•Learningnewwords•Learnthesentences•最高级句型LearningGuiding:•Readthenewwordsbyyourselves•Discussthewordswithpartnerifyoudon’tknowWhichisthehighestmountainintheworld?WhichisthelongestriverinAsia?...…1aMatchthefactsyouknow.Qomolangmaabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsizeTheSahara1,025metersdeepTheCaspianSea6,671kilometerslongTheNile8,844.43metershigh1bListenandcompletethesentences.1.Qomolangmais______thananyothermountainintheworld.2.TheSaharais____________desertintheworld.3.TheCaspianSeais____________ofallthesaltlakes.4.TheNileis_________riverintheworld.higherthebiggestthedeepestthelongestA:Whatisthehighestmountainintheworld?B:Qomolangma.A:HowhighisQomolangma?B:It’s8,844metershigh.A:Whatisthelargestdesertintheworld?B:TheSahara.A:HowlargeistheSahara?B:It’sabout9,600,000squarekilometersinsize.2aListenandnumberthefacts(1-4)intheorderyouhearthem.6,3005,0005,464300___TheYangtzeRiverisabout____kilometerslongandtheYellowRiveris_____kilometerslong.___Chinahasthebiggestpopulationintheworld.It’salotbiggerthanthepopulationoftheUS.___Chinaisover_____yearsold.IthasamuchlongerhistorythantheUS.TheUSisnoteven_____yearsold.___ChinaisalmostasbigastheUS,butitisthebiggestcountryinAsia.42136,3005,4645,0003002cMakeconversationsusingtheinformationin2a.A:DidyouknowthatChinaisoneoftheoldestcountriesintheworld?B:Yes,Idid.it’smucholderthanmycountry.2dReadtheconversationandanswerthequestions:1.Whichisthebiggestman-madeobjectintheworld？2.WhichisthemostfamouspartoftheMingGreatWall?TheGreatWall.Badalingpartofthewall.Languagepointspopulation集合名词（无复数形式)①population常与the连用,作主语时,谓语v.用单三。Theworld’spopulationisgrowingfasterandfaster.②当“分数/百分数+ofthepopulation”做主语时,谓语v.用复数形式。AboutseventypercentofthepopulationinChinaarefarmers.③表示人口的“多“用large/big，人口”少”用smallChinahasalargepopulation.Singaporehasasmallpopulation.④询问“某国、某地有多少人口”时,用“What’sthepopulationof+地点？”或者“Howlargeisthepopulationof+地点?”⑤中国有十三亿人。Chinahasapopulationofabout1.3billion.=Chinaisacountrywithapopulationofabout1.3billion.=ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.3billion.=Thereisapopulationofabout1.3billioninChina.1.Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.在今天的长城游中，大家尽管问我任何问题，不要拘束。feelfree是英语口语中一个常用表达。若有人让你feelfreetodosomething，就是让你无需拘束，只管按照自己的意愿去做某事。e.g.A:CanIuseyourbathroom?我可以用一下你的卫生间吗？B:Yes,feelfree.可以，请随意。asfarasIknow是一个固定的表达方式，还可以说sofarasIknow，意思是“据我所知”。2.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.据我所知，再没有像它这样大的人造物体了。feelfreethemostpopularquestiontalkabouttheMingDynastytheancientemperorsthemainreasonasfarasIknowtheMingGreatWallHowlongisthewall?It’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.It’sthemostfamouspart.Doyouknowtheseinterestingplaces?QomolangmaQomolangmarunsalongtheborderbetweenChinaandNepal.Itiscoveredwithsnowalltheyearround.It’s8844.43high,thehighestintheworld.TheNileisthelongestriverintheworld.It’smorethan6600kilometerslong.Itrunsthrough9countriesinAfricaandrunsintotheMediterraneanSea(地中海)intheend.TheNileTheCaspianSeaTheCaspianSeaisthebiggestlakeintheworld.ItliesintheborderbetweenAsiaandEurope.TheSaharaisthebiggestdesertintheworld.ItislocatedinthenorthernAfrica.Theclimateconditionsareverybad.TheSaharaTheYangtzeRiveristhethirdlongestriverintheworld,thefirstAsianrivers.It’smorethan6300kilometerslong.TheYangtzeRiverPracticeinpairslikethis:A:Whichisthe…inthe…?B:…z。xxk…8,844metershigh.…8,844米高…metershigh(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.Thewallis1.7metreswide.A:Tomemorizetheimportantphrasesandsentences.B:Tomakesomedialoguesaboutaskingthesizeofobjects.
