2. Lesson 51
Asia

3. The map of Asia

4. Answer the questions: How big is Asia? How many countries in Asia?
How many people live in Asia?
What are the biggest cities in Asia?

5. How big is Asia?
The continent covers more than 44 million square kilometres.
44 , 000 , 000
million
thousand

6. 当以上这些数词表示确定数时,要用单数形式,表示不确定的数目时,用复数,后面接of短语
1, 000 , , 000 , 000
改错:
1)There are billions people in the world.
2) Million of animals live in the forest.
3)More than 600 million of people live in Europe.
trillion
billion
million
thousand
当以上这些数词表示确定数时,要用单数形式,表示不确定的数目时,用复数,后面接of短语

7. What countries are in Asia?
There are more than forty countries. Some of them are China, India, Japan and others. China is the biggest country in area and population.

8. How many people live in Asia?
More than three billion people live in Asia. That’s more than half the world’s population!

9. What languages do they speak?
Chinese, Russian, Japanese and many other languages.

10. What are the main geographical features of Asia?
Mount Qomolangma (or “Mount Everest”) is in the Himalayas. It is the highest mountain in the world.

11. Himalayas

12. Himalayas

13. Mount Qomolangma

14. Mount Qomolangma

15. The Yangtze River (the Changjiang River) in China is the third-longest river in the world.
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

16. The Yangtze River

17. The Yangtze River

18. What are the biggest cities in Asia?
Tokyo and Shanghai are two of the biggest cities in Asia. Tokyo is the capital city of Japan.

19. Tokyo

20. Shanghai

21. Let’s go to “ My geography world”
Who is Best!
Let’s go to “ My geography world”
Are you ready?
Come on!

22. Can you answer my question?
Ask and Answer!

23. Compare Asia with Europe and fill in the chart:
Size (square kilometres )
Number of countries
Population
Languages
Geographical feature
Biggest cities
more than 44 million
10 million.
more than forty
more than thirty
600 million
More than three billion
Chinese, Russian, Japanese
English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Greek
highest mountain
third-longest river
the biggest mountains
the largest lake
The longest river.
London, Moscow and Pairs
Tokyo and Shanghai

24. Free Talk!
Which continent of the world interests you?
What do you know about Asia?
Talk everything you know abut Asia!

26. Do you have a good time?
Thanks a lot!