Unit7KnowOurWorldLesson42NorthAmerica1

學習目標2

新課導入3

新課講解

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當堂小練5

課堂小結目錄contentsWill/Would/Couldyouplease…?Learnabouttherhythmoftheforeignsongs.Knowmoreabouttheworld’sgeography.學習目標Lookatthemap.Doyouknowwhichcontinentitis?Nowlet’slearnsomethingaboutit.新課導入THINKABOUTITWhatdoyouknowaboutNorthAmerica?Whatdoyouknowaboutotherplacesaroundtheworld?新課講解LiMingwroteareportaboutNorthAmerica.NorthAmericaisalargecontinent,butithasonlythreemaincountries.Canadaisthefarthestnorth.TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.TheU.S.isnorthofMexico.Together,thesethreecountriescoverabout24millionsquarekilometres.

About550millionpeopleliveinNorthAmerica.Thatisalargepopulation，butsmallerthanthatofChina.TheGreatLakesarethelargestbodiesoffreshwaterintheworld.TheRockyMountainsarethebiggestmountainsinNorthAmerica.Canadaisthebiggestofthethreecountriesinarea,butithasthesmallestpopulation—about35million.PeoplespeakmanylanguagesinCanada.MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!

TheU．S.isalsoaverylargecountry,anditspopulationismuchlargerthananyothercountryinNorthAmerica.Ithasapopulationofmorethan315million.TheU．S.isoftencalledAmerica.PeopleintheU．S.arecalledAmericans.MostAmericansspeakEnglish,andmanyspeakSpanish.Ofcourse,therearealotofChinesespeakersintheU.S．，too—morethan2million!MexicoissmallerthanbothCanadaandtheU．S.MostofthepeopletherespeakSpanish.Ithasapopulationofmorethan110million.Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.ThecapitalcityofMexicoisMexicoCity.Itisaverybigcity.ThisismapofNorthAmerica.Languagepoint1TothesouthofCanadaistheUnitedStates.to表示方位此句是倒裝句。此句的主語是theUni-tedStates，tothesouthofCanada作表語，此句可轉換為：TheUnitedStatesistothesouthofCanada.其中tothesouthof...意思是“在……的南方”，to要用在方位名詞前。e.g.JapanistotheeastofChina.

日本位于中國的東邊。Languagepoint2MostspeakEnglishorFrench,butthethirdmostcommonlanguageisChinese!在形容詞最高級的前面加上序數詞，即“the＋序數詞＋形容詞最高級＋名詞”表示“第……最……”。e.g.HainanIslandisthesecondlargestislandofChina.

海南島是中國第二大島。the+序數詞+最高級第幾最……Languagepoint3Mexicanpeoplelovetheircountry,butmanyleavetoliveandworkintheU.S.“leave＋地點”表示“離開某地”。e.g.WhendidyouleaveShanghai?

你什么時候離開上海的？leave/li?v/v.離開；丟下(left/left)1Listenandanswerthequestions.Let'sDoIt!1．Whichcountryhasalargerpopulation,CanadaorMexico?2．What’sthethirdmostcommonlanguageinCanada?3．WhichcountryhasthelargestpopulationinNorthAmerica?Mexico.Chinese.TheU.S.Matchthestatementswiththecountriesaccordingtothelesson.

Statements

PeoplemainlyspeakSpanish.It’sthethirdtherelargestcountryinareainNorthAmerica.Over2millionpeoplespeakChinesethere.It'sthefarthestnorthinNorthAmerica.It'sthelargestcountryinpopulationinNorthAmerica.

CountriesCanadaAmericaMexico2Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.TherearethreemajorcountriesinNorthAmerica.Theycoverabout24million______kilometres.BothinAmericaandCanada,Englishisthe_____________language,whileinMexico,peoplespeakmostly________.IntheU.S.,over2millionpeople______Chinese.ThepopulationofAmericaismuch______thanthatofCanada.SomeMexicanpeopleleavetheircountryto_____andworkinAmerica.squaremostcommonSpanishspeak

largelivesquareSpainspeakcommon

largerlive3PROJECTREPORTABOUTCONTINENTSWhichcontinentoftheworldinterestsyou?Writeareportaboutit.Don’tforgetthefollowingthings：?Namethecontinent’smaincities.Whatcountriesarethesecitiesin??Nameitsmainbodiesofwater.?Describethecontinent'spopulation.?Describeotherimportantfactsaboutthecontinent.Doesithaveanyfamousmountains?Doesithaveanybiglakesordeserts？一、詞語運用1.Chinais________________Asia.2.Mexicohasapopulationof___________110million.3.TheGreatWallisfamous,soeveryyear___________peoplecometovisitit.4.Whenwillyou__________Canada?5.Thecitycoversanareaof1500________________.morethan,leavefor,millionsof,intheeastof,squarekilometreintheeastofmorethanmillionsofleaveforsquarekilometres當堂小練二、單項選擇1.Theexhibitionshows________200paintingsofyoung,excitingartistsfromFrance.

A.atB.withC.aboutD.in2.LanzhouistheonlycapitalcitythattheYellowRiver,thesecond________riverinChina,passesthrough.A.longB.longestC.longerD.lengthCB3.Ingeneral,thepriceinthecityishigherthan____inthevillage.A.thoseB.thatC.theseD.them4.Thepetdogiswarmandloving.It____asadaughterofmyfamily.A.treatsB.treatedC.istreatedD