Lesson 51 Asia

The map of Asia

Answer the questions: How big is Asia? How many countries in Asia? How many people live in Asia? What are the biggest cities in Asia?

How big is Asia? The continent covers more than 44 million square kilometres. 44 , 000 , 000 million thousand

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What countries are in Asia? There are more than forty countries. Some of them are China, India, Japan and others. China is the biggest country in area and population.

How many people live in Asia? More than three billion people live in Asia. That’s more than half the world’s population!

What languages do they speak? Chinese, Russian, Japanese and many other languages.

What are the main geographical features of Asia? Mount Qomolangma (or “Mount Everest”) is in the Himalayas. It is the highest mountain in the world.

Himalayas

Himalayas

Mount Qomolangma

Mount Qomolangma

The Yangtze River (the Changjiang River) in China is the third-longest river in the world. 在英语中与汉语的表达方式不同，英语在形容词最高级的前面可以加上序数词，表示“第．．．最．．．” 例如：中国是世界第三大国家． China is the third biggest country in the world. 黄河是中国的第二长河． The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. 海南岛是中国的第二大岛． Hainan Island is the second largest island in China, 上海是中国的第一大城市． The Shanghai is the （first ）biggest city in China. 注意：表示“第一．．．”，则可以省略序数词first

The Yangtze River

The Yangtze River

What are the biggest cities in Asia? Tokyo and Shanghai are two of the biggest cities in Asia. Tokyo is the capital city of Japan.

Tokyo

Shanghai

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Compare Asia with Europe and fill in the chart: Size (square kilometres ) Number of countries Population Languages Geographical feature Biggest cities more than 44 million 10 million. more than forty more than thirty 600 million More than three billion Chinese, Russian, Japanese English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Greek highest mountain third-longest river the biggest mountains the largest lake The longest river. London, Moscow and Pairs Tokyo and Shanghai

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