八年级英语下册Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world全单元课件166张

A: How high is Qomolangma? B: It’s 8,844.43 meters high.
How big is the Sahara? It’s about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.
The biggest desert in the world is about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.
wide adj. 宽的；宽阔的
Do you know these places?
Qomolangma
Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 high, the highest in the world. It’s 26 kilometers long.
1c Use the information in 1b to make conversations.
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Qomolangm a.
2a Listen and number the facts (1- 4) in the order you hear them.
Practice in pairs like this: A: What is the … in the …? B: …
…8,844.43 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.
百度文库 square n. 平方
meter n. 米
deep adj. 深的
desert n. 沙漠
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
Which is the highest mountain in the world? Which is the longest river in Asia?... …
1a Match the facts you know.
Qomolangma The Sahara The Caspian Sea The Nile about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size 1,025 meters deep 6,671 kilometers long 8,844.43 meters high
the Yangtze River
The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world, the first Asian rivers. It’s 6211.31 kilometers long. The Yangtze River Basin, eastwest width of 3219 kilometers, about 966 kilometers wide north-south, passing through 11 provinces. It runs into the East Sea in Shanghai finally.
1b Listen and complete the sentences. higher than any other 1. Qomolangma is ______ mountain in the world. the biggest desert in 2. The Sahara is ____________ the world. the deepest of all 3. The Caspian Sea is ____________ the salt lakes. the longest river in the world. 4. The Nile is _________
4 The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long ___ and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long. 2 China has the biggest population in the world. ___ It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US. 1 China is over ___ years old. It has a much longer ___ history than the US. The US is not even ___ years old. 3 China is almost as big as the US, and it is the ___ biggest country in Asia.
the Nile
The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s more than 6600 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries, it’s one of the largest river flows through the international states in the world and runs into the Mediterranean Sea (地中海) in the end.
the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the biggest lake in the world. It lies in the border between Asia and Europe.
the Sahara
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is located in the northern Africa, climate conditions are very bad, is one of the earth's most not suitable for biological survival.