2. Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world ？ Section A

3. Let’s read! square n. 平方 Qomolangma 珠穆朗玛峰 meter n. 米 the Nile 尼罗河 deep adj. 深的 the Caspian Sea 里海 desert n. 沙漠 the Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠 population n. 人口 the Yangtze River 长江 Asia n. 亚洲 the Yellow River 黄河 tour v. n. 旅行 the Amazon River 亚马逊河

4. Can you read ? 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty

5. Can you read? 10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety 100 one hundred

6. Let’s learn! 百 100 千 1,000 万 10,000 十万 100,000 百万 1,000,000 千万 10,000,000 亿 100,000,000 十亿 1,000,000,000 one hundred one thousand ten thousand one hundred million one hundred thousand one billion ten million one million

7. Can you read them? 8,448.43 meters high 1025 meters deep 9,600,000 square kilometers 6671 kilometers long 1.87 meters tall

8. 珠穆朗玛峰 尼罗河 里海 撒哈拉沙漠

9. Qomolangma It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s the highest mountain in the world. It’s higher than any other mountain in the world.

10. The Nile It’s the longest river in the world. It ’ s 6,671 kilometers long.

11. the Caspian Sea It’s the world’s deepest salt lake. It ’ s 1,025 meters deep.

12. The Sahara It’s the biggest desert in the world. It’s 9,600,000 square kilometers in size.

13. 2,300 meters The road is 2300 meters long.

14. 1a Match the facts you know. QomolangmaAbout 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea6,671 kilometers long The Nile8,844.43 meters high

15. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: It’s 8,844 meters high. A: How big is the Sahara? B:It’s about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.

16. A: How long is the Nile? B: It’s 6,671 kilometers long. A: How deep is the Caspian Sea? B:It’s 1,025 meters deep.

17. Ask and answer 1. How high is Qomolangma? 2. How deep is the Caspian Sea? 3. How long is the Nile? 4. How big is the Sahara? 5. How tall is your math teacher? 6. How wide is our classroom? 7. How old is your English teacher?

18. 翻译句子 1. 这张桌子两米长，一米宽。 2. 这座山有 1500 米高。 3. 这栋楼 120 米高。 4. 这个湖有多深？ 1025 米深。 The table is two meters long and one meter wide. The mountain is 1,500 meters high. The building is 120 meters tall. How deep is the lake? It’s 1,o25 meters deep.

19. 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. higher the biggest the deepest the longest

20. Ask and answer 1.What’s the highest mountain in the world? How high is it? 2.What is the biggest desert in the world? How big is it? 3.Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? How deep is it? 4.Which is the longest river in the world? How long is it ? 5. Which is the second longest river in the world?How long is it ?

21. 世界之最 Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. The Caspian Sea is the deepest salt lake in the world. The Nile is the longest river in the world. The Amazon is the second longestriver in the world. The Yangtze River is the longest river in China. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.

22. A: What’s the highest mountain in the world? B: Qomolangma. A: How high is Qomolangma? B: It’s 8,844.43 meters high. It’s higher than any other mountain. Let’s make conversations!

23. A: Which is the longest river in the world? B: The Nile is the longest river in the world. A: How long is the Nile? B: It’s 6671 meters long. It’s longer than any other river. Let’s make conversations!

24. A: Which is the deepest salt lake in the world? B: The Caspian Sea is the deepest salt lake in the world. A:How deep is the Caspian Sea ? B: It’s 1,025 meters deep. Let’s make a conversation!

25. 大多数形容词有三个级。 1. 原级 : Structure : as... as... 像..…. 一样 e.g. Tim is as tall as Tom. 2. 比较级 ( 用于两者之间的比较 ): Structure ：形容词比较级＋ than... e.g. This box is bigger than that one.

26. 3) 最高级 ( 用于三者或三者以上的比较 ) ， 常用结构 : the + 形容词的最高级＋ of / in... He is the tallest of the three. 他是这三个人中最高的。 He is the funniest in his class. 他是他们班最有趣的。

27. 1. 比较级考点 ① 比较级修饰问题 a little, a bit, even, still, much, a lot, far 等可修饰比较级。 e.g. Tom is a little taller than Jim. This book is much more interesting than that one.

28. 同级比较 ① as + adj./adv. + as e.g. She is as thin as Lily. He writes as carefully as Linda. ② not + as/so + adj./adv. + as e.g. Tony didn’t run so fast as Carter.

29. 比较级和最高级的转换 Tom is the tallest student in the class. = Tom is taller than any other student in the class. = Tom is taller than all the other students in the class. = No other students are taller than Tom. 总结：① any other + 名词单数 the other + 名词复数

30. the Nilethe Yangtze Riverthe Yellow River 6,6706,3005,500 The Yellow River is long. The Yangtze River is _______ than the Yellow River. The Nile is ____________ of all. longer the longest Make sentences using the information in the forms.

31. The Yangtze River is not ____ long ____ the Nile. = The Yangtze River is not _______ than the Nile. as longer the Nilethe Yangtze Riverthe Yellow River 6,6706,3005,500

32. Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little _______ than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is ____________ of all. Mount Tai is not ___ high ___ Qomolangma. = Mount Tai is not _______ than Qomolangma. higher the highest as higher QomolangmaMount HuangMount Tai 8,8481,8641,545

33. 规则变化 1) 一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容 词 / 副词比较级＋ er ， 最高级＋ est 。如 : clever — cleverer — cleverest few — fewer — fewest small — smaller — smallest 等。

34. 2) 以 e 结尾的词，比较级＋ r ，最高级＋ st 即可。 如： nice － nicer － nicest cute － cuter － cutest large － larger － largest 3) 以辅音字母＋ y 结尾的变 y 为 i ＋ er 或 est 如 : easy － easier － easiest happy － happier － happiest 再如： early, busy, heavy, dirty, lazy 也 如此。

35. 4) 双写最后一个辅音字母＋ er 或 est 的词, 同学要用心去记。 1. fat － fatter － fattest 2. thin － thinner － thinnest 3. hot － hotter － hottest 4. red － redder － reddest 5. wet － wetter － wettest 6. big － bigger － biggest

36. 5) 多音节和部分双音节的词需要在形容词 原级前＋ more 构成比较级，＋ the most 构 成最高级。如： beautiful － more beautiful － the most beautiful 又如 : delicious, popular, important, interesting, expensive, creative 双音节的词如 : careful － more careful － the most careful useful － more useful － the most useful

37. 少数单音节词也是这样，如： pleased － more pleased － the most pleased tired － more tired － the most tired b) 不规则变化： good —better — best well —better — best bad － worse － worst many, much — more — most far — farther —farthest ( 距离远 ) far — further — furthest ( 程度深 ) old — elder — eldest ( 长幼 ) old — older —oldest ( 年龄 )

38. Finish the sentences with the right forms of the adjs. 1.Kate is young, but Joe is _______. 2.My shoes are new. My sister’s are ______ than mine. 3.Her bag is heavy, and his is ______ than hers. But yours is ________ of all. 4.Tom’s kite is high. Jim’s is _____ than Tom’s. Mike’s is __________ of them all. 5.Bill is seven. John is nine and Tom is eleven. Tom is _______ than John and Bill. Bill is _______ than John. Bill is ________ and Tom is _______ of the three. younger newer heavier the heaviest higher the highest older younger the youngest the oldest

39. 单项选择。 ( ) 1. My brother is _____ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much ( ) 2. October 12th was one of ______ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched( 发射） successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting ( ) 3. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the most beautiful

40. ( ) 4. _____ children there are in a family, _____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better ( ) 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest ( ) 6. In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it’s even ___ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter

41. Complete the sentences with the right forms of the words. 1.Jim is very _____. Li Lei is ______ than Jim. (hungry) 2.Kate’s mooncakes are _______ of all. (nice) 3.Your box is _____ than mine. But his is _______ of the three (heavy). 4.Unit 2 is quite _____. Unit 3 is _____ than Unit 2. It’s __________ in Module 1.(hard) 5.This TV play is _____ than that one. (good) hungry hungrier the nicest heavier the heaviest hard harder the hardest better

42. 6.My mother is very ______. She is _______ in my family. (busy) 7.Lingling gets to school ______ than the others. (early) 8.She speaks English _____ in our class. (well) 9.Lucy jumped quite _____. (far) 10.I think English is as ________ as Chinese. (important) 11.This picture is _____________ of the four. (beautiful) 12.Lucy did _____ than Lily. (bad) busy the busiest earlier best far important the most beautiful worse

43. 二、用括号内单词的适当形式填空。 1. Jim is very ______. Li Lei is _______ than Jim. (hungry) 2. Kate’s mooncakes are _______ of all. (nice) 3. Your box is ______ than mine. But his is _______ of the three. (heavy) 4. Unit 2 is quite _____. Unit 3 is _____ than Unit 2. It’s __________ in Module 1. (hard) 5. This TV play is _____ than that one. (good) hungryhungrier nicer heavier heaviest hardharder the hardest better

44. 6. My mother is very ______. She is _______ in my family. (busy) 7. Lingling gets to school ______ than the others. (early) 8. She speaks English _____ in our class. (well) 9. Lucy jumped quite _____. (far) 10. I think English is as _________ as Chinese. (important) 11. This picture is _______________ of the four. (beautiful) 12. Lucy did _____ than Lily. (bad) busythe busiest earlier best far important the most beautiful worse

45. 1. She is ________ than ________. A. busier / us B. busier / we C. more busy / us D. more busy / we 2. Jane is ________ than Betty. A. less taller B. less tallest C. less tall D. not as tall 3. China is ________ country in the world. A. the third largest B. the largest third C. the third large D. a third largest B A A

46. 4. — Which is ____ season in Beijing? — I think it’s autumn. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 5. — Which is ____, the sun, the moon or the earth? — The moon is. A. small B. smaller C. smallest D. the smallest D D

47. 6. I study English as ____ as my brother. A. hard B. harder C. hardest 7. Which is ____, a bicycle or a computer? A. expensive B. more expensive C. the most expensive 8. The Yellow River is one of ______ rivers in China. A. long B. longer C. the longest A B C

48. PlaceFactsCountryFeeling The Yangtze River 6 ， 300 kilometers long ChinaMuch longer than the river in my hometown. …

49. 1.Write a passage about your report. 2.Make a survey about other places around the world. Introduce the places.