2 Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour
天长城游中家问问题拘束
feel free英语口语中常表达feel free to do something 需拘束意愿做某事
eg A Can I use your bathroom 卫生间？
B Yes feel free 请意
3 As far as I know there are no other manmade objects as big as this
知没样造物体
1) as far as I know固定表达方式说so far as I know 意思知
eg As far as I know Jack’s got twin sisters
知杰克孪生姐妹
They’re not coming today so far as I know
天– 知样
2) 句中manmade合
成形容词意造样made复合成形容词止描述产品生产制造手段特点等常见：
handmade—手工制作
homemade—家庭制作
machinemade—机制
tailormade—量体定制特制定做
甚selfmade (学成奋斗成天然形成)描述
Step 10 Summary
__________________ ()便(做某事)
___________________ 知
__________________ 方米
__________________ 咸水湖
________________________ 口
What’s the population of
It is … meters high (long wide…)
Step 11 Exercises
Ⅰ 根语境首字母提示补全缺单词
1 —Last week we made a t of London
—Oh Tell me what interesting places you visited
2 For many years people kept on fighting pollution to p the earth
3 In this town three fourths of the p is from Sichuan
4 —How far is it from here to the post office
—About five hundred m
5 The river is not d and big ships can’t use it
Ⅱ 根汉语意思完成英语句子空词
1 知游泳池20方米
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ this swimming pool is twenty square meters
2 长城世界古老城墙
The Great Wall is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ walls in the world
3 游客便问问题
Tourists can ________ ________ to ask questions
4 撒哈拉世界沙漠？
Is the Sahara ________ ________ ________ in the world
5 条河条宽
This river is ________ ________ than that one
Ⅲ 根话容方框中选择恰选项补全话中两项余
A Come here everyone We are going to Tian’anmen Square
B (1) ________
A It’s about 440000m2
B (2) ________
A Yes In the past it was called the Forbidden City Now people call it Gugong (3) ________
B Is it large
A (4) ________
B Who asked people to build it
A Some emperors
B (5) ________
A They started to build it in 1406 And they finished building it in 1420
B It took fourteen years It must be amazing
A How large is Tian’anmen Square
B Yes it’s about 720000m2
C Are we going there
D Is the Forbidden City next to Tian’anmen Square
E Why did they build it
F It’s one of the most famous places in the world
G When did they build it
答案
Section A (1a—2d)
Ⅰ 1 tour 2 protect 3 population 4 meters 5 deep
Ⅱ 1 As far as I know 2 one of the most ancient 3 feel free
4 the biggest largest desert 5 much wider
Ⅲ 15 ADFBG
Step 12 Homework
1 Memorize the important phrases and sentences
2 Make some dialogues about asking the size of objects
Section A 2 (3a – 3c)
Step 1 Revision
Look at the photos Answer the following questions
Which is the highest mountain in the world
Which is the longest river in Asia …
Step 2 Learn the new words
1 achievement n 成成绩
eg We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the
mountain 达山顶时候种巨成感
2 achieve v 达完成成功
eg He will never achieve anything if he doesn’t work hard
果加紧努力工作会事成
3 southwestern adj 西南西南方
4 include v 包含包括
eg Her hobbies include swimming and gardening 爱游泳园艺
5 condition n 条件状况
eg The piano was in good condition 台钢琴状况良
6 take in 吸入容纳
eg Fish take in oxygen through their gills 鱼鳃吸氧气
7 challenge v & n 挑战考验
eg The job doesn’t really challenge him 项工作真正考验
The new government’s first challenge is the economy
新政府面第挑战济问题
8 in the face of 面（困难问题等）
eg In the face of difficulties he’s completely unafraid
困难面前毫胆怯
9 force n 力力量
eg The thief took the money from the old man by force
窃贼暴力抢老钱
Step 3 PreRead Talk below questions in pairs
1 What sport do you like
2 Which of the following sports do you think is the most dangerous
What might be the dangers of mountain climbing
Step 4 Reading
1 Listen to the article and complete the sentences
1) The Himalayas run along the _____________ part of China
2) The first Chinese team reached the top in _______
3) One of the main reasons is that people want to ___________ themselves in face of difficulties
2 3a Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
3 3b Read the article again and complete the chart
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
List tour dangers for climbers
List three achievements
List tour comparisons
thick clouds
1953—Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top
Most dangerous sport
snow can fall very hard
freezing weather
conditions
heavy storms
The first Chinese team reached the top in 1960
The first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975
People can challenge themselves in the face of difficulties
Never give up trying to achieve our dream
Humans can be stronger than the forces of nature
4 3c Answer the questions using information in the article
1) Where are the Himalayas In the southwestern part of China
2) How high is Qomolangma 884443 meters high
3) Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties
4) What does the spirit of the climbers tell us
We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams
5 Read the article by yourself and find the following phrases
1危险山峰
2世界危险运动
3登山（名词短语）（动词短语）
4世界登山者
5横亘中国西南边界
6山峰中
7厚厚云层
8更严重困难
9寒冷天气状况强劲暴风雪
10首次达珠穆朗玛峰顶
Answers 1 the most dangerous mountain
2 one of the world’s most dangerous sports
3 mountain climbingclimb mountains
4 the climbers from all over the world
5 run along the southwestern part of China
6 of all the mountains 7 thick clouds 8 more serious difficulties
9 freezing weather conditions and heavy storms
10 the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma
6 According to the passage fill in the blanks
One of the most ___________ sports in the world is mountain _________ and one of the most _________ places to go for this is the Himalayas These extremely high _______ attract _________ from all over the world Many people say this is one of the most ________ parts of the world The Himalayas _______ along the ____________ border of china Of all the peaks (tops) Qomolangma is the _________ and most _________ It’s _____________ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _______ the top of the mountain Even more serious ___________ include the freezing ___________ conditions and the _______ storms The first _________ to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953 The first Chinese climber __________ the top in 1960 and in 1975 the first __________ did it too
Answers dangerous climbing popular risks climbers famous runs southwestern highest famous the hardest cover difficulties weather heavy people reached woman
Step 5 Language points
1 One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing …
one of + the + 形容词高级 + 复数名词意……：
Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school
王老师学校受欢迎老师
2 Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms
1) Difficulty作数名词作数名词作数名词做数名词时difficulty常作复数表示具体概念：种样困难 难事 难题例：
People learning a new language may face some difficulties
学门新语言时会遇困难
作数名词时difficulty译作困难艰难辛苦费劲例：
He had great difficulty in finding a new job
找新工作费劲
We found the house without difficulty
轻易举找座房子
2) include表示包括包含物动词例：
Does your price of the bike include this light
车价包含盏车灯？
3 It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top
It is + adj + to do sth it作形式语放句首真正语放句尾常句型形容词important difficult dangerous necessary useful possible等to do sth 进行说明句型转换成To do sth is + adj
eg It is important to study English well 学英语重
It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma 攀登珠穆朗玛峰难
4 The first Chinese team did so in 1960 while the first woman to succeed was
Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975
succeed作动词意实现目标成功succeed in doing sth意成功做某事：
The climber succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain
登山者成功登山顶
5 The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to
achieve our dreams
1) give up意放弃面接名词代词ving形式作宾语
注意：果宾语名词名词放giveup间放 up果宾语代词代词放 giveup间：
My uncle wants to give up drinking wine 叔叔想戒酒
Although English isn’t easy to learn I won’t give it up 然英语易学会放弃
2) achieve our dream相make our dreams come true
6 Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
even though 作属连词意相even if引导步状语句般列连词but连：
Mr Wang will come on time even though it rains
雨王老师会时
Step 6 Summary
__________________ 登山
__________________ 密云
_______________________ 极冷天气状况
__________________ 狂风暴雨
__________________ 放弃
________________ 吸入吞入(体) 理解领会领悟
_________________ 达山顶
________________ 着生命危险
______________________ 原
______________________ 面困难
______________________ 实现某梦想
______________________ 然力量
_____________________ 然
it做形式语法
Keys mountain climbing
thick clouds
freezing weather conditions
heavy storms
give up
take in
reach the top
risk one’s life
one of the main reasons
in the face of difficulties
achieve one’s dream
the forces of nature
even though even if
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意汉语提示写出句中缺单词
1 Flying across the sea for the first time was a great ________ (成)
2 An English breakfast always ________ (包括) bread right
3 Now Mike’s father is in good ________ (状况)
4 Last year Mr Green ________ (成功) in giving up drinking
5 Mary’s hair is ________ (浓密) than her sister’s
Ⅱ 根括号求完成列题空词
1 This building is 84 m high (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ is the building
2 Qu River is the longest river near here (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ the longest river near here
3 Simon is shorter than his brother (改义句)
Simon isn’t _________ _________ _________ his brother
4 Lisa is the most careful in my class (改义句)
Lisa is _________ _________ _________ any other student in my class
Ⅲ 根汉语意思括号英文提示语列句子翻译成英语
1 支铅笔支样长 (as as)
________________________________________
2 走着 (even though)
________________________________________
3 面困难害怕 (in the face of)
________________________________________
4 场暴风雨展示然力量 (the forces of nature)
________________________________________
5 乡呼吸新鲜空气吧 (take in)
________________________________________
Ⅳ 根话容括号单词适形式填空
A Well Mr Jones we interviewed (面试) three people Who do you think would be (1) ________ (good) person for the job
B I have to say I thought Mrs Shaw was much (2) ________ (clever) than the other two but she wasn’t as (3) ________ (nice) as the other two
A That’s true and we need someone who can work with people However I thought Miss Brown would be (4) ________ (popular) than Mrs Shaw and Mrs Green with our clients (顾客)
B Yeah you’re right
A Thank you for your help Choosing the proper person is (5) ________ (difficult) part of my job It’s always (6) ________ (easy) when I get someone else’s opinion
B I’m glad I could help
答案：
Ⅰ 1 achievement 2 includes 3 condition 4 succeeded 5 thicker
Ⅱ 1 How high 2 Which is 3 as so tall as 4 more careful than
Ⅲ 1 This pencil is as long as that one
2 Even though I have to walk I will go there
3 I’m never afraid in the face of difficulties
4 The rainstorm showed the forces of nature
5 Let’s go to the countryside to take in fresh air
Ⅳ 1 the best 2 cleverer 3 nice 4 more popular 5 the most difficult 6 easier
Step 8 Homework
Retell the article and then preview the Grammar focus
Section A 3 (Grammar focus 4c)
Step 1 Revision
Ask the Ss to retell the article
Step 2 Grammar focus
— What’s the highest mountain in the world
— Qomolangma
— How high is Qomolangma
— It’s 884443 meters high It’s higher than any other mountain
— Which is the deepest salt lake in the world
— The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes
— Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world
— Yes I did It’s much older than the US
Step 3 Grammar
已学形容词副词较级高级构成基法面进步学相关知识点
◆形容词副词较级修饰语
1 较级前加much a lot a bit a little any no some even still等词修饰：
You must work much faster
You look a lot happier than you did yesterday
He was too tired to walk any further
This book is even more useful than that one
2 较级前加表示数量词：
My sister is ten years younger than me
We reached here two days earlier than the others
◆形容词副词高级法
1 形容词高级second third等序数词修饰：
The building is the second tallest in this city
2 形容词高级常句型one of +the+形容词高级 + 数名词复数形式意……：
Liu Li is one of the most popular girls in our class
3 形容词副词较级高级互相转换：
Jane is taller than the other girls any other girl in the club Jane is the
tallest girl in the club
This car runs faster than the other ones any other one in the garage This car runs the fastest of all the cars in the garage
TIPS
1 较级考点
① 较级修饰问题 a little a bit even still much a lot far 等修饰较级
② 较象致
eg The weather in Fujian is _________ (warm) than that in Jilin in winter
③ the + 较级：表示两者中较
eg Tom is _________ (tall) of the twins
④ aan + 较级 表示
eg Lily has a doll but she wants a bigger one
⑤ 隐性较（没than情况）
eg Who runs _______ (fast) Lucy or Lily
You’d better come ________ (early) next time
He worked hard last term but he works even harder this term
⑥ 越越： 较级 + and + 较级 越 越：the + 较级 + 句子the + 较级 + 句子
eg The more you learn the more you wish to learn
2 高级考点说明：
形容词高级前必须加the副词高级前省略the
① 范围问题
eg Tom is the tallest student in the class
Spring is the best season of the year
② 问题
③ the + 序数词 + 高级
Step 4 Practice
1 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box
big much popular long old high
1) The Amazon River is one of the _______ rivers in the world It’s a little _______ than the Yangtze River
2) Qomolangma is 884443 meters _____ It’s one of the most ________ places for serious mountain climbers
3) No ocean in the world is as _____ as the Pacific Ocean
4) Although Japan is _______ than Canada it is _______ smaller
2 Write two comparisons about two topics Write true facts
eg Two rivers the Yangtze River and the Amazon River
The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River
The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze but the Yangtze River is the longest river in China
Two cities ___________ and ___________
1 _______________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________
Two animals ___________ and ___________
1 ______________________________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________________________
3 Write five questions using comparisons Then ask your partner your questions
1) What is the highest building in our city
2) What is the busiest subway station in out city
3) What is the largest shopping mall in our city
4) Which is the biggest park in our city
5) Which is the longest road in our city
Step 5 Summary
Step 6 中考链接
1 – How hard you are working Helen
– We must President Xi said that _____ we are _____ we will be (2018 年湖北省黄冈市 )
A the more hardworking the luckier B the hardworking the lucky
C more hardworking luckier D the most hardworking the luckiest
2 Highspeed railways have developed rapidly in our country Today China has _______ highspeed rail network (铁路网) among all the countries in the world (2018 年湖北省襄阳市 )
A long B longer C the longer D the longest
3 The Nile is one of the _______ rivers in the world (2018 年兰州市 )
A long B longer C longest D most longest
4 – Lisa how is your cousin
– He is ______ now Thank you (2018广 西玉林)
A more healthier B much healthier
C very healthier D healthiest
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意括号单词提示填空
1 Of all the animals I think tigers are __________________ (dangerous)
2 Today is a lot ________ (hot) than yesterday
3 This is one of ___________ (old) universities in Europe
4 The next exercise is much ______________ (difficult) than this one
5 I want to become as ________ (strong) as my father
Ⅱ完成句子空词
1 简甚姐姐高
Jane is _________ _________ _________ her sister
2 箱子箱子重四倍
The box is _________ _________ _________ _________ that box
Ⅲ 句型转换空词
A Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world
B Qomolangma is _________ _________ any other mountain in the world
Ⅳ 根括号求完成列题空词
1 This tree is twenty meters high (划线部分提问)
______ ______ ______ this tree
2 The lowest mountain is the Wulian Mountain here (划线部分提问)
_______ ______ the lowest mountain here
3 The Yangtze River is longer than any other river in China (改义句)
The Yangtze River is ______ _______ river in China
Step8 Homework
1 Memorize the important structure
2 Make some sentences using as … as times … than less than more than
Section B 1 (1a1d)
Step 1 New words
cm(centimeter) weigh birth at birth up to adult
Step 2 Discussion
1 What’s your favorite animal
Why do you like it
2 Compare facts about these two animals Use the language in the box to help you make sentences
eg This elephant weighs many times more than this panda
(200 cm tallershorter weigh much moreless eat much moreless eat many times more)
2 Discuss in pairs Compare the panda and the elephant
3 Do 1aMake more sentences using the information in 1a
Step 3 Listening
1 1b Listen and check (√) the numbers you hear
2 1c Listen again and complete the sentences
3 Listen again and complete the blanks
Teacher Do you have any questions about baby pandas
Boy 1 Are they much _________ than an adult panda
Teacher Yes When they’re born they only weigh about 01 to 02 kilos
Boy 1 Wow that’s small I know an adult panda weighs _____________ more than a baby
Teacher That’s right And the adult pandas weigh _____________ kilos
Boy 2 What about the size of a baby panda How small is it
Teacher At birth it’s only around 15 cm long but an adult panda is around
150 cm long
Girl Is a baby panda also black and white
Teacher No you would never guess A baby panda is _______ and it cannot see It also doesn’t have __________
Girl How long can pandas live
Teacher They can live up to 20 to 30 years
Step 4 Pair work
Practice Take turns telling your classmates about pandas
A A baby panda can not see
B An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
Step 5 Language points
1 At birth a baby panda is about…
birth v 出生 at birth 出生时
eg Man’s nature at birth is good 初性善
give birth to… 生（孩子）产生
eg My aunt gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday
昨天婶婶生漂亮女孩
2 A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years
up to 达（数量程度等）
eg In some area of Africa children get educated up to 12 years old
非洲区孩子受教育12岁
3 An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
倍数+较级+than… …………(长短……)倍
盒子三倍
This box is three times bigger than that one
Step 6 Summary
at birth 出生时
up to 达(某数量程度等)
倍数+较级+than…
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda
An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意汉语提示完成单词
1 I don’t know his date of _________(出生)
2 The apples ________ (重量) about two kilos
3 I can take care of myself because I am already an ________ (成)
4 There are four ________ (海洋)
Ⅱ 根提示填写单词
1 I can take _______ () four people in
my car
2 ________ (出生时) most babies weigh between 6 and 8 pounds
Ⅲ 翻译列句子
1 刚出生时熊猫宝宝约15公分长
2 象熊猫重许倍
3 苹果妹妹三倍
Step 8 Homework
Preview the article in 2b
Preview the new words and expressions
Section B 2 (2aSelf check)
Step 1 Summary
Important phrases
feel free as far as I know in the face of even though at birth up to run over walk into fall over or so
Key sentences
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma
How long is Qomolangma
It’s 884443 meters high It’s 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
Yes I did It’s much older than the US
Important structures
1 …cm tallershorter
2 much evena littleless +较级
3 …times more than …
4 Talk about how to protect pandas
Step 2 Leadin
What do you know about me
Pandas are
Pandas like eating
Pandas live in
Pandas are becoming
Step 3 Reading
1 Prereading
Talk about panda in your class Use these words to help you
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white
Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
2 Reading tasks
Skim the artile and match the main idea
Para1 Pandas are very special for the keepers Lin Wei
Para2 What can people do to protect pandas
Para3 the morning of the baby pandas
Para4 Pandas are endangered
2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean
10 12 300 2000
2c Read the article again and write short answers to the questions
1 What is Lin Wei’s job
2 What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast
3 Why are pandas endangered
4 What does the education program in Chengdu do
5 Why are scientists doing research
Complete the blanks
3 Postreading
2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage
1 The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in
the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas
2 In _______ pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol
of China
3 Adult pandas do not have babies very _____ and some of the babies
only live for a short time because of ________
4 A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why pandas are ___________
5 The Chinese government is helping to _____ the pandas Scientists
also want to better __________ the habits of pandas
熊猫宝宝述请根课文容填空空超三词
Hello everyone Welcome to the Chengdu Research Base I’m a baby panda My name is Lingling It’s 900 am now and most of the babies including me are awake and hungry Look the keepers are coming with our breakfast — (1) ______ How excited we are
Lin Wei is one of our keepers and she takes good care of us Unluckily we pandas are in great danger now Mother pandas maybe have one baby (2) _____________ And we baby pandas often die from illnesses Also we don’t have enough food because humans (3) ________________ But I know many people have realized it An education program in Chengdu teaches children about us and other endangered wild animals And the Chinese government is trying hard to help (4) ______ us Scientists are doing research to better understand our (5) _______
I believe with your help my family will become larger and larger
Step 4 Discussion
2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas
How much do you know about whales
Step 5 Writing
3a Read the following words and phrases about whales Put them in the correct place in the chart
1 Humans catch whales for meat fat and oil
2 Eat small fish and other sea life
3 Jump high out of the water
4 Rules on whale protection
5 Huge
6 Water pollution
7 Live in the sea
8 Some kinds have teeth
9 Learn more about whales
10 Stop putting rubbish into the sea
11 Sing songs
12 Whale parts sold to make things likes candles and soap
What do they look like？
5 8
Where do they live
7
What do they eat
2
What can they do
3 11
Why do some of them have to be protected
1 6 12
How can we protect them
4 9 11
3b Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected Use the information in 3a Then make a poster
Whales are… They live in… They eat… They can…
One interesting fact is… Another interesting fact is…
Some kinds of whales are in danger because…
We should protect whales from…
I think people shouldshouldn’t…
Step 6 Self check
1 Complete the chart
Adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
high
higher
highest
dangerous
more dangerous
the most dangerous
long
longer
longest
popular
more popular
the most popular
2 Match verbs and objects Then add one more object to each list
Verbs
Objects
1 reach
a my life my money…
2 achieve
b the top of a mountain the library…
3 risk
c my dream success…
Answers 1b 2c 3a
3 Circle the correct word and or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence
1 An elephant weighs (fewmany) times more than a dog
2 An adult panda can eat (mucha little) more than a cat
3 Canada is a (littlelot) less ______________ (crowded) than China
4 A tiger is (mucha little) _________ (strong) than a man
Answers 1 many 2 much 3 lot more crowed 4 much stronger
Step 7 Language points
1 Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby panda’s breakfast
prepare sth for sb 意某准备某物相prepare sb sth：
We’re preparing a surprise party for Mike
We’re preparing Mike a surprise party
运汉译英
妈妈刚刚准备晚饭
____________________________________________________________________
Mom prepared dinner for us just now Mom prepared us dinner just now
2 At 900 am they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry
英语中awake常be stay keep lie作表语shake等动词搭配表示某摇醒等
eg You should have to shake her awake
注意awake名词前作定语时置
eg She was the last person awake
外awakevery搭配表示完全醒十分清醒fully awake wide
awake
eg He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat
等达住时已完全醒
3 …they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over
run over 跑前 over adv穿越……边边
eg She ran over to say hello but I didn’t recognize her
跑招呼没认出
walk into （走路时意外）撞
eg As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going he walked straight into a tree
陷入深思没注意路径直撞棵树
fall over 摔倒倒
eg Don’t run too fast or you might fall over 跑太快会摔跤
fall over something 某物绊倒
eg Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth
Tommy狗绊跤磕断门牙
4 Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in forests
living in the forests 现分词短语做定语修饰pandas
eg the girls singing under the tree 树唱歌女孩
the women washing clothes by the rive 河边洗衣服女
Step 8 Summary
__________________ ……准备……
__________________ 跑前跑
__________________ 走路时撞着
__________________ 绊倒
__________________ 顾处理
__________________ 约
__________________ 确切说事实实际
_____________________ 全世界
_____________________ 死
_____________________ 中国象征
_____________________ 砍倒
_____________________ 派…………
_____________________ 做研究
_____________________
jump high out of the water ____________________________
stop putting rubbish into the sea ___________________________
____________________ 处危险中
____________________ 保护……受……侵害
Keys
prepare for
run over
walk into
fall over
take care of
or so
in fact
around the world
die from
a symbol of China
cut down
send to
do research
in the future
高高跃出水面
停止海洋丢垃圾
in danger
protect from
Step 9 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意括号单词提示填空
1 If your daughter shows any signs of ________ (ill) take her to see the doctor
2 Hearing the news Bill jumped out of bed in great ________ (excite)
3 Andy ________ (weigh) 30 kilos at the age of eight
4 My uncle is an animal ________ (keep)
5 Mrs Jackson stayed ________ (wake) last night for she was worried about her son
Ⅱ 根句意方框中选择恰短语填空需变换形式
at birth walk into up to fall over or so
1 My grandparents will move back here in a year ____________
2 There are ____________ a hundred students playing sports on the playground
3 Tina ____________ and hurt her left leg
4 Little Kate almost lost her life ____________
5 Be careful or you’ll ____________ the door
Ⅲ 根汉语意思完成英语句子空词
1 老虎猫吃许倍
The tiger eats ________ ________ ________ than the cat
2 女孩说野外动物进行三年研究困难
It’s hard for a girl to ________ ________ on animals in the wild for three years
3 学校派老师美国
Our school will ________ some teachers ________ America
4 种伤会命
She may ________ ________ a cut like that
答案
Ⅰ 1 illness 2 excitement 3 weighed 4 keeper 5 awake
Ⅱ 1 or so 2 up to 3 fell over 4 at birth 5 walk into
Ⅲ 1 many times more 2 do research 3 send to 4 die from
Ⅳ 根短文容方框中选择恰词语填空需变换形式
as far as I know tourist huge dangerous meter weigh protect ocean
I’m Amy Black I have never seen sharks in the (1) _________ But as a(n) (2) _________ I have seen sharks in an aquarium (水族馆)
(3) _________ there are between 200 and 250 kinds of sharks of different sizes Sharks are much (4) ________ than other fishes The largest can be as long as 15 (5) _________ The largest shark (6) _________ about 3200 kilos Usually sharks don’t attack (攻击 ) people Sometimes they attack people (7) _________ themselves One of (8) _________ sharks is the Great White Shark They attacked a lot of people on the beaches of America
答案：
ocean 2 tourist 3 As far as I know 4 huger 5 meters
6 weighs 7 to protect 8 the most dangerous
Step 10 Homework
1 Finish your paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected in 3b
2 Remember the words phrases and sentences in this unit
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教学目标：
1语言目标：掌握单元重点词汇较级高级谈
2 技目标：听懂谈关理然话题
3 情感目标：培养学生热爱然保护环境意识
教学重点：
短语 in size in the world 2 meters talllongwide the biggest population one of the biggest the most popular question talk about the ancient emperors the main reason as far as I know no manmade objects mountain climbing the southwestern part of China thick clouds cover the top risk one’s life challenge oneself achieve one’s dreamthe forest of nature try to do sth the spirit of the climbers many times more than live up to prepare …for be awake be special to sb spend some time doing sth in the remaining forest endangered animals in the future…
句子
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma
How long is Qomolangma
It’s 884443 meters high It’s 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
Yes I did It’s much older than the US
教学难点：形容词副词较级高级变化规法
物体间
课时划分：
Period 1 Section A 1 1a – 2d
Period 2 Section A 2 3a3c
Period 3 Section A 3 Grammar focus4c
Period 4 Section B 1 1a1d
Period 5 Section B 2 2aSelf check
Section A 1 (1a – 2d)
Step 1 Presentation
1 New words
square n 方 meter n 米 deep adj 深
desert n 沙漠 population n 口 population n 口
Asia n 亚洲 tour v n 旅行 tourist n 旅行者
wall n 墙 amazing adj 令惊奇
ancient adj 古代 wide adj 宽宽阔
2 Show some pictures and information of the highest mountain the longest river the biggest river the biggest lake and the biggest desert in the world
Step 2 Warming up
1 Competition
The first dynasty in China’s history
The longest wall in the world
The largest square (广场）in the world
Which country has the most people in the world
2 Watch the photos and talk about them How bighighlongbig is …’ and help the students to answer It’s …meterskilometerscm bighighlongbig
3 Look these photos and practice the dialogue
eg A How high is Qomolangma
B It’s 884443 meters high
Step 3 1a Match the facts you know
Qomolangma
about 9600000 square kilometers in size
The Sahara
1025 meters deep
The Caspian Sea
6671 kilometers long
The Nile
884443 meters high
Step 4 Explanation
…884443 meters high 884443米高
… meters high (long wide…)
……米高（长宽……)
英语表示长（宽高……）时般数词数量单位放表示长宽高形容词前作状语
eg The wall is 17 metres wide
Step 5 Practice in pairs using the information in 1a
1 A Which is the highest mountain in the world
B It’s Qomolangma
2 A How high is Qomolangma
B It’s 884443 meters high
Step 6 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 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
6300 5000 5464 300
___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long
___ China has the biggest population in the world It’s 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
Step 7 Practice
2c Make conversations in pairs
Examples
A Did you know that China if one of the oldest countries in the world
B Yes I did It’s much older than my country
Step 8 2d
1 Listen to the conversation and answer the questions
1) How long is the Ming Great Wall
2) Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall
2 Read the conversation and answer the questions
1) What’s the conversation about
2) Why did the ancient emperors build the wall
3 Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks
Guide Feel free to ask me anything on today＇s Great Wall tour
Tourist 1 ___________ is the wall
Guide Ah the most popular question If we＇re only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty it＇s about 8850 kilometers long This makes it ____________ wall in the world
Tourist 2 Wow that＇s _________ Why did the ancient emperors build the wall
Guide The main reason was to protect their part of the country As you can see it＇s quite _____________ As far as I know there are no other manmade objects as big as this
Tourist 3 Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall
Guide Yes it＇s the most famous part
4 Try to make the conversation in the right order
5 Fill in the blanks according to the conversation
Now let’s talk about the Great Wall The parts from the Ming Dynasty is about 8850 kilometers long This _________________________________ The ancient emperors built it to _______ their part of the country It is quite ___________ and there are no other __________ objects _________ this Badaling is the most famous part of the Ming Great Wall
6 Roleplay the conversation
Step 9 Language points
1 China has the biggest population in the world
中国世界口国家
population意口时集合名词句中作语时谓语动词通常单数形式常句型The population of +某+ is + 数词某+ has a population of + 数词表示某少口：
The population of my city is three million
◆ 表示口少时常形容词largebigsmall修饰population：
The town has a large big small population
◆ 口数量进行提问时疑问词what how large：
What How large is the population of your country
运完成句子空词
(1) 国家口少
The country ___ _ _____ _________
(2) 家乡100万口
My hometown ___ _ _________ __ one million
(3) 北京少口？
_____ __ ___ _________ __ Beijing
2 Feel free to ask me anything on today’s Great Wall tour
天长城游中家问问题拘束
feel free英语口语中常表达feel free to do something 需拘束意愿做某事
eg A Can I use your bathroom 卫生间？
B Yes feel free 请意
3 As far as I know there are no other manmade objects as big as this
知没样造物体
1) as far as I know固定表达方式说so far as I know 意思知
eg As far as I know Jack’s got twin sisters
知杰克孪生姐妹
They’re not coming today so far as I know
天– 知样
2) 句中manmade合
成形容词意造样made复合成形容词止描述产品生产制造手段特点等常见：
handmade—手工制作
homemade—家庭制作
machinemade—机制
tailormade—量体定制特制定做
甚selfmade (学成奋斗成天然形成)描述
Step 10 Summary
__________________ ()便(做某事)
___________________ 知
__________________ 方米
__________________ 咸水湖
________________________ 口
What’s the population of
It is … meters high (long wide…)
Step 11 Exercises
Ⅰ 根语境首字母提示补全缺单词
1 —Last week we made a t of London
—Oh Tell me what interesting places you visited
2 For many years people kept on fighting pollution to p the earth
3 In this town three fourths of the p is from Sichuan
4 —How far is it from here to the post office
—About five hundred m
5 The river is not d and big ships can’t use it
Ⅱ 根汉语意思完成英语句子空词
1 知游泳池20方米
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ this swimming pool is twenty square meters
2 长城世界古老城墙
The Great Wall is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ walls in the world
3 游客便问问题
Tourists can ________ ________ to ask questions
4 撒哈拉世界沙漠？
Is the Sahara ________ ________ ________ in the world
5 条河条宽
This river is ________ ________ than that one
Ⅲ 根话容方框中选择恰选项补全话中两项余
A Come here everyone We are going to Tian’anmen Square
B (1) ________
A It’s about 440000m2
B (2) ________
A Yes In the past it was called the Forbidden City Now people call it Gugong (3) ________
B Is it large
A (4) ________
B Who asked people to build it
A Some emperors
B (5) ________
A They started to build it in 1406 And they finished building it in 1420
B It took fourteen years It must be amazing
A How large is Tian’anmen Square
B Yes it’s about 720000m2
C Are we going there
D Is the Forbidden City next to Tian’anmen Square
E Why did they build it
F It’s one of the most famous places in the world
G When did they build it
答案
Section A (1a—2d)
Ⅰ 1 tour 2 protect 3 population 4 meters 5 deep
Ⅱ 1 As far as I know 2 one of the most ancient 3 feel free
4 the biggest largest desert 5 much wider
Ⅲ 15 ADFBG
Step 12 Homework
1 Memorize the important phrases and sentences
2 Make some dialogues about asking the size of objects
Section A 2 (3a – 3c)
Step 1 Revision
Look at the photos Answer the following questions
Which is the highest mountain in the world
Which is the longest river in Asia …
Step 2 Learn the new words
1 achievement n 成成绩
eg We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the
mountain 达山顶时候种巨成感
2 achieve v 达完成成功
eg He will never achieve anything if he doesn’t work hard
果加紧努力工作会事成
3 southwestern adj 西南西南方
4 include v 包含包括
eg Her hobbies include swimming and gardening 爱游泳园艺
5 condition n 条件状况
eg The piano was in good condition 台钢琴状况良
6 take in 吸入容纳
eg Fish take in oxygen through their gills 鱼鳃吸氧气
7 challenge v & n 挑战考验
eg The job doesn’t really challenge him 项工作真正考验
The new government’s first challenge is the economy
新政府面第挑战济问题
8 in the face of 面（困难问题等）
eg In the face of difficulties he’s completely unafraid
困难面前毫胆怯
9 force n 力力量
eg The thief took the money from the old man by force
窃贼暴力抢老钱
Step 3 PreRead Talk below questions in pairs
1 What sport do you like
2 Which of the following sports do you think is the most dangerous
What might be the dangers of mountain climbing
Step 4 Reading
1 Listen to the article and complete the sentences
1) The Himalayas run along the _____________ part of China
2) The first Chinese team reached the top in _______
3) One of the main reasons is that people want to ___________ themselves in face of difficulties
2 3a Read the article and match each paragraph with the main ideas
Paragraph 1 Spirit of climbers
Paragraph 2 Achievements of climbers
Paragraph 3 Facts and dangers
3 3b Read the article again and complete the chart
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
List tour dangers for climbers
List three achievements
List tour comparisons
thick clouds
1953—Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the top
Most dangerous sport
snow can fall very hard
freezing weather
conditions
heavy storms
The first Chinese team reached the top in 1960
The first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975
People can challenge themselves in the face of difficulties
Never give up trying to achieve our dream
Humans can be stronger than the forces of nature
4 3c Answer the questions using information in the article
1) Where are the Himalayas In the southwestern part of China
2) How high is Qomolangma 884443 meters high
3) Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
Because they want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties
4) What does the spirit of the climbers tell us
We should never give up trying to achieve our dreams
5 Read the article by yourself and find the following phrases
1危险山峰
2世界危险运动
3登山（名词短语）（动词短语）
4世界登山者
5横亘中国西南边界
6山峰中
7厚厚云层
8更严重困难
9寒冷天气状况强劲暴风雪
10首次达珠穆朗玛峰顶
Answers 1 the most dangerous mountain
2 one of the world’s most dangerous sports
3 mountain climbingclimb mountains
4 the climbers from all over the world
5 run along the southwestern part of China
6 of all the mountains 7 thick clouds 8 more serious difficulties
9 freezing weather conditions and heavy storms
10 the first people to reach the top of Qomolangma
6 According to the passage fill in the blanks
One of the most ___________ sports in the world is mountain _________ and one of the most _________ places to go for this is the Himalayas These extremely high _______ attract _________ from all over the world Many people say this is one of the most ________ parts of the world The Himalayas _______ along the ____________ border of china Of all the peaks (tops) Qomolangma is the _________ and most _________ It’s _____________ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds _______ the top of the mountain Even more serious ___________ include the freezing ___________ conditions and the _______ storms The first _________ to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953 The first Chinese climber __________ the top in 1960 and in 1975 the first __________ did it too
Answers dangerous climbing popular risks climbers famous runs southwestern highest famous the hardest cover difficulties weather heavy people reached woman
Step 5 Language points
1 One of the world’s most dangerous sports is mountain climbing …
one of + the + 形容词高级 + 复数名词意……：
Miss Wang is one of the most popular teachers in our school
王老师学校受欢迎老师
2 Even more serious difficulties include freezing weather conditions and heavy storms
1) Difficulty作数名词作数名词作数名词做数名词时difficulty常作复数表示具体概念：种样困难 难事 难题例：
People learning a new language may face some difficulties
学门新语言时会遇困难
作数名词时difficulty译作困难艰难辛苦费劲例：
He had great difficulty in finding a new job
找新工作费劲
We found the house without difficulty
轻易举找座房子
2) include表示包括包含物动词例：
Does your price of the bike include this light
车价包含盏车灯？
3 It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top
It is + adj + to do sth it作形式语放句首真正语放句尾常句型形容词important difficult dangerous necessary useful possible等to do sth 进行说明句型转换成To do sth is + adj
eg It is important to study English well 学英语重
It’s very difficult to climb Qomolangma 攀登珠穆朗玛峰难
4 The first Chinese team did so in 1960 while the first woman to succeed was
Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975
succeed作动词意实现目标成功succeed in doing sth意成功做某事：
The climber succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain
登山者成功登山顶
5 The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to
achieve our dreams
1) give up意放弃面接名词代词ving形式作宾语
注意：果宾语名词名词放giveup间放 up果宾语代词代词放 giveup间：
My uncle wants to give up drinking wine 叔叔想戒酒
Although English isn’t easy to learn I won’t give it up 然英语易学会放弃
2) achieve our dream相make our dreams come true
6 Why do so many people try to climb this mountain even though it is dangerous
even though 作属连词意相even if引导步状语句般列连词but连：
Mr Wang will come on time even though it rains
雨王老师会时
Step 6 Summary
__________________ 登山
__________________ 密云
_______________________ 极冷天气状况
__________________ 狂风暴雨
__________________ 放弃
________________ 吸入吞入(体) 理解领会领悟
_________________ 达山顶
________________ 着生命危险
______________________ 原
______________________ 面困难
______________________ 实现某梦想
______________________ 然力量
_____________________ 然
it做形式语法
Keys mountain climbing
thick clouds
freezing weather conditions
heavy storms
give up
take in
reach the top
risk one’s life
one of the main reasons
in the face of difficulties
achieve one’s dream
the forces of nature
even though even if
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意汉语提示写出句中缺单词
1 Flying across the sea for the first time was a great ________ (成)
2 An English breakfast always ________ (包括) bread right
3 Now Mike’s father is in good ________ (状况)
4 Last year Mr Green ________ (成功) in giving up drinking
5 Mary’s hair is ________ (浓密) than her sister’s
Ⅱ 根括号求完成列题空词
1 This building is 84 m high (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ is the building
2 Qu River is the longest river near here (划线部分提问)
_________ _________ the longest river near here
3 Simon is shorter than his brother (改义句)
Simon isn’t _________ _________ _________ his brother
4 Lisa is the most careful in my class (改义句)
Lisa is _________ _________ _________ any other student in my class
Ⅲ 根汉语意思括号英文提示语列句子翻译成英语
1 支铅笔支样长 (as as)
________________________________________
2 走着 (even though)
________________________________________
3 面困难害怕 (in the face of)
________________________________________
4 场暴风雨展示然力量 (the forces of nature)
________________________________________
5 乡呼吸新鲜空气吧 (take in)
________________________________________
Ⅳ 根话容括号单词适形式填空
A Well Mr Jones we interviewed (面试) three people Who do you think would be (1) ________ (good) person for the job
B I have to say I thought Mrs Shaw was much (2) ________ (clever) than the other two but she wasn’t as (3) ________ (nice) as the other two
A That’s true and we need someone who can work with people However I thought Miss Brown would be (4) ________ (popular) than Mrs Shaw and Mrs Green with our clients (顾客)
B Yeah you’re right
A Thank you for your help Choosing the proper person is (5) ________ (difficult) part of my job It’s always (6) ________ (easy) when I get someone else’s opinion
B I’m glad I could help
答案：
Ⅰ 1 achievement 2 includes 3 condition 4 succeeded 5 thicker
Ⅱ 1 How high 2 Which is 3 as so tall as 4 more careful than
Ⅲ 1 This pencil is as long as that one
2 Even though I have to walk I will go there
3 I’m never afraid in the face of difficulties
4 The rainstorm showed the forces of nature
5 Let’s go to the countryside to take in fresh air
Ⅳ 1 the best 2 cleverer 3 nice 4 more popular 5 the most difficult 6 easier
Step 8 Homework
Retell the article and then preview the Grammar focus
Section A 3 (Grammar focus 4c)
Step 1 Revision
Ask the Ss to retell the article
Step 2 Grammar focus
— What’s the highest mountain in the world
— Qomolangma
— How high is Qomolangma
— It’s 884443 meters high It’s higher than any other mountain
— Which is the deepest salt lake in the world
— The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes
— Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world
— Yes I did It’s much older than the US
Step 3 Grammar
已学形容词副词较级高级构成基法面进步学相关知识点
◆形容词副词较级修饰语
1 较级前加much a lot a bit a little any no some even still等词修饰：
You must work much faster
You look a lot happier than you did yesterday
He was too tired to walk any further
This book is even more useful than that one
2 较级前加表示数量词：
My sister is ten years younger than me
We reached here two days earlier than the others
◆形容词副词高级法
1 形容词高级second third等序数词修饰：
The building is the second tallest in this city
2 形容词高级常句型one of +the+形容词高级 + 数名词复数形式意……：
Liu Li is one of the most popular girls in our class
3 形容词副词较级高级互相转换：
Jane is taller than the other girls any other girl in the club Jane is the
tallest girl in the club
This car runs faster than the other ones any other one in the garage This car runs the fastest of all the cars in the garage
TIPS
1 较级考点
① 较级修饰问题 a little a bit even still much a lot far 等修饰较级
② 较象致
eg The weather in Fujian is _________ (warm) than that in Jilin in winter
③ the + 较级：表示两者中较
eg Tom is _________ (tall) of the twins
④ aan + 较级 表示
eg Lily has a doll but she wants a bigger one
⑤ 隐性较（没than情况）
eg Who runs _______ (fast) Lucy or Lily
You’d better come ________ (early) next time
He worked hard last term but he works even harder this term
⑥ 越越： 较级 + and + 较级 越 越：the + 较级 + 句子the + 较级 + 句子
eg The more you learn the more you wish to learn
2 高级考点说明：
形容词高级前必须加the副词高级前省略the
① 范围问题
eg Tom is the tallest student in the class
Spring is the best season of the year
② 问题
③ the + 序数词 + 高级
Step 4 Practice
1 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box
big much popular long old high
1) The Amazon River is one of the _______ rivers in the world It’s a little _______ than the Yangtze River
2) Qomolangma is 884443 meters _____ It’s one of the most ________ places for serious mountain climbers
3) No ocean in the world is as _____ as the Pacific Ocean
4) Although Japan is _______ than Canada it is _______ smaller
2 Write two comparisons about two topics Write true facts
eg Two rivers the Yangtze River and the Amazon River
The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River
The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze but the Yangtze River is the longest river in China
Two cities ___________ and ___________
1 _______________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________
Two animals ___________ and ___________
1 ______________________________________________________________
2 ______________________________________________________________
3 Write five questions using comparisons Then ask your partner your questions
1) What is the highest building in our city
2) What is the busiest subway station in out city
3) What is the largest shopping mall in our city
4) Which is the biggest park in our city
5) Which is the longest road in our city
Step 5 Summary
Step 6 中考链接
1 – How hard you are working Helen
– We must President Xi said that _____ we are _____ we will be (2018 年湖北省黄冈市 )
A the more hardworking the luckier B the hardworking the lucky
C more hardworking luckier D the most hardworking the luckiest
2 Highspeed railways have developed rapidly in our country Today China has _______ highspeed rail network (铁路网) among all the countries in the world (2018 年湖北省襄阳市 )
A long B longer C the longer D the longest
3 The Nile is one of the _______ rivers in the world (2018 年兰州市 )
A long B longer C longest D most longest
4 – Lisa how is your cousin
– He is ______ now Thank you (2018广 西玉林)
A more healthier B much healthier
C very healthier D healthiest
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意括号单词提示填空
1 Of all the animals I think tigers are __________________ (dangerous)
2 Today is a lot ________ (hot) than yesterday
3 This is one of ___________ (old) universities in Europe
4 The next exercise is much ______________ (difficult) than this one
5 I want to become as ________ (strong) as my father
Ⅱ完成句子空词
1 简甚姐姐高
Jane is _________ _________ _________ her sister
2 箱子箱子重四倍
The box is _________ _________ _________ _________ that box
Ⅲ 句型转换空词
A Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world
B Qomolangma is _________ _________ any other mountain in the world
Ⅳ 根括号求完成列题空词
1 This tree is twenty meters high (划线部分提问)
______ ______ ______ this tree
2 The lowest mountain is the Wulian Mountain here (划线部分提问)
_______ ______ the lowest mountain here
3 The Yangtze River is longer than any other river in China (改义句)
The Yangtze River is ______ _______ river in China
Step8 Homework
1 Memorize the important structure
2 Make some sentences using as … as times … than less than more than
Section B 1 (1a1d)
Step 1 New words
cm(centimeter) weigh birth at birth up to adult
Step 2 Discussion
1 What’s your favorite animal
Why do you like it
2 Compare facts about these two animals Use the language in the box to help you make sentences
eg This elephant weighs many times more than this panda
(200 cm tallershorter weigh much moreless eat much moreless eat many times more)
2 Discuss in pairs Compare the panda and the elephant
3 Do 1aMake more sentences using the information in 1a
Step 3 Listening
1 1b Listen and check (√) the numbers you hear
2 1c Listen again and complete the sentences
3 Listen again and complete the blanks
Teacher Do you have any questions about baby pandas
Boy 1 Are they much _________ than an adult panda
Teacher Yes When they’re born they only weigh about 01 to 02 kilos
Boy 1 Wow that’s small I know an adult panda weighs _____________ more than a baby
Teacher That’s right And the adult pandas weigh _____________ kilos
Boy 2 What about the size of a baby panda How small is it
Teacher At birth it’s only around 15 cm long but an adult panda is around
150 cm long
Girl Is a baby panda also black and white
Teacher No you would never guess A baby panda is _______ and it cannot see It also doesn’t have __________
Girl How long can pandas live
Teacher They can live up to 20 to 30 years
Step 4 Pair work
Practice Take turns telling your classmates about pandas
A A baby panda can not see
B An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
Step 5 Language points
1 At birth a baby panda is about…
birth v 出生 at birth 出生时
eg Man’s nature at birth is good 初性善
give birth to… 生（孩子）产生
eg My aunt gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday
昨天婶婶生漂亮女孩
2 A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years
up to 达（数量程度等）
eg In some area of Africa children get educated up to 12 years old
非洲区孩子受教育12岁
3 An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
倍数+较级+than… …………(长短……)倍
盒子三倍
This box is three times bigger than that one
Step 6 Summary
at birth 出生时
up to 达(某数量程度等)
倍数+较级+than…
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda
An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda
Step 7 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意汉语提示完成单词
1 I don’t know his date of _________(出生)
2 The apples ________ (重量) about two kilos
3 I can take care of myself because I am already an ________ (成)
4 There are four ________ (海洋)
Ⅱ 根提示填写单词
1 I can take _______ () four people in
my car
2 ________ (出生时) most babies weigh between 6 and 8 pounds
Ⅲ 翻译列句子
1 刚出生时熊猫宝宝约15公分长
2 象熊猫重许倍
3 苹果妹妹三倍
Step 8 Homework
Preview the article in 2b
Preview the new words and expressions
Section B 2 (2aSelf check)
Step 1 Summary
Important phrases
feel free as far as I know in the face of even though at birth up to run over walk into fall over or so
Key sentences
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma
How long is Qomolangma
It’s 884443 meters high It’s 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
Yes I did It’s much older than the US
Important structures
1 …cm tallershorter
2 much evena littleless +较级
3 …times more than …
4 Talk about how to protect pandas
Step 2 Leadin
What do you know about me
Pandas are
Pandas like eating
Pandas live in
Pandas are becoming
Step 3 Reading
1 Prereading
Talk about panda in your class Use these words to help you
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white
Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
2 Reading tasks
Skim the artile and match the main idea
Para1 Pandas are very special for the keepers Lin Wei
Para2 What can people do to protect pandas
Para3 the morning of the baby pandas
Para4 Pandas are endangered
2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean
10 12 300 2000
2c Read the article again and write short answers to the questions
1 What is Lin Wei’s job
2 What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast
3 Why are pandas endangered
4 What does the education program in Chengdu do
5 Why are scientists doing research
Complete the blanks
3 Postreading
2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage
1 The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in
the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas
2 In _______ pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol
of China
3 Adult pandas do not have babies very _____ and some of the babies
only live for a short time because of ________
4 A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why pandas are ___________
5 The Chinese government is helping to _____ the pandas Scientists
also want to better __________ the habits of pandas
熊猫宝宝述请根课文容填空空超三词
Hello everyone Welcome to the Chengdu Research Base I’m a baby panda My name is Lingling It’s 900 am now and most of the babies including me are awake and hungry Look the keepers are coming with our breakfast — (1) ______ How excited we are
Lin Wei is one of our keepers and she takes good care of us Unluckily we pandas are in great danger now Mother pandas maybe have one baby (2) _____________ And we baby pandas often die from illnesses Also we don’t have enough food because humans (3) ________________ But I know many people have realized it An education program in Chengdu teaches children about us and other endangered wild animals And the Chinese government is trying hard to help (4) ______ us Scientists are doing research to better understand our (5) _______
I believe with your help my family will become larger and larger
Step 4 Discussion
2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas
How much do you know about whales
Step 5 Writing
3a Read the following words and phrases about whales Put them in the correct place in the chart
1 Humans catch whales for meat fat and oil
2 Eat small fish and other sea life
3 Jump high out of the water
4 Rules on whale protection
5 Huge
6 Water pollution
7 Live in the sea
8 Some kinds have teeth
9 Learn more about whales
10 Stop putting rubbish into the sea
11 Sing songs
12 Whale parts sold to make things likes candles and soap
What do they look like？
5 8
Where do they live
7
What do they eat
2
What can they do
3 11
Why do some of them have to be protected
1 6 12
How can we protect them
4 9 11
3b Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected Use the information in 3a Then make a poster
Whales are… They live in… They eat… They can…
One interesting fact is… Another interesting fact is…
Some kinds of whales are in danger because…
We should protect whales from…
I think people shouldshouldn’t…
Step 6 Self check
1 Complete the chart
Adjectives
Comparatives
Superlatives
high
higher
highest
dangerous
more dangerous
the most dangerous
long
longer
longest
popular
more popular
the most popular
2 Match verbs and objects Then add one more object to each list
Verbs
Objects
1 reach
a my life my money…
2 achieve
b the top of a mountain the library…
3 risk
c my dream success…
Answers 1b 2c 3a
3 Circle the correct word and or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence
1 An elephant weighs (fewmany) times more than a dog
2 An adult panda can eat (mucha little) more than a cat
3 Canada is a (littlelot) less ______________ (crowded) than China
4 A tiger is (mucha little) _________ (strong) than a man
Answers 1 many 2 much 3 lot more crowed 4 much stronger
Step 7 Language points
1 Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby panda’s breakfast
prepare sth for sb 意某准备某物相prepare sb sth：
We’re preparing a surprise party for Mike
We’re preparing Mike a surprise party
运汉译英
妈妈刚刚准备晚饭
____________________________________________________________________
Mom prepared dinner for us just now Mom prepared us dinner just now
2 At 900 am they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry
英语中awake常be stay keep lie作表语shake等动词搭配表示某摇醒等
eg You should have to shake her awake
注意awake名词前作定语时置
eg She was the last person awake
外awakevery搭配表示完全醒十分清醒fully awake wide
awake
eg He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat
等达住时已完全醒
3 …they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over
run over 跑前 over adv穿越……边边
eg She ran over to say hello but I didn’t recognize her
跑招呼没认出
walk into （走路时意外）撞
eg As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going he walked straight into a tree
陷入深思没注意路径直撞棵树
fall over 摔倒倒
eg Don’t run too fast or you might fall over 跑太快会摔跤
fall over something 某物绊倒
eg Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth
Tommy狗绊跤磕断门牙
4 Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in forests
living in the forests 现分词短语做定语修饰pandas
eg the girls singing under the tree 树唱歌女孩
the women washing clothes by the rive 河边洗衣服女
Step 8 Summary
__________________ ……准备……
__________________ 跑前跑
__________________ 走路时撞着
__________________ 绊倒
__________________ 顾处理
__________________ 约
__________________ 确切说事实实际
_____________________ 全世界
_____________________ 死
_____________________ 中国象征
_____________________ 砍倒
_____________________ 派…………
_____________________ 做研究
_____________________
jump high out of the water ____________________________
stop putting rubbish into the sea ___________________________
____________________ 处危险中
____________________ 保护……受……侵害
Keys
prepare for
run over
walk into
fall over
take care of
or so
in fact
around the world
die from
a symbol of China
cut down
send to
do research
in the future
高高跃出水面
停止海洋丢垃圾
in danger
protect from
Step 9 Exercises
Ⅰ 根句意括号单词提示填空
1 If your daughter shows any signs of ________ (ill) take her to see the doctor
2 Hearing the news Bill jumped out of bed in great ________ (excite)
3 Andy ________ (weigh) 30 kilos at the age of eight
4 My uncle is an animal ________ (keep)
5 Mrs Jackson stayed ________ (wake) last night for she was worried about her son
Ⅱ 根句意方框中选择恰短语填空需变换形式
at birth walk into up to fall over or so
1 My grandparents will move back here in a year ____________
2 There are ____________ a hundred students playing sports on the playground
3 Tina ____________ and hurt her left leg
4 Little Kate almost lost her life ____________
5 Be careful or you’ll ____________ the door
Ⅲ 根汉语意思完成英语句子空词
1 老虎猫吃许倍
The tiger eats ________ ________ ________ than the cat
2 女孩说野外动物进行三年研究困难
It’s hard for a girl to ________ ________ on animals in the wild for three years
3 学校派老师美国
Our school will ________ some teachers ________ America
4 种伤会命
She may ________ ________ a cut like that
答案
Ⅰ 1 illness 2 excitement 3 weighed 4 keeper 5 awake
Ⅱ 1 or so 2 up to 3 fell over 4 at birth 5 walk into
Ⅲ 1 many times more 2 do research 3 send to 4 die from
Ⅳ 根短文容方框中选择恰词语填空需变换形式
as far as I know tourist huge dangerous meter weigh protect ocean
I’m Amy Black I have never seen sharks in the (1) _________ But as a(n) (2) _________ I have seen sharks in an aquarium (水族馆)
(3) _________ there are between 200 and 250 kinds of sharks of different sizes Sharks are much (4) ________ than other fishes The largest can be as long as 15 (5) _________ The largest shark (6) _________ about 3200 kilos Usually sharks don’t attack (攻击 ) people Sometimes they attack people (7) _________ themselves One of (8) _________ sharks is the Great White Shark They attacked a lot of people on the beaches of America
答案：
ocean 2 tourist 3 As far as I know 4 huger 5 meters
6 weighs 7 to protect 8 the most dangerous
Step 10 Homework
1 Finish your paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected in 3b
2 Remember the words phrases and sentences in this unit
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