2. Asia Europe North America South America Africa Antarctica Australia

3. 南极洲 the Atlantic Ocean the Indian Ocean The Arctic Ocean The Pacific Ocean the oceans of the world

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

5. New Words squarer kilometer n. area n. Russian n.& adj. geographical adj. feature n. mountain (mount) n. Mountain Everest (=Mount Qomolangma) Himalayas n. the Yangtze River Tokyo 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

6. How much do you know about Asia? area More than million square kilometers countries in More than forty. and others. China is the biggest in area and population. population More 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

7. 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.How big biggest covers forty area billion mount third Shanghai citiescapital half

8. Useful expression 1.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?

9. 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 first e.g.: The Changjiang River is the longest river in China.

10. 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 long A. How big B. How much C. What’s D. How long 2.China is the biggest country _____ area and population in Asia. 2.China is the biggest country _____ area and population in Asia. A. at B. in C. about D. For A. 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 longer A. third long B. third longer C. third longest D. three longest C. third longest D. three longest

11. II. Fill in the blanks 1.Asia covers __________________( 四千四 百万多） square kilometers. 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

12. III. Writing Describe Our hometown You may talk about the population, the area, the main rivers and the great places of interests and so on.