AsiaEuropeNorth America

South America

AfricaAntarctica

Australia

南极洲

the Atlantic Ocean

the Indian Ocean

The Arctic Ocean

The Pacific Ocean

the oceans of the worldthe oceans of the world

Asia

ChinaJapan

India

Do you know other countries in Asia?

New WordsNew Words

squarer kilometer n.area n.Russian n.& adj.geographical adj.feature n.mountain (mount) n.Mountain Everest (=Mount Qomolangma)Himalayas n.the Yangtze RiverTokyo n.

平方公里，平方千米面积；范围；地区俄语（的）地理（学）的特征；特点山；山峰珠穆朗玛峰

喜马拉雅山脉长江东京

How much do you know about Asia?area

More than million square kilometers

countriesMore than forty. and others. China is the biggest inin area and population.

populationMore than . That’s more than half of the world’s population

languages and many other languages

geographical feature

( Mount Everest), the Yangtze River

the biggest city

44

China, Japan, India

three billion

Chinese, Russian, Japanese

Mount Qomolangma

Shanghai, Tokyo

How big is Asia? Asia is the ___ continent. It ____ more than 44 million square kilometers. There are over ______ countries. China is the biggest country in ______ and population. More than three _______ people live in Asia. That’s more than _______ the world’s population. Mount Qomolangma is the highest ______ in the world. The Yangtze River in China is the ______ longest river in the world. Tokyo and _____ are two of the biggest _______ in Asia. The ______ city of China is Beijing. The Great Wall in China is world- famous.

biggest

covers

forty

area

billion

mount

third

Shanghai

cities capital

half

Useful expression1.How big is Asia?how 经常和不同的词构成特殊疑问词组e.g.: how many/much/long/far/tall/deep/wide/heavy/ often/soon… 等提问不同的内容

How many people are there ? How much is this book? How long is this classroom?

2.The Yangtze River (the Changjiang River) in China is the third-longest river in the world. 长江是世界第三长河。

与汉语的表达方式不同，英语在形容词的最高级前可以加上序数词，表示“第……最……”

e.g.: The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.

如表示“第一”时，则可省略序数词 firste.g.: The Changjiang River is the longest river in China.

A

B

C

I. Choose the best answers

1. -____ is China? – It’s 9 600 000 square kilometers.1. -____ is China? – It’s 9 600 000 square kilometers.

A. How big B. How much C. What’s D. How A. How big B. How much C. What’s D. How longlong

2.China is the biggest country _____ area and 2.China is the biggest country _____ area and population in Asia.population in Asia.

A. at B. in C. about D. ForA. at B. in C. about D. For

3.The Yangtze River is the ______ river in the world.3.The Yangtze River is the ______ river in the world.

A. third long B. third longerA. third long B. third longer

C. third longest D. three longestC. third longest D. three longest

II . Fill in the blanks

1.Asia covers __________________( 1.Asia covers __________________( 四千四百万四千四百万多）多） square kilometers.square kilometers.

2.Shanghai and Tokyo are _____________ (2.Shanghai and Tokyo are _____________ ( 两两个最大的个最大的 ) cities in Asia.) cities in Asia.

3.The Great Wall is __________(3.The Great Wall is __________( 世界著名）世界著名）

4.The population of China is _________(4.The population of China is _________( 最多最多 ) i) in the world.n the world.

more than 44 million

two of the biggest

world-famous

the largest

III. Writing

Describe Our hometownDescribe Our hometown

You may talk about the You may talk about the populationpopulation, the , the areaarea, , thethe

main main riversrivers and the and the great placesgreat places of of

interests and so on.interests and so on.