1. Lesson 45(1) It has a lot of natural resources.

2. Lead in:

3. Western China autonomous region province the major city

4. What aspects （方面） will you learn about Western China? Prediction: A. Region B. Area of land and population C. Resources (natural resources and tourism)

5. Aspects The information Regions Regions Major city: _____________ ___________ ___________ Provinces: ____________ __________ _________ Autonomous regions: ______________ ___________ AreaLand It has an area of __________ square Kilometers. It is about ________________ of the total area of the country. Population ResourcesNaturalResources It is rich in ___________________ and it has ___________________ Tourism There are many museums, __________________ Reading by yourself: Read your part of passage and find out the information to fill in the table.

6. Work in pairs and check your answers. Reading in pairs:

7. Group work: A: Can you tell me something about …? B: Of course, … A: What about …? In each team, No.1 、 No.3 and No.5 are in one group, No.2 、 No.4 and No.6 (No.7) are in another group. Then share the information you know. When you exchange the information, you can ask and answer as following:

8. AspectsThe information Regions Major city:Provinces:Autonomous regions: AreaLandIt has an area of __________square Kilometers. It is about ___________of the total area of the country. Population ResourcesNatural Resources It is rich in ____________and it has_____________________________. Tourism There are many museums, _______________ ________________________________________. Sharing the answers in class: Chongqing Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Qinghai,Guizhou Tibet, Ningxia Hui, Xinjiang Uygur, Guangxi Zhuang, Inner Mongolia 5,400,000 Only 22.8 percent of the population of China lives in the West. 56 percent oil and gas many different kinds of minerals ancient palaces, tombs, and caves, and many other beautiful places

9. True or false 1. It includes two major cities. 2. There are 9,600,000 square kilometers in western China. 3. There are many mountains, highlands and deserts. 4. There are only 78.2 percent of the population of China lives in Western China. 5. There are a lot of rivers and lakes in the West than in the East. 6. It is rich in oil and gas and it has many different kinds of minerals. 5,400,000 22.8 fewer F F F F T T one major city

10. AspectsHow to express Regions AreaLand Population ResourcesNatural Resources Tourism Reading again and find out the expressions: It includes… It has an area of … square kilometers. … live(s) in... It has …. It is rich in … It has … There are …

11. Information about Western China How to express one major city, six provinces and five autonomous regions It includes… 5,400,000It has an area of … square kilometers. 22.8 percent of population of China … live(s) in… It has... oil, gas many different kinds of minerals It is rich in … It has … many famous museums, ancient palaces, tombs, caves, many other beautiful places There are … Using the expressions:

12. 常住人口： 1633 万人 北京面积： 16800 平方公里 北京下辖 16 个行政区和 2 个县 ( 密云，延庆） 矿产：煤 (coal)

13. Homework 1 、抄写单词1 、抄写单词 2 、模仿 1.2 课文，并根据 课堂上的描述写一篇介绍 北京的短文2 、模仿 1.2 课文，并根据 课堂上的描述写一篇介绍 北京的短文

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