初中英语山东版九年级--Unit 9-B

UNIT 9 The world's highest mountain

[00:07.65]is 8,844 meters high.

[00:11.55]SECTION B

[00:13.60]1 How do animals compare with man?

[00:17.77]Use the language in the box to make comparisons 1.

[00:21.50]A is three times as strong as B.

[00:25.85]A is more than ten times bigger that B.

[00:31.09]A is not nearly as strong as B.

[00:35.46]A can eat a little more than B.

[00:38.86]A is ten centimeters longer than B.

[00:43.44]A turtle

[00:44.74]weighs 150 kilos.

[00:47.88]is 100 centimeters long.

[00:50.63]lives for 150 years.

[00:53.81]An elephant

[00:55.28]weighs 5,000 kilos.

[00:58.07]is 500 centimeters long.

[01:01.44]eats 250 kilos of food per day.

[01:05.35]A man

[01:06.60]weighs 70 kilos.

[01:09.18]is 170 centimeters tall.

[01:12.63]can run 15 kilometers per hour.

[01:16.00]lives for 70 years.

[01:18.72]sleeps 8 hours per day.

[01:21.84]A cheetah 2

[01:22.83]weighs 60 kilos.

[01:25.71]is 150 centimeters long.

[01:28.93]can run 100 kilometers per hour.

[01:32.48]A giant panda

[01:34.58]weighs 120 kilos.

[01:37.66]is 60 centimeters tall.

[01:40.57]eats 20 kilos of food per day.

[01:43.77]lives for 25 years.

[01:47.83]2a Listen and complete the sentences.

[01:52.91]Does anyone know how heavy a cat is?

[01:56.15]I think an ordinary cat

[01:58.36]weighs about a few kilos.

[02:01.02]And how much does an insect weigh?

[02:03.12]Only a few grams 3, I'm sure.

[02:06.51]Right. So... a cat weighs many times

[02:11.51]more than an insect.

[02:13.41]And what about the difference in size

[02:15.98]between a dog and a giant panda?

[02:19.03]Well, it depends on what kinds of dog.

[02:21.74]But I would say that a big dog is just

[02:24.06]less than half the size of a giant panda.

[02:27.10]I have a question!

[02:29.00]Is man the longest living animal in the world?

[02:32.63]No, that's a giant turtle.

[02:35.14]But a man can live for nearly a hundred years

[02:37.63]nowadays.That's quite long.

[02:40.06]And how long can a butterfly live?

[02:43.02]Can it live as long as a man?

[02:45.53]No, a butterfly only lives for three days.

[02:49.84]What a short life!

[02:52.30]Yes,many insects have very short lives.

[02:57.11]2b Listen again.

[03:00.02]Check (√) the other animals you hear.

[03:03.77]2c PAIRWORK

[03:06.59]Compare facts about animals

[03:08.72]using the information in activity 1.

[03:12.34]Look!A giant panda weighs 120 kilos.

[03:17.31]That means 4 it weighs 50 kilos more than a man.

[03:21.61]Yeah.A man only weighs 70 kilos.

[03:25.87]3a Read the article about disasters.

[03:30.85]Fill in each blank with a correct word

[03:33.21]from the box.

[03:36.09]Flooding is one of the biggest problems

[03:38.99]in the world.

[03:40.48]In August 2005,

[03:43.02]there was a serious flood in northeastern China.

[03:46.81]In Fushun more than 100 millimeters 5 of rain fell

[03:51.62]and the water level became very high.

[03:54.67]Eventually about 6,800 homes disappeared

[03:59.61]under water.

[04:00.89]Soldiers worked hard to save people,

[04:04.30]and tried to prevent the water from rising

[04:07.79]higher by using bags filled with sand.

[04:11.56]At the same time on the other side of the world

[04:15.38]a typhoon 6 caused a flood that covered the city

[04:18.92]of New Orleans in the United 7 States.

[04:22.11]Much of this city lies three meters

[04:25.09]below sea level.

[04:27.13]Many people got away from the city early enough

[04:30.94]but about 30,000 stayed to try to

[04:34.64]save their homes.

[04:36.38]Then things went from bad to worse.

[04:39.92]The longer people waited for help,

[04:42.88]the more dangerous the situation became.

[04:46.14]In the end about 1,000 people died in the flood.

[04:51.33]This was one of the worst natural disasters

[04:54.66]in the history of the United States.

[04:57.56]However, this was a lot fewer than the number

[05:00.92]of people who died in the tsunami 8 in Asia

[05:04.63]in December 2004 --about 300,000.

[05:10.04]3b Answer the questions.

[05:13.51]4 What other disasters do you know?

[05:17.58]Find information about one and write an article

[05:21.05]for a news magazine.

[05:23.05]Use at least two comparisons.

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