九年级英语听力山东版九年级--Unit 9-A

UNIT 9 The world's highest mountain

[00:08.32]is 8,844 meters high.

[00:13.21]SECTION A

[00:14.93]Language Goals

[00:16.66]Talk about geography and nature

[00:20.11]Compare facts and figures

[00:22.72]1a Check (√)the facts you know.

[00:26.59]Write one more.

[00:28.08]Did you know that Qomolangma

[00:30.62]is the highest mountain in the world?

[00:32.80]Yes,I did.

[00:34.65]It's 8,844 meters high.

[00:37.99]Qomolangma

[00:39.73]the Yangtze River

[00:41.88]the Sahara

[00:43.93]the Giant Panda

[00:45.65]The longest river in Asia is the Yangtze River.

[00:49.18]It's about 6,300 kilometers long.

[00:53.09]The Sahara is about 8,000,000 square kilometers

[00:57.48]in size.

[00:59.05]It's the biggest desert in the world.

[01:02.06]The world's deepest salt lake is the Caspian Sea

[01:06.11]It's 1,025 meters deep.

[01:10.02]One of the most endangered animals in the world

[01:13.46]is the giant panda.

[01:15.84]There are only about 1,600 left.

[01:19.70]The Amazon is the longest river in the world.

[01:23.65]It's about 6,500 kilometers long.

[01:27.41]1b Listen and check (√) the facts you hear.

[01:33.07]Hi,I'm Mike.

[01:34.86]I'm from United States,

[01:36.68]but I'm studying here in China.

[01:39.16]Welcome to our class, Mike.

[01:41.52]We're very happy to meet you.

[01:43.69]I've got only a few minutes to talk today,

[01:46.19]but I'd like to ask you about

[01:47.77]your country for a school project I'm doing.

[01:50.69]Sure!We'll be happy to tell you about China.

[01:54.64]To start off, did you know that China

[01:57.57]is one of the oldest civilizations in the world?

[02:01.12]Yeah,I did.

[02:02.73]China has a longer history than United States

[02:05.79]in fact, America is one of the youngest

[02:08.69]countries in the world.

[02:10.73]And China has the biggest population,too.

[02:13.83]Did you know that?

[02:15.06]Yes.Where do most of them live?

[02:18.23]The most populated part of China

[02:20.27]is in the southeast.

[02:22.21]Is that because a lot of China

[02:24.30]is mountains and desert?

[02:25.54]Yes.I need ask you many more questions,

[02:29.37]but I don't have time today.

[02:31.11]May I come again?

[02:32.69]Yeah.Sure.That would be great.

[02:35.06]That's so cool!Thanks,everybody.

[02:37.96]See you soon,then.Bye.

[02:41.61]1c PAIRWORK

[02:43.63]Practice the conversation in the picture above.

[02:47.45]Then make conversations with the information

[02:50.21]in the chart in 1a.

[02:52.90]Did you know that Qomolangma is the highest

[02:55.92]mountain in the world?

[02:57.91]Yes,I did.It's 8,844 meters high.

[03:03.94]2a Listen and number the facts

[03:07.71]in the order you hear them.

[03:10.37]Listen,everyone

[03:11.80]here is a geographical 2 facts for you:

[03:14.36]the Nile River is six thousand,

[03:16.88]six hundred and seventy kilometers long.

[03:19.75]Really?

[03:21.64]And how long is the Yellow Rever in China?

[03:24.68]I know.It's about five thousand,

[03:28.23]and five hundred kilometers long.

[03:30.99]That's right.

[03:32.54]And did you know that the highest place

[03:34.41]above sea level is the Himalayas?

[03:37.58]That's where Qomolangma is, isn't it?

[03:40.96]Yes. And that mountain is higher than

[03:43.94]Mount 1 Tai in Shandong province,

[03:46.44]which is one thousand,

[03:47.95]five hundred and forty five meters high...

[03:50.80]Can you tell us a fact about speed?

[03:54.33]Sure. The fastest animals is the cheetah 3.

[03:57.74]It can move about 110 kilometers per hour.

[04:01.20]And the slowest is the snail 4.

[04:03.94]It moves at 0.09 kilometers per hour.

[04:07.96]That's really slow.Mr. Baker 5?

[04:12.43]I want to know what the population

[04:15.08]of Singapore is,and Malaysia, its neighbor.

[04:19.05]It's just over four million,

[04:21.42]and Malaysia is about twenty million.

[04:24.57]Four million?

[04:25.96]That's not a lot of people in Singapore,

[04:28.84]but then it is one of the smallest countries

[04:31.36]in the world, isn't it?

[04:33.10]Yes,I think so.

[04:34.98]Many people speak Chinese there, you know.

[04:38.38]That's right.

[04:39.91]Yes. And more and more people in the world

[04:42.90]are interested in learning 6 Chinese.

[04:45.97]2b Listen again.

[04:49.31]Fill in the blanks with the missing 7 numbers.

[04:54.06]2c Match the columns 8.

[04:58.35]2d PAIRWORK

[05:00.52]Make conversations using the information

[05:03.63]in 2a and 2c.

[05:06.75]Did you know that Qomolangma is much higher

[05:10.67]than Mount Tai?

[05:11.95]No,I didn't.Is Qomolangma the highest mountain

[05:15.86]in the world?

[05:17.10]Yes,it is.It's 8,844 meters high.

[05:21.45]Wow!That's high!

[05:24.38]Grammar Focus

[05:26.10]Did you know that the Yangtze River

[05:27.96]is about 6,300 kilometers long?

[05:32.01]The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara.

[05:35.35]China is one of the oldest civilizations

[05:38.04]in the world.

[05:40.03]The cheetah can run 100 kilometers per hour.

[05:44.42]There are no man-made structures as big as the

[05:47.25]Great Wall.

[05:49.14]3a Read the article.

[05:53.06]Underline the words that show comparisons 9.

[05:58.98]Qomolangma--the most dangerous mountain

[06:01.52]in the world?

[06:04.23]One of the most dangerous sports in the world

[06:06.92]is mountain climbing,

[06:09.05]and one of the most popular places to go for

[06:11.20]this is the Himalayas.

[06:13.61]These extremely high mountains attract climbers

[06:16.20]from all over the world.

[06:18.30]Many people say this is one of the most

[06:20.34]beautiful parts of the world.

[06:23.44]The Himalayas run along the southwestern border

[06:26.33]of China.Of all the peaks,

[06:29.70]Qomolangma is the highest and most famous.

[06:33.83]It's dangerous to climb Qomolangma because

[06:36.49]thick clouds cover the top of the mountain.

[06:39.96]Even more serious difficulties include the

[06:42.56]freezing weather conditions and the heavy storms

[06:46.60]The first people to reach the top of Qomolangma

[06:49.91]Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary-did it in 1953

[06:55.90]The first Chinese climber reached the top

[06:58.61]in 1960,and in 1975,the first woman did it too.

[07:06.77]For these climbers it was a difficult

[07:09.05]and dangerous climb--indeed,

[07:11.51]many people have lost their lives

[07:13.35]on this mountain.

[07:15.35]More recently, it has become safer and faster

[07:18.18]to climb Qomolangma, probably because of

[07:21.52]better equipment and support.

[07:23.77]For example, in 2003,

[07:26.71]a climber reached the top of Qomolangma

[07:28.97]in just under 11 hours.

[07:31.58]What an amazing achievement!

[07:33.87]3b Complete the chart.

[07:36.82]4 GROUPWORK

[07:39.20]In groups,write questions about the world.

[07:43.12]Then ask other groups your questions.

[07:46.46]See which group knows more.

[07:47.66]