Unit10Theworldshighestmountainis8844metershigh.ppt

Unit 10 The world’s highest mountain is 8844 meters high. Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. It’s 6300 kilometers long. The Sahara desert is the biggest desert in the world. It’s 9,000,000 square kilometers in size. The giant panda is one of the most endangered animals in the world. There are only about 1600 left. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. It’s about 6500 kilometers long. China has a longer history than the United States. 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. The world’s longest man-made wall is the Great Wall. There are many bamboo forests in the south of China such as in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces. The Nile is the longest river in the world. It’s about 6670 kilometers long. The Yellow River is the second longest river in our country. It’s about 5500 kilometers long. The population of Singapore is about 4,000,000, which is a lot 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. One of the slowest animals in the world is the tortoise. It moves at 1.46 kilometers per hour. Mount Tai in Shandong Province is 1533 meters high. It is much lower than Qomolangma. 表示计量的句型： 主语 + be + 数字 + 单位 + 形容词 表示计量的句型：主语 + be + 数字 + 单位 + 形容词 This river is about 50 meters wide. That dictionary is about 2 inches thick. That big stone is about ten tons heavy. Qomolangma-the most dangerous mountain in the world. One of the most dangerous sports in the world is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular places to go for this is the Himalayas. These extremely high mountains attract climbers from all over the world. Many people say this is one of the most beautiful parts of the world. The Himalaya run along the southweste