Learning Aims 1.Master: area, Russian, mountain 2.Understand: square, kilometre, geographical, feature, Mount Everest, the Yangtze River, Tokyo. 3.Practice: the numbers.

Asia Europe North America South America Africa Antarctica Oceania The continents of the world

Asia China Japan India Do you know other countries in Asia?

area Countries population languages geographical feature the biggest city How much do you know about Asia? More than 44 million square kilometres. More than forty. China, Japan, India and others. China is the biggest in area and population. More than three billion. That ‘s more than half of the world’s population Chinese, Russian, Japanese and many other languages. Mount Qomolangma ( Mount Everest), the Yangtze River Shanghai, Tokyo

country area populatio n capital city language China JapanIndia ChineseJapanese Indian BeijingTokyo New Delhi

The Great Wall is the world- famous. It is in China.

Fuji Mountain is very beautiful. It’s in Japan

India is an old country. It has a long history.

Writing Describe Asia. You may talk about the population, the area, the main rivers and cities, the places of interest and so on.

I.Choose the best answers: ( ) 1. -____ is China? – It’s square kilometers. A. How big B. How much C. What’s D. How long ( ) 2.China is the biggest country ____ area and population in Asia. A. at B. in C. about D. for ( ) 3.The Yangtze River is the ______ river in the world. A. third long B. third longer C. third longest D. three longest Let’s do the exercises: A B C

II. Fill in the blanks. 1.Asia covers _______________________ ( 44 百万多） square kilometres. 2.Shanghai and Tokyo are _______________ ( 两个最大的 ) cities in Asia. 3.The Great Wall is _______________( 世界 著名）. 4.The population of China is _____________ ( 最多 ) in the world. more than 44 million two of the biggest world-famous the largest