Unit 7 Know Our World

Lesson 54 Europe

Europe is the world’s second smallest continent

France

Paris

The Triumphal Arch

凯旋门

England or

Britain

Spain

Greece

Germany

Italy

Russia

Moscow

The Alps

阿尔卑斯山脉

里海

The Caspian Sea

伏尔加河 The Volga River

Answer the following Answer the following questions.questions.

1.How big is Europe ?

2.What country is the biggest one ?

3.How many people live in Europe ?

4.What languages do EuropeansEuropeans speak ?

5.What’s the largestlargest lake in the world ?

6.What are the biggest cities in Europe ?

7.Is the Triumphal Arch in Greece ?

Read the text and fill in the chart.

Europe

Size (square kilometers )

Number of countries

Population

Languages

Geographical features

Biggest cities

more than thirty

600 million

English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Greek

The Alps are the biggest mountainsThe Caspian sea is the largest lake The Volga River is The longest river.

London, Moscow and Pairs

10 million

Europe is the world’s second-smallest continent.

• 在英语中与汉语的表达方式不同，英语在形容词最高级的前面可以加上序数词，表示“第．．．最．．．”

• 例如：中国是世界第三大国家．• China is the third biggest country in the world.• 黄河是中国的第二长河．• The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.• 海南岛是中国的第二大岛．• Hainan Island is the second largest island in China.• 上海是中国的第一大城市．• The Shanghai is the （ first ） biggest city in China.• 注意：表示“第一．．．”，则可以省略序数词 first

Exercises:1.More than 600 ________ people live in Europe.

(million)2.Europe is the world’s second- _________ continent.

(small)3.________ come from _________. They speak

________(German).4.Two ________(Italy) came to China last month.5.__________ speak __________(Russia).6.He comes from _______. He can speak

________(French).7.The hometown of the Olympic Games is

_______(Greek).

million

smallest

Germans GermanyGerman

ItaliansRussians Russian

France French

Greece

Homework1.Introduce Europe with and so

me words.2.Write a short passage about

Europe (about 60 words).

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