Unit 9 The world’s highest mountain

is 8,844 meters high.

Section A

Period One

To learn to understand and use

comparatives and superlatives with adjectives and adverbs

To learn to compare facts and figures

To listen and speak about geography and nature

ReviewReview

Words and expressions

Read the words and expressions loudly.

the Yangtzethe sahara

giantAsia

squaresize

desertthe Caspian Sea

the Amazon

长江撒哈拉沙漠adj. 大的；巨大的n. 亚洲平方公里n. 大小；尺寸n. 沙漠里海亚马逊河

Words review

bamboo

southeast

civilization

man-made

the Nile

the Yellow River

n. 竹子adj. 东南方n. 文明；文明社会adj. 人造的；合成的尼罗河黄河

Words review

Malaysia

per

snail

length

speed

n. 马来西亚prep. 每；每一n. 蜗牛n. 长度；长n. 速度

Words review

Which is the highest mountain in the

world?

Which is the longest river in Asia?

Do you know?

Listen and check the facts you hear.__ China has a longer history than the United states.__ There are many bamboo forests in China.__ The most common animal in America is the dog.__ The most populated part of China is the southeast.__ China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world.__ There are no man-made structures as big as the Great Wall.

1b√

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A: Did you know that Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world?

B: Yes, I did. It’s 8,844 meters high.

1c Pairwork

Practice the convensation in the picture above. Then make conversations with the information in the chart in 1a.

Listen and number the facts in the order you hear them.

__The Nile is _____ kilometers long, and the Yellow River is about _________kilometers long.

__ The population of Singapore is about _____, which is a lot of less than the population of Malaysia, which is about 20,000,000.

__ The fastest animal in the world is the cheetah. It can run about 100 kilometers per hour. The slowest is the tortoise. It moves at _____ kilometers per hour.

__ Mount Tai is _____ meters high. It is much lower than Qomolangma.

2a

1

4

3

2

Listen again. Fill in the blanks with the missing numbers.

__ The Nile is _____ kilometers long, and the Yellow River is about ______kilometers long.

__ The population of Singapore is about ______, which is a lot of less than the population of Malaysia, which is about 20,000,000.

__ The fastest animal in the world is the cheetah. It can run about 100 kilometers per hour. The slowest is the tortoise. It moves at _____ kilometers per hour.

__ Mount Tai is _____ meters high. It is much lower than Qomolangma.

2b

6,6706,300

4,000,000

0.09

1,545

Match the columns.2c

The height of Qomolangma

The length of the Yangtze River

The population of the world

The speed of the fastest animal

kilometers long

meters high

people

kilometers per hour

6,300

6,400,000,000

8,844

100

A: Did you know that Qomolangma is much higher than Mount Tai?

B: No, I didn’t. Is Qomolangma the highest mountain in the world?

A: Yes, it is. It’s 8,844 meters high.

B: Wow! That’s high!

2d Pairwork

Make conversations using the information in activities 2a and 2c.

size n.

1. 尺寸 , 大小 ; 多少 [C][U]

What’s the size of the park?

这个公园有多大 ?

2. 尺码 , 号 , 型 [C]

This shirt is your size.

这件衬衫是你这号尺寸的。

speed n.

1. 速率 , 速度The train is travelling at a speed of sixty

miles an hour.

火车正以每小时六十英里的速度行驶。2. 快速 , 迅速You work with amazing speed.

你工作起来速度奇快。

1. It’s 8,844 meters high. 它有 8,844 米高。 It is … meters high (long, wide…).

它……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。例如：

The maintain is more than three thousand

meters high.

这座山高三千多米。It is only 380,000 kilometers away.

它离我们只有三十八万公里。The Green Great Wall is 7,000 kilometers

long.

这座绿色长城长 7,000 公里。

2. Did you know that Qomolangma is much

higher than Mount Tai?

1) that Qomolangma is… 是 know 的宾语从句。尽管主句的动词是过去时态，但由于宾语从句陈述的是客观事实，所以从句仍用一般现在时。2) much higher 意为“高得多”。在形容比较级前还可以用 much, even, a little, still ,

a lot, less 等修饰词表示程度。 如：

He runs even faster than I.

他比我跑得更快。Japan is a little larger than Germany in

area.

日本土地面积只比德国大一点儿。

形容词和副词的比较级和最高级1. 大多数形容词有三个级。 1) 原级 : 常用结构 as ... as... 像 ..…. 一

样 Zhang Hong is as tall as Tom.

张红和汤姆一样高。 2) 比较级 ( 用于两者之间的比较 )

常用结构：形容词比较级＋ than ...

He is taller than I. 他比我高。

Grammar

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。

2. 形容词、副词比较级和最高规则变化和不规则变化。

a)规则变化 1) 一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词（或副词）比较级＋ er ， 最高级＋ est

如： clever － cleverer － cleverest

few － fewer － fewest

small － smaller － smallest 等。

2) 以 e 结尾的词，比较级＋ r ，最高级＋ st 即可。 如：nice － nicer － nicest cute － cuter － cu

test 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。

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

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

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 )

课时重点回顾Did you know that the Yangze River is about 6,300 kilometers long?The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara.China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world.The cheetah can run 100 kilometers per hour.There are no man-made structures as big as the Great Wall.

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Choose the best answer.1. My brother is ___ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much2. October 12th was one of ______ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched( 发射） successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting3. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful

C. the most beautiful

4. _____ children there are in a family, ____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest6. In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it’s even ___ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter

7. Of the two skirts, the pink one is ______.

A. the nicest B. the nicer C. nicer

8. Jack’s handwriting is as ____ as Mike’s.

A. good B. better C. best

9. We can do the work better with ____

money and ______ people.

A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less

10. Jim is the tallest student in our class and

Tom is the second ______ one.

A. tall B. taller C. tallest

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.

younger

newer

heavier

the heaviest

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.

the highest

olderyounger

the youngestthe oldest

higher

Homework

1. Review the new words and expressions. 2. 发挥想象，连词成文 (50-100 字 ) 。

giant, square, size, desert, bamboo, southeast, civilizationman-made

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