Section A Period 1_62235.ppt

What is the longest river in the world? What is the deepest lake in the world? What is the biggest desert in the world? Period 1 1a-2b Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Section A What is the highest mountain in the world? Qomolangma runs along the border between China and Nepal. It is covered with snow all the year round. It’s 8844.43 meters high, the highest mountain in the world. The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s 6671 kilometers long. It runs through 9 countries and runs into the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) in the end. The Caspian Sea is the deepest salt lake in the world. It is 1025 meters deep It lies in the border between Asia and Europe. The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. It is about 9600000square kilometers in size.It is located in the northern Africa, climate conditions are very bad, is one of the earths most not suitable for biological survival. Match the facts you know. Qomolangma about 9,600,000 square kilometers in size The Sahara 1,025 meters deep The Caspian Sea 6,671 kilometers long The Nile 8,844.43 meters high 1a 1b Listen and complete the sentences. 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 What is the longest river in the world? The Nile. Use the information in 1b to make conversations. 1c What is the biggest desert in the world? The Sahara. Listen and number the facts(1- 4) in the order you hear them. 6,300 5,000 5,464 300 ___ The Yangtze River is about ____ kilometers long and the Yellow River is ___ kilometers long. ___ China has the biggest population in the world. It’s a lot bigger than the population of the US. ___ China is over ___ years old. It has a much longer history than the US. The US is not even ___ years old.